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TEN PAGES . M.-ri amiss? rACS FOUR DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1021. i as ixii:i--.Ninvr m:p.im:k. - v . . i SlTnsCUirTIOJi KATK3 IDEALISM VS. DOLLAR DIPLOMACY I rutilin'iMl )'! snd (Mlll-V-rkly, at JVM'IIMijn, 4rg.ti, Ity tin- I:ht mi.'i(iAN rnu.isHiN'i) ro. I'.Mrtfrl t Ihf post nllH'f St Virlli- tii, Oniem, a aiTond i lass mail mul--r. OS fW.V. IN OTIIKU mir.s lmp-rlI N Siimii, )'irtlnnil. ON' KH.K AT f'Mcitun l;nrru, '. S'-rui ity r.uitding. Wsfliinsiori, I'. ', Kur-HU .'itl l-'our-K-rnlh Strf't, S. V. Mrmhrt ol Ihe 'nrlnH' I'rrw. f,f Aoi'irili-ii Itm i escliuovely litlllfil lo the 110 luF r pnhlK'nllon VI II n,oi di.-i)l. Iif-n Tf.lvin( to it or Iint oth( r iki- r-ili. 1 in this paper nd lo the lorn I n published ln-rc-tn. (I.V ADVANCE) Daily, one o .ir, by mail 1 I,id IVilly lily. i,jx mmuhs, by nmil Ihroo mouths, by mail .... tni- month hy nisil on your by csrrier lailv, fi months by iniri'T l;iiiv, thin moitlh by currier l!iiy. i'n' month, by rumor . .. Scmi-W Vrklv. ene year by mail s mi-V, My. fix month) by mail l.UA St nu-Weikly three months by mail .50 J(i no , J. 00 i.;. .50 T.r.o j.rr. ,.C5 00 T. 1. phono T IS strange how things go, The Wilson administration urar- ed the payment of $2;,000,000 to Colombia as an act ot jus tice for havinsr taken tiie canal zone through a coup d' etat. 3 luring' the Wilson regime the opposition group led by Senator Lodge opposed the move, claiming it was a sentimental affair nnd that the United States owed Columbia nothing. In the pres- t'ii congress uoiige cnangcu ironi completely ana iranKiy mm one reason for the flop was that we desire to secure oil in Colom lua and need the good will of the southern republic. The Wil son policy was to make friends by fair dealing, the Lodge plan is to buy them. BENIGHTED L test? py Edgar A. truest Tin: rin.s t h at Mrrrii When a fellow's got tin' old An' lii tale in mostly told. When lie knows lif. has in store At the host a few years more. An' it's settled In his mind That he isn't coin' to rind Any mine of gold, or claim Ppecinl notices from fame. Then he gels in closer touch With the things that matter much. Youth looks eer far away To norne better, other tiny That is always icoin' to be. When be ll sain the victory; Then he's always got his eyes On some glittering future prise Whiih he fancies he may win Siite of all his blundcrin' Tallin' all along Oie way Ue'U do something big sonic day. Hut the champions are few An' the great deeds hard to do. An' the dreamers by nn' by See things with a clearer eye An' discover not at all t"an the pomp of slory fall; Most of us must settle down Kindin" peace without renown, illad that we can come an' go Ix.yed by those God lets us know. When a fellow's pettln' old An' his talo is mostly Old. An' the famo he's dreamed about From his life has faded but. Then he finds that friends are more Than the gold he'd hungered for, An' he'd rather spend his hours With his children fn' his flowers An' his neighbors, for In such Is the peace which matters much. EARNING that his allowance of $100,000 a year had been stopped, Jack Cudahy, son of the millionaire packer, killed himself at Los Angeles yesterday. Here was a man who bad a chance to really live and he did not realize his good lortune. The man who toils whether with hand or brain, gets zest from life. He is in the game and it is a man's game. The loafer merely exists. Fighting no battle he never knows the joy of accomplishment. He is one of the world's unfortunates and when given a chance thinks he is mistreated. The Medford chamber of commerce is being improved and one of the boasts of the Mail Tribune is that the chamber1 will be under democratic control; last fall they were blaming everything under the sun upon democratic control. Thp SalpTfi Stntesman declares Salem will havp mnro tmirist j travel than ever this year; Salem a'iso has a splendid way of numbering and holding certain tourists. , l They treated President Harding so well in New York that iie is going back right away. An Italian says he is building an airship that will operate be tween fans and lew lork carrying 850 passengers, making the trip in 14 hours w ith a charge of but $50 for the trip. Jle may not be such a colossal liar as one might think. According to the old saying there'll be flowers in May for Pendleton ; but then we always have flowers in May here. La France Silk Hose Stand at the head of all silk hosiery today. Sold at a moderate price. La France are made of pure silk, dip dve, with no loading or artificial weighting very even fine knit that gives wonderful service and the best in appearance. . , Marshall Field & Co.'s retail store in Chicago fea ture it exclusively. We are Pendleton agents for this celebrated quality. t Colors are brown, black, white nnil o-rav Prirp vvi th war tax included, mir $2.28 C " . , - ' Onyx Silk Hose for women, 12 strand j pure silk, colors of gray, white, brown and white, the pair. . . $2.00 (Copyright, by Edgar A. Guest.) ABAS THE SALES TAX The retrenchment idea applies to baseball teams also those discarded Moosejaw players will testify. Commencement orators will soon begin training. as ALONG with other newspapers, the East Oregonian has been favored with propaganda in favor of a sales tax as a sub stitute for the excess profits tax. All such material has been carefullv filed in the waste basket. The sales tax is a beautiful scheme to shift the burden of paying for the war from the shoulders of the rich to the should ers of people who are poor or of moderate means. The sales tax would work an especial injustice on farmers who are now hard pressed. A general sales tax would force the farmer to pay a tax on the pale of his crop even though he sold his product at an actual loss. Such a scheme is not fair and it wih not be relished by Eastern Oregon farmers who face the possibility of selling $1 wheat for 75 cents a bushel. Unlike the manufacturer or the jobber the farmer could not pass the bur den along. i There are also good reasons for believing the retailer would 'n"t find the sales tax entirely inviting. The retailer is the man who faces the ultimate consumer who is clamoring for lower prices and refuses to buy unless he gets them. Under the sales tax plan the ultimate consumer would be the goat and Mr. Fetailer is the man who w ould have to deal at first hand with ilr. and Mrs. Goat. The excess profits tax may have its faults but it has some remarkable virtues. . One of these is that it requires the man ivho has made big profits to pay the big tax. The sales tax would relieve the profiteer and millionaires in general of the burden they now carry. But that burden would merely be shifted to others less able to pay. A BUND MAN'S INVENTION I 28 YEARS AGO ill 'i (From the Kast Orcgoijian, April 21, 1S9J.) S. P. Funly, Charles S. Marsh and Frank Mansfield of Athena, are in La Grande proving up on their reserva tion Maims. County Purveyor Arnold went to Echo today to survey road No. 419. Hia crew left this morning. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hartman return ed last nisht from Weston where they attended the fueral of their relative, Cbatles McMorri. John Sylvester, Tilot Rock and Alba merchant, la in the city today. G. II. Snell has received a numher of fruit trees from Walla Walla for beautifying hi3 residence property on Jackson street. REVEALED BY 'SPIRITS' ; SEnLECOAL STRIKE Possible Next 24 Hours ' May See Reopening of Negotia tions With Miners. Wayne Knit Silk Hose, full fashion ed and a splendid quality, pr. $1.49 Wayne Knit Outsize Silk Hose, an ex- . . , . o eellent value, the pair $1.69 Lace Silk Hose, pure silk from hem to toe in gray, brown, black and white: the' pair".'... $4.49 Women's Wayne Knit fine mercer ized lisle hose, black, white and brown, the pair '! 49c . .. ' ' ' ' '.. ' ; v Mercerized Lisle Hose, regular or outsizes, white, black and brown, a special 8 inch rib top, the pair 75c and 83c. ; . ; Wayne Knit Cotton Hose for women in black, good values at pair, . 33c This is the store for CHILDREN'S HOSIERY We are agents for the famous TONY STOCKINGS for children, made by the Wayne Knitting Co. Boys' heavy ribbed, double knee, me dium weight, sizes to lO1, the pair 45c to 60c Girls' Fine Mercerized Hose, brown, black and white, sizes 6 to 10, the pair 43c to 59c Buster Brown Hose for children, fine ribbed, brown, black or white, . all sizes, the pair 23c Infants' Mercerized White Hose, at a very low price of the pair 25c. Infants' and Misses' Sox, a tremen duous assortment of sizes and col ors, irom to yo, m snaaes oi pink, yellow,' green; brown, navy, black, etc., the pair 25c to 59c Children's 3-4 Sox, mercerized plain rib or fancy stripe weave, heather green in color, all sizes, the pair 75c to 85c- Approval, C. O. D. or paid for parcels de livered promptly. Telephone 127 for Special Orders QOMETIMES the activities of the blind are marvelous. Most nraispworthv is the work of a sightless scientist in Illinois. V-J H ha invented a new tVDe of airship which he calls the ..aeralane, which ha3 responded successfully to the trials made. It differs from other machines in that the planes are circular, six in number and are at the top of the invention. They work something after the manner of a turbine. This enables the air craft to arise like a bird and to hover in the same manner. No extensive runway is necessary to make a start and the matter of alighting is made simpler and easien If all works well many of the hazards of the flying game would be removed, as these are usually concerned with the landing of the machine or its "hop- i ngoff." Blindness usually results in a high development of the other gonses which may be used to great advantage. A blind person is far from being helpless. Some of the tragedies of the war are finding themselves and proving themselves of real value to in d ustry. Selected. SANTIAGO, Chile, April 21. (A P.) A lost emerald mine near this city has bct-n revealed "through spir.t control" to Mrs. E. B. Patterson, of Cumberland Gap. Tennessee, accord ing to a letter received? at the United States Embassy here from Sirs. Patter. I son in which she aska whether em eralds are commonly found in this re public. She writes the "mine was concealed many years ago and that is has been so photosraphed on her mind's eye" she would recognize the spot Immedi ately. The rich deposits, she adds, may now be found in stratas below the arth's surface near Santiago. So far as known, emeralds have never been found in any quantity in this section of Chile. Chicago has decided to rent out Its firo fln;irtment on taxicab rates to towns within 100 miles. Certain com panies do more for suburbs for which they receive no compensation than they do for tho city. HowMuchTax Do You Pay Your Stomach? Heavy foods.hastily eaten, 1 rail for uenalties some day Often the penalty must be paid the same day,, in a drowsy slowing down of efficiency- it c served with' cream or milk, gives you just the nourishment needed for breakfast or Junch without burdening the digestion. Grape-Nuts is the perfected nutrimeTit of wheat and malted barley, and is partly pre-digested in the making. "Theres a Reason" Mkie by Posten Cereal CoJncBattle Creek,Mich. LOXDOX, April 21. (A. P.) The l-mineowners late last night completed proposals which, it was believed, may go some way towards the settlement of the coal strike. The proposals, r sulting from a conference between the owners and government officials, where a revision of their previous of fer to the miners was concerned, are: csKiuusnment ot a national wage board. Application of national principles to wases1 in each district, based on the financial condition of the industry. Teriods for ascertaining district re sults to be settled nationally. Minimum wages to be determined nationally. . ' To turn over as wages to the work ers in addiUon to these rates, the whole of tho surplus revenue avail able in each district during the ab normal period. To satisfy the workers' represenlia- ties iu each district that the district ! is proposing to pay all the wages It can bear. To confer with the workers' repre sentaUves on wages of the lowtr paid man. , To seek an agreement with the workers on a national basis regarding the future relation between wages and profits. , lroviding for a. joint audit of the mine owners' books. t ! It Is possible that the next 24 hours may see the reopening of negotiations although the miners appear desirous of awaiting the result of their dele gates' meeting Friday. Meanwhile the shortage of coal Is growing more serious. In many of the poorer districts of Indon and other cities coal cannot be obtained and long lines of women wait in the hope of ob taining sufficient to keep warm. Every hour sees more factories closed. It is estimated that between 800 and 900 steamships are tied up. i v noxoit or Aunoit inv WAIIIXCTON," April '51.-r-ttV P.T W ith birthday of J. Merlin Morton nnd the forty-ninth anniversary of tho first Arbor Day in the I'nited Slates coming Frid:iy, the American Forestry Association today culls on the schools of the country to mark the day. Every gcosraphic dovlsion of the I'nited States has an Arbor Pay ex cepting the District of Columbia. The Association today announces the com pletion of a m'.nature memorial walk in honor of the date planted with trees from every state in tho 1'nion. in front of the headquarters, j;h Sixteenth street. ' M HONE l imei-usMiry.' "1 haven't any sympathy for tho man who heats his wife," said a pas senger In the smoker of tho 5:15. "Well," said another, a timid, under sized fellow, "a mon who ch but up his wife doesn't need ny sympathy." It l'sj'S to Advertise. A western evangelist mukes a prac tice of painting religious line on rocks nnd fences along public highways, Onoi run: "What will you do when - you die " , Came an advertising man and paint ed under It: "I'se Delta Oil. flood for burnR." HtfchM oil the IUkIU of Way, Autoist "Why does every blamed t chicken fly right toward my car?" Contable "Well, ain't you drlvln' a coop-li?" ' lll-rtUblle-iliddle. my son John Went lo bed with his breeches on. One shoe off and ono shoe on. . Where did you get tho ti'i'ior, John? . . ; ., '''"I V it' fin re LUBJ'v 'Mi tLAJ' - Idle Money Is an Expense Make jour meny work for you. A Term Savings Account In this Hank works for you every day earning 4 per rent Interest 'compounded semi-annually. ' . Your own good judgment will tell you that tho only way lo success is to saie and then rest while your money does the work. I'cgln today a dollar is enough to start an account here. ,4To keep up (juvinjt you should have otic of our Ubcrty iU-'A lUinks In your lioinc or office It will i pur you oil lo Independence. Inland Empire Bank Pendleton, Oregon llllllllllllllllllllllllll FOR AMERICAN LEGION Major-General Hunter Liggett! Dons Blue Overalls and! 'Offers His Services. fAN FIIAXCISCO, April 21. -(A. I'.) A white haired elderly man, dressed In blue overalls today, entered a building here which, Is being con-; verted Into a clubhouse for the Am erican Legion, looked around curious-1 ly and then occoHted tho men In charge of the volunteer workers. "I heard you were trying to fix tip things for your opening party April 27,' 'he said. "Can I help?" i lie euieny man puciiea- in wun hammer, saw and broom. For several hours he worked In silence, among the volunteers until he was Interrupted by the hall: "Why, general, how long hno you heen li-re?" Former soldiers, sailors and ma rine's looked wonderlngly at the man In overalls. Then they recognized Ma-lor-Oeneral Hunter Liggett, former field omtni'nder of the first Ameri can army overseas and until his re tirement several weeks ugo command er ot the ninth army corps, ( 1 I Wonderful Values Are Here for You We have just received a new ship ment of Stamped Goods. ' Among them we have, the All Over Apron, also the house apron stamped in the best of de signs, with not too much work on them. Still they are in a cliss all to themselves. Our stock is right and so i3 the price. Children's Hose, sizes from 4 to 6 1-2, at 25c the pair. This is not a cheap spec ial, but worth the money kind. You will be pleased with them. Ladies' Hose at 15c the pair. HIGHEST " SERVICE LOWEST PRICES THE BEE HIVE "More for Lew" PENDLETON . OREGON THE STORE OF DEPENDABILITY A BIG SPECIAL 90c - buys the best Coverall that money can buy. The best Hair Net on 2 for 25c the market. Bugle Beads, Trimming Beads, . 15c Shoe Tollsh, lOo. i West Electric Curlers, card. 22c. fivs on the WHILE THEY LAST 90c buys the best Ladies' Percale Apron that money can buy. ! 4 Making your dollars feci good can be accomplished by spending them with this store. They purchase values of highest quality marked at tho lowest prks. Our busi ness policy Is one of proflt Mlinrlng whereby we save you money hy giving you mora for It. Thus the reason tor our success. Darning cotton, the ball, 3c, Colored Lawn, Bias Tapes, all colors, 22c. Keep dry paJr, 40c. baby rubber pants, the Hand made Chocolates, spec ial this week, only 50c the pound. A satisfied customer Is, nfler all, our liest advertise, mejit. This partly accounts for being one of the best ad vertised stores In this city. In other words vro make good. Bear this in mind when purchasing anything ot this establishment and remember, It must lie worth the money puid or your snoncy back, ,