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VOL. 10.
TENDLETOX, OltEGOX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1907.
NO. 5876
AGGEPTANAE IS
RECONSIDERED
Council Arrives at Mayor's
Conclusions Regarding the
Court Street Paving,
WARRANT FOR 18000
WAS ORDERED DRAWN.
Property Owners Slay Fay Their Pav
ing AfUKtmnent at Once Mayor's
Annual Message Advocates a New
Cliarter, Giving Spodflo Reasons
Ttierefor Enumerates NecesHlty
(or New City Hall and for Thorough
F.epnlrs Upon the Levee Puhllo
Library Needed Compliments the
Council.
At the council meeting last night
Mayor James A. Fee read his annual
message to the council, while annual
reports were likewise submitted by
the recorder and the finance' com
mittee. The mayor's address, which
contains many strong recommenda
tions regarding future Improvements
and likewise considerable praise for
the present council, la given In full
below:
Council Reversed Iwelf.
Aside from the annual reports and
the mayor's message the most Import
ant action last night was upon the
subject of accepting the Court street
gutter and curb work. When the time
arrived to take up that subject the
veto of the mnyor was fn readiness.
However, It wns never read, for
Councilman Murphy moved that the
former action of the council, In ac
cepting the entire Court street work,
be reconsidered. The motion was
carried, and when the original motion
was put to a vole It received no sup
port. .
. MTrVrrnrnintely after the nnnvc action
had been taken Cnunrllmnn Murphy
moved that a warrant for $00" be
drawn In favor of the Wnrren Con
struction company In part payment
of the amount owed by the city for
the work on the squares. In making
the motion he specified that the pay
ment should In no way Involve an ac
ceptance of the work done by the com
pany. The motion waB carried. It
was then declared that property own
ers could pay their paving assess-
ments at once and that the bond of
the paving company would be suffi
cient to Insure repairs on the gutters
and curbs where such Is necessary.
Tlin Mayor's Moswigi'.
To the Common Council of the City of
Pendleton.
Gentlemen:
The law requires the mayor at the
first meeting each year to state to the
council the financial condition of the
city; and, In performing that duty, I
deem It proper to call your attention
to some things very essential to the
growth and progress of the city.
The city will Increase In wealth and
population by the adoption of a new
charter, which will confer upon Its In
habitants greater facilities for financ
ing the Improvement of lis streets and
levee, and the construction of a city
hall, and providing for greater fire
and police protection.
This charter should be broad and
liberal, and should confer upon you
greater authority In making public
Improvements, and Increase your
power In guarding tho moral and In
tellectual welfare of the Inhabitants
of the city.
The work of Improving the streets
should be continued, but you should
keep within reasonable limits, and
not unnecessarily distress the prop
erty owners.
The work commenced upon the
levee should be continued until every
foot of It is put in first-class con
dition down to a firm foundation, bo
that It may be nblo to withstand any
extraordinary freshet, and thus pre
serve tho property of tho city and the
lives of Its Inhabitants.
A new city hall should be erected
the coming year. At the present,
nslde from street and levee Improve
ment, no other publlo work Is so
much needed.
All reasonnblo effort should be
mnde by tho people of tho city to os
Threaten the Greatest Flood.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 17. The
Ohio river flood Is likely to
equal the flood of 1884, which
was the greatest In history.
Rain has fallen In the Ohio
valley for nearly three weeks.
The double track and wagon
bridge went out this morning
near Parkersburg. Loss. $176,
000. One also went out near
Leon, Ky., on the R. O., this
morning. Trnlns In, every di
rection are late many hours.
Tho powder mills opposite
Vnncelmrg, Ky., are destroyed
tabllsh, at an early date, a public li
brary. I want to congratulate the council
upon the work accomplished by It
during the last year, and I venture
the- assertion that no other council
that has ever sat In the council cham
ber of the city, has performed greater
or more Important services for Its peo.
pie. You have paved streets and you
have constructed a levee; you have
purchased property In a desirable lo
cation for a city hall; but more lm
portant than all this, you have en
forced the laws you have enacted;
you have been firm, yet moderate;
you have Improved the moral condl-1
lions without affecting the business
Interests; you have taught those who
hao come here that you grant li
cense to conduct legitimate business,
but not to commit crime, or to vio
late the law' enacted for the regula
tion of their conduct; you have stood
manfully by your chief of police and
his assistants; you have, so far as It
has been In your power, or the power
of your police force, suppressed gam
bling; you have closed the doors of
two disorderly houses, where the laws
of the city and the state were Ignored,
which should serve as a warning to
others that you are not to be trifled
with.
In this work of suppressing disor
derly houses In the city, and thereby
driving vice and crime from your
midst, you have the honorable and en
viable distinction of being pioneers.
I hope that as much, If not more,
good shall be accomplished during the
coming year, and that all may be able
to act upon public measures In har
mony for the good of the people.
During the last year some differ
ence of opinion has existed at times,
but that Is Inevitable. All men can
not see or think alike. Our Judg
ments are like clocks. If several
clocks were started at the same time,
and set upon the same shelf and run
for a period of 10 days, the minute
hand of no two would probably point,
at the expiration of that time, to the
same spot upon the dial's face. Tet I
give you credit for having acted hon
estly and conscientiously and accord
ing to your highest conviction of
duty, however far we may have been
apart at times upon questions of pub
lic policy.
I herewith hand you a statement of
the assets and liabilities of the city,
and of Its receipts and expenditures
for the year 190.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES A. FEE.
GREATEST FLOOD
T YEARS
WARM RAIN'S CONTINUE
AXD VALLEY IS COVERED.
Stork Mnmonnl on Ohio Valley Knolls
Are Starving At Parkersburg River
Is HMrg, Mi 'IT Rain Is Coming and
HiiiuIiiMm Are Driven From Their
IIihiich Kllzzard Rages at New
York, Willi Heavy Wind From Sea.
Evsnsville, Ind., Jan. 17. The
greatest flood In many years 1b cer
tain here. Warm rains continue, and
thousands of acres are flooded. Stock
marooned on the valley knolls are
starving.
River RMiig Rapidly.
Cincinnati, Jon. 17. Reports from
Parkersburg are that the river Is ris
ing nearly three Inches an hour with
no signs of cessation. More rain Is
predicted. Thousands are Inconveni
enced and hundreda are already home
less. Blizzard In Now York.
New York, Jnn. 17. A blizzard
rages here today. Rail and wire
communication Is practically knocked
out. A heavy wind blows from the
sea, and the mercury Is 16 degrees
above zero.
Pestilence: Follows Destruction.
Kingston, Jnn. 17. Foreign resi
dents of the old city are attacked by
dysentery on account of the lack of
food, and Impure water. Dead natives
and tourists alike are being burled In
unmarked trenches, or burned on
huge pyres of debris. Ships In the
harbor are used as temporary hospl
tuls. Outsiders are warned to keep
away.
To Forbid Child Labor.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 17. A bill has
been Introduced In tho senate for
bidding the employment of children
under 16. Another bill Introduced,
rrovldeq that any insurance company
removing a suit to the federal courts
will forfeit their license to do busi
ness In tho state.
Coldest Day Yet.
The thermometer registered lower
this morning than at any time during
the present winter, the temperature
registering 8 Vb below ssero nt the
heme, of II. F. Johnson, weather ob
server. Steel Bridge Has Arrived.
Tho steel bridge for the Umatilla
river east of St. Anthony hospital, ar
rived today, after five months on the
road since ordered. The county court
received notice that the bridge passed
Green River, Wyo on Christmas day.
IN
KINGSTON
E
BY SECOND SHOCK
Harbor Bottom and Shore
Sinking, and City Is Slip
ping Into the Sea.
POLICE ESTIMATE THAT
TWELVE HUNDRED ARE DEAD
Last Quake Shook Down the Totter
ing Rulnsj Left by the First Gas
and Electricity Cut Off and Fire
Department Crippled Two Thous
and Injured and Ninety Thousand
Homeless, According to American
Consul PcKtllence Certain Should
the Whites Renort to Native Means
of Living.
Havana, Jan. 17. A second shock
occurred In Jamaica, as severe as the
first, reported today via Santiago. It
is said to have tumbled down the tot
tering buildings, but fire did not fol
low. Slipping Into the Sea,
New York, Jan. 17. The shores of
the harbor of Kingston are sinking,
adding terror lest the city slip into
the sea. The bed of the harbor Is also
sinking In many places, and the wa
ter Is already hundreds of feet deep.
A correspondent cables from Holland
Bay:
"Tourists filled the streets till a
queer quake all over the city seemed
to shrivel It up. Buildings collapsed,
filling the streets with debris. Gas
and electric supplies are cut off and
the fire department crippled. I saw
terrible scenes In the streets and
counted. 15 dead in King street wreck
age, and 18 In Harbor street. The
police estimate the dead at 1200."
Ninety lliouxind Homeless).
Kingston, Jan. 17. Not all the
Americans and English escaped. The
first systematic search In the ruins
started today, and revealed the bodies
of a number of whites, and more ore
certoin to be found.
Cnlted States Consul Payne this
morning estimated 1000 dead, 2000
Injured, and 90.000 homeless. It Is
likely the United States government
will be called upon today for fond.
Every white tourist Is in danger on
account of the lack of supplies. The
natives can live on the fruits of the
Island, but if the tourists resort to
this It will cause a pestilence.
Tidal Wave on North Coast.
Holland Bay. Jan. 17. A gigantic
tidal wave swept Annota Bay on the
north coast of Jamaica. It Is report
ed the coast line is changed and a
great stretch of beach Is sunk Into the
sea.
Relief From London.
London, Jan. 17. The king has
started a relief fund with $5000. A
ship sails with supplies to-Kingston
tomorrow If It can get ready.
Relief From New York.
Washington, Jan. 17. Red Crows
supplies for Kingston amount to $5,
000, and were ordered from New York
by the first steamer. Others will fol
low. 125,000,000 Loss.
Kingston, Jan. 17. Twenty-five
million dollars Is the estlmnted loss.
The Btatue of Queen Victoria was
completely reversed, but wholly un
injured, and now faces the parade.
RETIRING
At the Savings bank yesterday the
semi-annual meeting of the stock
holders was held and much business
of Importance transacted. A semi
annual dividend of 8 per cent wns de
clared and the plans of the officers
regarding the building changes were
endorsed. The entire set of directors
wns re-elected, while oil of the old
bank officers were likewise retained
In thelr positions, the complete list
now being ns follows:
Officers Montle B. Owlnn, presi
dent; T. J. Morris, vice-president; J.
W. Moloney, cashier; F. G. Schmeer,
assistant cashier.
Directors W. J. Furnish, Charles
II. Carter, E. P. Marshall, Joseph Bas
ler, Rd Alexander and Montlo B.
Owlnn.
During the past 12 years the Sav
ings bank, under the management of
W. J. Furnish, has prospered much,
and In that time the deposits Increased
from $84,370.48 In 1894. to $1,237,
106.24 on December 81, 1906.
In token of the appreciation In
which the retiring president Is held
by his fellow stockholders tho follow
SAVINGS
BAN
SENATE RESOLVES
TDBEEGONQMIGAL
If the Face Value of the Agree
ment is Lived Up to Clerical
Hire Will Cost One-Half,
LOOPHOLE LEFT WHICH THE
SENATORS MAY BACK OCT OF.
Senator Kay Led Protest Against tlie
Ancient Custom of Looting the State
Treasury Through Senate Clerk
ship Senator Smith Introduces a
Illll Designed to -Save One Per Cent
on Unpaid Warrants to the Taxpay
ers of VmatlUa County Goes to the
Second Reading.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 17. (Special cor
respondence) After a spirited debate
which was carried over from the
morning to the afternoon session yes
terday the senate arrived at a half
way compromise upon the clerkship
question by which, so far as the agree
ment now stands, the expense of
clerical hire In. the senate will have
been cut almost In twain, as com
pared to that of the last session.
Some loopholes are left, however,
which, If taken advantage of later on
in the session, the corps of clerks may
be Increased to an unlimited number,
according to the wording of the reso
lution agreed upon by the committee,
and In the judgment of the members
In case "It is found that more clerical
assistance Is required, such clerks
may be provided for by resolution."
It usually develops, as the session pro
ceeds, that "more clerical assistance
Is required" to keep up the work and
the force Is Increased from time to
tlm.' until it attains almost double the
orlirtnal number.
The records of the last session show
that there was a total of 93 clerks
employed to do the senate work, ex
clusive of the desks, nf which 37 were
employed on Joint committees and the
cost of clerical assistance for the ses
sion aggregated $18,265. a portion of
which, for Joint committees. is
chargeable to the house. Under the
resolution agreed upon by the com
mittee a total of over 50 clerks are
provided for at an average of $4 per
day, which will bring the estimated
cost for the session to $6500, and a
possible allowance of five additional
clerks Is made, which will bring the
estimated total to about $7500.
Senator Kay of Marlon, who Intro
duced the resolution, says he Is deter
mined to keep the clerical force down
to the lowest limit and will fight every
unreasonable proposition for nn in
crease to the finish.
The resolution In full follows:
"Whereas, At the last session of the
legislative assembly there were 56
stenographers and clerks employed In
the senate In addition to the desk
clerks: and,
"Whereas, There were 34 clerks
employed on Joint committees; and
"Whereas, If only competent and
expert clerks and stenographers were
employed who performed a reasona
ble service, the senate could get along
with a much less number and at the
same time have better clerical service;
therefore be it
"Resolved, Thnt each member of
the senate be hnd he Is hereby author
ized to employ one competent and ex
pert clerk or stenographer In addition
to those otherwise provided by law,
and that all clerks and stenographers
provided by section 2372 of Bellinger
Cotton code, as amended In 1903,
be dispensed with, with the exception
PRESIDENT FURNISH
ing resolution wis unanimously adopt
ed at the meeting yesterday:
"Whereas, For mnny years W. J.
Furnish has been president of the
Pendleton Savings bank, and during
that period has devoted his time, at
tention and energies to the upbuild
ing of that Institution, but has now
resigned his position; and
"Whereas, During his administra
tion the financial stability and the
business of the bank have greatly In
creased; now, bo It
"Resolved by the board of directors
of the Pendleton Savings bank, That
by this resolution we express to W. J.
Furnish our appreciation of his en
ergy and devotion on behalf of the
bank, and of the marked success
which has attended his efforts; and.
be it further
"Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be spread upon the minutes
of this meeting."
While Mr. Furnish Is retiring from
the nctlve management of the bank,
he l still largely Interested in the in
stitution and Is chairman of the fi
nance committee.
COMPLIMENTED
of one chief clerk for tho Judiciary
committee, one for the committee on
assessment and taxation, one for the
committee on revision of laws, one
for the committee on ways and means,
one for the chief clerk and the clerks
provided for on the committees for
enrolled and engrossed bills; provided,
however, that wherever practicable,
the clerk or stenographer so employed
by any senator, shall act as clerk of
any committee where such senator 1b
chairman, and In cases where the
work of the committee shall require
additional help, the chairman shall
first call upon the members of such
committee and have their clerks ren
der such aid, but In case of the clerks
of all the members of such committees
being otherwise employed, and It is
found that more clerical assistance Is
required, such clerks may be provid
ed for by resolution.
"The compensation of such clerks
shall be: for each expert stenographer,
15 per day; for each typewriter, i
per day, and for ordinary clerks, 13
per day, such clerks to receive no ad
ditional compensation for any other
duties performed."
Reduce Interest on Warrants.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 17. Through the
effects of the provisions of a bill
which he Introduced into the senate
yesterday afternoon, Senator C. J.
Smith of Umatilla county, hopes to
save the county, or the taxpayers, sev
eral thousand dollars In Interest on
warrants annually. Senator Smith's
bill provides the manner in which
warrants shall be drawn upon the
county treasurer, identically the same
as now In effect, with the exception
that It proposes to reduce the rate of
Interest thereon from 6 to 5 per cent.
"You see," said the senator, "Uma
tilla county warrants are in great de
mand and at a premium, and, at the
rate of 6 per cent per annum the
amount runs up to over $13,000 an
nually. All I am seeking la to reduce
the rate of Interest 1 per cent which.
If put into effect, will' bring about
quite a material savins; to the tax
payers each year.
The bill has passed to the second
reading.
Mrs. Miinii Was Found Dead.
Chicago, Jan. 17. Mrs. Sylvester
Munn, wife of a mining man from
Blsbee, Ariz., was found dead at the
Midland hotellhis morning, wnere the
couple registered Christmas day. The
police are Investigating Munn, who
says he was absent from the hotel al!
night.
STATE TO INVEST
IN SALEM REALTY
RILL BEING PREPARED
FOR $30,000 PURCHASE.
Choice Property Between State House
and Southern Pacific Depot May Be
Bought for a State Printing Plant
and a Governor's Mansion Prop
erty Owned by Eight Individuals.
Including Phil Mctschnn.
Salem, Jnn. 17. (Special.) It Is
learned from an authoritative source
that a bill Is In course of preparation
for presentation, asking for an appro
priation not to exceed $.10,000 for the
purchase of property lying between
the state house and the Southern Pa
cific railroad on Twelfth street, by the
state for whatever use It may be put
In future.
The property consists of eight lots
owned by separate individuals, Includ
ing the former residence of ex-State
Treasurer Phil Metschan, now pro
prietor of the Imperial hotel, Port
land, valued at over $10,000.
One use In view Is a suitable site
for the erection of a state printing
plant In case the legislature sees fit
to provide for such a building and
the occasion arises, and for th,e build
ing of a governor's mansion. It Is
understood that the measure Is Sen
ator Kay's, of Marlon county.
ONE DEAD, ANOTHER MAY' DIE.
Rfllluglmiii, Wnsli., Jan. 17. The
muthhnund Owl trnln, Great North
ern, from Vancouver to Seattle,
crashed into an open switch early this
morning and collided hendon with n
piicsenser trnln Just In from Seattle.
Frank Walts, a watchman oiling a
dead engine, was Instantly killed. En
gineer Scott of the Owl train, may
die. To engines and one car were
wrecked.
May Reopen Mcut Business.
It is said that the Garden City
Packing company, which went out of
business here some time ago, has nr
tnnged to reopen In the same build
ing on Main street, within a short
time
riilcnco Wheat Market.
Chicago. Jan. 1. Wheat opened
at 76 U. 'closed at 77 1-S; corn opened
at 44 3-8, closed at 45 1-8; oats open
ed nt 37 5-8 and closed the same.
Governor Ciimmlugs Inaugurated.
Des Moines, Jan. 17. Governor
Cummlngs was inaugurated this afternoon.
ACTUAL
BUS
s
ON FIRST DAY
Umatilla Delegation In the
State Legislature Are All
Enthusiastic.
ADJOURNED l'ESTERDAY
TO RECONVENE MONDAY.
Measures Introduced by Umatilla
County Members Would Effect
' Needed Reforms in Some Cases and
Accomplish Desirable Results of
Other Natures In Other Substances:
One to Authorize School District
Levy by Vote of the Board; An
other for a Branch Asylum; Bar
rett Introduces Jute Mill Bill.
Senators Smith and Cole and Rep
resentative Barrett came up from Sa
lem this' morning and will remain at
home until Sunday. The legislature
adjourned yesterday because of the
dulay In printing supplies and bills.
The state printing plant is behind
with Its work on account of moving
the office and the work of the legis
lature was hindered by the lack of
printed supplies.
All the members of the Umatilla
county delegation are enthuslastio
ever the excellent beginning made by
the legislature. Ail express the be
lief that the present session will re
sult favorably for eastern Oregon,
and that much valuable work will be
done,
The legislature settled down to ac
tual business on the first day of the
session and while but few bills have
been presented, yet those so far pre
sented arc; very Important and mean
much fcr the welfare of, the state,
Smith Is Active.
Among the bills introduced In the
legislature by the Umatilla county
delegation ere the following. Sen
ate Mil No. 12. ? Senator Smith, to
authorize school districts of the first
elars to make the tax levy without
action on part of the taxpayers; sen
ate bill No. 13, by Smith, to make the
legnl rate of Interest on Umatilla
county warrants 5 per cent Instead
of 6. P.y the adoption of this bill a
saving of $2000 will be made to this
county. According to Senator Smith
his hill has aroused much Interest
among senators from other counties
d it Is possible the measure will
be changed so as to Include Jackson,
Clackamas and possibly other cc un
ties. Another bill started upon its way
by Senator Smith was senate bill No.
21, which authorizes boards of health
to establish ani enforce quarantines.
The senator also Introduced in tho
soivite the hill for the calendar which
embodied the Idea of State Printer
Dunlway and produces a saving of
$i1,0u0 to the state.
For Branch Aylnm.
Another matter of Importance that
Is being fostered by Senator Smith,
Is thtt of action looking to a consti
tutional change that will permit of a
branch asylum b.Mng established in
this city. Next week he will Intro
duce a resolution upon that subject
and as he Is a member of the resolu
tions committee will be In an ex
cellent position to advocate the meas
ure before the committee. Under
the present legislative rules all reso
lutions nature, must be passed upon
by the resolutions committee, thereby
making that body a 'ery Important
one. It is the only pcrmnnent sen
ate committee so far appointed and Is
composed of Senators Kay, Bower
man, Smith of Umatilla, Bingham
and Wright.
District Fair Bill.
, The district fair bill, which pro
vides for $2500 per annum for the
Umatilla-Morrow county fair Instead
of $1500 us lest year, was introduced
yesterday by Senator Smith. The bill
regarding the Grant-Umatilla county
boundary line will be presented short
ly. Tbe trust bill recently drafted by
Senator Smith and published In this
paper, has been Investigated and re
potted upon favorably by the attor
ney genera). It has also been learned
(Continued on page 8.)
Chicago's Disease Epidemic. e
Chicago, Jan. 17. The tpl-
demlc of scarlet fever, diph-
theria, measles, typhoid and
tuberculosis In this city has
reached such alarming proper-
tiens that today the health de-
partment called for 100 extra
inspectors for emergency work.
Seventy-six new scarlet fever
and 36 diphtheria cases today;
making 300 cases of scarlet fe-
ver and 2000 of diphtheria, and
other diseases have Increased e
accordingly.