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Seasonable Serviceablo
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never b ufa, tuilea the war shouU
happily result In an international
pact We must be strong enough to
dlneoursge sgTeaaton or weak enough
to lubmit without struggle. Nuut!d
die roure (a Imtirated. In this ueaa
half luaf la wore than no bread, aim
(t a futile rcrlatance. the
inking of our ahlpe, I ha pillage of our
cities atnt the slaughter of our uif
trained soldiery, '
rartial praparwlnaee la' inadequate
prrednea, If we ever nxd them,
wo will need men by the million, ehlpa
by the hundred and guna by the thou
sand. Centre and the adiulnlatra
tton err in not think in in term of
billiona in the progreoeive and eumulet-
Ive financing of the prcpardneaa
prvgram.
"Poufl" yott sayT.Wall, you may
live to aee the day when talk like thia
hath no such an extravagant sound,
We hop not, but hope doesn't claaa
a e IT active war insurance.
A Reed college professor la quoted ai
eaying at The Dalle that It at good for
children to lie and to "uVvekip the In
atinrt of destruction) to. a certain ex
tent." We presume, however, that
even ha would draw the line at the In
atinct of destruction which prompt
the child to explode a giant Orecracktr
under the pedagogical chair, and the
Instinct to lie which likewiae prompts
him toblam thia exploit upon "teach
er'a pet."
Comparing; Wilson with Buchanan In
i editorial entitled "The Futility of
Words," the esteemed Oregonian says
"In both case we And facility of ex
pression combined with weaknee in
action. In 1914 aa In I860 word are of
little avail: the situation call for
action." ,
What sort of action? Would the
Oregonian have art ' unarmed ' man
plunge headlong into a pit full of fight
ing gladiatora? It eeenia to as that
there are pleaaanter methods of suicide.
(Phone Main 241)
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FRIDAY
FEB. It, 191
I ffrtrrta at Um aetfaffic at Wcilaa, Ore).
Htaad-claM wail aulltr..
CANDIES
J3l
Tlie largest stock of
Gigsrs Tobacco and
Pipes
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- .. in town
I ;,T ES and HARMONICAS
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Kirkpat rick's
Confectionery
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DIL C H. SMITH
"iysfcian and Surgeon
O-Tica In Brandt building
OKEOON
"-Tie mn m
vuur Woston Leader "sub"
' THE SE&SOX WET.
Nobody loves a neutral, especially
I neutral like Uncle Sam, whose Kjrth
I increases in direct ratio to the attenua-
I tion of the warring powers. The Unit-
led States is the object of German ha-
I tred, English distrust and French scorn;
Europe's vision is distorted by the
I great, war. Each combination of the
I fighting: powers is prone to regard the
United States ss an enemy because it is
not an outspoken and helpful friend.
A Berlin newspaper says of Secre-
Itary Lansing's note on the submarine
I question: - "
'It could lust as well have been stal
ed by Sir Edward Grey. 7
A London newspaper says of the
same document: .
"One might think that the note had
been prepared by the Count von Berns-
torff."
This illustrates aptly the European
attitude of mind. It bodea ill for the
United States.. When the present war
is over and Japan is ready to attack us
which she assuredly , will, perhaps
within the next decade, if ye refuse
her demands for indiscriminating treat
ment of her nationals in America and
for a Japanese door in China, and if we
try to thwart her ambition toward
naval dominance ol toe f seine we
will have not a single friend in Eu
rope to stay her mailed Tiand.
Indeed, a bleedinr. exhausted and vet
Da I f?ntI"lA!l T I rancorous Europe may say to Japan:
alK, JU II I WVJi "Go. thou, and SDoil the bloated oaf!"
Whatever other result the war may
have, Japan is certain to emerge from
the maelstrom with greatly enhanced
power and prestige. Germany will not
be In a position to barm her, and the
Entente will owe her a debt of grati
tude. Intensely ambitious and conceit
ed, caring only for Japan's aggrandize
ment and certain of the united loyalty
of her people, she will have no eonsei-
entioua scruples to deter her from
spoiling an alien race. When she is
ready, if the United States U not, she
will ruthlessly sweep our nondescript
navy from the Pacific, bombard our
coast cities and trample our fair land
with ber armed horde.
The United States, with potential
foes on either sea, must prepare to
fight or prepare to yield. We will
trade mark.4 aft f'l'J rtyrht. oW;td or nm
f-r. Hn4 hkhIH. rkttrtim or rhoa and do
erililloa (or FBEC SEARCH iukI rwort
a iMlmtabllirr. Bank rafvreaeta.
PATENTS BUILD rOBTUKta far
yon. Our Craa booklet IH1 kow. what loummt
udatrnmr- Wribtcodajr.
D, SWIFT & CO.
TtnT LAWvrna.
A 303 Sevcath St, Washington, D. C.
The subjoined description of a vivid
personality appears in the Monday
Crawfish, and w wonder If Dean Cor
tina is telling the naked truth: ,
"Gertrude Hoffman appeared at the
Orpbeum in 'Sumurun' laat wk. in a
string of beads and a light terra cotta
finish that waa greatly admired."
THK KKVXOTK HPKRCJI.
Tha am-et-h of I ha rvv-nlnif sra dr.
Ilvarad by Hoa Wallace Urt'iiii.m,"
aid the .ronla In tfaicrltilng lh
tJn.'oln dlnnar aivra undvr the aua-plcv-a
of tha rmtland HiuilUn club.
It was also eVarrlbaa a "a kevrot
ranntaisn atldraaa."
"Mrmta tm an avarlrlwe m1t
bank." axrlalmvd thia prlni'lital apaak.
r. Mr. Mol'amant, la a vahamant and
brutal denunciation of Mr. ttrandale.
Thia la lha kind of laadarahlp that
damorallava tha Itapuhllcan party In
Oracaa and tha country. It dlaaunt
Rapubllcaa maaaaa. la Oraavn, It
lrta tJamitcrata lo offloe.
l rollalle ta a Llncola llrpubllraa.
Ha la tor Braadala.
Panator Clapp of Wlaounala la on
of the foranuiat Irocrvaalv of tha
country. Ha I for Uramlala,
Sana tor Polndaxtar of Waahlnftna
la a former lruralv now rvlurnad
to lha Hapubllcaa party. Ha la for
ttrandala.
Ktupld laadara do not know It. bul
two-thlrda ot the Rapubllcan anaaaM
ballrve on graat publle quaatlona aa
Lav Pollatta, tnapp, Polndaxtar and
olhar rvpubllraa t'rosraaalva and pro.
ervaalra Hapubllrana ballava, Kapub-
Urea miaiii In lhair dally Ufa aland
fop tha kind of thing Mr. HrandaU
atands tor. There la a klnahlp ot
commonalty btraan iham and Bran
data. Thara la a mutuality ot talth
and sympathy bat waa n iham and
Brandrla.
Rut Mr. MfCemaat "In lha apaach
of the evenlns" danounrad Mr. Ilran
dia a "aa avarlcolua mountebank."
What a terrible statement to be mad
at a banquet In memory ot a dead
preeldent who In life loved the com
mon people! What a traveety on Lin
colnlara la this vulgar slander of lha
plain man'a friend at a banquet In
Unroln'a honor)
It ware better for the party ta Ore-
ton that tha dinner bad never beaa
held. What can aurh a leadership aay
to the Republican maeaee In Oresua,
who, wtyre the question aubmltted to
them, would vole five to one for Bran,
deut confirmation!
Waal ran such readerahlo say to the
Oretoa Procrvaalvea whom tney a
aakin to rome back Into tha Kepubll.
can party!
MORTGAGE LOANS
Term Contract on City and Farm Property
OUnRCNT RATH NO OOMMIMlONi-
NO HONIWJ, or other eapenaaa.
Just like gelling It from a bank. Xn',$tU'M
quickly cloa.il. If you need money COMK AND tttl. US.
MATL0CK LAAT2 Investment Company
113 riuit Court Strevt, I'endlaton, Ore a" on.
LOANS ll HEAL ESTATE u INSURANCE
I B STALLIONS
D..ll.lnM Da Trmrtrlav. FK. 7A. 1016. it DM o'clock '
Imported and American bred farrherona, IWlglana and Phlraa. A lot of
Ira good. big. heavy hone etsjlluna. Ages from twa ta Un years. Ale oris
high-claaa aaddle stallion. I expect them to aell for leas thsn at pHvaf mI
Coma before aale and s amine horaea. You will be surprised la find them aw
good. Thia ia your OI'IHJUTVNITY. Uorsea will be aokl with a guarantee.
J. R. JUSTICE, Importer u A!tx Stable it Pendleton. Ortfon
VUino umatlale nrktegrouan.
The following society note appeared
in a recent taaue of the Portland Dra
conian, and will be read with Interest
and pleasure by Mr. Lanadale'a many
Mends In Weaion and vicinity. Ha la
among a number of promlatng atu-
denta whom West on has aent lo Cor
vatlla:
Zane A. Lansdale, a popular senior
at tha Orecoa Asncultural Collet.
Kr rally aurprlaed hla frlenda by allp-
pins oft to Portland between aemea-
tera to marry Miss Beatrice Bsbcock,
pretty and popular vouaa- alri of
I Cor vail la. Mr. Lanadale la a member
Tha Portland Ova Stock Reporter
advisee its readera thusly aa to the
live Blocking aituationt
'Full skirt, and also stockings, may K Arcadia club, the members of put belweeo lb ator. and lb pot f
ba aaan an Washtneton atreet almoat I
FUEL AND HEAT. .
And Why Bleak gtevsi Will Olve
tha leet Itaeults.
The typical household operate oa
lh hit or ml rule of thumb. Rffeo
ttveneea at aecured either tUroutih bap
py c ha ore or the cvlnoUWoc of that
ml with aou sound prltirlirt.
Why at tb stor In the klb befl kept
black t Tb United Htuira bureaa of
atandarda aaaerta that iK on wotuaa
In ten know. It eaye Mia I tht reaaoo
V that a blackened store I the botteat
af atovea. A nkkei pluird atora loa
half of lla capacity fur b.uea.
Do you want your not water plpea to
rrauarer beat without kwaT "lllack
tbeia brlffbt and sbluuig." aaya lb bo-
reou. A bright pli kmum tea heal
thita on biaulaled la ilila astwotni,
rana and pots kept bright stay but
longer than Ihoee not a. Aa Meal
kettle k black on the bottom to take
brat easily and bright uu lb sSSre t
keep beat long.
Kurt are too frequently M with
out Boderatandtng of tbvlr special 6l
aeasea for specls punawea. A coal
Br take naif aa boar of coaling to
proper eutbuataem for frying egga,
aiany furnace work better an email
than on large coal. wbJcti also la ntor
extial?e. Tb beating aurface and
tb Bus of ruraarea should be kept
clean. Boot Insula! in eoorr of
warmth, aa If aa aabeaios mat were
ROTICI TO CUMTOk.
lo lha County Corn of the Stale of
Uregoa for Umatilla Coanty.
In the Matter of the ltal of Lls
MuMorrta, Decraard.
Notice is hereby given that the
deralgned haa been appointed Admin
latramr with Will Auneied tit lh
alatve enllilrd eatale, la h above ra
nt Utl oourt, and baa qualified aa lh
law dlrwla. All miihmis having clalwa
against said ealat are hereby run load
lo present aame to ma at tb offlr of
the fou hit t'lrrk of the above entitled
oourt. la lha I'll jr of IVmlleuin, In
I matllla t'oanlv, Oregon, wltb proiwr
voucher, UhluaU ntoolhs from tlat
hereof.
Hated and first pnhllahed this Mill
dsy of January, A. I. IWIA.
As Administrator with Will Aa
1 neaed of the Katate of Iwla
sleMorrU. IHweaaed.
' ' . . i in . .a in i
Weston Meat
Market
any day. Full akirta were fashionable
on New Year a Eve, uw! ' ...
Not on drunk" haa been observe I
on the streets of Weston a!nc tb
new prohibition law went into effect,
and this community for on ia well con
tent that Oregon should be dry"
forever.
with hla happiness. Tha brlda la tha
daughter of Mrs. H. W. Haney ot Oak
land. CaU but for the past tew year
haa been making her home In thia city
with ner grandparent. Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Lough ridge. Mr. Lansdala wilt
gradual this tear aa a civil engineer
and the couple will at once take up
their residence In Pendleton, where
Mr. Lansdale will asaume bis duties as
city engineer.
PORTUGAL'S HOMER.
Even though tha Republicans are un
kind enough to nominate T. R.. tha
country will endeavor not lo-deprive
bim'of his distinguished position aa ait
. i . t - -
ex-presHieni. . . w. ... ...
f ,
EUhu Root says that Wilson has
mad three fundamental errors which
convinces us that Wilson has made at
least three ten strikes in the statecraft
bowling alley.
An editor and a mayor had a flat
fight at Walla Walla-which sort of
thing will never happen at Athena, by
the way, so long aa Friend Boyd is able
to run. ., . I". "
"Gasoline Scheduled to Go Up," says
a Journal headline, and not a few mo
torist can so testify who have inspect
ed their tanks with a match light
"Help the other fellow," says Henry
Ford. Can't do it not just now, any
way. lie a a rung or two above us sna
is stepping on our hands.
Income Taa Hits the Ffcrmrrs.
According to report from Pendle
ton, Umatilla county farmera who got
their Ills wheat crops after Decem
ber tl are finding that their profits
win not be aa great aa they thought
by reason of the working of the fed
eral Income tax law. The law pro-
vldea that no money received after
December (1 shall b Included In the
statement of receipt for lh year
previous. Inasmuch, aa the expense
of farming are paid at the time of
working, they are Included In the 1115
return. Therefore, next year the total
amount received for Itll crops sold
on or after January 1, ltl. will be
Itemized on the 1M return aa net
income. thus a farmer bavins a
ISO.O09 crop which he aold In ltl
will have the whole amount put In aa
income. Thad W. Bweek. deputy In
terna! revenue collector, la here Bow
and ia explaining the situation to tha
many farmers who held their grain
(or higher prices.
THAT FORTY INCH WAIST.
As Jess Wiilard is probably not I
teetotaler, it may cause him no partie
ulsr Inconvenience to assimilate tha
celebrated Moran punch.'
Tha local business hous that fails to
advertise in tb local paper, indirectly
encourages patronage of the mail or
der houses.
Tha news that Billie Burke gets
$4000 a week reminds us to remind ber
that thia ia leap year and we are still a
bachelor.
Greece ia still a problem to warring
Europe, and we wouldn't mind if it
also had the greaser' to keep it op o'
nights. "
Optical Specialist
I give all my time to the fit-
ting and grinding of glasses. I T
1 t . . , w
nave pracucea in reouieum six
years. All work guaranteed.
American Nat'l Bank Bid. -(Upstairs)
Pendleton - Oregon T
HOMER I. WATTS
, Attorney-at-Law
Practices in
all State
Courts.
and Federal
ATHENA, OREGON
Paradoxically enough, Luke Me Luke
arises to remark that the- man who has
money to burn usually freezes on to it.
We cannot withhold a certain degree
of admiration for Austria'a temerity in
holding up a Standard Oil tanker. -
Wall Street ia probably kicking be
cause the brand in Brandeia is not of
the corporation variety. ..,
It Mean Overeating, Undareseralalna
and Future Peer Health.
"Be war of a forty inch waist Una,"
aaya a -bulletin from the North Caro-
i etat board of health. "Ten to
on the wan who la ore reet eigni
Inches tall and forty Inches about the
waist will sooner or later bav to con
sult a doctor for gallstones and kidney
trouble and most likely for Bright'
or some other serious discs.
Forty Inches about tb waist an
abnormal size and condition aud shows
that fa wbo carries such a bnrdeu
sronnd wltb him baa aa apitlle oT an
abnormal size and proportion. It fur
tber sbowa that something Is wrong
wltb bis diet or that bis energy la re
duced to naught, III appetite la el
tber several eizea too big or be "sit
tight on exercising. Most likely lie
rats excessively of meats, pastries and
heavy foods, which means orerworked
kidneys and faulty ellniliin'lon
"There ta usually one. and only on.
diagnosis to be mad of thia class
fat and forty. Their bolktnesa, flab-
bines and shortness of breath are
symptoms baring for their caus 'over
fed snd underworked.
The bulletin concludes with, "Over
feeding contributes more to disease
and prematura deaths than under
feeding.";
Camaana, Wha Wret "The Lanlad,'
Died In Ahjaet Favorty.
Tbe Los lad" la one of tb noMeat
records ever written of national glory
and soccea.
Camoena. It gited author, determlft.
ed to do foe fvrtngal wbat Hornet bad
don for Greece. Tb great poem waa
written In tb sixteenth reutury. which
baa been called tb heroic ag of for-
tagat and lis nialn feature la the
rounding of tbe Cap of Ootid Hop by
Vasco da Gaua. while a moat Interest
ma evbod la tb crowning after death
of Iocs d Castro aa queen of Portugal
"Tb Laslad took tr asm from
Loaloa. wbo was sakl f bare founded
Lisbon, Its sot nor waa bora about
1030, and bis career, which began tuft
llantly. waa blighted by tb dealb of a
broken heart of tb ladjT of his lav.
for whoa sake be waa hanlabed from
tb land. .
Cs morns wrote "Tb Lusted la hi
banishment and waa recalled la 1371.
losing on tb way all hla property ex
cept bis poem renalnned at first by
tb king, thia great epV poet of Porto
gal died In great poverty and misery
In 1S7Q, when bla patron waa ale
dead ".'"
Knowledge and Culture. '
A great memory dout not make
philosopher any more than a diction
ary can be called a gminuiar. There
are men wbo embrace their minds a
vast multitude of kleus, but with little
sensibility about their real relations to
ward each other. Thee may be antl
quartan, annnllsts. naturalists; tbey
may be learned In tbe law; tbey may
be versed In statistics, they are most
useful lu their own pluc. I should
shrink from speaking disrespectfully
of them. Still, tber ia nothing In such
attainments to gnarante the absence
of narrowness of mind. If tbey an
nothing more than well read men or
men of Information they have Dot
what specially deserves tbe name of
culture of mind or fulfills the type of
llbeajil education. Newnmn.
' Cnglsnd's First Almanae,
The first almnuac printed In England
waa tbe "Kaiendnr of BuepbanJe,'
wbhh appored In 14U7, Just forty
years after Gutenberg printed bis Oral
alumnae at Ments. . Kroin that time on
ward almanacs were numerous, "omens
snd prognostications" lietng added lo
most cores to the calendar Information.
One of tbe earliest specimens preserved
enjoys-the title of "The Prognostyca-'
cyon of Master John Tybault, of tb
Influence of tbe moon, of peas and
wnrre and of sykenesses of the yere,
wltb the constellations that be under
tb planets and the revoluelona of
kynges and princes," London Mirror.
Tha Administration ia pretty well
able to defend itself, although it has
lost its Garrison. '
No wonder Kernel Boyd is dotty, he
sticks so msny periods into his "Mulli
gan Stew."
Walla Walla is hopeful over the pros
pect of leaning again upon an army
post.
The Old Guard's candidate seems to
be a bit shy of Rooters.
Mrs. C. O. King was called to Pen
dleton Tuesday by the serious Illness
of per daughter.
Origin ef Dollar.
Tb dollar waa originally a Jochlms-
tbaler-gulden-groecben. But that name
was too long for general ose, and It
waa cut down to thaler, which was
transliterated Into the present form.
It could not be either a gulden or a
gruscben, because tbe gulden bad al
ways been minted of gold. It' was not
a groscbeo, because tbat coin waa of
email value, so tbe jwo were combined
Tbe essential iwrt of tbe nam was
Jochlmstbsl, or Joacbimstbal. a It Is
now spelled, tbe Joachim rnlley. In
Austria, from which the silver was de
rived for tbe minting of this large
coin. As tbst great silver mine Is lo
cated In Bohemia, the original Uhaler
was tba Bohemian dollar. Those sil
ver mines have sloes attained world
wide fame, because tbey are tbe sour
of radium, but tbe dollar comes closer
bom to most of us.
Motor car service to sll points, day
or night. Also livery snd feed stablr
opposite the Lieuallcn blacksmith
ahop. La fa McBrlde. -
Basket ball tonight.
i
Prime Beef
Pork. Mutton. Veil
Dressed Poultry . '
FISH Monday nd Thursday
Ge?t Our Prices ,
fhons N. hi. ' Order taken by
i photi for mall route. ,
Ten percent Interval ai all ae-
count after 30 day. (
Perry & Wcbcr
It's True Economy
TO TRADE AT "
Til EdBjay Store
Wt bny for rash and sell for
cash-at small margins.
GROCCRiaS
Crash and Linen Goods .'.
NOTIONS
, School Supplies
' COT PHONE NO. 233
Nature's Food
for horses and cattle Is the grass that
grows on meadow and hill. Tha next
beat thing ia sweat, clean, hay and
feed that cornea from our mill. When
you need rolled grain of the right sort
for keeping your livestock in fine fet
tle, look for our sign and tha good
thinn for for vour dumb servsnta-
stored In our bins. We handle Hteam
Rolled Hurley, Oat ami Wheat; Haled
Hay, Mill.tulls and Chicken Peed
We're local as-ents for Ptirock Floor
and illntchford Calf MeaL I'honefcjl.
D. R. WOOD the Feed Man
,
Butter Wrappers -
Furnished and Printed at the Leader office
Sixty (minimum).
One hundred
Two hundred
Each additional hundred.,
$0 75
00
CO
so
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