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DAILYEVENINGEDITION WEATHER FORECAST. Tonight nml Satnrdny, fnlr. I ' T .nine to sen PENDLETON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OIIEGOK, FlllDAY, MAY 27, 1S104. NO. C059. EDITION! fli 116 PftKS lecture oy riui. in of the Idaho Ag- College. Transformations PALOUSE COUNTRY, Has 100 Dairy Patrons 000 Pounds of Butter L at an Average Price U Per Po"nd rY L Grows In Idaho at nn If 6,500 Feet and Also i and Three Crops With inches of Rainfall-Wheat Lakens Soil In Time. loon session of tho farm- . was much morn largoly pn tie morning session, nprj belne present, a Br of women also bolng In V hi was called In tho court e crowd could bo bettor Bed and the speakers i easily than outside bis address for tno I Professor II. T. French Id the Commercial Asso I the 0. R. & N. company erprlje In preparing this the farmers of this com' b said such enterprise was li many places In tno land the interest on tho oids was especially lack' i things in Idaho, where : N. system did not have It mileage. to compliment your bual tj this co-oporcatlon with I he said. i spirit that will result In 11 education for this com- I should be cultivated and i Institutes In Idaho. I ute of Idaho wo hold far ites under state direction, 5 set aside by tho legist s', purpose. At first far- m to begin tins work, hut SIS for the lecturers nnrl Ineetlngs, and so In many pains we now Hold regu- i minutes, and tho results jecouraglDK. f now take deep Interest In Ft Questions and pes with the stnto ngrlcul- institute Is now look 1 with pleasure and in- amber when tho Palouse F grow nothlnif i,nt wimni I tot rich district was not p "urnes nor orchards. Ho I is crop of wheat nml thnn r."Lthe crP wns ready F W then move in ,., freaaln untll forced to spend r another cmn all been changed. Tho .- now a land of "Ml) CU ivni,,,! LtL7,'Il(lenPe ot lh0 ins"- i . iiuw in lip fr.im,l '"ng nays. rT""' found that n,i i p li10.. 'a . M in lirir 1 "pmandoa I ih roqmrui1 the cul. h ifLcnrlc'"l,K forces I Ute Kg fpp.mt,, fIalMln . but i i. . .U, lktia in i 1 lU0 lana ltten.e.r.orIlr tho ..' .-"oraiues added ruierlM "LWM er dalr- possible to kocp cows, hogs, sheep, horses and other' stock and make 10 Incomes each year, whoro there was but ono before. "They nro kooplng as high as 35 head of cattle on 30 acres of grass there, and thoy nro fat the year around, besides tho hogs and sheep, that are nocossary for home use. In your county, between Pendleton and Milton, I counted but 12 head of cat tlo yesterday, and they wero In lanes. "Grass Is tho foundation ot agricul ture Whoro a strong natlvo grass grows vigorously, abundantly, any othor agricultural Industry will flour ish. If you ralso nothing but wheat It Is Impossible to keep stock on your farm. You have tho one Income and aro weakening your resources year by year by reducing tno strength of tho noil. "Thcro Is no limit to tho markets nnd possibilities of tho dairying In dustry. Thoro aro so many openings for tho products, so many demands for output, nnd so many dopondent Industries that can bo attached to It, thnt Its possibilities are unlimited. "In tljo vicinity of Moscow, the farmers nro now drawing nn Income of $30,000 per year from their small dnlrylng Interests and tho money is tho easiest thoy mnko. Horo In your own Milton, tho Hnzelwood people aro bogging farmers to milk cows, nnd thoy aro now paying out thous ands of dollars each year, and will coutlnuo to pay more ns tho fanners come to seo tho profit In tho business. Tho cows can ho kept nnd milked on tho small fnrm with tho samo labor and expense that would be necessary if tnoy wero not, milked, so the money received from the small dairy Is' money found. Dairying Is Profitable. "Two years ago thoro were but 14 patrons of tho creamery at Moscow now there nro over 100 and tho num ber Is constantly growing. There are over 200 hand separators In that vl clnlty, where a. fow years ago hardly a man owned anything but a milking stool ns dairy equipment. Over 1000 pounds of butter fat per day Is now shipped out. Tho average price for this butter fat is now 2GV centB per pound, while tho average price In Iowa is but 17 cents per pound. Can you question tho value of this Indus try In your rich western counties, In tno face of these facts? Dry-Land Alfalfa. "Another diversity which can be added to the Eastern Oregon farm with perfect safety and with gijeat prom is me ury-iana auaira. Tins is simply tho ordinary alfalfa hardened by generations of growth on high dry lands of Utah. The dry-lnnd al falfa seed Is Bavod from alfalfa grown (Continued on page 7.) OPERATION IS BENEFICIAL PORT ARTHUR 1 IS ISOLATED Testimony of Delegates to Japan's Army Closes Around the Western Federation ofi the Ooomed Stronghold of Miners Convention. BUSINESS PROPOSITION WITH MUCH INDORSEMENT. Stores Now Operated Will Be Con tinued and Others Opened Com mittee Appointed to Confer With United Mine Workers and Ameri can Confederation of Labor Rela tive to Affiliation Western Feder ation Much the Stronger Order. the Muscovites. i ! VERIFICATION OF THE CAPTURE OF KINCHOW. In North-Central Manchuria Two Jap anese Armies Are Crowding Kurop atkln to the Wall, and Making the Russian Cause Desperate Japanese Lose Cannon Being Taken to Feng Huan Cheng Spanish Russian Volunteer Was Injured. WILL EXPLORE LAKE COUNTY. Surveyors Are to Learn Possibilities for Irrigation. Washington, May 27 At the re quest of Setmtor Mitchell, a recon nalsnnco party will proceed late In Juno to mnko nn Investigation of the central part of Lake county, Oregon, with a view to ascertaining whether there Is a feasible location for the construction of a largo Irrigation work by tho government. Senator Mitchell describes this district ns having a cllmnlo, whero nil cereals, fruits nnd vegetables thnt are culti vated In nny part of Oregon grow abundantly, nnd where there Is a largo body of line agricultural land. The Chequlenn river, which Hows through this section, Is reported to furnish nn ninple supply of wntor for reclamation or nearly, If not qulto nil, these lands. It has been reported to Senator Mitchell thnt reservoir sites ran bo secured to hold Hood wnters at different points along tho stream. As l.nko county has contributed largely to the nrld land fund, citi zens of thnt district nro exceedingly anxious that this project shall receive early consideration. JULIA WARD HOWE. EASTER If OREGON DEGREE OF HONOR LARGE ATTENDANCE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. Delegations Expected From Every Lodge In the District of Women's Auxiliary to the A. O. U. W. Es pedal Program and Business Feat ures Will Elect Officers. same L.n,rLwa! her dalr- 4rnanrt i, on- 85 length Z Vnw- Tlly , the , Wlth!n c,res f crosses Here wlT' Idal'o! Tho- Eastern Oregon district con volition of tho Iodgos of the Degree of Honor, A. O. U. W., will meet In J'entlletpn Monday evening next nnd continue In session until Tuesday evening. Delegates from, nil the lodges in the eastern district wil lbe prosont to take lmjt In tho convention, and an ospeclnl program will he carried out for the benefit of the lodges. Owing to tho fact that Monday Is Decoration Day, nothing will he clono by the convoutlon until ovonlng, whon tho Ilrst mooting will be hold. On Tuesday meetings will be hold both In the morning and afternoon. ' I'lnns will bo laid for the work of tho order In tho district, and olllcors will bo olocted to serve during tho onsulng term. A large number of members of tho Degree of Honor are oxpoctod to attend. mnko u Kn.u'J."y 27 mi. ormiS'" PHI -0r aonnnn.- ELECTIONS IN CONFERENCE. Agents of Methodist Book Concerns Chosen. Los Angeles, May 27. As hook agents Homer Eaton nnd George P. Mnlns wero ro-olocted to the Now York houso. The vote mado Mains the sonior mombor. Dy his roqust nnd consent of tho conforonce tho Nov York houso will ho known as beforo by "Eaton and Mains." Itov. II, O. Jennings nnd E. H. Gra ham woro elected as agonts of the Western Publishing Houso. Secretary Board of Mioslons. I.os Angoles, May 27. Itov. W. P. Anderson, ot Now York, was olocted by tho Methodist conforenco this morning to succood Bishop W. P. Mo Dowoll nu Boorotary of tho board of education. The West Is making a Inst fight to land nn offlclnl plum and has hopes to got tho secretaryship of a bonovo lont hoard, Deworo of tho Trusts hearing gifts. Denver, May 27. No business of Importance was transacted at last evening's session of the Western Fed eration of Miners. Tho time was consumed In hearing reports of various committees and discussing tho same. The report of the committee on co-1 operative stores In tho district where I the strikes nro In progress proved of great Interest to the delegates. It was shown that these stores, while enabling tho members to purchase living necessaries at almost cost, had at the same time proved profitable to the Federation treasury, and the con census of opinion was that they should be continued and new ones projected. A committee of five was appointed to meet with llko committees from the American Federation of Labor and United Mine Workers of America to discuss tho matter of the Western Federation adulating with the other two bodies for mutual benefit. The Western Federation announces it will not entertain the proposition serious ly unless given many concessions, claiming that their organization Is the strongest of the kind in the coun try, and can remain Independent and succeed just as well. ToUlo, May 27. Port Arthur Is en tirely enveloped. Admiral Togo has established a complete blockade nround the southern end of Lla Tung peninsula, while the Japancso land torces hnvo swopt the Kusslans from their defences west of Dalny and In the Immediate rear of Port Arthur. PERSECUTING THE JEWS. General Combination Against Them In Bessarabia. Berlin, May 27. Details reached hero today of an anti-Semite riot at Chotln, In Bessarabia, Three thous and Russians, Armenians, Greeks, priests, workmen nnd students at tacked the Ghetto, demolished the synagogue Interior, plundered shops and stormed homes, beating tho In mates, knoutlng nude Jews, and treat ing tho women with tho coarsest In dignities. Over a hundred wero in jured, while many are destitute and homeless. Gendarmes finally quelled tho riot. IS CUT INTO SEVEN PARTS. $6000 Paid for the Conviction of a Dy namiter. Helena, Mont., May 27. Claimants of tho rowurd for the arrest and con viction of Isaac Gravello, tho dyna miter, havo come to an agreement and tho $5000 offered by the Northern Pacific and ?1000 by the state will he divided hotween Frank Lata and A. G. Reynolds of Bozemau, who captur ed Gravolle near here: Bert Cody. Thomas Travis and Gus O'Brien, who save Information, und Robert Colliun of Townsond, who ldemlneu uravwi Heavy Artillery Fighting. Toklo, May 27. Additional details of the storming of Kinchow stntc thnt the fighting was practically confined to the artillery on both sides. Guns were fired hotly five hours without Intermission. Tho three Japanese warships in Kinchow bay co-operated with heavy guns. Tho Russian gunboats In Tall enwan bay tried to draw off some fire by attacking the 'left flank of the Japanese. Official Confirmation. Washington, May 27. Tho state department today received official ad vice of the capture of Kinchow by tho Japanese from Minister Grlscom, at Toklo. He adds the Japanese aro moving on Port Arthur. Cossacks Capture Guns. St. Petersburg, May 27. It Is re ported General Ronnenkampoff's Cos sacks, who aro operating on tho lino of Kurokl's communications, captur ed sorno of tho enemy's guns which wero being taken to Feng Huan Cheng. No details. Noted Lecturer and Author is 8D Years of Age. Boston, Mass., May 27 Surrounded by her children nml grandchildren, not to mention her Httlo great-granddaughter, Julia Ward Howe, nutlior of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." nnd tho foremost womnn writer of America, celebrated her S5th blrthdny today In her home in Beuson street. Bom three days nfler tho birth of Queen Victoria, Mm. Howe Is today very active In the Intellectual nnd so social world of Boston, nnd one of the most remarkable examples of mentnl and physical vigor extant. It Is not unusual for her to deliver three or four nddrcssos a week, and Bho still discharges with grent fidelity her du ties ns an officer or member of many of the lending women's clubs of this city. She Is now looking forward to nn active seaRon at her comfortable summer home, Oak Glen, on the ou,U skirts of Newport, HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED. John A. Benson Must Stand Trial at Washington. New York, May 27. Judge 1-ncomb of tin- United States circuit court, ban dismissed tho hahca corpus writ secured by John A. Benson of San FrnneUro, held to nwalt removal to Washington, where ho Ir under In dictment on tho charge of attempting to bribe tho chief of the land office department Worrying Kuropatkln. Rome, May 27. Tho newspaper Se cola has a Toklo dispatch stating that Knrokl Oku, whoso communications wero reported cut by Kuropatkln, Is now working In conjunction with di visions along tho Feng Huang Cheng rdad, making It Imtiosslblo for Kuro patkln to attack either separately. Prince Jamie Hurt. Berlin, May 27. Tho Lokal An zolger reports that Prlnro Jamie of the Bourbon houso of Don Carlos, son ot tho Spanish pretender, has boon wounded In an engagomont near I.lao Tung. Another says the prince more- ly fell from his horse. COMMENCEMENT THE RIGR SCHOOL COMMENCEMEN T Frazer Theater Beautifully Decorated for tho Closing Exercises, SUPT. ACKERMAN'8 AD- DRESS A MASTERPIECE. Says the High School Prepares 95 Per Cent of the School Population for Life Work, Therefore It Must Give a Variety of Practical Training and Not Dead Classics and Hum-drum Theories Thirteen Members of Graduating Class Dr. C. J. Smith of the School Board Awards Dlplo- FOR EARLY CLOSING. Buclness Men Agree to Close General Stores at C p. m. and Grocery Stores at 6:30. The Clerk'H Union bus made a etui wihm of the hUHluetHHiien In regard to as the inan seen where the dynamite early closing and have seeurwt the was found. following signatures to a petition ask- , , , lug ior tno clotting or enerRI store Alister Vansa Suicides. at f! p. ni. and grocery sttore'j at C:80. Paris, iiav 27. Alister VtuBa, kou The (jrocors will take action at of the late American dantlat who an- th-lr next mooting on the Mubjeot, slstod Empress Eugeuia to escape and tho elerkn wll abide by whatever from France, died today as a rewilt decision tho grocers arrive at. 8ev ot pistol wounds self-inflicted. motive Is not yet nppareut. The erul of tho leading bualnesK men are out of town today, and could not be seen, but will sign the petition as noon ins It Is presented to them. ThoBe signing today wore as fol Chicago Grain. r.Mrnirn Mnv 7. May wheat open- od 98, closed 08; old July opened lows: Tho Peoples Warehouse, Baer 87, clOSOd 87; new JUiy openwi ; ""), imunism-, vuuu k Vyo., fiGVi, closed 80. July corn opened unvor i company, tno uoiaen utile 18, closed 47. sior, ji. is. iarnett, A. j'rfiuna, wiut- . iiuft"'ii jrftii utuiiue vuuj pan , j?iuiiu- A wild steor seeing his reflection in nrd Grocery Company, Owl Teu n inrir ninte trlnsB window In Port- House, H. W. Weasel, Sullivan &. land, Monday, dashed through tne window into the A. B. Stolnbaib clothing store, causing lemporarj panic nmong the clerks Bond, Hawloy Brothers, R. Alexander (close dry goods, will he governed In grocory department by action of mo grocers,) J.ee Teutsch. BELIEVES LUTING COMPETITION Now York. May 7.-Anwerlng Un repealed questions of last year, l res ident Thomas sam no in" not bollove In rocklosK competition, but could not say that he would pro- moto compotltlon with other coai cnrrylng roads. Thon you Uon'i teuove su tUIon?" . . ,... "On the contrary, l moai empiri cally bellove in it- It's for tne ueuei mont of trade" His company pro . lmiinr article than others, nnd It it Is sold at the samo price as n,o others would find the road or of which Is govornod by general con ditions, cost of production, ikimand and amount of supply. "Anthracite coal Is not necosBary," he maintained. "It's a luxury, like diamonds. People of St. Louis and Pittsburg gel along without It, using bituminous coal, which thoy aro glad to get. Tho people of tho Kast got anthracite nt a fnlr'rato." He donlud tho Lehigh paid dlvl dendH on watered stock. He had con ferred with Baer, Truosdalo and oth ers as to tho situation of tho coal hus iiK' s. but mado no compact as to safe Coal U a commodity the price , ,re., or amount to he mined, Overhead and all about wns green last night at tho Frnzcr theater, the green of the woods nnd of nature. Underfoot nnd dimming tho footlights were hanks of flowers from overy place, from Pendleton und surround ing cities nnd from friends In tho valley who Mint Inrgo boxes of roses In honor of the graduation of tho high school clnss of 11104. The frlcudB of tho class had work ed hard nt tho decorations and the Htngo ami boxes wero draped In ovor greeiiH and garnished with tho colors nnd banners ot (ho different clnsRos which sat In tho boxes to tho right and left ot tho stage. The festooned decorntlons mudo o tlttlug setting for thu clnss who, with Superintendent of Public Instruction J. H. Ackernmn, ProfoRBor U. II. Conk Hit, tho city superintendent, nnd Dr. C. J. Smith, representing tho school board, occupied thu stagu. Tho exercises were opened with a vocal solo by MIhs Jessie Hartmnn, whoso plenalug voice Is so well known In the people of thu city. MIhm Hart man wan accompanied by Mrs. J. Ross Dickson on thu piano. Professor Ackcrmnn was then In troduced and addressed tho class nnd the audience on tho subject of, "To whnt extent do the public schools lit for life?" Thu address was very strong In fuels and pointed out tho policy of tho new education uh com pared to tho old. The university ot 1 many yours ngo, bo It wns shown by the speaker, was Intended not Bp much to equip men with everyday and useful knowledge as far as turning I Its teachings to common line was con cerned, but was more the foundation work for tho culture and tho polish and preparation of a learned profon ! hIoii. j In lime tho ncailemy sprouted from tbo unlverslly and the child followod I lie teachings of the parent nnd held out I he classics und tho dead Ian gunges to tho young people who wero thirsting for knowledge. From tho acaduiiiy branched thu piihllu ami thu high school, tho latest and tho best, nnd from thu oxperlonco of the oldor Irmtltutloim nnd tho need of thu day n well as from the spirit of utili tarian present hit sprung the tend ency to make the education priictlcnl, U..... A I.I .... Ik..., ...lit I... .. , morrow the high school orator "and , " the Hack toHm will o lo I-u Orni.de. ' ". ' L " J,""1 ThU evening the alumni widely ot i .r", rrTJi. the high ischool will have ihelr Drat tu","::r'ihiL will I Vm Mm annual reception at the rUh houso. UJ' rv fJ L wi f li The wolirty ha. been compleUly or- L'. gaols! und will entertain for the flrtlp,e ()f (h ,,,gU ' It wus nt first planned lo have a banquet hut this was given up for this time and the members of the clauses who have graduated from tho high school In the past will Join with .hose who are graduating thlv week and hold a reception. Academy Commencement. This evening at tho Prasihyterlan churoh, Pendleton Academy will huvo Its coinmeiiconlenl program when six graduates will he given diplomas. Tho members of tho class are Herbert Otto Roesch, Klhol Forbes, .Jennie May Perry, Joseph Karlo YuIuh, jVj I toy Penland nnd Kll.abelh IJva Walker. Thu program which has been pre pared for this ovonlng is as follows: Orgau solo Mrs. Holou MarBton Invocation Music Koloctod The Aztec I.eRoy Ponland Homer the Poet .. Jennie May Perry Vocal solo Mrs. J. R. Dickson The Advance of Sclonco Horbort Otto Rooech The Classic Myth KUznbeth Kvn Walker Music : Malo Quartette Tho Man tho TJmos Demand Joseph Karo Yatee Music Commencement Address Hon. W R KlIH Awarding of diplomas ,. Academy Song . , . , , Chorus OF THE ACADEMY PROGRAM TONIGHT AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. I High School Alumni Society Has a Reception at the Parish House This Evening Elx graduates From Acad emy Will Receive Their Diplomas Tonight. This evening markM the close of ' thu commencement week both for the high hool and 'the ar-auemy. To- j year. the higher luntiuitloim and fur thnt reason H Is eisontlal that the atttillta taught shall be those wlil'h will lie of the great out advantage to the ma jority, those things that wl'l enable the griuliiKie to be prepared to go uut In life, able an far ui la junuiible, td meet with those already trained by experience und toll. For these ron tons manual work and practical things are taking the place of the old cluaslf'M In us far as Is right und wise. The tendency of the people today Is to the practical ami not to the simple jKillsh of the ancient classics, to that which can lie utilised In the labors of life ami not simply enjoyed In the refined culture ot the drawing room. The few can use the latter while the many must have the former. It Is the duty, then, of the high school (Continued on pagu 10.) Tuberculosis Congress. Copenhagen, May 27. The.. International TuburrulyslH Con Kress opened loduy In tho part Dement house. Delegate from twenty countries, Includlm? Dr. Pottonger, of lw Angeles, Cnl nro present. Crown Prlnro Frederick and his min istry nro attending.