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EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION Calling cards, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oregonian. WEATHER REPORT. Rain or enow tonight end Tuesday; colder, high westerly winds. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 23. PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY. JANUAltY 0, 1911. NO. 7106 1 MAT PROJECT IN West Extension is Now Al . most Assured Ballinger Acts. OREGON'S PROTEST IS HEARD AXD ANSWERED Instructions to Complete. Final Sur veys Ihkiii-1 Increased Allotment of Funds to Oregon Preliminary Fight Won Klamath Project Alno Favored, The extension of the, West Umatilla project Is now almost a certainty. So great has been the storm of protest gainst the way In which Oregon has ' been discriminated against In the re cent apportionment of the $45. 000. COO Irrigation fund, that the officials at Washington have been moved to ac tion. Saturday -Secretary of the Inte rior Ballinger formally approved the West Umatilla project and Issued the instructions to the reclamation service to commence Immediately the final turveys, with a view to beginning con struction work. This means that the West Umallla project will be built tiy the govern ment and practically assures an In creased allotment to Oregon from the reclamation fund to defray the cost of construction. No apportionment of funds has yet been made, however, aside from $30,000 which Is needed . to complete surveys. Instructions to the local engineer of the reclamation service probably will go forward by telegraph at once. Preliminary Fight Won. The first round of the fight for a square deal for Oregon has been won, but complete victory has not yet been attained, and will not be until funds adequate to bolld this entire project nave been actually allotted by the president. It has become apparent, however in the past few days that the apportionment made on December 16 will have fo bo generally revised and when this Is done. It Is hoped and strongly believed In Washington that funds ample for Umatilla will be credited for that project. However, demands are being made from other states for readjustment of this fund, and It will be Incumbent upon Influential citizens of Oregon to keep up their demands until they get whatever money Is needed, not only to begin but to complete this pro ject. ' Klamath Is Favored. Mr. Ballinger has not yet committed himself on the Klnmnth project, though he spoke faborably of It Sat, urday, according to Washington ad vices and seemed to bo of the opin ion that more money would be avail able after the money now available Is emended. There Is unexpended of the former allotment $400,000 and the $400,000 apportioned from the $20,000,000 fund. It will take prac tically $1,500,000 additional to com plete the approved units of this pro ject, but Mr. Ballinger pointed out that no emergency exists at Klamath and work can proceed slowly there without working any hardship. Oregon's Claim Strongest. Mr. Ballinger stated Saturday that from the standpoint of equity, Ore gon had a better clnlm than any other western state for additional allotment of funds for Irrigation and, while oth er states had appealed to him for In creased allowances, he hnd determined that Oregon's claim should bo con sldered ahead of all others. Not only because of Oregon's heavy contrlbu tlons did he feel that the state was entitled to more money, but because the state In past has reaped but Blight . benefits under the reclamation law The West Umatilla project, In his Judgment, Is one of the best projects In the country, and one giving far more promise of success than many that have heretofore received large apportionments. Personally, he Is much prejudiced In Its favor and wants to see It built. Mr. Ballinger furthermore promised to take up this question again with the reclamation service and try to work out with It some p'an for reap portioning the $25,000 portion of the fund, so that west Umatilla can get enough money to start construction. Just how much money Is eventual ly apportioned to Oregon projects will depend largely upon the amount of Influence that Is brought to bear. When the $25,000,000 fund Is reap portioned President Taft will act largely npon the recommendation made to him by Secretary Ballinger, and it Is fortunate for Oregon that the secretary Is fully aware to the Injus tice heretofore done Oregon and Is disposed to do all in his power to cor rect that wrong. Thomas Boylen, well known sheep man and sheep dealer, was a passen ger on the Oregon-Washington lim ited from Portland. He had been In Portland attending the . national growers' meeting. MONEY KINGS STOP NEW YORK BANK RUSH New York, N. Y-, Jan. 9. The mon ey kings of Wull street are today pre pared to meet the financial disturb ance caused by the closing of the Car negie Trust company. Great stacks of currency were on the desks today when the banks opened. Reassuring statements were issued by Morgan, and under his direction the Equitable Trust company is preparing to take over the Madison Trust Co., while Morgan personally assumed the re sponsibility for the obligations of the nineteenth and twelfth ward branch es. He has prdered their securities replaced by actual cash. Morgan and Company, Kuhn, Loeb and Company, the Standard Oil Company and the other 'big institutions will stand its ground until the flurry is past. The Western and Southern banks affected by the closing m'lli be cared for by the New York bankers. An incipient run was started on the 19th ward bank today. Three hun dred persons gathered before the open -Ing, ready to draw their money. Ab they lined up, trucks bearing money drew up and the depositors were paid as rapidly as they reached the paying teller. Bradley Martin, Jr., president of the bank said the run was of no conse quence and that they would pay off as fast as the depositors asked. By noon the Jlne of depositors had dwindled to a few persons. It was announced that Morgan had guaran teed the deposits of the bank and an additional eight millions In addition to the million en the desks. DR. S. 17. M'CLURE IS WOGLMEfrS SECRETARY PENDLETON MAN' GIVEN POSITION TAYINO $1000 Has Been Northwest Head of Bureau of Animal Industry With Head quarters in Pendleton for Several Years. Dr. S. W. McClure, northwest chief of the bureau of animal Industry and who has had headquarters in Pendle ton for several years, Is now the sec retary of the national woolgrowers' association. He was chosen to that, position at the session of the nation al association held Saturoay afternoon and he is already in office. The position of national secretary carries a salary of $4000 per year and Is a post of much Importance. Consequently friends of Dr. McClure are rejoicing over his selection and are predicting that be will meet with success In his new work. In the raco for national secretary, Dr. McClure was opposed by George Walker who has held the position for .the past five years. Dr. McClure was elected upon the first ballot. It Is the desire of the woolgrowers that the president and secretary of the national association cooperate as closely as possible and therefore it will be necessary for Dr. McClure to have headquarters In Gooding, the home of ex-Governor Frank Gooding, who was chosen as president of the association. Just how soon he will go to Idaho Dr. McClure does not yet know. Temporarily, Pendletojn Is the headquarters for the national secre tary's office. With his election as national secre tary Dr. McClure will have to sever his relntlon with the bureau of ani mal Industry. At this timo no action has yet been taken looking to the ap pointment of a man to take that po sition. Dr. Harry Pinkerton of the Portland office, came up from that city yesterday and Is at the federal office In the Smith-Crawford building today. Rumor has It that Dr. Pinker, ton may be made McClure's successor, but Dr, Pinkerton himself declares he has no Information whatever upon the subject. BALLOON GOES INTO AIR AND DISAPPEARS St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 9. The bal loon St. Louis, No. 4, which sailed from here yesterday Is being hunted for by the St. Louis Aero club offi cials. A southwesterly wind was blowing almost a gale and It Is believ ed carried the balloon over Pennsyl vania. AH eastern states have been asked to be on the lookout. The bal loon carried J. Cowan Hulburt, as pi lot, and Paul McCullough as aide. They had provisions for seen days. ' JAPANESE GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR WAR? Manila, P. I., Jan. 9. The Japanese government has placed an order for 100,000 tons of rice from Saigon, In do Crlna, It was learned todny. This caused considerablo excitement. The only similar order the Japanese gov ernment ever gave Immediately pre ceded the Russo-Japanese war. They use the rice for powder and food. Such an order Is looked upon here as the preparation of the Japanese for hostile activities. mm E IS IN SESSION Twenty-sixth Assembly of Oregon's Law- Making Body Convenes Today. MANY IMPORTANT BILLS ARE TO RE CONSIDERED Reform Legislation Will Occumy Much Time Insurgents and Machine Re publicans to Fight for Control Governor Oswald Went Will Hold Balance of Power, -Selling Is President. Salem, Ore, Jan. B.: (3 p. m.) Bon Selling of Multnomah county was tliiu ufieriuMin nlccUMl iresldent of tile senate over Jay Bowerman by the vote of 1 7 to 8. There were no other nom inees. Rusk is Speaker. Portland, Ore., Jan. 9 Jere Rusk of La Grande, was elected seaker of the Oregon house this afternoon by a vote of 35 to 22. Eaton and Thomp son withdrew. ! Ilnnernian Quits. Salem, Ore., Jan. 9. The Oregon legislature convened this forenoon and affected a temporary organization w ith Kucha nan of Douglas county as scakcr of the house pro tern and llarrctt of Washington county as temporary president of the senate. Acting Governor Rowerman pave up the fight for the presidency of the senate. Ren Selling of Portland, hns all but four Totes necessary to elect. He Is exiMH-ted to get four democratic votes on an early ballot. Salem, Ore., Jan. 9. Although Ore gon through the initiative at the No vember election enacted some most important legislation, the twenty-sixth session of the legislature which con vened here today, will also see the in troduction of many sweeping measures from present indications. The chief doubt now is whether the legislature will prove as radical as did he voters in November. In November the voters adopted a stringent employers' liability law, a throe-fourths jury law for civil cases, a presidential preference measure and started after the single (ax system through nn Introductory measure. Many Important Rills. -The legislature will pass upon phy slcal valuation of railroads, propor tional representation, a state corpor ation commission, with power to re lieve abuses even in city public ser vice corporations, sweeping highways measure that is intended to make Ore- (Continued on page eight.) Portland will not be content until she has added Tendleton's star to her crown of attractions. From the fol lowing article which appeared in yes terday's Journal, it would seem that another attempt is to be made to put on a wild west show and thus take unto herself some of the renown which has come to this city through the Roundup: "The Rose Festival is about to take unto itself a wild west show. It was reported by the festival management yesterday that the same kind of an exhibition by the same actors who performed wild west stunts for the benefit of Roosevelt at Cheyenne last year, was being planned for Portland during the festival week. C. B. Irwin, at the head of the show, and also .an official of the Union Pacific railroad, has been In Portland for several days negotiating with the Rose Festival people. The show Includes rough riding, ex hibitions of bad horses, steer riding I by vaqueros and other startling fea tures that awakened Roosevelt Into enthusiasm last summer and caused him to show all his teeth in apprecia tion. The Rose Festival management Is convinced the show would be a tre mendous drawing card for the festi val, because the Cheyenne exhibition proved to be the "real thing." Plans for an old time exhibition with camp fires and stage coaches and prairie schooners have already been mado for the festival and the wild west exhibi tion would constitute a second chap ter In the portrayal of western devel opment, ' J. H. Nolta, chairman of the Tentn Bula Rose society, announced yester day that the Peninsula people were planning for an elaborate rose plant ing ceremony to be held on Washing ton's birthday." Some time ago there was consider- PORTLAND AGAIN I DUPLICATING SOW MEET M Washington Legislature Has Work Enough Outlined to Last Whole Session. LIMITATION OF COURT POWER IS PROPOSED Jailing of Seattle Editors on Contempt Charge Will HaTe Effect In Legis lullon Iroiosal Made to Restore to People Power or Direct Xoninla tlon of Supreme Omit Justices. I Olympia, Wash., Jan. 9. Without a hitch Senator Paul- hamui, of Pierce county, was elected president of the senate, and Taylor of King county, speaker of the house. The ses- slon adjourned after a short time. ' Olympia, Wash., Jan. 9. With enough work already outlined to last the session, the Washington state leg islature convened here today for Its biennial session. Among one of the first questions of Importance to come up before It will be he consideration of several pro posed measures put forward with the view of limiting the power of the courts to punish for constructive con tempt. The outcome of legislation in this regard will be watched closely as a result of the sentiment which grew out of the action of Judge Gilliam who sentence two, editors of the Seattle Star to jail because they criticised his action In Issuing an injunction. Judge Gilliam held that the editors were in contempt because they published a criticism of the court while the action was still pending. The measures al ready proposed and which will be put before the legislature are aimed to curb the arbitrary power of courts to punish for criticism made outside the courtrooms. Direct Primary Changes . Another matter of statewide Inter est will be a proposal to restore the nomination of Justices of the supreme court to the direct vote of the people. This privilege was taken away during a special session of the legislature in 1909. The second choice provision of the primary election law will also be a ?u!:J- fw considerable debate.Many -is-i:. ;tre In favor of enlarging sc- pi' all elective orrices while -tfci-r? -7e 3tir.cunceJ champions of tr.c rcnu-nt far the entire el'.ml.ia--.-j provision. THE ROUNDUP able talk In the newspapers of the me tropolis regarding a duplication of the Hound up In connection with the an nual livestock show, but a protest from this city was effectual In stop ping any such undertaking. Now it seems that a movement Is under way to combine a frontier show with the Rose Festival and it Is extremely probably that another red-hot rrotest will be sent from this city. When shown the above clipping this morning, President Raley of the Roundup association stated that if C. IJ. Irwin has been In Portland that there is undoubtedly some truth to tho newspaper story. Irwin Is the man who controls all of the features of the annual Cheyenne wild west show, and, although he advertises his performers as amateurs, as a matter of fart they are professionals and In a class with Buffalo Bill's actors, so that his show is purely a money mak ing proposition and he Is willing to put it on in any place where It will ray. However, Deputy District Attorney Fred Stelwer and Attorney Dan P. Smythe, both of whom are directors of the Roundup association, are of the Impression that the Commercial club of Portland will not Indorse any such movement Inasmuch as such a decid ed stand was taken In response to the previous protest of Pendleton. Al though, by securing the Cheyenne at traction, they say, Portland would not he putting on a show in competition with this city, but by permitting It she would bo encroachng upon Pendle ton's rights. Nevertheless, whether or not there Is any serious Intention on the part of the metropolis to secure a frontier at traction, another protest will most probably be sent to the commercial club of that city against any such, ac tion without delay. WINDSTORM SWEEPS ENURE PACIFIC COAST Portland, Ore., Jan. 9. Extending from Northern California to British Columbia and Montana, a gale is sweeping the Pacific coast today. The storm reached its worst last night. Todays weather conditions are im proved. All wires in Northern Washington are down. Shipping is at a stand still. The gale blew fifty-six miles"" an hour last night and is moving east ward. A cold snap Is following and will probably last several days. The gale began yesterday, accom panied by heavy rains along the coast and vessels were drtaren to shelter. At Seattle signs were blowD down and windows broken by a fifty-mile wind. At Portland a thirty-mile breeze drove a blinding rain down the streets and cleared them of people quickly. It is expected that the center of the storm has wo.ked eastward as the wind Is shifting so that it will dlmin lsh. A cold wave working down from Alaska and British Columbia, is al ready felt In Seattle today where a twelve degree drop was registered this morning. Only Wind Here. So far the only Indication Pendle ton people have had of the story was the arrival of a 30-mile breeze last night. No damage, serious enough to be recorder, has been reported. SAMUEL VAN VACTOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY HEPPNER LAWYER IS NAMED BY BOWER MAN New Appointee Attends Opening of Court Rut Takes no Part in Pro ceduro New Officer Well Known Here. As predicted in these columns last week, Attorney Samuel Van Vactor of Heppner, is the new district at torney of the sixth judicial district to succeed Gilbert W. Phelps who has been elevated to the judgeship. Mr. Van Vactor arrived in the city on the early train this morning in response to a message from Acting Governor Jay Bowerman stating that he had been appointed to the office. Though he was present at the opening of court this morning, he did not appear in an official capacity as he was not pre pared to assume the arduous; duties of his office. Mr. Van Vactor, though a democrat, was able to secure the appointment through virtue of his qualifications for that office. He Is well known to the members of the bar in this city. having appeared In the local court many times during the ten years in which he has been practicing in the Morrow county seat. Previous to lo cating in Heppner. he foljowed his profession in The Dalles. The news of his apointment this morning was no very great surprise and It is received with pretty general satisfaction. CHICAGO PACKERS CAN BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED Chicago, 111., Jan. 9. Another ob stacle in the way of the criminal pros ecution of the Chicago packers was removed today when. Federal Judge Carpenter decided the government had a right to proceed against the alleged members of the beef trust under the anti-trust law. The decision was ren dered on the point raised by the de fendants' attorneys that the injunc tion Issued in 1903 prevented the gov ernment from proceeding. The judge held the order was non-operative. WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR ATTEMPTED HUSBAND MURDER Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 9. Bowing and smiling, dressed fashionably, Mrs. Laura Schenk, charged with having attempted to poison her husband John Schenk, the millionaire packer, began her trial today. The court room was crowded with sensation seekers. The woman was indicted following the severe illness of her husband, which physicians say was due to pois on. It is charged she conspired with others to kill him. EARTHQUAKES AGAIN SHAKE PART OF ASIATIC RUSSIA Tashkent, Arlatlc Russia, Jan. 9. A violent earthquake, even more severe than last week's which killed many and heavily damaged property, occur red today. The reports say It occur red In the same districts. The tele graph lines went down and little in formation Is obtainable. Herbert Boylen, member of the state sheep commission, came home yesterday from Portland, where he at tended the national woolgrowers' meeting. FOREST FIRE E Smythe Declares Grazing of Livestock in Reserves is Best Protection. PENDLETON ATTORNEY WINS MUCH APPLAUSE? Secretary of Wool Growers Warmly Congratulated Upon Strong Ad dressStand Approved by Stock men and Forestry Officials Alike Says Grazing Should be Encouraged Attorney Dan P. Smythe, secretary of the Oregon Wool Growers associa tion, made a profound impression be fore the national wool growers' con vention In Portland with his address on "Livestock Grazing as Insurance Against Forest Fires," At the conclusion of his address the -Pendleton lawyer was cheered to the echo and he was warmly congratulat- ed upon his masterly effort by Presi dent Gooding and other prominent persons present. The stand he takes was also warmly endorsed by the for est reserve people present. His address In part follows: To establish the major promise of my argument, I am going to assume that the act creating forest reserves " means what the .popular - opinion has ' placed upon It and that Is, its funda mental and paramount object was the preservation of the forests for future generations, that anything which' tends to materially Injure the forests1 of the west Is in direct violation of the spirit of the law and should be restrained. That is the reason, I take it, w-hy grazing has been so greatly re duced and in some forests absolutely prohibited. -.j s The general public concern them selves very little about the welfare of the sheep Industry as you ladies and gentlemen well know. It's the same old question with them of for est preservation for posterity, regard less of what becomes of the so-called sheep and cattle barons of the west, and this attitude of forest protection has damaged the industry beyond comprehension. It's a poor rule that won't work both ways; therefore. If It can be shown that grazing dors not material ly damage the growing timber, but on the other hand, is a potent factor In aiding and protecting our forests from destruction by fire, why should not the sheep and cattle men be, not only permitted, but encouraged, to graze the national forests to the max imum capacity where stock can fair ly exist? Keep Down Underbrosh. I understand the definition of the term "national forest protection" to be simply the trees to be preserved for posterity not the grass and under brush whose life history covers but a very short period of time. From the data that I have been able to gather, I make the emphatic assertion that live stock grazing during the summer N5 N months on our western forests does not materially do damage but Is the best protection and a safeguard thrown around them against the rav ages of destruction and terrific for est fires; that in order that these western forests may surely be kept for posterity sheep grazing should be encouraged to the full capacity. My life has been spent in the west I love its environments and hold sacred what it has given me. I hope to live and die on the west side of the Rockies end no one has a deeper re gard or higher Interest In Its future. I feel that I love dear old Oregon as profoundly and will fight as honestly and as earnestly for her present gen eration and for the legacy of her gen erations to come, as would the over fearful citizen of Virginia. New York, Massachusetts and Vermont. I feel that the citizens of Oregon and the west are as much interested as they. In the zealous endeavor to preserve nature's abundance of wealth for our children and our children's children. Want Resources Preserved. With that idea particularly In mind, I. like thousands of other stockmen of this great west, want to see no mis guided steps and these natural re sources so enjo-ed and used at pres ent that their preservation will be as sured. The nation as a whole little realizes the tremendous and appalling dam age that could be done to our national forests by fire until after we had pass ed through the awful forest confla gration during the summer of 1910. It has set the whole country In a state of fearful anxiety and put them to devising some successful means of preventing a re-occurrence of the hor rors we have Just passed through. Men and Shovels Insufficient. After several years of unsuccessful flre-flghtlng by the forest service and especially their Inability (and that of the entire nation for that matter) to handle or prevent the 1910 fires. It be- ! 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