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r ?AGE FOUR DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1921. TEN PAGES ON THE WAY JWjotMmmvJ 3 VS )iT AV INDKl'ENDENT NEWSI-APEI ruhlUhi-d rily and Foml-WVrkly. lit I'f-ndioton, rR(n, hv tne Knt'-r'! nl Hip poM nine at rennie on., ore&on, es second clas mail mat ter. OS BALK IV OTirKR CITIFS Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. ON KILK AT Chicago Piiru, Security Itulldinff. V el.ir.gtna, U. ( bureau uOl Poui teei.tl, Sin-ft. V V. Mntrr ! l AaMN'latca' Preaa. ' The Aaacciated I'rm la exclusively entitled lo the uafl for republication of all now dlnpatehen credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and eiao the local news published herein. BUr-SCttlPTION RATES . (IS ADVANCE) rally. one year, by mall ...90.00 l;iily, aix months, by mall ..... a.ou !My, three months by mail 1.50 lntly, one niunlli by mail . .f,fl l;il line year by carrier 7.50 Da.ly, aix months by carrier ...... 5.T& l:nly, three montha by carrier. ... raily, one month, by carrier. .t;5 Semi-Weekly, one yerby mail 8.06 Semi-Weekly, aix montha by mail 1.09 Scnu-W'ci'kly three months by mail .St Telephone by Edgar A, Guest THE I'm Kind I lived the winter through. , I'm glad that I am here to see Th irreen returning to the tree. The bine skies bending overhead. The tulips nodding whore I tread. To hear the robins' "howdy do" And whittle back to them, as though I'd never known a touch of snow. I'm triad X lived the winter through. I'm glad 1 had the strength to bear The cold, gray days with all their fire. I'm clad I never doubted then That aoon the sun would Rhine again KKWARD 7 And skies would wear their fairest blue, For here Is springtime at the door, With all the joys worth living for. 1 Winter is like a time of care, Tho days of doubt ore cold and lonff. We falter when we should be strong, Vet if we keep the faith, some day The trouble clouds will pass away And life her pretties garb will wear. And we shall say when skies grow blue. We're glad we've lived our trouble through. HERE is room for hope in the fact the United State. gov ernment has come to the point where it is discussing the subject of the German indemnity to the allies. There id at present a seeming ambiguity in the American position as ex pressed by the state department, but this will no doubt be clear d up in time so that Europe will know where we stand and act accordingly. ' . The French are reioicinir at the declaration from Washing ton that Germany must accept full responsibility for the Mar ana pay ner liabilities to her full extent. On the other hand our seeming position m favor of reopening the indemnity negotia tions on a new basis will please Germany. The Berlin govern ment is in favor of negotiating further and forever if possible. Needless to say it will be very difficult for the victors and the vanquished to ever exactly agree as to how much Germany should pay. The Ebert government insists 57 billions is more than Germany can pay. Yet others estimate that if Germany viu devote to indemnity purposes the same amounts she for merly paid in pre war days for military preparedness the' task can be accomplished. It is evident the amount will have to be arbitrarily determined and the-allies will nrefer to name the ligures. They did not win the war for the purpose of settling the cost according to the wishes or Berlin. i Just what the exact position of the United States will be is yet to be seen and the sooner this country gets down to brass ticks on the subject the better. Until the amount of the war in demnity and the manner of its payment are fully and finally settled there is certain to be more or less international turmoil. (Copyright, 1921, by Edgar E. GuesL) THEY MIGHT NEVER SEE IT THE following sarcastic comment on the increase in, tele phone company dividends was made by the Ne York World: 1 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a feeble Infant Industry that controls the negligible telephone service of 110.000,000 people, with cap ital issues falling short of a beggarly two billions, has at last risen In Just re volt against the narrow parsimony forced upon it by niggardly subscribers and j purblind public authorities, by increasing Its diUdend rale from S to 9 per Cent, Users of the telephone in New York City, against whom an increase of 30 per cent In rates h.is been chalked up and is in litigation, may jump to the cruel conclusion that this Increase had something to do with the action of tn holding company. They are of course utterly wrong, as uninformed so oft en are. The New York company only pays 4 1-2 per cent of its gross receipts to the American Telephone and Telegraph, besides buying all its supplies from a subsidiary, so, that a mere Increase of JO per cent in Us cross cannot for a year or so, at least, add even two millions a year to the receipts of the holding VUIBHUI !1U 1 lltH Oir IW Hill ll.UliS IU a llltnuil-nma . uoi . I To do him Justice, President Thayer rejects th;s silly theory. "There has;l-"'n-,. been," he says, "no time within the last ten years when the company's earn- j Coming of the railroads with quick lngs have not been sufficient to pav a higher rate of dividend." The past ten service for perishable cargo, many tears, as every business man knows have been r'.acid and uneventful, withM'nes aimosi paralleling me river oe In Days of Mark Twain Packets Were Celebrated for Their 'Eats' and Famous Races. t NEW ORLEANS, La.. April B (A, P.) Memories of old days on the Mississippi when stately packet plied in the passenger traffic are revived by the resumption -of traffic between Pittsburgh, Pa., and this city by way of tho Ohio. liarges have carried freight traffic on the great river for many years since the packets were driven out by rail road competition, in the days of Mark Twain the Mississippi packets were celebrated for their "eats." their fam ous races, their pilots and even for their poker games. It used to be an uncommon sight to see . from 15 to 30 passenger vessels, from the palatial packet to the weath er beaten tramp leave the New Orr leans landings daily for uo-rivef low taxation and no disturbing circumstances. If in such piping times of peace and plenty the holding company could pay only 8 per cent, no wonder the New Turk company must jack up its rates. Other big subsidiaries must Jo the same. A great and rich country snouia scorn to keep a poor li'.tle mo nopoly holding company struggling along' on an 8 per cent basiss. In Oregon the sympathy for the telephone company was so treat that the public. service commission ordered a heavy in crease in rates but the people are disposed to balk and balk hard. They are evidently right in more ways than one. If a SO per cent increase in a city like New York really means noth ing to the Bell system, what is the use of raising rates in a eparsely populated country like Oregon. The increased amount re would pay would be so contemptibly small to such a big trust that we might as well forget it and go back to the old rates. If they did not need any additional Gotham money in order to increase the dividend surely they can worry along without rjore coin from Oregon. Furthermore we dont want them to take our money and then sneeze at it. Im.llH I There will be ample cannimg facilities for the fruit crop if the housewives can get fruit at reasonable prices and a little sugar on the same basis. . ... But if we release our so called political prisoners too easily what will such people do the next time we have a war? The tax collector does not seem to have heard of this price deflation movement. - i It would be a joke if the Swiss woujd not let Charles return. tween the most important landings. caused river traffic to lose Its prestige Shippers began sending cotton and other non-perlshale freight by rail and the stops of the river packets were fewer and fewer as the years went on. Plantation landings rotted away, planters began to buy railroad tickets instead of steamer passage and made their plans to spend the difference In time in New Orleans instead of on the boats. Planters moved to town, social life In, the country began to wane in short.country dwellers became farm ers and' plantations became farms. It was romantic to be a planter, but much more profitable to be a farmer. All of this directly affected passenger traf fic. A river voyage in the olden days wan a pleasurable affair if the boilers did not blow up- or the vessel hit one of the shifted sand-bars, mud-lumps ot hidden snags. A comfortable berth, wonderful .meals, dancing at ntght, watermelon parties, well stocked bars. stud and draw poker games tor the patrons of that form of amusement, and last, but not least the antics of the negro roustabouts all combined to make things pleasant for the traveler. corree m bed was the rule, then a breakfast of bacon, eggs, waffles, pan cakes started off the day. At -noon there was frait, fisht roast, vegetables, the ever1 present coffee and whatever desert the cook had in mind for the meal. The feast of the day came In (&IARANTEE- FUND-LIFg U STRONG - SUBSTANTIAL - SAFE U-4 ! HTNOPHIs OF THB ANNUAL. STATEMENT OF THE GUARANTEE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION f Omaha, in th1 lUte ot N-lraka. oil th dy of IMinwr, V-2U. md til' .ti.turanv cammUyionfT ot Ibe Ute of Ure-jy ii, pursuant lu iw. (pital. Amount ot capital stock paid up, noa. T(m1 premium income for year - $2.i-,w.W2 .07 JotT nd rent rc?ive4 durlnc the yar 1M,2;4.12 Inruni from c(hr poutx r- clvrd durint the fr, non. Tot.l inrom l.31ti.rj.4 llit4MirwKM4ita. rid for 32,37 34 Jhlvid-n1' paid to pollf.-hottj- during the yr. Hon. J)ivide.J(t paid on capita, stock durum the yfar, non ; ConimiMitMi and airi- pafo, .,.. during th yt-r ,(5,44si T. He !) ami Ptd during- the yfar $S,(HH.I AnuMita of alt otiw-r expadi- lur 1 4. 13m." Total MpndUiirB $l,4S,7fi.e3 V1ik of rl tate awl marl t valn IW.3S0 . Vlu of bondu owwd (market r amortid valu) 72.S t.onm on mouiHg ,t3,GlU.W j'rtitnum notf-a and pa Hey load, POii1, CaaJi in batik attd a hand. 210,371-M JniTful and rnis du and e- MUd 81.S177 Other aftM nt, imn'-. Total .. 112 11 V'M a g tit' rradlt talanea.. .& 4 , Total admlttM ai. . . . .$4.(Wi."2 63 IJaMim. Hw a1 pr ."' ....... (Iruif culm tt-r ! unpsid AH Ml her hatnH!l. aaitarta. tent. and taa 'fUtimnlrti I - ConnnK-m lability unrl"aaMl. (u.rNRiM, d'-pofli and ad- preut- 74 i2 47 4J3 ,H TJ Total lia l!MtiM, ec!uaiv of Cfii-Ual aiofk... fT.W.IU 23 MaalMwo Ui Orrm fr Hi V-ai. t.ru prrmiuttia rM-vd durioc tha )ar. lt6 .d 4uria the ar. f2ft.Xrt) iiO 141 K AKMM IATIO. Kama f praidl J Buffiniton. ' tn- of r";-fi-H K l-mtadon MaiUlory iHdin'i ftr tp a iiu( faArft frt- i4t irra, , . Another Proud Year Miat Omaha Bankers Think of the Guarantee Fund Statement: the early evening with Creole giimlx (if the cook happened to hull from New Orleans as most of them .did) fried fish, roast fowl, with bilked, or candied yams, beef or pork, fruit in abundance, desert and "small black" coffee -with brandy. It wasn't variety but quantity .that made the steamer bill of fare famous. In the heat of the afternoon, boh in 4 shielding mosquito bars the passenger, If he so desired, could quaff mint juleps or sip corn whiskey cocktails, not to mention the old flat-bottom toddies, made with sugar, water, pine apples and orange juice, and of course whiskey. The old timers here, with scanty stocks of liquor and facing the coming years with visions of nut sun daes, never tire of telling the younger generation of the old "hard liquor" days of the riven steamboats. The card games were for big stakes. Veterans vouch for the truth of stories of a planter embarking In Ilssissippl wortn ' a plantation with 2(n) negroes" and disembarking at the Canal street landing in New Orleans with only some bills of lading fur something he no longer owned. Hut those days are gone. If plans of those interested in river traffic beat fruit the modern steamers will elimin ate gambling, rarry well drilled crews and furni.ih modern meals at modern prices. In advertising sailings of vessels of the olden days the name of the first mate always was given. The first mate jeotime known up and down the river either as good or had by the mannet: in which they handled the roustabouts. A meek man did not last long as first mate. Saturday was usually the sailing day for up-river packets from this port. There wus,great rivalry between boat owners and crew s and usually from J one to a dozen boat races were pulled off as the vessels shrugged UP the river. It was then that boilers blew up with marked frequency. The most famous of these races was run by the Natcficz and the Robert a. Lee, two of the largest of the river packets. So keen "was the rivalry that ?arly in the seventies it was planned to havy them race from New Orleans to St. Louis. No mssengers or freight were carried and for weeks the coming race was the chief topic of conversa tion along tho river. The Robert E. Lee was In command of Capt. Cannon while Capt. Leathers was master of the Xatcho. No stops were male except for fuel. The trip to St. Louis was made in Just a few hours over three days, an unheard of record then with the Kobert E. Lee the winner by a small margin. . Another famous race between the White Hose of Memphis and the GrnnQ Itepublic ended In disaster. After rac ing upstream for Jiourg in a "neck and neck" contest the White Kose struck a snag and sank. Before the White Kose could clear a nearby bend her boilers exploded, killing a number of the crew. After the war between: the states steamboats had been perfected to a higher degree and river traffic became more Important. While most of the boats tised wood for fuel getting It from well established woodyards along the river, still they mude good time and business was flourishing. While as a general rule the boats were operated independently by their owners even as early as 1S7B there were several lines operating many. Inrirn nassenger vessels. The largest and best known was the Anchor line, which operated between New Orleans and St. Louis making regular schedules while another line was operating be- "V are only too our congratulations glad to offer T u AVI3. V. P. First NatL Bank of Omaha. "It ahows a mighty satisfactory condition. Accept our congratirla- """"'ALVIN JOHNSON'. Cashier. Livestock Nat. Bank. "1 am happv to see the unmlstak' able evidence of your prosperity." K. W. CLARK, Pre. Nebr. Nat. Bantt of Omaha. 1 wlFh to congratulate you upon the fire showing." E. L. LINDQtlST, Cashier I'etPis National Bank. Ask your banker to show yon a Dun or Bradstreet report. . f ., Built on the Principle - of ' ' ' "" "Pure Protection at Reasonable Cost" Guarantee Fund Life has built conservatively on the principle of furnish ing Pure Life Insurance, without investment features. Its success is evidenced by $140,000,000 in outstanding insurance, and 4,000,000. in emergency ret erves, which exceed its total death losfe since organization. IU protection is available to the best risks on a businesslike plan that saves thousands of dollars in a lifetime. Actual to Expected Mortality) 1920, 44.96. - v Vlmfi HrKranoi, Plat. I. a l.riasr, Or. t.kar4 Vm4. Dial. Mara, Klaaaelk fella. Or. . M. rmHaoiiisae. I'vrtlaaa. Or. Plat. Ma-r w. m. rntti, OMlarla, Oi. Dint Mar, MOKE HIGH GRADE REPRESENTATIVES WANTED x LOVE JOY & HAZEN STATE AGENTS W ASHINGTON AND OREGON Vhm Uroid.ay L - j. ,. J'iUovk UIJs l'rtlnl, TAKING EM EASY , . . tv-i 1 S V... I V-T'" A , f lats'"" M V. i V I , , STEVE O'NEILt ' ii?r'K.m Maelr CJereland iVatcber,' doesn't belie n using; piM pep while the club Is In sprtngj ratning at imiiaa, ie. ncuvc. rben few ot the Indian hurlera rant to warm up, be perches on a tiatr amimtMwbM comes " ' f. ' : 'liB 35 :JUS.T ' ' i it - a v. ' Georgette "mm "Waists . - $3.49 Each. ; . - ; : ' ' Made of an excellent quality Georgette trimmed with laces and tucks, all sizes, color assortment is excellent including white, flesh, champagne and new Spring shades. A waist you would have to pdy radst stores $5.00 for. Your v. . v . ; ; ... v. $3.49 choice of the lot, each - JERSEY SILK PETTICOATS Bright pretty shades as well as the more sombre colors to match your costume at the low price, each. $2.98 Others at CI. .'. . $3.49 up to $6.19 Some Bright New Things in ' , LADIES' SWEATERS came in yesterday. You're sure to like them. Prices are. $3.89 to $6.49 Pure Linen Damask $2.98 Yd. WE ARE AGENTS FOR , Wayne Knit Pony Stockings for chil dren, Athena Underwear for women and children, Warner's Corsets, La France Silk Hose. , , . SPECIAL t ) Japanese pure, silk pongee, free from dressing, smooth, even finish, sold in many stores at much more. Our price, the yard 98c Silk and Wool Baby Flannel $1.59 Yd. tween St. Louis and St. Paul. The city of New Orleans and City of Bton House were the larger and beat known vessels of the Anchor Line. The larg est sitlewheeler operated on the river was the P.publtc. , Jn addition to the Anchor Line there were several smaller companies ope rating front New Orleans to Natches, Vlckshurg, Greenville and "The Bends." They usually carried a hun dred or so passengers and la rice freight cargoc. They were mostly side wheelerst Frem St. -Louis one line operated as far north aa Frt Denton, Montana. FrelRht frem up Ute river Included i'lotir, pork, beef, furniture, hay, jot- to be able to distinguish the dlstarft t n, rice and sugar. The lurgest car- whistling and call the name of the (to of cotton ever brought down waa boat. - At landed by the Henry Frank and con- Promoters now are figuring wheth Minted ot 9.000 bales. The cotton was er human nature nan changed from not compressed and the record hus the olden days, whether a person will stood. All the old boats were built oil tho same general pattern broad hulls with Inrge spacious, cabins iabove and with wide guards, usually piled his If with freight. They were almost al ways painted white anil each was emilpped with a whistle slightly -dlf bo content to Idlo the time away bn long trips which- he could make lit a fraction of the time by rail; whether they "have time" to take quiet plea sure. - Freight 'rates, interstate commers commission bearings, uniform bills of lading and other prosaic commercial ferent from tho others. It was quite matters figure In the traffic aide or Sn accomplishment, or was so regard- the quest Ion. , Tho passenger business ed by negroes at the various landings Is regarded as gamble. ti -:.JE HA 1 1 ' I 3 r. H 1 1 ' II - II 51 if PPY CANYON . That inimitable place of amusement and care-free jollity will be the scene of the season's biggest PAN CE r Staged by Pendleton Post of the American Legion PRIL 6 ' m' S-'3 WED. EVE. Funds secured as proceeds of this dance will be turned over to the Ladies' Committee for improving the ' ' : ' '' ' " Library Auditorium and a large attendance is needed to back up this worthy project But don't worry this is no thank you a ffair. ' There will be the biggest dollar's worth of Real Dance waiting for you at Happy Canyon tomor row night that Pendleton ever offered. ; -4 " ( Bill's Jazz Hounds SEVEN OF 'EM will furnish the inspiration.. Don't miss it! iimiPWMiiniW MMiimtmmMtmiimtiMi'm'" r!illilli!iyiiili(ilij!(!j!jijiii .. t