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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1910)
page Kitiirr. lAl. V.AM' niiKuoxuX, PKMlU'iV.M, OllKUON, .MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910. EIGHT PAGES. Are You Living Too High? If so let us supply you with your table necessities. We will give you just as good, if not better, than' you are now getting, but you'll find our price much lower Live the same but pay less, at the Standard Grocery Co. 214-216 East Court St. Leading Grocers. PERSONAL MENTION It OIL PETE" IS RELEASED FROM PEN H. M. S. CYR WELL KNOWN HERE COMPLETES SENTENCE Engineer Who Made Remarkable Records While Here Some Ten Years Ago Leaves Prison to Accept Position of Trust Has Had Re markable Career. H. M. St. Cyr who was released from the Idaho state penitentiary at Boise after having served a ten year sen tence for murder, is well known In Peadleton. He was engineer on the 1 O. R. 4 N. for a number of years and made this city his headquarters, hav ing rooms in The East Oregonlan building; He will be remembered as the artist engineer and to all old railroad men he Is known as "Hair oil Pete." While on this division he made some of the most remarkable runs ever made by an engineer, one of them being the time he jumped onto a locomotive at Meacham and raced down the mountain to overtake a train which had been given wrong orders and was speeding to certain destruction. He is also remembered as the engineer, who no matter what "engine he had, could blow the whistle in such a manner that all railroaders who heard it could tell who was at the throttle and in a manner that could not be imitated by anyone else. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Tb8 Rind Yon Have Always Bought Signature of The following dispatch from BoIse concerning him will therefore be read with interest by Pendletoniana: "A Frenchman by birth, an Ameri can by choice, graduate of West Point and once a civil engineer of prominence, H. M. St. Cyr, who 10 years ago shot and killed Archie Ed mond in a fit of anger near his home in Boise county, was released this week after serving his sentence in the state penitentiary. He was convicted of manslaughter June 3. 1903.. "The killing of Edmond took place at Lardo and provide the tragic end ing of a quarrel which arose over Edmond going to the home of ' St. Cyr and taking a team of horses, over which there was a dispute in ownership. The testimony of the case showed that Edmond took several shots at St. Cyr, but the latter escap ed and went into his home, and, re turning to the yard, shot Edmond, the bullet striking him in the face. killing him almost instantly. "At the penitentiary he was a mod el prisoner, refined in his tastes and dress, having, been allowed privileges not awarded to other termers. He soon received the confidence of the officials and held it, never violating a trust placed in him and, although his term did not expire until Febru ary 28, the pardon board granted his release on probation. As soon as re leased St. Cyr went to Twin Falls to accept a position of confidence with a business house of that city. "During his Incarceration In the penal Institution St. Cyr has contin ued his membership In the Brother hood (of Locomotive Engineers and also in the Masonic Lodge at La Grande, Ore., both orders having made an investigation of the shoot ing and .exonerated him. He also holds a diploma of graduation from the military school at West Point, and is credited with completing courses in mining and locomotive en gineering. He held the position of deputy mining inspector f Idaho under the administration of Presi dent McKinley, receiving the appoint ment upon the recommendation of Senator Shoup. J. E. Taylor of Echo, Is a Pendleton business visitor today. Miss Lillian Stanfteld of Echo la the guest of Miss Ivy H11L John Kapellas of Elgin, Is here to care for business interests, Blanche Cuayne of Echo, is the guest of Pendleton friends. P. J. Bauer of Wallula, Is here for the transaction of business. Mrs. W.' H. Klncart of Haines, is the guest of Pendleton friends. J. B. Snow of Baker City, is here for the transaction of business. Alice Evans of Weston, spent Sun day as the guest of Pendleton friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cates of Cascade Locks, are the guests of Pendleton friends. Mrs. C. P. Bishop left this morning for a two week's visit to Portland and Salem. J. T. Lieuallen was among those who came down from Adams this morning. H. C. Mack, the well known resi dent of Ukiah, Is in the city on a trading trip. Winn Stewart was a passenger on the delayed local train from Walla Walla today. , Mrs. Anton Nolte was a passenge on the incoming Northern Pacific pas senger today. City Engineer Geary Kimbrell went to Pilot Rock tis morning to do some surveying'. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Molstrom carre down upon the morning Northern Pa cific train today. David L. Johnson, the Cold Springs rancher, is In the city today for the transaction of business. Mrs. W. C. E. Prultt left this morn ing for Portland where she will visit friends for a few days. Dr. M. S. Kern Is spending the day in the west end of the county in the Interest of his lumber .business. F. R. McReynolds' of Pilot Rock, returned home this morning, after a brief business visit to this city. Justice of the Peace Joe . Parkes expects to go to Portland tomorrow, where he will transact business. Charles Matthews, the Pilot Rock sheepman, returned home this morn ing after a brief visit to this city. E. E. Cleaver of Chlcago'left this morning for a visit to the project of the Western Land & Irrigation company. Deputy District Attorney Steiwer left this morning for Echo to partici pate in the water suit hearing in pro gress there today. Mr. Sam Tllden and family, who have been visiting friends on the res ervation, have returned to their home near Lapwal, Idaho. Col. J. H. Raley went to Echo this morning to represent the Interests of his clients in the water suit hearing in progress there today. T. Boynton of Stanfield, returned home this morning, after attending the funeral of his father, William Boynton, in this city yesterday. Dr. E. B. Waffle, assistant surgeon The Apples That Made Oregon Famous Genuine Hood River For Sale Here Exclusively $2.50 -a Box Store Will Be Closed All Day Tomorrow, Washington's Birthday INGRAM'S GROCERY b,cgethAn ever Removd Sal You never saw Furniture so cheap in Pendleton as it will be here during the next 2 days. We must reduce our Stock to fit our new Store Room ' On March 1st we will move to the store room formerly occupied by Ingram's grocery. We have too large a stock for the room and to reduce it will supply your needs at any old price Come in and help us. For 2 days we intend selling regardless of cost prices. No bumfoozle bargains, but. the real article. Pendleton Furniture Co. W. R. GRAHAM, Manager. for the O. R. & N. arrived last night from an offlcfal visit to ut Grande and left for the west this morning. C. F. Van de Water, traveling f freight agent for the O. R, & N. company, is In the city today from his headquarters In Walla Walla, Editor John P. McManus of the Pi lot Rock Record, returned home this morning after transacting business In this city since Saturday afternoon. Charles Hill has returned from Portland and the Willamette valley, where he had been for several days on business for the Farmers' Union. William ' HIatt, formerly news edi tor of the Semi-Weekly Tribune, left this morning for Pilot Rock to ac cept a similar position on the Pilot Rock Record, J. N. Burgess returned to the Cun ningham Sheep and Land company's ranph at Pilot Rock, this morning, after spending Sunday with his fam ily in this city. Attorney Harrison Allen of Port land, arrived In Pendleton this morn ing and returned as far as Echo on the local where the taking of testi mony in the water suit, is now in pro gress. Major E. A. McFatrldge, former agent of the Umatilla Indian reserva tion and later a member of the Ham-ley-McFatrldge Harness company, re turned this morning from a visit to the east. Jack Keefe, who established a repu tation In this city as an entertainer by his performance In the "Sunny South Minstrels," returned to Weston yesterday morning, after a two days' visit in the city. J. W. Messner, president of the Western Land & Irrigation company who has been in the city for a few days on business in connection with the company, left for Echo on the morning train. J. Merrill Blanchard, who recently resigned his position as Instructor of athletics at Whitman college, passed through this city Saturday night en route to Salt Lake city, where he may locate permanently. W. H. Daughtrey, president of the Union Stock Yards company and a member of the Henrietta Milling company of Echo, came up from the metropolis yesterday and left this morning for Echo. Circuit Judge H. J. Bean left this morning for Echo where he will pre side at an lampromptu session of the equity department of his court for the purpose of taking testimony In the famous Echo water suits. Attorney Charles Sternberg of Portland, who has been spending the past six weeks in the Wallowa can yon while engaged in literary work, stopped over In Pendleton this morn ing for a brief visit with local friends. R. C. Stanley, representing the In ternational Contracting company, ar rived in Pendleton this morning and wet out to Cayuse where his company has the contract for erecting the new steel bridge being constructed across the Umatilla river. -right off the reel. Just in by express, -drop in and we'll show you Busy Boston Store BILL COLLECTORS WORRY SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR Paris. Even a royal ruler some times finds himself In hot water if he does not pay his debts. The Sultan of Zanzibar Is the latest Individual to discover the truth of this statement. The sultan sent his big motor car to a Paris firm for repairs, but left here without paying the bill, going to London and later to Nice. The Paris firm, despairing of col lecting Its bill by other means, sent an employe to Nice. The employe, after a round of the garages, discov ered the sultan's car. When the sul tan called for his machine,, thinking to enjoy a spin around the municipal ity, he found to his astonishment and chagrin that it had been legally siez ed. Seeing that he had been fairly caught, the Zanzibar monarch took the only sensible course left open to him; he made a quick settlement In full for the amount due the Paris firm, the machine was released, and a moment later he and his driver were speeding away. KAISER'S ACTION BEING APPLAUDED IN GERMANY Berlin. All of Germany heartily applauded the action of the kaiser tn sanctioning the betrothal of his con sin, Prince Frederick William of Prus sia, to Princess Agatha of Ratlbor Hohenohe, grand niece of the second Imperial chancellor. This culminates a beautiful romance of long standing, the engagement having been delayed thus far by op position to the fact that the-prlnceas, not of royal birth, desired to wed a Hohenzollera. The prince is a son of the late re gent of Brunswick. Women say as mean thing of the men as they can think of, in pub'ie, but In public men are always com plimenting the women. NEW POSTMASTER FOR TOWN OF STANFIELD Edith M. Bell of Stanfield has Just been appointed postmaster for that town. Her appointment was made to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of R. B. Stanfield, who has been postmaster since the post office was established, several months ago. RATTLESHIP VIRGINIA PROVES HER METTLE Washington, D. C, Feb. 21. A bet ter ship than she was In her Infant days, the battleship Virginia main tained an average speed of 19.54 knots an hour In a four-hour trial that Rear Admiral Schroeder, In command of the Atlantic fleet, put her through oft Guantanamo, Cuba, according to a cablegram received today at the navy department. The speed is better than that made In the contractors' trials, when the ship was put into service, and were conducted with a displacement of 1, 000 tons more than was the case when the contractor took the ship out.t FANATIC USES A GUN. Boutres Pacha Chall, Egyptian Pre- inter Shot and Seriously Wonndcd Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 21: Boutres Pa cha, Egyptian premier and minister of foreign affairs, was shot and se riously wounded tJday by a student who was arrested. The student fired five shots, three bullets lodging In the premier's body. Two of them, however, Inflicted only superficial wounds. The bullets were extracted, and It Is thought that the premier, will recover. The crime was entirely of a pollti cal nature; the would-be assassin Is said to be a nationalist. He declared that his motive was the desire to av enge various acts of the government which the nationalists attribute per sonally to Boutres Pacha. O. M. HEACOCK, Ey1st My optical parlor is equipped with the latest scientific Instru ments for determining and measuring the defects of the eye, a4 1 GUARANTEE TO FIT YOU With Win. Hanscom, The Jeweler I Grind My Own Glasses. ALMOST ANY LENSES DUPLICATED IN SO MINUTES. During the "Fireside Season" you feel the need of heavier cletkinc yet hesitate to purchase Witter weight. Not necessary sen last Spring's Butt here for renovation cleaning and pressing and we'll pat It in shape to wear aad please year eyes however orltlcal you may be. Pendleton Dye Works 206 Vt E. Alta 8t. Phone Maine lit. I .ut0 Race for $5000. ! Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21. Atlanta's au- i tomobile speedway will be the scene '. tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday, j of a race which Is expected to devel op hair-raising qualities. George Robertson and Lewis Strang will be the contesting driven. The conditions of the race call for Robertson to drive a 100 horse power Benz car and Strang a 200 horse pow er Flat car three heats of ten miles each for a purse and plat of the value of $5000. One heat will be decided on each day, unless one car should capture two heats In succession, which would decide the race. , Order or Il'Nal B'rlth in Session. San Francisco Feb. 21. The 67th annual session of District Grand Lodge No. 4, Independent Order of B'Nai B'rlth, was called to order In King Solomon's Temple this morning by Grand President Edmund Tausz ky of San Francisco. We all like to brag of our ances tors, but sometimes forget to live so that our descendants can do the crime thing. Cet Beady for Baseball, Boys! New Athletic Goods ol Every Description We have Just received a large shipment of athletic goods in Base Balls. Body Protectors, Catchers Mitts. In fielders Gloves, First Base Gloves, Masks, Bats, Boxing Gloves, Punching Bags. Tennis Supplies, Athletic Supporters, Bog Swivels, Shoe Plates, etc. Spring will soon be here, come In now and pick ont the athletio goods yon will need. NELSON'S PHONE Main 513