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PAGE FOUR. DAILY EAST ORECONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1008. EIGHT PAGES. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN lNPKI'ENPENT NEWSPAPER. FublUh.M Pally, WtfMj and 8erol Wwkly, t IVnilleton. Oregon, by th EAST OKKiiOXlAX lTM.lSniNG CO. sntsatirriov kates: Pally, one ynr. ty mail 5.00 Pally, alx tnoixhu. ty mull 2M Pally, llirar mnnlh. by mail 1.25 Pally. on month, by mll SO Pally, one ypar. by carrier " M Pally, an month by carrier 3.75 Pally, three month, by carrier 195 Pally, one month, by carrier .T Weekly, one ve.ir. by mall 1.R0 Weekly, all m.nth. by mall 75 Weekly, four montht. by mall K Rm Weekly, one year, by mall 1.50 8eml Weekly, nix month, by mall... .75 Bern I Weekly, (our month, by mall.. .50 The Pally Eaut Oregonlan l kept on tale at the Oreeon Xewi Co., 147 6th afreet, Portland. Oregon. Chlcmro Rurean." 909 Security building. Washington, D. C, Bureau, 501 Four teenth atreet. S. W. Member United Press Association. Telephone Main 1 Entered at the poatofflce at Pendleton, Oregon. a aecond-claoa mail matter. step makes other easy. One victory leads to others and soon there will be no dividing lines In the religious denominations of the world. One splendid organization, living accord ing to nature and nature's edicts, building up Instead of tearing down, will cover the world and the kingdom of heaven will be established In the lowly vales of the earth. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT. The earthquake doesn't rattle us the hurricane so wild Though they tumble all our towers In a heap. Though higher than the great hills all the wrecks o them are piled And the skies above the deso lation weep. For "Progress" Is the watch word of the flying world today, And still our hearts are beat ing brave and strong. The country still Is moving, and we're happy on the way, And sorrow has a sequel In a song! Atlanta Constitution. THE CAMPAIGN OPENS. With the opening of the registra tion books on next Monday It might be said that the political campaign for 190S opens In Oregon. From the day the voters begin to register, It Is certain that the candidates will be gin to get busy. There promises to be several In tensely Interesting contests In Oregon this year, especially over the congres sional election In the eastern Oregon district and in the senatorial elec Otherwise the campaign promises nothing out of the ordinary. The people are going to demand the adoption of statement No. 1 pro viding for the election of the people's choice to the United States senate, and It Is almost certain In advance that none but a statement No. 1 man will be selected for that high position. Senator Fulton has said that If he Is not elected by the people at the polls that he will not be a candidate before the legislature, so It Is evident that the people are to have their way In the matter. In the congressional election In fhe eastern Oregon district there promises to be an Interesting contest The way the matter Is now shaping Tip, eastern Oregon Is placed at a dls advantage. If T. T. Geer Insists on "being a candidate after his brief res idence here, It will divide the vote which Justly belongs to W. H. Ellis, who Is also a candidate and by this means Portland will perhaps win the election. In Justice to himself and "his friends Mr. Geer should stay out of the congressional contest and give eastern Oregon the advantage of hav ing an undivided vote in the primaries for Ellis. If this Is one of Portland's schemes It Is evidently well laid for Port land and promise to give it to east ern Oregon In the neck, as usual. Mr. Geer cannot afford to be a party to ruch a scheme, when he could contest for the senatorial toga without com promising or weakening eastern Ore gon's strength. CHURCH PROGRESS. "Wonderful progress has been made by the churches of Pendleton the past lew years. Only a very few years ago the splendid union evangelical meetings to be held the latter part of this month would have been Im possible. It Is only a recent thing that the various denominations could mix with any degree of fellowship, anywhere in the world. But they have climbed above that old dividing line; they have brushed aside that old prejudice, they have overcome that old coldness and to day it is safe to say that 90 per cent of the churches In every city In the country will cheerfully Join together for the promotion of religious senti ment outside of denominational lines. The East bregonlan delights in this progress. It believes that It Is the best omen of world wide growth now visible anywhere. After one prejudice, one dividing line has been swept away, the con quest of others Is easy. One 'forward If the people who have mado for tunes In Umatilla county would now devote those fortunes to developing the resources of the county they would not only make still greater fortunes for themselves and children, but they would also bless the county with needed Improvements and de velopments which would make It a model community. Suppose one-half of the Idle wheat money now lying In Umatilla county banks could be Induced to come from hiding and engage In constructing lines of electric roads from the wheat belt to the Columbia river, and from Pendleton to Milton to Join the "Walla Walla line, nnd from Pendleton south Into the timber belt and eastward Into the Blue mountains. What would follow such vital de velopments? Why, to be sure, untold fortunes for those who would make the Investments and comforts, con veniences, lower prices and splen did communication and facilities for the people at large. Land prices would be Increased from 25 to 100 per cent. Small farms, highly developed orchard tracts, sub urban homes would be the order and the Income from such Investments would reach beyond the fondest dreams of the present. If the Idle money of Pendleton which Is now looking for Investment In Texas, Spokane. Portland and Al berta could be applied to the actual development of Umatilla county, Pen dleton would be made a matchless commercial center, the country sur rounding It would be converted Into a community of modern homes and Immense fortunes would be accumu lated for those who thus grasp the waiting opportunity. Somebody Is going to develop these resources some day. It will perhaps te some stranger, some easterner who can see things ahead and who will be attracted here by the matchles.s resources now lying dormant. He will multiply his fortune and reap a splen did profit while the people now here on the ground will be sitting by, won dering why they did not see things ahead. IF YOU LET YOUR WINGS EXPAND A pessimist firefly sat on a weed In the dark of a moonless night; With folded wings droopod over his breast He moaned and he moaned for light "There Is nothing but weeds on the earth," said he, "and there Isn't a star In the sky; And the best I can do in a world like this Is to sit on this weed and die; Yea, all that I need Is to sit on this weed, Just sit on th s weed and die. "There la naught but this miserable swamp beneath, And there Isn't a star overhead." "Then be your own star! Then be your own star!" An ODtlmlst firefly said. "If you'll leap from your weed, and will open your wings And bravely fly afar. You will find you will shine like a star yourself, You will be yourself a star; And the thing you need Is to leap from your weed And be yourself a star." Then the pessimist firefly leaped from his weed And floated far and free; And he found that he shone like a star himself. Like a living star was he. And the optimist firefly followed and said: "Why alt on a weed and groan? For the firefly, friend, who uses his wings Has plenty of light of his own; He has plenty of light For the darkest night He has plenty of light of his own." Te firefly souls with your folded wings, Why sit with the weeds In the night? Lift up your wings and Illumine the dark With your own sclf-luminant light For darkness comes with the folded wings, And shrouds the starless land; But there's light enough for the dark est way, If you'll let your wings expand. There Is plenty of light for the darkest night, If you let your winds expand. Sam Walter Foss, In "Songs of the Average Man." NEWSPATER FRIENDS. Every day the East Oregonlan re ceives a touching little reminder of deep-rooted friendship scattered here and there over the world. The friends which a newspaper makes by Its spirit of fealessness, fairness and straightforwardness are fast friends and are highly appreciated. During Its third of a century of ex istence the East Oregonlan has be come the fast friend of thousands of people in the Inland empire and at this beginning of a new year It de sires to freshen those friendships by repeating Its pledges that it will con tinue to fight for what It believes to) be right, no matter "where the chips fall;" that it will guard the Interests of the people on every occasion and that Its chief aim Is to give all the news In a fair and square manner, unbiased, unprejudiced and unafraid. It Is adding new friends every day. It Is gaining ground and holding every Inch gained; It Is going Into new homes, reaching Into new terri tory and Is becoming a better adver tising medium as Its scope expands. So the new year opens auspiciously as the old has closed with prosper ity and progress. The New Year edition of the Port land Oregonlan Is one of the best Industrial editions ever Issued by that paper and tells the wonderful story of Oregon In an attractive manner. It will be the means of bringing many good people to Oregon and should be sent east by Oregon people. While It is not as large as former special editions of the Oregonlan, ye't it is filled with vital statistics and enter taining stories of Oregon's resources. When the Oregonlan does a thing it usually does It with ability and en ergy and this excellent edition is worthy of that paper. The people of Umatilla county do not know what they possess In the Umatilla Irrigation project. More people should visit the project and see what is being done in the way of preparing the desert for homemaklng. The expenditure of over $1,000,000 at that project means more to the coun ty and to eastern Oregon than any body in this section has yet been able to grasp. A CITY VISION. A bit of fern upon a window-sill, A bit of field transplanted to the town, And striving hard to keep its emer ald gown As fresh and bright as when beside a rill That wanders down a wood-embrold- ercd hill It wore, upon Its head a dew-wet crown And now so pallid 'neath the austere frown Of iron Fkies that wither, blight and kill. Dear bit of green! By thee my thoughts are turned To field and forest, meadow, lane and brook How often for the sight my soul has yearned! Dear native land! Afar to thee 1 look, As one who with world-weary heart and eyes Might gaze o'er walls of death at Paradise! WOULD RAFFLE OFF SERVICES. The oddest request made of the mayor of Dubuque was presented when a fellow giving the name of George Jones, a stranger out of work and broke, appeared seeking permis sion to raffle off his services. His Idea was to sell chances at prices from 1 cent to $1, the drawing to decide for whom the fellow should work for two weeks. The mayor told him to go ahead. The multitude pauses heart speaks. when the fell mi i i : . . if v:--Jv 0 a ft i. CATARRH HEADFTHE THROAT, ' i ItktfV v KIDNEYS BLADDER m If tl . il W ,TiiHi.-.rynin Ml, M'lv.-;; till l It :J' VK-I,.1 mi sl ; i U '., , m :Smm H II, .. v avji n uursffi&zi urn inj m v ! . Li-Wit III r 1I Z'-t!Ma& 111 illJ'I I . I ft CI C tiVT! 1 ;irValVf 1 I I , ; " UArnm m y - tf.Wi'lt f i . UViiit. V U Mil Vl It I SMf .f f I "?: V J:Ji'W i is M..uJf, wii A j'yVvvl r - . . mm- AN Ait m fMf 't - OF THE SYSTEM GRIf? nu ALU. catarrhal,. : DISEASE mmiimm A JAPANESE ADVERTISEMENT. , According to a foreign paper, the j following example of Japanese profl- 1 clency in the use of the English lan- i guage was recently, found in an ad-! vertlsemont In a case of towels re- j celved In Canton: "I know you are i acknowledged the towel made In Ja- I pan are more convenience In using, and longer In existence than the towel In Europe. La'ely, however, the cra'fty merchants cheat the custom ers by making It chaoge from light and coarse texture to heavy and fine by using paste, Indeed there are most adauclous manne. I was strike on this point, therefore for the sake of avoiding the small Interests and wish ing to continue the sale for ever I en deavored to select the materials to de duce the prices, and the dyes not to fall till the towel got broken. Wish ing the reputation should be raised like the he'ght of Mount Fuji, I named It 'Fuji brand. Lastly I beg humbly that ladles and gentlemen should buy It everywhere, bewaring of the trade mark 'Mount Fuji.' " R. U. I. 50041? Just Received Fresh Candies Fresh Crop Nuts Fancy.Baked Goods and Pastry in an endless variety. Our fine, white, light bread is the talk of the town, stop the wagon or phone in your order and be convinced that "there is no better made." Electric Bakeries Dean Tatom 'PHONE MAIN B29. MAIN ST., OPP. FRENCH RESTAURANT. District Attorney Manning will probably Indict State Treasurer Steel for turning school fund money over to the Title Guarantee and Trust Co. CHWCH II Ve will give 10 per cent of ali our cash sales to the churches of Pendleion as follows: Monday, Jan. 6, Catholic Church, Tuesday, Jan. 7, Christian Church, Wed nesday, Jan. 8, Baptist Church, Thursday, Jan. 9, Episcopal Church, Friday, Jan. 10, Presbyterian Church, Saturday, Jan. 1 1, Congregational Church, Mon day, Jan. 1 3, Methodist Church, Tuesday, Jan. 1 4, South Methodist Church, Wednesday, Jan. 1 5, Salvation Army. . . These donations can be credited to any department of your church or Sunday School funds as your members or , officers may direct. The percentage will be given on the total of all cash sales except in the undertaking depart ment. See that your members understand and make cash purchases on tho day when $1.00 of each $10.00 goes to your church where needed. M. Yours for a bountiful collection, A. RADER The Furniture and Carpet Man. 0 V v