DAILY EVENINGEDITION
DA1IY EVENING EDITION
WEATHER FOHECA8T.
Snow tonight and Tuesday; continued
cold.
t For . the beet goods, the best bar
gains, the most progressive nml wide
awake merchants, rend the East Ore
gonlan advertisements.
VOL.IW.
PENDLETOX, OKEC'OX, MONDAY, .JANITAUY I I, 1907.
' n mm w in m mi I O asaa
LARGE :RIVER AND
HARDQR DEMANDS
.House Committee Asks for
Total of .$0,000,000, 37
Per Cent for Cash Outlay.
jiAlaxck ao m spext
IU'IUKG 'Xlilll OF YEARS,
J")lg Cmitcst Certain :Over Cliicitgo-SI.
Louis Deep WaUir Cluinncl, Willi
Oliiuuvs of Dcfettl for li Xovv
, York Harbor iMiprie, cnicni of Su
preme Importance Contiwtors
Grcnily Concernel Became of Add
ed Cost to Tlicm l Rigid Enforce
ment ol the I U;ht Ilonr I.nlior Day.
I
Washington, Jan. 14. The largest
river pud harbor bill In the history of
the country wan reported to the house
today by Chairman Burton's com
mittee, sub-committees of which have
been holding Regions during Hit: hol
iday recess.
The appropriations made In it will
approximate $80,000,000. About
three-eights of the appropriations in
the bill wllj be for cash expenditures,
and the remaining five-eights will be
authorized for protects extending out
a number of years, some of which
are now under way. Not for 14 years
has such a big budget been prepared
by the rivers and harbors committee.
The bill which wan passed In 1905
carried a total of $35,306,533 of which.
1S.1S1,s:5 was In cash and $17,184,
057 was authorized,
This afternoon the mutter will be
discussed, and it is expected there
will be a context over the adoption of
the plan for the 14 -foot waterway
from Chicago to Bt. Louis costing
S?l,000,vOu. The memoirs from the
Mississippi valley will favor the pro
ject, but it look ps If the measure
will not receive recognition at this
sesirton. The prevailing Idea Is that
enlv such undertakings as can be
finished within a reasonable time will
receive sanction.
A member r.f the committee this
morning paid that it would he the pol
icy to finish nil the most Important
tin pre -Yemenis now under way anil
that steps will he taken as soon as
poslhle to improve New York hnrboi.
This plan Includes the enlargement of
Ambroro Channel, from a point Just
below the narrows in a southeasterly
direction to the sea This was origin
ally estimated to cost t6.oofl.000, hut
a contract was entered Into for $4.
000,000. The work now In progress
Is being done by government il.-rdges.
Considerable concern has been ex
pressed by the army officers, who
hivs the river nml Inrbor Improve
ments In charge, lest the enforcement
of the right-hour law In gov. rninent
contrail work Increases their cost.
Some have, estimated the increased
corl as high as 25 to 50 per cent. The
villdlty of the law has been question
ed by the contractors, and It Is prob
able that a test case will enter the
supreme court In a few days. Decis
ions of the lower courts have sustain
ed the new law. These officers nay
that the imtutal increase 1s only a
small part of that due to the law.
There was never greater pressure
for rlv.r and harbor legislation than
lit present and among the new pro
tects that will probably carry ure a
new "Son" lock and alternating chan
nels. In the Detroit river nt a cost of
$7,000,000, the deepening of lb- har
bor at Hnston, mid extensive Improve
ments of the Delaware and Mississip
pi rivers.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL HACK TAX.
Still lo Itecovrr From s;t.llllO,onu to
.-(. (inn.ood.
S'nlngfleld, III., Jan. 1 I. Tile at
torney general this morning filed a
suit n-M:ig the supreme court to
take original Jurisdiction In the ease
of seeking to i-cnver taxes claimed
due from Illinois Central to the slate.
Tl o amount is not named, as the ac
countants are not through, but It Is
varl. ns1y estimated i f,m $3 oon,
000 to J."0. 000. lino. j( s Impossll.le
to slate truthfully the amount Involv
ed until 1 be Investigation is complete.
The road will plead no Jurisdiction
In tins court and say it should be a
fedornl case.
I hi- Killed hy .Mine l-plo-lnn.
Clinton, In. I., Jan. I I. Joseph
Wolf, J.ihn Herman, l'eler Let-
lerviteh and two others were
killed hy a mine explosion here
this morning. The explosion
was due to an overheated bear-
log In the elevator apparatus lg-
lilting a mass of waste and oil
which In turn Ignited a pocket
of damp which leaked Into the
shaft
"RETAILERS JTKKI'OVMHI,!
Railroads Have Nothing to'liu With
Fuel Famine.
St. I'oul, Jan. n. Louis. W. :HI1I,
son of James J. Hill, Is In the west In
vestigating the coal famine and wires,
his father as follow:
"I find a combination of fuel deal
ers In the Dnkotas and at the head of
the lakes, and not a car shortage -is
responsible for the -fuel famine.
"Parties trying to get coal delivered
early last fall were refneed by firms
of coal dealers who formed a com
bine which controls the ctnl business
In the northwest and will boycott any
Duluth or Superior firms selling to
outsiders. If the retailers' combine
assumes control of the entire -trade It
hould have anticipated the demand,
and not expect the railroads to supply
towns with a car at a time. The re
sponsibility should rest on the retail
ers nt present rout rolling the busi
ness, not upon us."
TO PREVFXT DIS R1MIX.VHON".
Al-n to Denim as a Felony Setting Fire
to Forest.
Sacramento, Jan. 14. In the as
sembly and In the senate today bills
were presented lo prevent discrimina
tion in oil carrying.
Also a bill mailing It a felony pun
lahnble by imprisonment from one to
15 years to set fir.? to a forest.
Divorce Granted.
Mrs. Anna Ollna Halstend was
granted a divorce .Saturday from her
husband. Lawrence A. Hnlstead. Peter
Vet wns attorney for the plaintiff.
STILL AT LARGE
THAU, OF Til F. LATTER IN"
R.VITLEsXAKE COCXTRY.
Xo Truce Whatever of Barker and
Only Theory Obtains as to Direction
He Has Cone, or Mean of Locomo
lion Sheriff Itclleves His Father
Jleliml Him to ,' Kscnpc Draper's
Rlnoillitiunils of Xn I s' on a Frozen
Trull.
PriMsser, Jan. 1 I. The first definite
news of Kid Uatkir, the Kennewick
nan. 'll, and R. C. Hear, the horse
thief, who broke Jail here Thursday
night, was received by Sheilff McNeil
yeuterdiy afurnoon. Heir wns ai
tie homestead of i). Ceroulx in the
Itattlesnake couptrv, If. miles north
east of here, before daylight yester
day, inirjlring for Clement Mosler,
who has a homestead in the neighbor
lino.!, lot is now woi king at in,nv-
si-Ic. IJi.i.i formerly worked for him.
H ( . : l-o 'ecu by two other
purtl-s 1 1 do liattlesnake country.
Tills p-oves that Marker and Hear
sepa:ateil ,vid the slieiirf thinks the
foi"ier went west.
Detnitle? Hal Jack and c. s. Cady
left here this meriting to take up
1'c ."I's trail In the Rattlesnake. Other
denotl.'s are working west for Harker.
It Is believed he is heading for Ne
vada, where he formerly worked with
Jake Lake, his partner, killed at Ken
newick, when Harker was taken. It is
'lid Luke had a wife there mid left
some property in which Barker is in
terested. Harry Draper will return
to Spokane with his bloodhounds this
exenlng.
Sherl'f McNeil Is confident the men
will he captured, but thinks that it
may take some time. Relatives of
Fred Thomas, the other horsethief
who escaped and was captured, arriv
ed last evening from Johnson City,
Tenn., and put up J7r,o cash ball and
he was released
"It Is my belief," says Sheriff Oram
tliat the father of young Harker as
sisted It; his son's escape. The father
of the young desperado has been In
Prosser for two weeks. He has been
permitted to see and lalk with his
son. I believe thtit the escape was
planned ami executed with the assist
ance of the r,i,i ,., wjjo arranged for
two saddle horses to he nearby on the
night of the Jail brenk."
FST Mll, IX Till: DITCH.
Engineer Killed ami die I'li-eninii l'u
lally IiiJiiiviI.
ogilen. Jan. 14. The Southern Pa
cific last mail westbound. No. 3, mall
cars, baggage, diner and four Pull
mans, went In the ditch at liaitney,
'Id miles west of this city, at 3 this
morning.
Knglncrj' Klesly of this city. is
under the engine dead, and Fireman
Ware is bully scalded and will die.
Three mall clerks, the baggagemen
and a number of p:'.sscnccrs were In
jured. H. & O. WRECK.
Fni'.lniTr Meyers Killed and
Ircnuin
Lewis Injured.
Pittsburg, Jan. H Another wreck
tin the Rnlllmnr; & Ohio this morning
nt De Haven, the Chicago express col
liding with n switch engine In a Tog,
killing Engineer Meyers and fatally
Injuring Fireman Lewis.
BARKED AND BEAR
m e
House Organized ?. .Jay But
Delay
J " " i" "I" .'innon icminy n
Despite the Strong ()jmIUoii
to Eastern Oregon, It. In Said,
Senatorial Election w ill Xut
Unities Is President.
S-.ilom. Jan. 14. (Special.)
At 4 o'clock this afternoon, Sen-
ator K. W. Haines of Washlnz-
ton county, was elected presl-
dent of the senate on the first
ballot, recelvli.gr 17 voles against
7 for Hodson of Multnomah.
The six democrats In the
Semite cast complimentary
votes. The senate clerical force
was not elected at :20 o'clock
this afternoon.
Salem. Jan. 14. (Special.) The
twenty-fourth legislative session of
the state of Oregon opened this af.
ternoon. Frank Davey, representatlva
from Marlon county, being elected
speaker of the house over a strong
opponent, W. I. Vawter of Medford,
Jackson county.
The fight in the senate over the or
ganization of that body may delay Its
organization until tomorrow. E. W.
Haines of Washington, and C. W. Hod
son of Multnomah, are the rival can
didates for president, and a most
spirited contest is on this afternoon.
The fight for the organization of
the house has been practically settled
In caucuses held in Portland during
the past week, and In the final elec
tion of speaker there were no changes
from the situation presented in the
caucuses.
CI GGKMIEIM OX THR R CK.
Indirectly Roosevelt Fights Colorado'..
New Senator.
Denver, Jan. 1 4 Opponents of Si
mon fiiirtsenhelm, who is almost cer
tain to be elected to the senate Wed
nesday, declare the president has in
directly entered the senatorial fight
by ordering an investigation of the
smeller
Bros.
trust, which Is Guggenheim
It is claimed the president does not
lil.e liiiKcenh. Im's trust affiliations.
Indisputable I if'-r.np.t ji,n says the In-ve-tigMtion
Is now in progress. The
government Is In possession of a mass
ol evidence showing rebating, favorit
ism, clashing Independents and the
niitlio.is of the oil trust generally.
The government may sue to dissolve
the trust.
Philip Stewart, long opposed to the
pies, nt regime, is likely to have been
Inrtinir.'-nial in bringing about the
present phases. He lately conferred
with Roosevelt.
JUG COPPF.lt STRIKE.
Forty-Foot Vein (u Ftnli Runs
Fifty
Per Cent.
Oilden, Utah, Jan 14. A big strike
is made In the Lakeside Copper ocm
pany mines, 20 miles from this city.
o' native copper running 60 per cent
and found In a large quantity in a
vein 40 feet wide. There is a big rush
to tl e scene as the miners think It is
the Macros! thing ever found west of
the Rocky range.
RECO.MMI.XDS TWO-CEXT FARE.
Also the Limitation r Working Hours
lor Railroaders.
Tii's Mcliics, la., Jan. 14. The mes
sage of Governor Ciimmings to the
legirlature recommends a 2-cent rail
road fare an.! call for 1 lie Institution
ot an investigation in freight rates,
tl also ,i.l.s for a limitation of work
ing hours for railroad men, ami rec
oil, mends that nil city aldermen
tie elected at i.ivge.
Gut hut He W ent ,ft,s-.
llnMo'i la , Jan. 14. Howard liur-
Washington, Jan. 14. Roosevelt
this afternoon transmitted to the sen
ate a special message containing tho
report of Major Hlocksom and As
sistant Attorney General Purdy, on
the Brownsville affair, and also shells,
clips and bullets gathered on the
scene. The message gives the names
of witnesses who heard the negro sol
diers at night and saw them climb
the garrison fence and start tho shoot
ing. It gives the names of 14 wit
BACKS HIS POSIT! BY
speeb
il .OREGON LEGISLATOR
! d i k
E
Bitter Fight In the Senate May
Organization.
annulate for Spcnkcr Itimaincl Loyal
Organization, or the House is Favorable
in tlio Way of Committee Appointments
Ho tho Canst, of a Flglil, it is Thought
While there was strong onnosltinn
to Davey In some quarters, there was
equally strong loyalty to him, and his
disappearance from his home a few
days ago, on the eve of the session
did not reduce his strength.
Favorable to Ka.stern Oregon.
ix Is thought the present session of
the legislature will be more favorable
to eastern Oregon than any former
session. The matter of committee
appointments haa been thoroughly
discussed m the caucuses held In
Portland and it Is understood that
eastern Oregon members will have
many important committee positions
In the house.
It Is practically admitted that there
will be absolutely no discussion of the
United States senatorshlp In the legis
lature. The legislature will elect F.
W. Mulkcy for the short term, and
Jonathan Bourne for the long term,
without question, is the opinion ef
leading members of both branches.
Clerks Elected.
Silem, Jan. 14. (Special.) W.
Lair Thompson of Albany, was elect
ed chief clerk of the house; W. F.
Drager, Salem, assistant chief; W. H.
Harry, Portland, calendar; John
Wlthycombe. Corvallis, reading; E. L.
King, Ontario, mailing; T. E, Hill,
Jackson county, sergeant-at-at ms;
Henry Ford, Portland, doorkeeper.
Davey was elected on the first hai.
lot, receiving 44 vatf-s out of the .111
votes in the house. Herman HoiTi
chlld, the lone democrat in the house,
did not vcte.
gess went into Marlon Thompson s
restaurant this morning with a bis
kni.e, saynig he had "Come In to
clean out the house." Thompson shot
and killed Hurgess.
TRAFFIC COXGKSTED.
nut)
.nailed Curs Hung l p t Ellens.
litirg.
The railway yards at Elleiishtng nre
badly congested and buj few tratns
are running, according to the Localiz
er of that city. That paper says there
can be no mistake about this when it
Is considered that there are 400 west
loads and 200 east loads standing in
the yards there with practically no
e-ev.s lo handle this amount of ac
cumulate.! freight. The paper continues-
"All that the roads are rushing now
is .mintv coal cars, stock and perish
anle roods. Lately there have been
several wrecks on the road that have
great 'y retarded traffic and have kept
a number of tialn crews from being
available for moving the last accumu
lated amount of freight and vendition
of the weather has also greatly re
tarded the movement of trains."
Cattle rattening In Crook County.
H. L. Prldny was in town yesterday
from Cross Keys, driving a bunch of
232 cattle to the Henry Wlndom place,
wheri they will be wintered. H. L.
I riday & Co., of which firm he Is a
mernbe:, have one of the finest al
falfa ranches jn Trout creek, and pro
duce annually more than 1000 tons
of alfalfa hay. This season they are
ending beef, and now have ready to
turn off, about head. The cattle
they had here were principally range
cattle, which they can winter In this
section much cheaper than they run
en alfalfa hay at the home ranch.
Madras Pioneer.
Columbla Fro.iii Over.
Trainmen coming in from I'mntiUa
report that the ice on the Columbia
river at that place is now strong
enough to admit of travel across the
river without danger. The first ice
sufficient to admit of travel across
the river at The Dalles In 10 years. Is
reported at that place now.
nesses who actually saw the negroes
shooting ammunition which used
could not have been fired from any
other rifles, except the ones carried
by the negro soldiers. The president
says It was Impossible that the offi
cers or the rest of the soldiers did not
know what happened. One witness
says that at least 20 soldiers partici
pated. The president revoked that
portion of the order barring the dis
missed soldiers from civil employ
ment under the government.
CANADA'S rilOSPKKITY.
immense Output and Demand
for
Grain and Livestock.
Winnipeg, Canada, Jan. 14. Fig
ures published today Indicating the
prosperity of western Canada, show
that the grain crop of the three prov
inces totaled 281.0J0.148 bushels, and
that up to date 53,729.100 bushels of
wheat have been marketed. There
are 1200 interior elevators, and yet
these are insufficient to handle the
grain crop with the present car sup
ply of the raifways.
The cattle Industry also Is a very
Important factor In the country's
wealth, J4.029.639 net having been
paid to ranchers alone last year, and
prices ruling fairly high, an average
of over $47 a head for export steers
being paid. Some 130.000 head of cat
tle were received ot the Winnipeg
stockyards, and 86,000 were carried
to the seaboard over the Canadian
Pacific, an increase of 27,000 com
pared with the previous. year.
The supply of hogs was altogether
Inadequate to meet the demands ot
the market, and an average price of
$7.11 per cwt. prevailed. The supply
of sheep was much below the require
ment.
Appraising Itlght of Way.
Walla Walla, Jan. 14. J. C. H.
Reynolds, right of way expert in the
employ of the tate railroad commis
sion Is In the city engaged In secur
ing data to form a basis for appraise
ment of railroad rights of way and in
vestigating the value of terminal prop.
ertles. Mr. Reynolds has the' work
here well In hand and expects to com
plete his inquiry by the middle of next
week.
XOT GOOD FOR PORTION
OF INTERSTATE TRIP.
Tills Is the Definite Instruction Issued
by the llai rliiuin I.iiieH--AII Inter
state Trips Milst lb nil, up, roliix of
j'cpnnure mm a mitt lor Ticket
Violation ImiKises a line FK)ll Both
Crnipnny and l"er of the Pass Ac
coidiiisr to llal l illinn Ruling.
Portland. Jan. 14. The Harrlman
lines in Oregon, In sending out the an
nua) passes that nre being issued for
the new year, have attached condi
tions not heretofore known. The in
terstate commerce law must be com
plied with strictly In use of these
passes, and the railroad company and
pass-holder are mutually liable, it is
said, for violations. Accompanying
each pass is a circular letter explain
ing the limitations of the pass. Any
pass Issued hy a railroad In Oregon Is
not good for any portion of an inter
state trip. The provision covering this
point says:
"Person holding pass good In one
state and desiring to go Into another
state. Is obliged to purchase a through
ticket from the starting point to des
tination. A fine of not less than $100
nor more than $1000 may be Imposed
by the court for violation of this pro
vision." In other words, a pass-holder who
wished to travel from Portland to
Redding, Cal., even to a point one
mile below the state line, cannot use
his Oregon pass as far as Ashland,
and there buy a ticket to Redding.
He must purchase at Portland a
through ticket to Redding and pay
cash for the full distance.
Likewise, a pass-holder of the
Northern Pacific who wished to travel
on his pass to Uoble sod then cross
on the Northern Pacific ferry, but he
could cross In a skiff. It Is believed,
without violating the Interstate com
merce law.
GHXT FISCAL AFFAIRS
! County Levy 31 '.j Mills Prairie
(Itv
Miner ort'k-lal Paper.
I In the matter of the tax levy for
itlte fiscal year beginning July 1. I nor.,
j and ending June 30. DI117, ordered
jthat the following levy rc made on
in!! taxable property in lirant countv;
General county purposes. IS
(state' taxes. 5 mills; road. :i
; bridges. 1 mill; school. 4. 1
, ebool library, one-tenth mill,
j lew. .11 i5 mills.
In the matter of publishing
mills;
mills;
mills;
Total
1.' de-
i hnqiient lax sale notice for Mie v.mi
' ' ordered that the Prairie City
I .Miner be designated to piihlis the said
i noilev at compensation of C cents P'-i
I line. lllue Mountain Eagle.
Fuel Mini-Inge ( lces Mill.
The Everett flour mill closed Sat
urday because of n lack of wheat to
grind. 'I he mill has thousands nfl
bushels of wheat In warehouses east
of the mountains, tint can move none
of it owing to the car shortage.
During liHi 30 new state banks
were chartered In Mississippi, having
an aggregate capital of $1.1 S7. 000.
Aside from these, five national hanks
were chartered with an aggregate
capital of $550,000.
RESTRICTIONS
ABOUT PASSES
GENERAL EXPENSE
IS 18 ,739 LESS
Comparing 1906 With 1905
Fact Neutralized By Road
and Bridge Expenses.
WHICH WKKE OVEU $21,000
GKFATEIt THAN DlltlXG 1905.
Hclow Is Given In Ix-tull Hie Expense
List of Vnuitlllu County for the Year
lust Kiuhtl, Which is Koinetliing
for the. Tax Myers to Plumes Them
selves About Aside From the Ex
traordinary Kills Imposed by the
Great Flood Forty-Seven Per Cent
of Total Expense Was for Roads
ami Ilrldges.
County Clerk Frank Sallng has
completed his annual statement of
the county's expenses, and forwVrded
the same to the secretary of state as
required by law. The total general
expensea during the past year, as
shown by the report, was $58,065.15,
which Is less than that of 1905 when
the amount ran up to $67,854.89. For
1904 the expense was $4. 493.61.
But while the general expenses last
year were lower than those of the year
previous the amount expended for
roads and bridges was much greater.
During 1906 a total of $52,244.77 was
spent on bridge and road work, whlle
during 1905 but J31.000 was so used.
The extra expense during the past
year was made necessary largely by
the damage Inflicted by the flood last
spring.
The following Is a, detailed state
ment Just made by the county clerk
for the purpose of showing the gen
eral expenses of the county.
County court and commis
sioners $ 2.S54.60
Circuit court 3.415.80
JjstUw's court fSD.90
Sheriff's office . , . .1 D. 718.32
Clerk's office 3.799.98
Recorder's office 8.280.00
Treasurer's office 1.360.00
Coroner's office 42S.15
School Supt.'s office .... 1 1.752.78
Stock Inspector 699.96
Assessor's office 3. 861.00
Assessment and collection
of taxes 1.2S3.75
Tax rebate 439.59
Current expenses, book sta
tionery, etc.. all offices. 3. 602. 06
Court house expenses $6,642.25
Jail 1.394.52
Care of poor 5.964.28
Indigent soldiers 14.1.00
Insane 2s.S5
Reform school commitments
Bridges 2. 300.00
Election expenses 4. 73$. 73
Miscellaneous 3.296.03
Total expenses for the
year, except for roads and
highways
.$58,065.15
I 'll! D.MMISSIOVER IX IDAHO.
Ii:!l Inda dined 10 Create Railroad
'.'omniMnii (11 Gem State.
Hallintvne presented II. P. No. 2
for a railroad cinnmission and for the
r"TM!atioi: of railway rates, says the
Boise S'ntrsni.ni. It provides for the
creation of a. Tail road commission, of
three nu"-lii :. at an annual salary of
$41010 eaeli- appointed bv the pover
nor and removable by him upon proof
of incinpetoney or collusion or mal-f".asa'H-c
in office.
Tliev aie to seiw six years e ich.
oil except the first three, who shall
hold office for two, four and six
yea re 1 spectively, a new appointment
b ing i:vu!e each two years. The of
ficers at- to devote tl.eii full lime to
the oflee.
The bill providing 1'iat railroads
int'l eh. 11 go iiiiiiorni tates. All .o.ids
in the slate having tin- same rares fcr
the same service. No disci-inflation
is to le allowed. If special rates are
offered they must be open to all sliip
pers alike.
The eonmiissinri iKls pov or 1 1 re-
I'.the at ouate ,!ej ot an ! shipping
t'ieiliii. sni'fo-ient ears tlir tiu, s!iii
pin;' of freight of all kimis . proper
distill.mion of ea, s in , as of a sliort-
a "a ef oil" is 'lelliaieb'.l, railioid
aie to s- I. li .11 fota:-! fieigut u ith
"Ut 'iis.-iinnuation. and in the .pik-k-
es- reisoi,.tbl, till:e. Privi'-- rai'i 'a.i
i.lics that s. 1 e as ; aim, 01 e.UTi. rs
aone line, l M'e eoiiti,.; ,.f t.ie eoai-
IIUSS'.OI!.
Uli in ivtdclitnll Killed.
Chicago, Jan. II. Mis. Han
1:;. II. llealy, age.i -'ij, was shot
and killed accidentally last night
at a party at her home Just
following the christening of her
t-ahy at church. Policeman
Dyer, .1 guest, while removing
his c at. act I dentally caught the
t rigger of his revolver. The
baby was unharmed. Dwyer was
not hold.
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