East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 24, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text-rt:--::- .or a- 'i .fn,ci ,is n -i;: im t'l ,'tinff ' ': r QA1LYEVEH1NBED1TI0h " I 7 j 1 fern - OAliyEVEHlHBEDmOK l If you wleh to know how to boy 1 !aBBBBMO iTlCj ' ' t'l ' I I vA 7 kJI I WEATHER FORECAST. whatto buy, when to buy and wh-ere , 1 VW 1 ' (.4 i AV-WVl If ft " I i " J? y "ad the Ee I , VV .rf i J ' V """"" 'ZV' 'v tioud'y 'tonight and Tuesday. , ii i Oregonlan advertisements. ,1 v i t '.vhmm rr." V ,, - ft M ' ' r iimiiiiiimiih "him Mii 'n linn - 1 " - f . - -V,S. ' - ' 'r:-;-.!.v.v.t..w:,i,, vvi E jvOL.;19. -- - PLffi "TOX, OREGON, M.OXDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1906. 2:. ; U; NO. 585(1 ' M I H T II S fth IA Fonr lWrously 11 r Peculiar iicges is i fjtrty i 6 Legislators' From This County Request Public Expression I ; From Constituents. MEETING WILL UI5 HELD NEXT 8 tlRDAY);XIft 1 M ' 1IT. At the Commercial AhhocIiiiuui Rooms On Hint Occiudou Ml Who Have jj Suggestions to Make lu Relation to s state legislation nc Hie moiing r. J' slon Arij Exiiccted to E.iriw limit ttelvei Among tlio Issue if Sn- pninu iutKiruiiii.t; in jiimi mii me City Cluirtcr. i What does Pendleton deslre'Gf the Tmntllla delegation In the toglHla ture? This la the question that hus been asked by the five lawmakers from the county and In order to give local people an opportunity to rx press their wishes a public meeting Hvlll be held in the Commcrckil axsu elation rci6mHm'xt !satur1ay; ;ilght, , Ueceinber 2!t Thu,1 folpw)nf; i the i fcirniul Invitation for the meetD g: The legislative delegation from t'mntllla county will meet the dltlzens of Pendleton and vicinity at the Com mercial association rooms, Pendleton, . Oregiin, December 29, at 8 p. jn., al which time the delegation will be ; jilcasi'd to hear suggestions an ills cuBslons on needed legislation, bin1! ! locally and state. tBl' ' , ' COLE, ' Senatojs. C. A. BARRETT, W. M. WLl'SHEH, C. W. STEEX, Representing n. That the meeting will be well at ivnui-u ny local people more Is no doubt, and It Is probable the delega tion will find ample "needed leglslu mm inr mis section. Among jlse tliingH very much deflred of the Jv4r- imutuie by tills city Is a law hut ting lntOj ' vffc tv iha rvtfiuitl mstlii- uonau ajiif iiuinetit giving (liles tie rlrflifr to elifiiige thctr chartori. I Thjct feuh.a,;ln,wrJli Bc.ii.iss,l liy llic lnt- llaiure there seems to be but HtUu doubt, fir otherwise the amendment Is of no vnluo. ' . . A ant IjiwjrcTS I'rewnt. 11 "An approprln,tlon'for a branch su preme court building' ana a law li brary fur this pluee has also been rec ommended. This proposition1 Is one that has Jen . favored, by the ocaJ menljrs.,pf the borjan'l fhe melilliert o jthcLdi.iugatlonHshi (to1 jmye the lawyers pri'sent 1ho case at the meet ing Saturday. Sjhoukl a proper show ing be made It-If -understood that a bill asking for the- building and ll brary will be lntr.oduccd. TRAIN'S MEET OX A HKIDGE. Four Hurt and (im-at 'Ilnniiigo do i Ilnllroad Vroorty. " ; , Oakland, Dec. 24. Four men were; 'injured and more than jloo peoplo ; exposed to death ond several thous and dollars' worth of railroad ,propr ty destroyed this morning In ;a head jon collision between two Alnmeiln o iculs on the Southern Paolflc bridge 'between Alnmeda. and Frultvnle,; as a ,1'cHUlt of a inlsundurHtuhdllig ( or- Fireman Hopkins Is probably fa- itally Injured hy striking a telegraph ,)pol Whlle 'unyhigj from QW nliie. i ,1(1 J?KI7l' stlUHS (jl'TLAWEli. l.oiillnnit Iiilii'1'linint' Tin Liiw -iA SiistaJnod. Washington.- Pee. ' 4.;-Th ' tt- prcme court today upheM the const!-' tutlonallly of tlio - Foutli Cnrollna. stntute forhliMliiK. the : 'ii'yrulion of bui'ket simps, ji'f ji J fl , j The supreme court" today nlso de IhihiI tho luheiltanoe, tax of I.oulsl i ifi ,toibo uonstltutloHnL lilrnuo Miuiict licport. C Chliiigo. Ttoc. 24. Wheat- ,n))eni Bt 74 4 , -cloi-'od tits' sutne; coi n-openod nt 41, closed at 41 i-8; oats opened at 3.1 nnrl closed at 33 G-S. ' ' ! ' - ' ' "'''' ' New York.- Her.- - 24 TliP' temperattir Is five above, ero, wllh a gale blowing. ' The hos pitals this tmirnlny lire crowded with people frost-bitten and many destitute nnd dying from exposure. : The police stations shelter many families.- A richly dressed woman (8 years old, wns found on, the' dock nt East Sixteenth street. " She, give, her name ns Helen Stueey nnd snld her two- wealthy -sen turned her out. She had llvd In, the streets two dnya and mny lose, botli legs; -which ar irocn, i ; i TimEKiEx were killed I (iTd ni nil r urn til Iminiirw ni niai 1 Fonr PnnRerouidy Hurt In a Peculiar X'nllftiriilii Wreck. Stockton. Dec. 24. Three men were killed omV four-dangerously Injured IB ai. wreel of the fttigir Pino branch 6t tiielrra' rallvvby 'above Sonbra, Srnday ynffernoon The dead twere hfough 0i Sonora lodav. They are: r.al llnirnvr.i Whltehofcse.' and A. Chlel- lnluilz,-Civil Eaglnaef NewelU and three Japanese were probably fatally Injured. A sTieclal tram had been sent out to pick up a. wrecked construction riiln. f' the return thyspeejnl' train fvn' sifiif Aivt a steep grae.J tThe eahbose, bonbilnlng 30 men, sntipped t1 f on' a: curve like ajpnpperton a fc-hlp gn J' dashed l) feet to th bot tom ofjiijf embankment. Ifls remark able alt were not killed.'' " ' "TJARErOOT IU'R(5I,An." Self-Pfyliil Thief Writes Letters Dp. innmtlnx lllnckmall. :r ; ' Pabi CnL.iVfc.; '.s.Ya, Sprairni! and H. W. Stapleton, million aires Tesldlng here are In receipt of letters signed "Rnrefnot burglar," In which demands are made for money which Is to he deposited In certain places. The letters were turned over to the police. A burglar operating In harefect entered a number of homes In Pasadena and vicinity during the past few weeks. TAMOi OI T THOI GII A NIXETY-JX)OT TTXXEL. Dns; lhinng Ills Incarceration Could lfc-ar -Bio nylng rimnna of t!ie live yu-n Cnught With Him by tlio Cave In ntut In CoiiNtant Danger of Itrifig -TniNhrd l'p tv tlie Moment Ho tV Taken Out of Tiimiel. Rakersfleld, Cal., Dec. 24. En tombed In alio bowels of the earth, be neath tons of stone nnd dirt of a col lapsed' ttinm 1, L. It. Hicks, the miner who for 13 (lays faced death, wns res cued Satunhiy evening by a gang of his fellow miners who bad worked Incessantly t- save him. He wns fallen out through a tun nel 90 feet long from the side of the mountain. Intersecting at right angles the bottom of the shaft where Hicks wns Imprisoned. Every Inch of this 90-foot tunnel was driven during the 15 days of Hicks' Imprisonment., "When the crush enme," said Hicks to the doctor, , "I was working with the other men hi the tunnel, . There 1 won a rnnr nnd a- cra-sh of stone and ueuiichliiR timbers, and then utter blackness. Pinned beneath a tram car,. I heard the moans of dying men. I-tiled to movo and could not. I spoke to my companions, but there was no a-ittuver; only the moans of the wound ed. Death come to them nnd there ws-sllence. , , '. . "1 tried to move. my legs nnd found them gripped by boulders and earth. On each side of me I could feel tho earth nnd stone. Just above my head was the foot of one of the men. I could touch the shoe. ' Thru He Tapped on tlio Rail. , , yelled In; my agony, hoping that my , volcf ,-would reach .-.those nbovo me, but tiiere was no answering call. Thai I thought of the signals and be gan tupping on a rail with a rock. I heard a tupping above me. il laughed nnd .urlcd ,-fcnd yKod untrl I filiated from Aixliuustion., l wan to be saved. Above ,my hnd I lviiird a burrowing like ft irnt nt work ,ln , .plaster walls, and Or. 1 1 the gasplne penetrated ; llio chamber, through which j milk and soup wore fed to mc, and which was, used a spcajilng Ulbc- at , other f,mpB" I- I'. 1' r ; hitX Ihiy's Rts.'i Work. Hicks eiuld bnve been rescued nrller In the day, but his friends were not willing lo permit him to lake the Chance of crawling through the- hole miilor the cs,r which pinned hlin. Hicks hiniHcU told the miners that he fi-sred that the drifts of gravel and roejt might slip do wit. with a slight Jolting. All day long bits of limber tind jicbblcs fell upon the Imprisoned inlnci and the rescuers "were forced for tVo fifth time to change their plans. A tunnel was built out of tim ber to the cavern where lie was Im prisoned and afler It had been strengthened with scaffolding Hicks, who had so heroically waited for res cue for over two weeks, was drawn Out to freedom and life In good physi cal condition, but In a very bad nerv ous condition. . lllcks Improving Rapidly. I ' ' P ikersflcld, Doc. '24. Report from Ellison hospital, where Hicks, the res cued miner, Is .being restored t health, this morning 'state ho Is lm proving rapidly and will soon be dis4 charged In normal health. He slept Well Inst night and shows few effects Of the ordent which ended Saturday night. He stated this morning he 1 Mndcclded what course to pursue, bill feutst find somo method of earning a HICKS RESCUED " "AFTER 15DAYS :. ! 1 t ' ... i . . . .': j J : id. STOCK SAU WILLI; BE MUCH CHEAPER 5 ' I f- s ft i a If Plans W' tSe -State Wpoll' growers1 Association Can Be Carried Out. d r i j 1 1 '- : ' ' ' - 4 ! f-j! rHATO STOCKMEX GET SALT j CHEAPER THAX OHEGONEXS ;,.;. In Fact, jfilnce Thoy Went Into, the IttisineHsj of halt Making They ''Oct . U for Half IVIutt Stockmen I'uj- In Orcgim OregiHi" Pcxijile Will Pro. rvitl to Utove I'non the Works iif tlio Bull Trust Tlicy Will CiW'r With the Idulio Fxccutlvc Commit tee on flte J lib of Next Jniiiiiiry.i 'r . Would the sheepmen of Oregon like to secure their stock salt' fur about half the price they have befn paying during the past rew years? That they would have little objection to such treatment may be readily be Iteved. nnd if the plans of the State vroaigrowqrg' association worK out, The thing Wll come to pass. : ', Far muny monthspast the sheep men, through their association, have been wrestling more or less with the salt nuestlon. In eastern ' Oregon many tralnloads of the article ; are used annually, and salt Is always counted ns one of the unavoidable expenses of the woolgrower. As .the price Is now In the neighborhood of $14 per ton, It may be easily seen that thousands of dollars are spent each year for suit. r i IdnJio Ouiih Plant. ' In looking about for some means of securing cheaper sals the growers recently turned to their Idaho brethren. In that state the woolgrow era recently formed a company and purchased a salt works near Fait Lnke City. Since that time they have been securing stock salt at prices between tQ and $7 per ton, whereas the regular prloe charged In their territory by the trust has been fully double that amount In behalf of the Oregon association Dan P. Smythe, secretary. . recently communicated with the Idano men to we If they could not also secure th benefits of the co-operative plant. In reply he has Just received a letter from J. E. Clinton, secretary of the Idaho association, In which promises of assistance are given. The Oregon men are Invited to attend a session of tho Idaho executive committee, which will be held In Boise on January 14, At that time the matter of supplying Oregon men 'w ill be taken up, and it Is probable arrangements will be made whereby the growers of this state will also secure salt ut the trust. busting prices. Tln-ce Riirnetl to Death. i Steubenvllle, t)., Dec. 24. Fire to rt iv starting lr. a bakery, gutted up stairs sler-t-lng quarters, . suffocating 'A! rs. ' I n Illllman, nged 25, 1 her daughter, asre-d 2, nnd Miss Elizabeth .McCoy, ag.d 18. i ; Riiwlnu Colonel Mnrderod. I.iiknw, Russia, Dec. 24. Colonel Obcrom-hoff, commander of an In f -ntiv ri'Rlinnet, was killed on his es- t ite inir here by Unknown parties. RnOM'vdt at v York.' New York. Dec. 24. Peary's steam r PoofcMt, , 'which 'reached ,tho r.irlhest noith," ai rived off the city this ninriifng. , , ". I SOVTHFRX PACIFIC STRIKE. Xrgrocs and Mexicans Vscil as Strike; i" i- i . ' Ilritiker.-, , i Fort Worth. Dec. 24. Negroes nnd Mexicans are being used to replace the striking firemen on the Southern Pa cific nt San Antonio and Houston. The strike will only affect the IIiicf In Tcxns nnd Lnulslnna. s-npntlietlu Strike F:pectel. , Kl rnso. Deo. 24. Passenger trains on the Atlantic division of ,thi South ern Pacific, where -the ptrlhe of loco mollve firemen Is 111 effect, are run ning on time today. Freight traffic Is. however, slightly crippled. .A sym pathetic sirlke f, firemen nn the en tl mo system It Is clalmcrr this nnn-n-Inir, 1s almost certain to follow. ATTEM ITER lll'Rtil.ARY. Woiilil-llo- Tlilii-co AtKinpicd to En- '' ter Hnnilcy tlni-iK-ss PlKii), ' .An ntlempt to burglnrlzi. the Ham ley harness shop on Court street was ifiniVv Saturday night' nnd 1 the ' fact that the same wns a failure Is be cause the thieves could not open the Iron doors In the ronr. That they had tried hnrd to do o ls Indicated by hlnrks that were found upon the fli doors yesterday morning. On Opening the shop It wns found thnt burglars had attempted to pry the doors ooen and one of the windows, but the work mm la.wHi. mi mm '1 IS NOT GUILTY ) id Spokane : Boy Murderer- De dared by the Jury! to Be insane. ITl'RY DELIBERATED OX ' ' . , . ........ , . i 'I I THE CASE FOR 3ft IfOVR, Will X'oiv Re the Subject of nr fix . Iiuustlvo, Investigation by the Stale ' IitMintty! Hoard -Tho Perpetration of the 'M'nrilfr' by flic r.oy 11 Wns ' rtXerer Denied and Every Enllcnvor , 4y tlu? Di fcjife ,A'as to Trove ri ,.i aianity Xlne . . Dsij , " OccunliHl ,-. In rinding Jury.- i i : -. n i I ' Spokane, Dec. 24. The Jury In the case of Sydney Sloa'ne charged with murdering his fathor for the .purpose ,of iabhery, returned a' verdict of not guilty this morning, after having been out (or 2 s hours. .. , Tbe Jury believes the boy Is insane and his condition will be the subject of an. exhaustive examination by the state insanity Dcara. , v-, Jllsiory of the Crime. Jmw F. Slonno, a,' pioneer mer chant In Spokane, was murdered In hi room sotmj time during the even lug of August, 2 1, presumably before midnight. ;Hls body was found early the next morning, about 5 o'clock, by a small hoy named Hall. . When the ii)lce arrived, Jhe body was xecog niy.fi nt that of the venerable, mer- c-liant. Hie back of. the head was marked with six wounds, as If with a blunt lusti nnient. , , ,, . . , DetectUi T. l.'r HcDetmott, one of the police officers who was first sum .nior.ed to tlio scene, noted the peculiar actions of the boy when he was taken to the body of his father, as It lay In the alley, and becoming suspicious, asked the lioy to come to the station with him. Mrs. Sloane and a younger brother, Lloyd, wc-i-.' ut Mis. Sloane's ranch, several miles' from town, when ap prised if the terrible misfortune by Mrs. II. C. OIney and Mis. G. O'Keefe, They nt first refused to believe that Sidney had really committed the awful crime. The Interview between mother and sen In the office of Chief of Police Waller was described as a most pathetic one. Xlne Duys to tiet Jury. For nine days the attorneys wres tled with the difficult problem of Im paneling Jurors. Question if the Jut- oi had formed previous opinions as to the boy's guilt, were complicated with questions as to the Juror's opin ions on insanity and whether he would ?.ccpt that as an excuse for the crlnu of murder. Nearly 150 men were summoned to court before the 13 were finally secured. The taking cf testimony commenced Tuesday, November 20, and did not close, till Thursday morning, December 20, lasting exactly, one month. Mr. rmjh occupied soven hours Jn the slate's first pica, Mr. Robertson took eight hours Friday dud cne hour Sat urday, nnd Mr. Parnhnrt talked con tinuously from -10 o'clock In the morn ing till 1 o'clock In the afternoon. Judge Htiitekc's Instructions to the Jury were given after the noon re cess, and the Jurors retired to their room nt 3:12 Saturday afternoon. Socialists Win a Victory. ' The socialists won a victory In the superior court yesterday afternoon, the first that, has been secured by them since the beginning of the ar rests for obstructing the streets, says the Seattle News. This was secured In the action brought by the city Against Nina R. Wood. The case was lion-stilted by Judge Finter. On the motion of the defense after the testi mony of tho slate had been submitted. The ruling was on the grounds that In as much as the woman was not standing on the sidewalk but. rather, on the slreet, she could not have made up one of the crowd that obstructed the sidewalk. The complnlnt stated that with' some 200 others, she ob structed the sidewalk. For Washington Legislators. The big questions to come before the coming session of the Washington leg islature, are summed up by a Seattle paper ns follows: Politically thi are some big questions to be dot mined at the coming session. Chief among these are the legislation for direct primary and the districting jjj,0,'l! dally, nnd according to. th com the stntc Into congressional district. iS'dsslonoi s. will be Installed lmniedl Other laws suggested are to create d-if''"'' upon Its arrival, it will not rc partnients of the state supreme couft iSinlre long to place the bridge. and to provide for sessions at Sp knno as well as In Olympln, and tl election rather than appointment 1S the governor of such officers ns menfi bers of the railroad denimlsslon, tii commission, board of control and tl like. I W One ho said there is a coal famine! hundred thousand bushels of ar an D'l thraclte coal left Pittsburg, Pa. DIXAX ,AXD Rl'EF WAJtT. DELAY. Conspiracy and Perjury Charged .. 'Frisco Officials. ,' "J San ' Francisco, Dec. .il.--Chlef ,of Police Dlnan and Boss Abe Ruef were arraigned this morning, the former on two Indictments, (he latter on one. They are Jointly accused of conspir ing to protect notorious resorts, .)Th second indictment against Dlnan Is for perjury In connection with the con spiracy charges,' .'-! ' ' f ' The-'defendants refused to plead and asked that the cases go over a week, but Ruefs was set for Thurs day and Dlnan's for Friday. , , 1 v i- 4 v : HAS JURISDICTION. Orriclflls Will.. Re .Tried,, for, Allonlng ( ' ," a Xegro fo He Lynched. .Washington. Dec. -24. The supreme court has decidndlt has Jurisdiction to try Sheriff Shlpp and othors of Chattanooga, ,Tenn., for contempt of court In connection with the lynch ing of.Fd .Johnson, a , negro, , March 19 last. The prisoner was at the time under stay of execution granted by the supreme court., ' ' TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.1 ') i Scrantan, Pennsylvania, Now Has 512 ', Cases. '': ''.' :. ' ' Scranton, Pa., ,Dec. ' 24. Twenty- three, cases of typhoid fever were added to the. list In. this, city today, making a total' of 62 as' a result of the contaminated water supply. i'- iI; STREET WAS MAXIPILATED BY STANDARD INFLUENCE, .Money Stringency Made Many Trader "'Squirm Was' Uloomy Day" on Wall Street. There Rcing None of the Holiday Spirit (J. N. nnd '. P. Rorc the ISi-iint of the Slump Many Lightly Margined Were Wiped Out. New Turk, Dec, 24,. Stocks slump ed again today. Thousands of shares were thrown into the pit, causing a decline of from one to six points. Tia.lers feared drastic liquidation be fore the money, stringency could be relieved. The usual hollJay spirit (s entirely lacking nn-I all is gloom everywhere Many who were lightly margined had their entire cupltal wiped out. Great Northern and Northern Paci fic bore the brunt of the attack by She bears. Great Northern lost near ly seven and Northern Taclfic tell off three. - . Brokers say that Standard Oil Is silling on the market: ' Inventor or tho Heliograph. London, Dec. 24. Colonel C. E. Haynes. royal engineer, who retires on half pay toduy. under the five year rule, .was the officer In the Zulu campaign, who by means of an Im provised heliograph an . ordinary shaving glass belonging o a guards man signalled to Colonel Pearson, who wns holding Ekowe, that rein forcements were coining. It was onta after days of persistent endeavors to attract the attention ,of, the .investad garrison that Colonel' Haynes had A reward of finding that he' hnd been 'read." fnt Sentence Postponed.,,,.. ?nn Francisco, ' Dec. 24. The sen tencing of Louis Diibneri ttjlo imni fessed gasplpe thug, whs aenln nost- poned today.' -Tho detetiiAiltfts fcMirt three days In which to prepare evi dence to support his moiioiwo with draw his plea of guilt,! ft if Paper Mlll Hiirn, -..,.",.. , Marietta. Gn.. Doc. 24. The Mari etta paper mills burned this morn ing. Loss SlSO.Ortnv '-; r-" ';' ' WILL AfiAIX1 CARRY 'TRAFFIC.''' Wagon Kridge- Fust 'of Town' Ac'roaV River, Is ltepnlrrvf. f At noon today the wneott bridec across the Umatilla Just above the hospital had been repaired so ns to be onccjttitttt.MfefttwairyAX-tVwfW mod worked on the broken structure II day yesterday ond rhp "piling thhr was washed out was reulaced tem- iorarlly. " The mateiial for the stool "bridge nat )s to replace-tlio present woudett. Structure, was fan December s shipped from the east 3. ; It Is now , expected I A crew of men Is also at work re .alrlii -JliiJd ovtLMir0f,;the JiidgoA bviij, -4,1,1 ojfcj . tisjifcis- loner' Walker 'sitinhe "same wllf be oady for travel within two days. Mrs. ;e4iV ihhtrlinTrlOiiJiy Mrs. George Shutrum. Is seriously t tKe1 hSm'of hr sbri-ln-l'aw. James fstes, at 121 StonewaH" Jackscm Street. She Is in a critical condition MOVEMEN I EXCEED THE EL T MA j?ule Restricting JLsseep Sus pended1 So far'as (Jmatijla . Peservaonj5 ponceried. MODIFIED TO NEEDS OF i i v fxn-tvib'uA l rxif axs. 1 Indian Rurcaii Recognizes the . Fact .- That Conditions lay. Exist Wmn - Hard anil last Adherence to the Old Rule Limiting Leased Holding to Oin Acres ' Would ' Re Irrational ' and I'njii-t In Ciise of Excess of Lund living Secured, New Stipula tions In Leiise Are Provided. ' That Individual renters upon the reservation may be allowed more than 640 acres of land If such is plainly for the welfare . of the Indiana. Is shown by n statement Just given out by the department of Indian affairs, The position of the government waa given In, answer, to a request made recently through United States Sena tor Ankeny. . The statement of the department Is as follows: , "Oil September" 6, 1905, the office forwarded to the department a report from Robert G. Valentine, confiden tial clerk to the commissioner of In dian affairs, recommending that the rule limiting one lessee's holding of farming land to 640 acres In so tar as It related to the Umatilla reserva tion, be' abolished; that in Us place no hard and fa ruling be made, but as the present! leases expire, renters who have been farming more than (40 ncres nnd -wish to renew their leases and continue this practice be made to ihow clear good to the Indian as a reason why they should be permitted to do so. -: "In view of this recommendation, the department advised the office that lefsees on the Umatilla reservation will not hereafter be subject to- the rule of limiting one person,, firm or corporation to 640 acres. The lessees who show a disposition to oo-operate with the letter and spirit of this pur pose of the government In helping the Indians to secure homes for them selves and means whereby they may gain a subsistence,' pill he permitted to lease in excess of 640 acres. "To get a start, in the way of ielf svipt'orl an Indian needs, . a . garden, ' orchard and some cows. He also needs to have a well dug. and .to. have a house built for himself .nd shelter for his stock,..; Improvements .should be provided for as the principal part of the . consideration, In,.. every lease where one jierscn, firm, or, corporation leases more than. $40 .acres, aud an agreement ito.. make such, improve ments In addition to. the money, rental should .he. Included In .the lease-contracts". ,. . ... ,. Jn a gener.a.1 .way it has been known in the. .pa.at tha,t thetgovernment's at titude .was.Aa. indicated above.- Haw ever, no definite statement upon he ?ubJPCt'hS.r'?verbeeirpuWrsTiedbe- lation as to Just how much the leal 640 acres has befn discretion. iJWIE).rAXXIXG ARRESTEIj. Ac-nC(l orSteyilmir lhir'Ir.-S.-iddfe ail Two Dogs. N'riorVr-liiW.-Vll known h, where be has lh-e M of his life. now utiir arrest lorliorse stt-alli ne wns inucn into .iirn.f' nt u....i. Watupt-mi advice from Sherff rr.aylthys Jtsr prisoner will be broug to Pendleton this evening. " Jtnnnmg" Is "'KcoHlsi'd' bf havldfc stolen a horse, a saddle tind' a-:eoui of dogs from a ranch near here. T horse-Vlis flie'isroV'erty if Ed'ThVes er. and MaimUig. l id to, hav.trn ed the same off nnd then to have sokl the horse for which he had swapp. Also";- hi-.'Sblfl'tno'-tWoi dogsr'-"' llor-ii-s to Walla Walla. L. ker Rlnehart and J. T.. York of B City passed ''through 'todav wi I ltw .04i.ajs, Of, .heavy. h..s,fT McDonald nt'M'nlla'W'alht. ' ': -f ' rioplilrife 'fiif 'fctniHlaroJ Oil. '" Fliidliy. 0. Dec. 24 Judge "Duncan 'decides' "the probate court has nil Jurisdiction to try Plnndard oil' case's ' under "Hie Valentine law.' ' As a' result' of this decision the. $.',000 fine Imposed on the Standard is ln- veil, m;clhn all the ...other Pr'vehM VrM i"'Mate VvsVirt.i li.Aci.lieliK-il'rVfcvfiAen to the circuit nnd supreme 5 courts ns.ajiUkly as .passible. PtWnU4'tl IJUMtfilcftnents against Rockefeller" and other .officials, fit, Uio..Stnudard Oil will be deferred, the Judge set- tirig no da'te for a rendering. llllB-Bftgl noun.