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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.