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PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OTtEGON, FIJI DAT, DECEMBER IS, 1903.
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BEETS
II DISTRICT
..J tvnn rt Fin.
fclic anu uApv..
M Be Made to
Late Capabilities.
(TRY BETTER
Lapted to culture.
Climate Just What i ncy
VI. .1.
,jlf Umatilla County
WIH Not Embark In the
I the Company Will Lease
Themselves Make the
bitlon.
. Is la receipt of a com.
, rom ueorge o""1"""'
. nd manager i me
& sugar factory, anu irom
Lll the supcriniumiuiu i
iMne lilm concerning
't o( Inducing the farmers
to pill null! jii
lie of the factory, and mil
m that .thoy are willing to
tie growth of the boots.
,L ih ImntB In Union
. . All lit., nnnnrllv (11
.it. nwitu ii null it IK
. it. nnnTiimrnt nf the
0 we uiuimti-"-
.1 .ni.niiiallta with imn.
Is county and especially of
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.. l, l'nritnrv mi the
. .L.I ..... l.i,i t. tin.
. i. rt I T)t..lii I'nllnlJ
UJ6 DcCl CUIUUU ill inf. in.
...u. .n DnHltnn
Pendleton ciiner uuring mo
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then meet the farmers who
TPrPKIPM III (III, HI1I11WI. ILI1U
t up r iiihiik iu 1111:111 mill
ihat the company Is wll
a for the men who will
ire ineir mint to tin' use
nanv
: first sight and aftor con-
nnp nml niu Mint 11.111 nut
in mo nnpL-nrs nf rmu rmm.
only Is the soil of tho Echo
1 tir nln h4 11m 1.. .1... ......
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be extended by the O. It. Ai
.miicie iu mm county inui
All points on the road can
mno privileges at this end
eiSthnao nn tit,. ...I..... ..t.lr.
nd Without Irrigation.
feston It Is the opinion ot
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.... u t,uuu iino wiiii uu
r a ....a... -I ........ ... .
' require nt lunm n ntti,.
. iii ii Kirui ninny
T Ta aa. i .
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i la la uiin ....I. a. ii
win iuiqu inn nllglll
uatp It n ,,,,,,,1 ., ...
ternate with tliu alfalfa
a a Hold Is mil hi limits
mm lit tor 11 num.
--i (.mi iiitjii i' i iivntnd r.i
lour years In !,.. ... .1...
. iv win yion nnttnr
uio iuuu won (I In.
-u iureo-10 I nu In a .
"Perlencu of tho land
--.v luumy, wll0
i vuk inntnrv l.l.l .-
8res from $ir, up, which
D0y Cannot lio Imuirht for
tte price " '
la tha v ai.,1...
-mc w0 tmua n, i.n
and "I
the tioi,V . n,u"u People
heleS U Grn'lo to
HaptS to ?r".U 1,0 1,0olle
Mtn . 1 1 vl'l'uj; unit
. Tu ai"l to their thlnnim.
. .. -'vol UH Ihi Im.U.w.
uorvciDi -
wuLf0r,llcl1'' " tho
,. ' wJlintv rnU.u.i ti... i.
flpro 1.. . " ..
"Wa depend o them.
and d.,-..
mpbeii , ' Con-
u a to....
P tin,, ' "' .ni' "von
in I. "i,h llln.i x
i a kn ..: '"is,
" "jpoctcd,
The work thore Is done at so much
an acre, so that tho growers can keep
tab on tho amount of work done.
If tho company cannot prrsuado
tho farmers of this county to ralso
tho beets, thoy are willing to rent
from 100 to 200 acres of land In a fa
vorable location, either In one tract
or in several, and will pay for It not
a nominal, but a reasonable rental
for a term of years, that they may
be able to demonstrate to the people
that It Is a paying crop and some
thing that thoy should adopt. They
will ask no bonus and no favors but
on tho other hand will take the land
pnylng a good sum therefor and will
assume all risks, hoping to prove to
tho people that their scheme Is a
good ono and for the betterment of
the country, the Increase of the pop
ulation, the settlement of the county
anil the gathering of wealth.
If at the end of the term the coun
try has been put under water, one of
the greatest beet districts or the
world will have been opened, and as
soon as the acreage will warrant a
factory will bo built at Echo, In the
center of tho district, for the hand!
lng of the Immense tonnage that
could be raised.
The gentlemen will bo In tho city
lnsldo of two weeks, and will make
arrangements with tho land owners
to mo"t wlli them In order that the
question may be discussed, and some
conclusion arrived at.
DIETRICH HAS
BEEN INDICTED
GRAND JURY ACUSES
HIM OF BEING GRAFTER.
Profited From Rentals Which His
Influence Secured From the Gov
ernment Rented His Building at
Hastings for a Postoffice.
Omaha, Dee. IS. The United
States grand Jury today made Its re
port to the court, returning 1!) true
bills. These include Indletments
against United States Senator Chas.
H. Dietrich, for alleged Illegal leasing
or a building to the government to be
usod as a postoffice.
Senator Dietrich is charged with
tile alleged violation or section 3711.1
of the revised statutes, which pro
vide that no member or delegate to
congress shall, "directly or indirectly,
hlmsolr or by any other person in
tniBt for lilm, or for his use. benellt
or on his account, undertake, execute,
hold or enjoy, Iu whole or in part, any
contract or agreement made or enter
ed Into on behalf or the United
States by any olllcer or person auth
orized to make contracts 011 behalf
of the United States."
Tho Indictment charges that Sena
tor Dietrich leased to the government
on April 1! I, ini, u building at Hast
IngB, Neb,, to be used lor a postoflice,
nt an annual rental of $1,:!00. There
is one count which covers the amount
received 'or rental on the building
from the date or Its lease by the
government up to I lit present time.
Hqim! to 11 sum sllghtlv In excess of
$2.0011.
GRAIN MARKETS.
Quotations Furnished by Coe Commis- pieimred for Immediate call. If or
slon Company B. E. Kennedy, Lo- dered to the Isthmus it will probably
cat Manager ! R" vla Sa" '''!"'lht''. fm' operations
' on the western bide.
Pendleton, Dec 18. Wheat opened
firm, a shade higher than yesterday's , CIVIC FEDERATION.
uiuai. uuiispiijiiiius unplug m neii
lng at the opening
Rains are again
reported In the Interior of Argentine, j
T.nri-n fiYiuirtni-u IniatiiOKA l-iMinrti-il
yesterday nad light receipts today nr
very encouraging to holders.
Argentine shipments this
80,0(10, against 184,000 n week ago, a
falling off of 101.000. Minneapolis and
Duluth, 3C8, against lfil a year ngo.
There Is a l-elter tone to the marvel.
ailnougii vo-y dull.
Tho decline In stocks yesterdr..'
allernoon was duo partly to pro.'es-
I'nnnl selling and railed to bring out
any long stocks In the market this
morning. After the Initial trading
there was some selling pressure
which resultod In a slight recession
In tho first hour's trading.
During the noon hour the murket
had firmed up again and Is holding
firm. There Is no Important buying
demand and tho market has again tho
characteristic holiday dullness. Total
tales, 460.000.
Chicago, Dee. IS.
Wheat Opening. Close
May 81 82',i
.Inly 70 7B-K
Minneapolis, Dec. 18.
Wheat Opening. Close.
May 81 81
July 80 81 VI
Liverpool closed, wheat, ' to "1
hlghor; corn, to higher.
Chicago Wheat.
Chicago, Dec. 18. Wheat
71114. closed 79.
opened
ARRESTED IN ENGLAND.
Will Be Taken to McoDnald, Pa., for
Trial for Murder.
Now York, Dec. 18. The two men
arrested in England for murdering
Contractor Forguson ut McDonald,
Pn urrlvod In Now York today and
will bo taken to Plttsuurg tomorrow,
NEWS
OF
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Files Its Annual Re
port of Statistics.
SURPRISING LOSS OF
LIFE ON RAILROADS
Railroad Earnings Have Increased
$34,000,000 In Past Year Freight
Rates Generally Advanced 201,000
Miles of Railway in the United
States Plans Accepted for a
$1,500,000 Postoffice at San Fran.
1 cisco,
Washington. Dec. 18. The boarjl
1 of architects or tho treasury depart
; ment met to decide upon plans for
' the San Francisco postoflice, havo
, selected them of Eames & Young, of
St. l.ouis. The building Is to cost
$1,fi00,o.Ml, and the firm gets $76,000
for the plans.
j Interstate Commerce Report,
1 Washington, Dec. 18. The report
j of the Interstate commerce commis
sion, issued today, shows the returns
I for 2dl,0ii0 miles of railway, approxl
, mutely 08 per cent of the entire mile
! age In the United States.
Gross earnings were nearly two bil
lions operating expense, one billion
and a quarter.
Earnings show an Increase over the
previous year or about thirty mil
lions. It declares the Elkins law benefit
lal, as II has cheeked many viola
tions. The freight rates show an Increase,
and no way In which advances can
be prevented.
Some solution has been made or the
car coupler problem.
During the year 104 passengers
were killed and 4,400 Injured, and 895
emplojes were killed and (1,400 injur
ed. ARMS TO ARMENIANS.
Preparing for an Asian
Against Turkey,
Outbreak
mo r...
Vienna. Dec. 18. Reports
WASHINGTON
roln.il I1..1.. Hint n Igrm nnnntltv nfirner, a OlSiailce lit i. IU1IOB.
arms and ammunition have been sue-1
cessfully smuggled Into the Turkish
Armenian districts, southeast of the
Russian border by Armenians, and
all Is now In readiness for a general
Insurrection iu the Caucasus In the
silting.
GETTING READY FOR ACTION.
Twenty-Eight Mountain Battery Be
ing Supplied With Munitions.
Leavenworth. Dec. 18. Ten thous
and rounds ol' fKed ummunliivi for
the 28th mountain battery arrived to
liav bv exiuess. The battery Is now
! Hanna,
Mitchell Et Al, Are Gathered
Together at Chicago.
New .York, Dec. -18. Tho annuel
i meeting of the Nutlonal civic l-eaer-week.
: atlou began here today. Senator
Huima and President Volney Foster,
of Chicago, a manutacturer, address.
(.( the meelhig this afternoon on the
Industrial intention. Among those
present are .Mitchell, Itlshop Potter,
President Elliott, of Harvard, and
Chief of Conductors Clark.
MORTGAGE BONDS SOLD.
Santa Fe Railway Company
Will
Make Vast Improvements,
Now York. Dec. 18. Tho Atchison
railway has sold $10,000,000 worth of
mortgage bonds to Morgan to pro;
vide funds for new equipment and
construction next year.
Shipbuilding Case.
New York, Ic. 18. Steele, .Mor
gan's right-hand man, was a witness
In tho Shipbuilding Company case to
dny. Ho said two and a half millions
of each kind of stock had been re
ceived by the Morgan company.
RESULTS OF A PANIC
Dayton. 0 Dec. 18. Four women
employed at dressmaking In the Gun
by building, became pnnle-otrlckon at
an alarm or lire this morning and
Jumped Irom tho fifth story.
Minnie rrexeu, two i.evison siHiers
and Mrs, Frank Hughes woro proba
bly Injured fatally
Ellas Reoder, an elevator man, be
PROCEEDINGS
CONGRESS
Resolution Adopted Demand
ing All Documents Relating
to Postal Investigations,
SENATE CONSIDERS ISLE
PINES IN SECRET SESSION.
Attempt to Authorize Heavy Bond
Issue in Arlzopa Is Called Down
Senator Morgan Balks Again on the
Panama Issue Resolution Is Pre
sented Committing the United
States to Interfere in European Af
fairs. Washington. Dec. 18. Senator
Perkins or Calirornln presided over
the senate today In Mr. Fryo's ab
sence. Mr. Deliver presented a petition re
ferring to llm Isle of Pines. Upon
' Uidge's objection that It should be
piesented in secret session It was
withdrawn.
In the house about 50 were present
when opened.
Wanger of Pennsylvania offered a
privileged resolution calling upon
Postmaster General Payne to trans
mit to the committee on postal ex
penditures all papers and reports In
the postoflice investigation. Williams
objected and asked time for debate
and to offer amendments. Wanger
refused to commit himself and snhl
the papers properly belonged to the
postal committee, as It is authorized
by the rules of the nousc to pass up
on all accounts and leport all abuse
of appropriations.
Resolution Adopted.
Wanger's resolution was adopted
by a vote of 109 to 100. Tho bulk
or the papers arc already in the bands
of the committee on poslnfikes.
For Bonds in Arizona.
Washington, Dec. 18. Iu the house
this afternoon Mr. Hamilton asked
unanimous consent tor tho consider
ation of a bill authorizing Phoenix,
Tempo and Alcza, Arizona, to bond
themselves ror $100,000 to bo oxpend-
I In building a railway from Phoenix to
I the reservoir at Tonto creek and Salt
. spirited coiouuy msieu an nour.
when Hemenwny formally objected
arter which tho house committee of
the whole resumed consideration ot
tho pension appropriation.
Trying to Butt In.
Senator Penrose offered a lesolu
tlon referring to the Turkish trou.
bles and calling on the president to
secure the reconvening of the Ber
lln congress of 1878 to sou that the
provisions of that treaty are curried
out. Referred to the committee on
foreign relations.
Secietary Morgan offered a reso
lution bearing on the Panama revolu
tion to the effect that tho president
has no light to use American troops
10 prevent Colombia warring with
Panama. It went over.
BELLICOSE JAPS.
Government Having Hard Time
to
Keep the peace.
Teklo, Dec. 18. Popular feeling to
ward Russia is today ut tho highest
point. It Is believed if put to a popu
lar vote Japan would almost Immedi
ately declare war. Tho government
is showing great steadiness, although
tho pressure Is enormous. The cabi
net has not yet sent a reply- to Rus
sia's communication.
BEAUPRE TO COLON,
American Minister Is Leaving Colom
bia on a Cruiser.
Panama, Dec, 18. Arrangements
were made today for a cruiser to go
to Cartagena to conduct Minister
Ueaupro from Colombia to Colon. No
reason is given, but the presumption
is that it is to give Denupre an op
portunity to communicate freely with
Washington regarding affairs at Bo
gota. Leo to Plus,
Rome, Dec. 18. It Is reported that
Gottie today handed tho pope $7,000,
000 in securities, tho legacy of I.eo
to ills successor,
CAUSED BY SMOKE
came excited and lost control of the
car and fell five floors. He was fa
tally hurt.
Ellas Saunders fell three stories
from a lire escape and was seriously
injured.
All could have escaped easily, as
tho fire was confined to tho basement.
Smoke filling the building caused the
panic-
EXPENSIVE RAILROAD.
Trans-SlberUn Has Cost Nearly a
Billion Dollars.
St. Petersburg, Roc. 18. Reports
on the TrnUH-Slboilun railway, pub
lished today, show the total cost of
the road for the past 10 years In con
struction niul strengthening, hns been
nearly $724,000,000. Tho cost will
bo Increased In exact proportion as
the road Is extended eastward.
ANTI-UNIONISM,
Offer of a Large Salary to John P.
Irish, of San Francisco,
San Francisco, Dee. 18. The Citi
zens' Alllnnce, an antiunion merch
ants' organization, of San Francisco,
hns made John I'. Irish, nnvnl olllcer
or this port, an offer of n lnrgo salary
to mnnngc their light nsnlnst union
ism. The same Job Parry holds In the
East.
PLOT TO KILL ROOSEVELT.
Disclosed That It Had No Foundation
In Fact,
(kilvestou, Doc. 18. The report
that evldenres or a plot against
Itoos-evelt were round In tho posses
sion or Charles Plerson, a local nn
archlsl, who wai arrested yesterday
for Intemperate speech, Is without
foundation.
RABBIT CANNERY
WORKS FULL FORCE
THIRTEEN PEOPLE CAN 1,000
POUNDS OF MEAT DAILY.
j Company Now Has 4,000 Pounds ot
Vvd.incu riuuuci un nmiu uwuiu
Handle More Meat if Cans Could
Be Secured.
W. H. Hoyd, president of the Helm
American llaie Packing and Cold
Storage Company, was In tho city last
evening and this morning, returning
I homo on the delayed train today. He
j says the cannery Is running steadily
with n force of 13 people, ana is
...,.,.,1 1 1 nnn ,.,,n,l ,,f Amur,
! lean haio each day.
'
A..W ,.u,u
prepared article on band now, await.
I lng the labels and this morning hnd
I 1,000 dressed rabbits Iu cold storage.
The cannery could handlo moie
I meat If cans could bo secured, but
j the capacity of Die tlushop at which
I tho cans are made is taxed and the
1 cannery Is waiting for a lurgu supply
1 of cuns.
! Ho far as tested the meal canned
1 lias pioved lo bo canned In perfect
or...-., us mn ...u .mKmutH per .em
iF ineu lifiu Ilium iiYiinrfitiwtiil Tint
utmost care Is inken to follow a hcI-
t entlfle method of canning, and the
company leels that all difficulties
havo been avoided by this caution and
caie.
Mr. i!o 0 xuys the small drives
made occasionally supply more rab
bits than necessary ror the use of
the cannery, with the limited number
of cans on hand, and It Is hoped to
secure a (urge shipment of cans
soon.
Several dozen cans ol samples were
distributed among the different gro
cery stores In tho city, and tho com'
pany will Introduce the goods in the
different points on the Pacific Const
by this method.
BU8INE88 IN GERMANY,
Up to High Water Mark tor the Holi.
days,
Horlin, Dec. 18. Though Germany
Is supposed to be suffering more or
less from nn economic crisis thoro Is
H'tlo ( ldence to bo found in the cap
Hal of uny business depression.
From all indications of the last week
the merchants urn doing u lively holi
day business,
Tho volume of trade appears to be
up to the standard of former years,
though there may bo some reduction
iu value, which would tend to show
that tho people find It necessary to
indulge themselves on a cheaper bu
sts. The stores all appear crowded,
however, while the streets and curbs
are iinod with hnwkors, ranging from
old men to moro babies and vending
toys and novelties of every ennceivn
bio descrlpllou.
Captain Benjamin Dead,
Manila, Dec. 18. Cuptulu Ileuja
ruin, of the 27th Infuntry, died In hos
pital here this morning, of malarial
fever.
Lost His Divorce Suit,
London, Dee. 18. David Hlfcham,
tho famous baritone. Jost his suit for
divorce against his wife. Roth are
Americans.
Lumber Yard Burned.
Hurilsonv lit Mo., Dee. 19. Firo
today destroyo'l n lumber yard. Loss,
$ (0,000.
Dr, Juy Tuttle, of Astoria, was
elected state sni ator to till the unex
pired term of Senator C. W. Fulton, In
nlntcrin i-iMinlv nil Thtirflilnv 1 In
had no opposition and the vote was '
very light.
CH1CA00
E
Nineteen Hundred Stablemen
and Livery Drivers Went
Out This Morning.
SEVERAL FUNERALS
SECURELY TIED UP.
Mourners, Preachers and Attendants
Proceeded on Street Cars Livery,
men Are Agreeing to the New
Scale of Wages Demanded, and the
Unions Predict Victory Fusion of
Metal Trades Is In Sight.
Chicago. Doe 18. Fifteen hundred
Ihery drivers struck today, lluslness
Is tied up. At noon 100 stablemen
iult Iu sympathy.
The dilvers demand $11 per week
ol 12 hours a day.
A rnneiul at St. Proeoplus chiircn
was this morning Interrupted, Mem
bers or tho Couihj Alii Society and
Cab Drivers' Union who hnd been
Impressed to drive by tho liverymen,
were called out by the business agent
while the t'i'icinniiics nt the church,
weio in progress.
The pallbearers started to place
the body In the hearse, but weie no
tilled there wme no drivers, us nil
it'tuscil to proceed to tho cometery
The body was llimlly convoyed to the
cemetery III a light undertaker's wag
on, while Hev. Neuvel and the mourn
era proceeded In street cars
Another Mineral to hnvo taken place
this morning 11ns been postponed, and
Mm body will lie Inken to the eeuie-
li'ij iimny 111 1111 i'iimubh iiwh"1''
This afternoon many liverymen are
agreeing to the scalo, and the unlonu
nreillct 1111 early victory.
An uudei taker this afternoon wno
hlliceeileil In getting non-union llrlv
' '. '"H'''l "Hn ti e police to protect
a funeral. A detail of olllcers ac-
ciunpiinlcil the curitagcs and hearse
and stood guard around tho church
while the services were being held.
Steps Toward Amalgamation.
Toledo, Dec 18.- Tho International
Association of Allied Metnl .Mechan
ics today decided to submit the ipms
tlon of amalgamation with the Inter
national Mechanics Union, lo a ii-fer-enduin
voto of both organizations,
This Is almost certain lo result In
amalgamation, which is icgarded as a
, , lm.vnIl ,m,m ,)f
. .
nil emits in the metal limles.
THREE CREMATED.
A Fourth Badly Hurt at Snult Ste.'
Marie Fire.
Haul! Ste Marie, Dec. 18. Fire this
morning In a ramshackle walei front
dwelling, burned to death Mnrtlu Ol
son, John Rusk iiud L. Anderson, all
lodgers. .Mrs. Charles Suiidstroin's
legs weie broken Jumping from a win
dow Elected a Secretary,
St. l,oills, Dee. 18. Uivllu Kiigan,
or Shrnveport, l.n., was today elect
ed secietary or the exposition's hoard
of lady iiiauagorH.
BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
Ladies Aid Society Old a Profitable
Business for the Church.
A crowded house greeted I be ladles
or the Parish Aid Society last night,
at tho parish house, when they open
ed their fulr and commission sale,
and ns a result tho Indies nt the fn
dlnn counter received $10, those ut
tho Japanese booth, $2!i.!i(), at the
Mexican booth $50, and the candy
noo th took In $0.ri0.
The proginm was carried out as
announced, and was much enjoyed by
all, every person on the list having
made an especial effort to give to the
audience something that would be
appreciated by them, The Indies of
the society are more than satisfied
with the showing made, and are
grateful to those who contributed to
make the affair such a brilliant suc
cess both socially and flnaiii tally.
At Home for Holidays.
Miss Function Iiorlo and Miss l.a
velle Mnorhouse returned this after
noon from Seattle, where thc have
been attending the University of
Wushlngton, and will spend tho holi
days In the city with their parents.
Heath Denies Everything.
Chlcugo, Dee. 18.- Perry
Heath uirlved last night, eu
route to Indianapolis. Refer
ring to charges made against
lilm in tho postal frauds re
port, he said: "The stuff relat
ing to me Is a lie from begin
ning to end; there Is nothing
new In It, and It Is a mero re
hash on old lines,"