EIGHT PAOK8.
DAILY KAdT OKUiOMAN, I'KNDLKTON. OKlXiON. Till KM) V, NOVKMIJIIK 1, HMtS.
PAGE THREE.
NEW FREIGHT RATES
Tin: i). it. n. pkomisix
Til KM I'OH HAKKIt CITY
rhui'Kvtt of DlM'rliniiuilioii Against
Tlml IMucn Will Kcrolve Altoiulnii,
Although the Company DciiIcm That
Any K.visl There h No IYoHicet,
However, of any liccliictioii llcluA
Kfftvlod In u (ionernl Way Iluker
City l'ciilo C'litlin Tlml Pendleton Ik
Favored.
The Maker City Herald, speaking of
the readjustment of freight rutes by
Die O. II. A N. at that place, suys:
Through the efforts of the Herald
a readjustment of the freight rutes ap
plicable to linker City in promised by
W. K. ("omen, first axxlHtant general
freight ugent of the I). It. & N.. who
was In the city Saturday for the pur
pose of Investigating the charges of
discrimination that have been made
by this paper.
Mr. ('omen frankly staled that the
Herald was correct In Uh statement of
RUSH IRRIGATION WOKK.
Minidoka Project Will lie (Vmiplelc
by July 4.
S. Porter, of Kldnrn, Idaho, a
member of the contracting firm of
Monarch & Porter, which Is operating
on the government work at Minidoka,
Ik a guest of the Idanhn, and reports
that progress is such on the work that
a large number of additional men und
teams seems iibsnluli ly imperative at
this time, says the Ilolse Statesman.
His firm, he states, Is now working
some 200 men and u like number ot
teams nro desired.
Mr. Porter's firm has one of the
largest, If not the largest contract for
the removul of dirt In all the Minido
ka contracts, Involving as It does the
handling of about 2,000,000 cubic
yards of soil from the bed of the big
canal being constructed under gov
ernment iiusplees. Fortunately there
ts little or no rock work Included In
this contract, nnd good progress Is an
ticipated us soon wet weather
comes.
All the contractors, Mr. Porter says,
are making rather poor progress, and
are really behind Ihe percentages es
timated by the engineers. Hubbard
Sl Carlson, of this ty, who hNsc one
of the big contracts, are perhaps bet
ter along In proportion to the time
than any of the others. This fact Mr.
Porter attributes to the fact they were
the cuse und that he would take the
matter under consideration and glve!H)e to get to work Immediately up
It his personal attention. He ulso( the letting of tho contract while
stated that he knew of no reason why
such discriminations existed hut could
not pass upon the matter until he had
the others were compelled to move
to Idaho sometimes from the far east.
Mr. Porter says he had considerable
consulted the tariffs in the home of-j trouhle In getting started In Idaho. He
flee In Portland. I Hhipped his outfits from Iowa early In
As to a more lilieral freight rate in! jll)y u)(, ,.;,, west at about the same
Baker City ill general. Mr. (.'oniun j ,lm(, wlth 3 Pmployes who had been
could not and did not make any prom- w)(h lp r,rm for me time. It took
ises. lie gave tile railroads slue oi t)ns outfits from five to seven weeks,
the question und stated that the pres-' ....., , rf,a.. Idaho, although
ent rates were as good as cuiuld be
made. On the distributive rale ques
tion Mr. Cnnian said Huker City did
not need one us It practically hod one.
From Poise there Is a distributing
rnto tiu fur Aiiut ttu limit! n irt 1,11 lint Mr
Cnnian said that Poise hud to pnv the j 'llrJ"-
Ham, rate from mini., un HuUer City niakt the prediction confident
paicj. and th.n thry had to pay tho by the next Fourth of July a
local ruto out to all the HHph within! tht work hy nil lhe contractors will
the distrihutlvo radius, which i.riictl-' hav bccn completed, and the big
cally shut them out f nil territory
west of Huntington.
llo 'ilun rwiiil..n.li.1 I tin I Iit.1t.tn
In given no lower rate than that shown'
on the schedule, that the rate to Pen
dleton was more than ih rate to The
Oallcs, etc. Spokane's rate did not
apply to this territory.
As to the livestock rate front On
tario ami Huntington, especially from
Ontario where ihe rate Is hut t$ car
less than from linker City. Mr. Co
mnn said this reduction the Oregon
Short IMne had been compelled to
make to meet the rate tin the Southern
Pacific from Wlnnaniucca. Nov.; that
before this reduction was made th?
Oregon stock was being driven to
Wlnnamueca and shipped from there.
To reduce this rate from linker Otv
would Involve lhe territory west of
Hnker as far as Pendleton and that
would involve a rate war with the
Northern Pacific. As to the local
freight Inspector. Mr. Coman said the
O. It. & X.. did not hy all of the
railroads Jointly anil he works for one
road just as much hs another.
This In the situation as Mr. Cnnian
explained It and It Is very evident that
no changes will be made In the general
tariff applicable to Hnker City. Hut
j they were shipped in carload lots,
and the firm meanwhile was com-
polled to keep the 4 2 men on full pay,
I waiting for the outfits to work their
' way through the congested railroad
Minidoka canals will be a reality.
LEWIS WINS FIGHT
st x i i; i:.(iiNF.Fit i I'lihi.i)
HY STATU I.AM) HOAItll.
lie-, ( holes Company .Must Put Water
on I jind Iteforc It Can !te Heooin
Iiienih'cl for Potent and Cannot Draw
lntcrcM on I41111I Sales I'll t i 1 the
Dale of Actual Kevlnimillnn llolli
TI100 Points Are Won by Suite K11-glnecT.
Salem. Nov. 2. After threshing the
question over and fiver for the past
two weeks with representatives of the
lies Chutes Irrigation & Power com
pany, and the settlers of the lies
Chutes irrigation district, the state
laud board has at last arrived at con-
the little discriminations such as the elusions over the udoptlon of rules
rate nd minimum on Iron beds w hich ,) regulations, and forms of nppll
Is only an Illustration of the many that, am, ,,mltI.llct nlank!i lls
are ciiuiiiiuiiitMi tn. will hmhiiii ur ... I
readjusted. Mr. Coman promised that !,,ll,m""'d bV ,ne '"' " when.
unless there was a stronger reason!"' u'1" ''!""'" " "
than anv he could think of Mr this It!""' ''';' directors .of the company.
would be made to conform with all ! ""'V will be returned for final adoption
other rates applicable to nil other ! J 10 lourd' wn,'h w'" Pb'y be
towns on the O. It. & ... : ,"'. '!y' . . . . ,
1 Ihe details of the agreement, which
is In the nature of it compromise ull
around, are not given out for publica
tion until everything Is settled, but It
Is looked upon us a partial victory for
the state engineer, who carried his
K1M.KI) BY YAQl'IS.
Munlemim Indians Slay I I Mexicans
and One American.
San Francisco, Nov. 2. Fourteen ' point on the distribution of wuter, ami
Mexicans were killed and one Amorl- also for the irrigation company In the
can mutilated by the Yaqul Indians mutter of requiring the settlers to pro
In a recent ruld on the rnneh of thejleet and compensate the company for
governor of fiondra, near Hermoslllo. I the right of possession of the land be
The American was the foreman of j f'""' rfclnmatlon.
the ranch. He died of his Injuries 1 These lo points. It is understood,
two weeks ago In the hospital at Her- w'"' "' l n Principal stumbling
mf)!lll0 j blocks In the way of arriving at a
News of the massacre reached here! . "'"-' . " "
yesterday hy the Pacific const steamer j
City of Topeka, which arrived from
Mexican ports. On board the vessel
m-erc several passengers Just from the
Yaqul country.
The raid of the Ynqiils on the ranch
of Governor Izabel was made at night.
The ranch Is six miles outside of Her-
terday afternoon after a long confer
ence.
The attorney general rendered an
opinion In which he held that the com
pany had no right to collect Interest
on the purchase price except from
dale of reclamation, und not from
dale of application ns has been cus
tomary, but the board has come to
nioslllo and for a number of years ,M) conclusion that the company has
the right of possession of the lands
up to the time of their complete re
clamation, but, If It Is desired to per
mit Ihe settler to come upon them and
Improve them before the water was
supplied, It should be entitled to re
quire compensation for such right of
prior settlement.
This matter, however, Is left for
has been under the charge of an
American. The passengers on the
(?lty of Topeka were unable to recall
his name, but they nay that he Is
known in this city. The servants and
laborers were allowed to depart, but
the Indlnns curried the foreman Into
a canyon, and, ufter tying him to a
tree, amused themselves hy throwing
knives at him. They cut off his nose the settler 11ml company to thresh out
and ears and cut strips from his body.
They then bade him go to Hermoslllo
and Inform Governor Izabel that like
treatment awaited him should ho ever
fall Into their hands.
The foreman made his way to Hor
mosiy.0 and soldiers were sent In pur
suit of the Indians.
F. J. Johnson, who has been trav
eling In Mexico, was a passenger on
Ihe City of Topeka. He says:
"The massncre of the Mexicans oc
curred about three weeks ago. A
pack train loaded with supplies was
leaving Hermoslllo, and when about
10 miles out of the town was ambush
ed hy Indiana.
"I saw the foreman of the gover
nor's ranch the day before he was
captured hy the Indians. He was
about 40 years of age. The Indians
lire becoming holder and bolder In
Sonora. It Is unsafe to leave the
towns, and, though the soldiers are
constantly rounding up the Indlnns
and their families, they seem unable
In get the fighters. The Yaquls are
worse than they ever were In that
country;"
before the courts. If they choose to
determine their respective rights In
(lie premises. Until enjoined from do
ing so. It is understood the company
will require the settlers to pay for the
privilege of possession before the hind
Is reclaimed.
It Is also understood the hoard has
adopted the rule establishing the
amount of water required to reclaim
the land at not less than 1 4-5 feet
per 100 acres and that It shall be
measured upon the lund and not at
the headgate, as1 previously arranged
The length of season In which the
company will he required to furnish
this amount of wntcr to each settler
Is placed at 90 days each year, this
being deemed sufficient to mature the
ordinary agricultural crop.
One hundred thirteen civil cases aro
docketed for the next term of circuit
rourt at Eugene, of which 27 are dl
vorce cases.
Woman's Skeleton Found,
While examining the site of an old
building at Condon yesterday morn
Ing a skeleton, probably of a white
woman whose age was about 40
years, was found a foot from the sur
face. It had been there for a num
ber of years. There was no means
of Identification, and no one can
throw any light on the mystery. The
building had been used aa a drug
storo and later as a restaurant, and
hud been abandoned for a couple of
years. The Dalles Chronicle.
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One Weekj Nov. 6-11,1 905
READ EVERY WORD
Shrewd Buyers Big Bargain Week
We are overstocked in many departments, so must reduce stock and raise money. To do this we
decided t.o make bargain corners of some lines but in trying to select lines in which we are long, we
find ourselves overstocked in nearly everything so we have included every department in this match-
less, money-saving sale. Ye need the money, you need the goods.
or we both lose money.
Take advantage of this saving
Monday, Nov. 6 Pictures, Easels, Hall Trees, I Start the week right
Matchless Bargains MilTOrS, Hat Racks, secure some of these
for all etC. bargains
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Tuesday, Nov. 7 Rockers, Chairs, Tables Stands, i Keey your eye on
TeH your friends of Sideboards, BuffetS, China ! these bargains. They
these bargains ClOSetS, etc. j not be duplicated
Wednesday, Nov. 8 Couches, Lounges, Morris Chairs This is your oppor-
won saving Parlor Pieces and all -
Come again Upholstered Goods You need it.
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Thursday, Nov. 9 Iron Beds Bed Room Suites Chif-! You spend one-third
These ore things fonierS, DreSSerS, Springs, Mat- j of your life in bed.
you need tresses, Pillows, Quilts, Blankets j SIeP "v-Rest wen.
Friday, Nov. 10 Combination Cases, Book Cases ! Good Friday.
Fun of Bargdns Ladies Desks, Office Desks, ! -;ks
First come, first served etc. j Good Office Desks.
Saturday, Nov. 1 1 Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums, Mattings, A whirl of bargains.
Sweeping reductions Carpet Sweepers, Door Mats, j Get one of our big
Save the dollars and dimes etc. j Rugs'for 95c.
Bargains in the different lines will be found on the various days given above.
PRICES WILL BE BELOW COMPARISON
Yours for Bargains,
ML A. HADER
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