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PENDLETON, OHECJON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, UM)4
NO. 5192.
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:i BANK
fllES DDI
Walls of Building
:ls,n(l Injures Twenty
DEU HAVE BEEN
IiXEX FROM THE KCISS.
, fcst Wm Badljr InJnren
V, In Occupied by Cn
(.dajp Baok-Erlii
iolldlat BehJ It Oui-d
Working Want- o
waelMaC sn4 Reer Ctsrpsea
TeniL, Oct 1L With an
eub and without warning, the
i kulldinc occuploa hy Oie Con
sul nttagi Bank sad a jismber
,ffln, wlUpsed at :5 thia
ysaj. .
U hut V art behevei ae he bur
4 k me ratal. Only mm In
Mdht escaped Jena Fischer,
: ata. no the top aw, who waa
sSr lulu.
police and fire . departments
,i nrtini on the raim ao save life.
1 mob A pulsus hare been
tn ait, mm are island, but none
Among the tnjna-a .are F. D.
i lw pralaent of the bunk, who
WWom and Cashier Henochs
ri ue t broken lea; and his nose
aae. light corpses have been
WASHINGTON IS DOVBTKVU
Mayor Hunt of Walla Walla, ays
Political Outlook la Uncertain.
Mayor Gilbert Hunt, of Valla
Walla, accompanied by Mrs. Hunt
and Miffs Maybelle Hunt, were in
Pendleton this morning on Ms way
home from two weeks In -Chicago.
Mlsa Hunt, who waa in England dur
ing the summer, joined her parents in
Chicago.
Mayor Hunt la one of the prominent
republicans of Washington. Asked
regarding the probable outcome of
Aw present state campaign lm Wash
ington he said: "The resuR is prob
lematical. I would not be surprised
to see Mead, the republicaa condidate
Tor governor, win by a large majori
ty. On the other hand, George Tur
ner may secure the victory by a nar
row margin.
Throughout the mldde West the na
tional campaign la quiet. Business
appears good, especially In Chicago.
We attended the horse show while
there, and It truly is a wonderful
sight. Blooded animals from all parts
of the United States were on exhibi
tion, and they came from the stables
of some of the wealthiest men In
America."
Mr. Hunt la at the bead of the Gil
bert Hunt Company, one of the larg
est machinery and fmmdry establish
ments in the Inland Empire. "We
have all the work we can do," he
said, "turning out harvesting machin
ery and building materials, I am
furnishing the Iron -working for the
new Smith-Crawford building at
Main and Water stmts."
u aeration for the "Tennessee
hi Canpuirs skr-whaper. ' adja-
ami the esUajite. The bulld
i n foraerh' eccupted 1 by the
xti taalar.
..frmt Bedfes la Hernia.
i jm km sees neoveifc-d. none
a
IV M floor waa used for sleep
mnmM, and It is believed was
t ttpitd when the crash came,
B porter ml a naloon In the
ar the MMlng hi believed to be
:A B k t6 thought several
re h the debris. The bank
"a Marht safety in the vaults.
ortact, although cover-
WMtt.
''KtlT KaTCGUTB CIG ARS.
""lata Said 1o do Thrlv
a theKiee. -
. Oct flunlted
slial Orltman
win am
"trwing So arrest
States
went to
a
Is
who
;t wmed Ketercr,
--.muggimg a conslgn-
'J? tot Breme'o'i n a
nasel and selling them
narlnet at the navy yard.
tfWai, repertea the
,, a.eterer, who is
wm '"'"sWy hrve I little
' hakont (OT tfce ,ot.
wL ? na C"sr- ddress-
404 krien. a UHff
' CL """Po-d the
: jfi of his address,
n on th
' 'Wfm.
''"aleton
,aTiC.,! Mo"-ouse,
Z,.r!nl to Port-
T"7 nIfl!LE,n,n-
thii, Redeemer will
'"the'on Thaday
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QUARREL ENDS
TV0 DEATHS
III1.GAHD UOOGT-JC KII.US
FSJEKD AXD SUCIOKS.
Janiea rtmnrir, rimiian of Logging
Camp oa TJrnnd Ronde, Quarreleid
With Al Wrbstar Over Small Sum
of W sHc Uliot and Killed Welwter
and Tbra JaiUad Hlmir Both
. - Ilea HiavaasBMtaaaaVAveAtxmCSS
Years iamiasat Was UnneneMairy.
La 3 ramie. Oct 11. James Ches
aer, forejnan jU Logging Camp No.
I, of the Urand Ronde Lumber Co-,
IS miles above Hilgard. on the Grand
Ronde User, ahot and killed Al Webs
ter, a lugger. Hauirday night, in a
quarrel over a small sum of wages,
and then bt hln.self, dying almost
tnatantly. '
Cheaser an .drinking at the time,
and waa a high-tempered man, and
when drinkiaig vwaa Mid to have bees
quarrelsome.
Webster and 'Cheaser were alone In
Chesser's tent when the qarrel came
up. when the shots at'ere heard other
loggers rushed to the tent to find
Webster dead nfl Chesser dying.
Two meu in an adjoining tent heard
them disputing over usages.
Both men were somparatlve stran
gers, each about 35 yeara of age, and
both single. Cneasertcame to Hllgard
from Michigan two yeara ago. Coro
ner Henry took chanee of the bodies,
but found an Inquest to be unneces
sary.
TO THE WOniJVS FAIR.
Seventeen People) Take 'FaHtiage From
Pendkton hlime 'Saturday.
Since Friday the following people
have started from Pendleton to the
World'a Fair: T. J. Tweedle and wife
and daughter and Miss 'Belts, Fred
Ronde and wife and daughter, J. M
Humhill and J. P. Lamxurtn.
. The following eight people will
leave on thia evening's tram for the
me destination: F. R. 'Hampton
James Furnish and wife. A. Laing,
Mrs. R. Laing. Miss Mary Laing and
M. Hartnette and wife.
JAPANES
E BOMBARDING FORTS
THE VICINITY OF MUKDEN
They Reopen the Battle of Shahke River and Attempt a Flank
Movement on the Russians.
Stoemrl, Uie Defender est trt Arthur, Reports the Japanese IJnes Are
Gradually Narrowing About Him Aanlt on Port Arthur and Bom
bardment of the Plane Have Become a Continuous Performance
Oyama Steadily Helnforeea the Japanene Army Advancing on Miik-deo.
Mukden, Oct. 91. The Japanese
thia mornlnjf began the bombard
ment of Poudloff or Lone Tree Hill.
Japanese on .the AggrewdTe.
Mukden, Oat 11. Indications
point to an early resumption of the
battle of Shakke river. Last night
I he Japanese began the bombard
ment of the Russian right, which
continued some hours. This morning
the Japanese crossed the Shakhe to
southeast of Mukden. The object
may be to outflank the Russian
forces.
Reinforcements.
SU Petersburg. Oct. 11. Kuropat
kin today reports the Japanese have
received reinforcements from south
of Geng Wang Chang. Indications
are that (he Japanese are preparing
to take tbe offensive. The enemy is
moving from west to east. The weath
er la moderate day time, but six be
low freezing point at night The
sanitary conditions of the troops is
good.
ieral Assault la Made.
Chee JFoo, Oct. 11. A steamer ar
riving from New Chwang reports hav
ing heard firing off Port Arthur last
night and today, and It is believed a
unm al -assault was begun October 24
and still ootutnues.
Sapanene Repulsed.
St Petersburg. Oct 31. Stoessel
reports the Russians repulsed an at
tack on their north front October IS.
send ways: - "Our artillery advanced
to Pamyacrar and' drove back the
Japanese Infantry. The bombard
ment -continued throughout the night
ne erremy Is approaching our
forts and entrenchments and has
drawn -very- close to the Ousifian de
fenses. Our troops are fighting hero
ically. notwithstanding the dlfflci
ties and prlyatlons."
Arbitration Agreement Signed.
St Petersburg. Oct. 31. Russia
and Belgium have signed a treaty
which makes it obligatory to submit
all matters In dispute to arbitration.
Sltclled British Cruiser.
Berlin. Oct. 81. The Frankfurter
Zeltung has a dispatch from Tangiers
which states that the officers of the
Baltic fleet there, admit that while
coming to Tangier they shelled a Brit
ish collier which was currying no
lights. The result of the shelling is
not known."
To Protect Mail Boats.
Gibraltar, Oct 31. The British
fleet haa been ordered to patrol the
straits and Intercept all British col
Hers and bring them here, and It also
Is ordered to escort mall boats.
Mine Kxploded.
Nagasaki. Oat. 31. A mine explod
ed at MoJI harbor yesterday while be
Ing carried ashore from the steamer
Dalnlchlyoda -Maru. The Rteumer
was badly damaged and 10 of the
crew were kllled-or injured.
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Japanese Preparing t Strike.
St Petersburg. Oct 31. Sunday
passed quietly at the front. The Jap
anese forts apparently have some new
move on foot, but Its exact object is
not known, but a flanking movement
is expected dally.
DOWER IS TAXABLE.
Widow's Portion of Husband's folate
Is Subect to Inheritance Tax.
Referring to the Inquiry of State
Treasurer Moore as to whether a
widow's dower In the estate of her
deceased husband Is subject to the In
heritance tax prescribed by House
Bill No. 41. regular session, 1903, page
46, Attorney-General Crawford says:
'All property within the Jurisdic
tion of this state, and any interest
therein, whether belonging to the In
habitants of this state or not, and
whether tangible or Intangible, which
shall pass by will or by statutes of In
heritance of this or any other state,
or by deed, grant bargain, sale or
gift, made In contemplation of the
death of the grantor or bargainer, or
Intended to take effect In possession
or enoyment after the death of the
grantor, bargainer or donor, or any
person or persons, or to anybody 'or
bodies, political or corporate, In trust
otherwise, or by -reason whereof
any person, or body politic or corpor
ate, shall become beneficially entitled,
in possesion or expectation, to any
property or Income thereof, shall be
subect to a tax at the rate herein
after specified," etc.
After discussing the question along
the lines recently laid down by sev
eral courts of last . resort, he con
eludes:
For the foregoing reasons, I am
of the opinion that a widow's dower
Is subect to the inheritance tax pro
vlded by the statutes of this stute."
TIMBER COMPANY
IKES RICK hi
L
UMATILLA
BE
ABANDONED
Jaiwiiene Mhtlxtcr 111.
New York. Oct. 31. The condition
of Kogoro Takalha. Japanese minis
ter, who was operated upon yester
day for appendicitis. Is still serious
and will not be out of danger for three
days.
ROAD COMPLETED.
silver
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ORSGON'g MINERAL EXHIBIT.
Work of Collecting SpednseiM Sow
Ilehur Carried on at Sumfrter.
Though active work iri gathering
the mineral exhibit from this district
for the Lewis Clark exposition has
only begun. Henry Nledermark. who
Is deputised for. the labors In thia
section, reports ' good progress, says
the Blue Mountain American.
Hearty co-operation Is being given
by the mine owners end the prospec
tors and many samples are being se
cured. Jt is the desire of the man
agement of the "expo" to have the
exhibit the most representative of
ny yet displayed from the state, and
114,000 haa been allotted for the
construction of a building especially
for mineral exhibits from every sec
tion of the state.
It is understood that the exhibit
now at the St Louis fair will be re
moved to Portland In Its entirety,
forming the nucleus for a display of
the mineral resources of Oregon that
wlll prove of great benefit '
While no positive arrangement re
garding allotment of apace haa been
derided upon. K Is understood that.!
e&ch county will be allowed to make
display separately, segregating the
different rtiii.-irts or classes of ores
S Its leir;'WT.t iMv. rMEW Amm hat '
Tmvel Will Now Go Around Wexton
Mountain Instead of Over.
Harvey Martin, a road overseer,
from the vicinity of Weston, is in
tm n business.
Mr. Martin has Just completed the
made road round Westop mountuin
which has been In controversy for
the past 25 ,years and was authoriz
ed by the county court lust spring.
It Is between one and one and a half
and taw mllaa In length, and cost Just
1349.10. It does not materially
shorten the distance, but affords a
level road into and out from Wes
ton, whereua from the earliest settle
ment of the neighborhood travel has
gone over the mountain, which has
been a very wearisome and expensive
route for the farmers.
The damage claims allowed were
as follows: John- Templeton, 1130;
Sam Caplingec, ,176; Mr. Blumgarn,
125. the road passing through the
lands of these -parties.
rug eight feet-square, a writing desk,
a heating Btove, a baby's crib, two
couch covers, a large brass library
lamp and some nice cushions, and
many other less conspicuous articles.
FAIR CLOSES TONIGHT.
Unusual
Prove
Attraction Will
Someone' JteUght.
. The Catholic fair will end tonight
An admission fee of 10 cents at the
door will be charged and every
comer will have one chance to secure
a fine willow rocker which will be
drawn during the evening.
. The large and beautiful doll will
become the property f Alma Scbeer,
Blanche Moens or of Slta Vey, and
ita ownership will also he determined
tonight
Among the beautiful and useful ar
ticles not yet disposed of (which are
en exhibition at tne lair are a iioor
IXQITCST COXT1XI KH.
Twenty-Kin WltnewieH Have Been Kx
umlned. The coroner's Jury, that for more
than a week has been examing wit
nesses in an attempt to unravel the
mystery connected with the death of
Seymour Kwauger, who' was found
ground to pieces beside the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation truck, near
Bingham Springs, u week ago, will
finish this evening. Twenty-six wit
nesses have been examined so far.
It is thought by some that after
Swauger was struck by a train his
body was again placed on the track.
Six englneres and as many firemen
have given their testimony and with
the exception of the engine crew that
discovered the body none of them
saw the dead man.-
Jfo Wool Buyer In Oregon.
Charles H. Green has returned
from a three months absence in the
East and California. Mr., Green re
ports business conditions as generally
good all through the East. The In
flux of buyers f next year's crop has
not reached Oregon and Mr. Green is
not prepared to say when it will.
. 221 Seeds in Pumpkin.
W. J. Stockman won the prize of
a large easy chair awarded by M. A.
Rader for the person guessing the
number of seeds contained In a large
pumpkin. Stockman's guess was 221
seeds. There were 221.
LECTURE ASSOCIATION FOR PENDLETON
The Pendleton Epworth League baa
under contemplation the organisation
of a lecture bureau and Is In corres
pondence with prominent speakers of
the Northwest
It is the plan of the league to ar
range for a course of flva lectures to
be given ence a month during the
winter. It Is estimated that $125 will
be required to defray, expenses of
bringing the speakers to Pendleton,
and season tickets will be sold at the
rate of 11 for the entire course.
If the plan succeeds this year, it la
the course next season. The lecturers
who will be secured If possible are
Kev. I. D. Driver, of Eugene; John
H. Coleman, of Willamette Univers
ity, Salem; H. I. Hockenberry, La
Grande city schools; United States
Senator Wesley L. ojnea. of North
Yakima, Wash.; President Stephen B.
L. Penrose, of Whitman College. The
plana are now In the formative state,
but will be completed as rapidly as
possible. R. E. Tarbett chief of the
literary department of the Epworth
League of thia city, will have Iramedl-
FIFTY TIMBER CLAIMS
TRANSFERRED IS ONE DAY.
Over 8000 Acres of IjiihI In Southern
I'niatllla County Deeded to North
west Timber Company ut 710 Per
Secured Front the Federal Govern,
secured Fro mtlic Federal Govern-
- ment Claims Cowl Entvrmeii $400,
leaving Net Profit of About 9300
Per Claim. "
Eight thousand and eighty acres of
timber land, situated In township S,
range 30 south, tills county. Is held
by the Northwest Timber Company.
In looking over the rolls, Assessor C.
P. Strain, of Umatilla county, discov
ered that this laud was all transferred
to the timber company by the entry
men on the same day they secured
their deeds from the federal govern
ment There are more than 50 claims em
braced in the tract and were pur
chased by the Northwest Timber Co.
at the rate of 1710 each. The deeds
were secured and the transfers made
to the company on August 81, 1904.
The claims cost the eutrymen 1400
each, showing the profits of each
transfer to have been about 130(1, net.
WARE-RIIIORN.
Pendleton Mini Mnrricd October 18 nt
l'Vunkfort, O.
W. P. Rlhorn hits sprung a sur
prise upon his friends and the gen
eral public by the news that he was
married October 18 at Frankfort, O.,
to Miss Cordu Ware of that place,
Rev. P. W. Drumm, of the M. E.
church, officiating.
Mr. Rihorn meets the general skep
ticism regarding tha subject with a
clipping from the Frankfort Star con
taining the particulars given above,
and also the statement that Mrs. Rl
horn will arrive In Pendleton In a
very short time and that they will be
ut home at 505 Garfield street.
Balley-Clu-uiteiiKfin.
P. M. Chrlstenson and Mrs. Mattle
Bailey were married at 3 o'clock
Sunday at the home residence of Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Barnett on South Lll
llth street, Rev. Robert Warner of
ficiating. Mr. Chrlstenson Is a con
tractor and builder of Morrow coun
ty, and Mrs. Chrlstenson was form
erly of Norfolk, Va. . The two had not
met since childhood and they have
the best wishes of this community, as
well a their host of friends In Mor
row county. Heppner Times please
copy.
the Intention of the laagua t enlarge ate charge of the work.
To Clear Title.
To clear title to land near Weston
Trajan Tucker has brought action In
the state circuit court against the
heirs of the late 6. H. Bernard. ' On
January 17, 1884, according to the
plaintiff, Porter Graham and R. J.
Graham mortgaged property to Ber
nard. Since then the land has been
transferred to Tucker, but, although
the mortgage haa long been satisfied.
It has never been released.
Reclamation Department Fails
to Find Suitable Reservoir
Sites.
JOHN T. WHISTLER MAKES
AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT.
Two Years Constant and- Systematic
Search Fulls to Locate a Reservoir
That Will Hold Water Entire Ils-'
trlct Is Underlaid With Sand John
Day Project Is Not Feasible Of floe
at Pendleton Will Not Be Abandon
ed Yet for Some Time Mr. Whist
ler to Remain Here During the
Winter.
After nearly two years of constant
and systematic Investigation on the
Echo government irrigation reaerva
tlon, it la now almost certain that the
project will be abandoned, because of
the absence of suitable reservoir sites
In the entire district
When asked about the status of the
work of the reclamation bureau In
Umatilla county, John T. Whistler
said to the East Oregontan today:
"Since the recommended abandon
ment of the once proposed reservoir
site In the Butter creek country, the
government has had a small recon
noisance party out all summer work
ing In this county, or more properly
speaking, In the basin of the Umatilla
river, and the exploration of the ba
sin has been, from the standpoint of
the reclamation bureau, ' absolutely
thorough, i
"This reconnolssance party has ex
amined In detail every little branch
of the Umatilla river and of Butter
creek as well, and - in - addition-- haa '
thoroughly Investigated the poslblllty -of
diverting the waters of the John
Day to Umatilla lands.
"No site for a reservoir has been
found anywhere In the Umatilla ba
sin. A depression has been noted In
the region north of the old aban
doned site, which will be examined
further, but It Is feared that even
if It proves to be of sufficient slxe,
that test pits will show It underlaid
with a stratum that will disqualify
the location. Just as the other site wan ;
disqualified.
John Da Not Feasible. 1
"The examination of the John Day
region has been equally thorough,
and Its has failed to disclose any no
ticeable means or way of diverting
water to any extent In Its upper por
tions. As the Investigation proceeds
down the John Day there nre fewer
and fewer indications of the practica
bility of either diversion or storage.
This concluding work, In the lower
portion of the John Day basin, will be
finish this month, ,
Ono Last Test to He Mude.
"Upon the completion of the John
Day survey the party nt work there
will be brought back Into this county
for further Investigation of the char
acter of the foundation and material
underlying the depression referred to
earlier as a possible site for a reser
voir near the old abandoned site.
"I wish to be quoted," said Mr.
WhlBtler with emphasis, "as calling
the especial attention of the people .
to the failure of these various survey
and Investigations to find any reser- '
voir sites In the Umatilla basin, and I
urge the people, as I have always
urged them, not to be misled by rep
resentations which are often misrep
resentations, and by too much opti
mum. atM
"A great many people located and
Invested under the reservoir site
abandoned and lost out, against my
advice and admonition. If the people
will listen to me now, they will not
repeat the error, and neither will any
'fresh fish' be caught In the same
manner."
"Does this virtual wlndup o( the
work In this district mean the aban
donment of Pendleton as the Oregon
headquarters of the reclamation bu
reau work?"
"The main portion of the office
force here has been already instruct
ed to go to Salt Lake City soon, but
I have requested to be allowed to
remain here during the winter to
hake or finish the computations and
estimates upon which we shall begin
soon, and the office here will not be
abandoned."
Antl-Prohibition Campaign.
J. p. Winter, of the law firm of
Winter Collier, of thia city, will
address a meeting of the Citlxens'
league at Freewater this evening on
behalf of the antl-prohlbltlon people.
Mr. Winter haa been engaged to
stump the county during the week
and will appear at Athena tomorrow
night
Will Hold 60.0O0 Eggs. , ,
There were 200 Incubators with
an average capacity of 800 eggs In
the consignment which reached here
few days ago. These Incubators
cost 125 each on an average, and
they were ordered through a travel
ing agent, and do not represent any
transactions made by the local hard
ware men, who handle this Una of
goods.
Kxtra Police Tonight.
Marshal Carney has appointed
three or four extra policemen ta do
duty tonight for the keeping of Hal
lowe'en Jokers within bounds.