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VOL. 1(.
IRRIGATION CODE
KILLED IN HOUSE
Deed Accomplished by. Under
handed Subterfuge of "In
definite Postponement."
DOLIUNS OF WALIiOWA
lOHCED A SHOWDOWN.
1'ciiring Xhul OiiM.nenlH of the Meas
ure Might "Conic Knap Judgment"
liy Bringing on nil Unexpected Vole
Willi Its Friends Not rremiib
Hjiiwt of I niiililla ISrouglit to the
House In a Cab From HI Sick lied
to Vote for the Hill, Which Was
Killed by the Narrow Margin ol
'lull Vole.
The strenuous struggle for anil
against the lirlgaltuii code which was
Wiled 111 the houe yesterday by In
definite postponement, is exhibited in
a number of incidents connected with
the progiesg of the bill.
On Wednesduy ufternoon during a
prosaic report of committees, when
a large number of the' members of
the house were absent, Hepresenta
tive Dobbins of Wallowa county, one
of the strongest advocates and de
fenders of the bill, surprised the
house by requesting a "call of the
house," which means that every
member must bo brought in.
His object was to have, all the
friends cf the bill present for fear a
vote would be taken unexpectedly
when he committee reported it to
the house. However, the vote was
not taken at that time, but It was
made a special order for 11 o'clock
Thursday, when every member was
expected to be present.
When the time came for voting on
the bill at the hour fixed, Represen
tative C. A. Darrt-tt of this county
was brought to the house in a cab
and was so weak tjat he could scarce
ly stand, but insisted that he be given
a chance to support the bill, which
he old by voting against indefinitely
postponing it.
Li sharp contrast to the action of
Mr. Barrett, Representative Slusher,
Ago of this county, absented himself
and could not be found by the ser
geant at arms when his name waa
called for a vote on the bill. Had
Slusher voted for the measure as did
his colleagues, Steen und Barrett, It
Is .thought his action would have
changed one other vote, thus giving
the .friends of the bill a majority of
one against postponing It.
1 hose who voted to kill the bill by
Indefli.ltely postponing It were: Ad
ams, Barrett of Washington, Bayer,
HeverlJge, Bones, Brlx, Brown, Beut
gen. Bums, Campbell, Carter, Cha
pln, Chase, Coffey, Council. Craw
ford, Driscoll, Farrell, Freeman,
Gray, Holt, Huntley, Jackson,. Jew
ell, Kulll, McCnllon, Merrymnn,
Moore, Purdy, Simmons and Wilson.
Those who voted against postponing
1he bill were: Barrett of Umatilla,
Deals, Belkrap, Dobbin, Donnelly,
T)ve, Eaton, Edwards, Hendricks,
Jones of Clackamas, Jones of Polk,
King, Knnwles, McCue, Newell, Nnr
thup. Terklns, Pike, Rnckllff, Rey
nolds, P.ndgers, Rothchlld. Settle
mler, Steen, t'pmyer, Vawter and Da
vey. A'b-oni : Blusher.
Killed 4y ii Train.
A about 2-45 o'clock this after
noon pasnmger train No. 71, running
from Minidoka to this place, ran down
and Instantly killed J. Blbeau at a
point two jnii a halt miles from Min
idoka. The mangled remains were
brought here and will be sent on to
Wolser after a coornei"s Inquest has
been held, it being understood the
.nan formerly lived there and has
filond" ithere.
Blbef.n was deaf and dumb. He
registered nt the hotel In Minidoka
Mondnv night and yesterday morn
ing sold a silver watch for $2. He
left Minidoka shoitly nfter noon to
walk dowt: thi rnllwpy track to
American Falls. He has no known
relatives. American Falls (Idaho)
Advert'ier.
Weston ami Ashland Live.
Silem, Feb. 22. ((Special.
The Ashland and Weston nor
mal schools have been selected
hv a Joint conference of the
committee of the house and sen
ate as the. two schools to remnln
mult r tho maintenance of the
stnte. ' The committee recom
mended to the two houses that
four normals bo granted main
tenance until the end of the
piesent school year, July 1.
From that time on Drain and
Monmouth will be 1 abolished,
I'nd Ashland nnd Weston retail
ed. It also recommends the
rassnge of the Vawter hill cre
ating ore board of regents for
state normal sohools.
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rEypLEToy.oj fcN, Friday, fekkuaby 22, 1907. no. 5907
EASTERN OREGON IGNORED.
Rlttor Complaints About Railroad
Commission Appointment.
An Illustration of the bitter pom
plaint of the people of eastern Ore
gon concerning the appointment of
three railroad ' commissioners from
western Oregon Is shown In the fol
lowing from the Baker City Herald:
Of course the railroad commission
ers are supposed to represent every
section of the state with equal fidelity
and the men appointed commission
ers are about as well qualified to do
this as any who could have been
chosen, but every man Is bound to
have his homo district somewhnt in
the foreground In his thoughts and It
Is not a square deal for eastern Ore
gon to have been totally Ignored In
the making of these appointments.
County Assessor Strain of Umatilla
county, has shown that he Is fully con
vcrsont with the railroad situation
and that he Is fully qualified for a
seat on the commission.
There are a number of men In Ba
ker county who would have filled
chairs as railroad commissioners with
great' credit to themselves and the
state. In any eastern Oregon county
men can be found who nre not only
well fitted for the position, Iut would
have strengthened the commission
materially. These men have been
given the go-by and the whole of
eastern Oregon has had Its face slap
ped smartly by the state board.
Discontent Is a bad thing In any
state and realizing thlB eastern Ore
gon has borne Insult after Insult nt
the hands of the western section un
complainingly. The time "will come
when the pitcher Is sent to the well
once too often.
THE MITTON MATfKET.
Sheep Feeders Complain of a Scarcity
of Feed.
The Chicago Livestock World says:
Every live mutton bourse In the
country was well filled up and at no
spot on the road were prices any bet
ter than late last week. It was a Blow
market, and everywhere from steady
to 10c lower. Missouri . river points
were full and eastern markets were
again overloaded, the continued out
pouring of stuff Indicating that the
country Is long on livestock and short
on feed. Feeders are certnlnly Indis
posed to pay. current "prices for hay
and grain, and are cutting the stuff
loose as the other alternative.
Choice lambs wv lr good demand,
selling up to 17. in; 7he hulk moved
at J7.25fl7.G0. Yearlings were worth
J8W6.50 largely. Light lambs were
taken freely If fat. Feeders paid $7.15
for 69-pound lambs.
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BEEN INDICTED
MOKE INDICTMENTS
EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.
Illll Road Said lo Have Cut Rates to
Secure Sugar Tnisrs Dunnes! Kate
Said to Have Ilex-n Reduced 38 Per
Cent, Amounting- to 910.(1(10 During
1004 for the Illll ltond and $1551
for AsModnte Ronls.
Vow YnrV, Feb. !2. The federal
grand Jury today Indicted the Great
Northern Railway corajmny on
charges that In 1904 It paid (10,000
In rebates on sugar shipments to
Lowell M. Palmer, traffic agent of
the American Sugar Refining com
pany. A second count of the same
Indictment charges that $4564 .addi
tional rebates were paid to Mr. Pal
mer by various railroads In conjunc
tion with the Great Northern.
The indictment charges thnt the
Great Northern Railroad company ef
fected freight combinations with the
Lehigh Valley, the New York Central
and the New York, New Haven A
Hartford railroads, the through route
ot the last named being made up In
combination with the Erie, the Great
Northern Steamship company and the
Great Northern railroad, whereby
sugar wbb transported from New York
and Boston to Sioux City, la., at less
than the published tariff rates. The
latter, the Indictment charges, was 62
cents per 100 pounds, but through an
agreement alleged to have been made
by Alonzo W. Lake and A. W. Steel, as
agents of the American Sugar Re
fining company, it Is charged that the
sugar refining company was granted
a through rate on sugar between the
points named of 33 cents per 100
pounds.
It is understood the counsel of the
Great Northern have been notlf'ed
nnd will . within a few days present
themselves for pleading. It Is said still
more Indictments will follow.
Idaho Will Ferret Out Murderer.
The legislature of Idaho will be
asked to appropriate the sum of $50,-
000 with which to prosecute the mur
derer or murderers bf ex-Govrenor
Frank Btcunenberg. A Joint commit
tee appointed by the legislature has
reported favorably on such an appro
priation nnd there la no doubt about
the session passing' the bill authoriz
ing the state to spend this sum In the
case,
NORTHERN
JAPANESE FILE
THEIR PROTEST
Association at Seattle Suppos
d to Represent 5,000 Jap
anese in Washington.
THE PROPOSED TREATY IS
CRITICIZED VIGOROUSLY.
They Claim It Is Both I'njust and Im
practicable I'ndtT Its Present Terms
Protest Will He Forwarded to
.Their Home Government Orien
tals Are Alive to the Situation and
Students of Current Events Flor
ida Member Attempts to Force the
Issue of Selling the Philippines to
Japan.
Senttle, Feb. 22. The Japanese as
sociation, representing 5000 Japanese
of this state, have entered a vigorous
protest to the home government
against the proposed settlement of the
Japanese school and coolie labor ques
tions, claiming It to be impractica
ble and unjust.
Favors Selling the Philippines.
Washington, Feb. 22. Clark of
Florida, In the house today discussed
the resolution for the sale of the
Philippines to Japan. The republicans
sought to lay the matter on the table,
but the democrats demanded a roll
call.
robbery suspects released.
Apiwirently a Clear Cafe, But Rail
road Officials Rest on Their
Right.
Two box car robbery suspects were
released yesterdny by Marshal Gur
dane 'after their cases had been re
ferred to the railroad people, who
failed to act on them. The men were
accused of having stolen some shoes
from a box car on the side track here
about a week ago. One of the men
arrested admitted having sold the
shoes and admitted to the officers
that he had been given them to sell
by the other men. whom he accused of
having fltntpn th0m.
After the men had been arrested the
ecse was passed up to Detective Fltz
Gerald of the railroad company, but
as that officer failed to take the
necessary steps against the men they
were released.
CANNOT REACH WRECKAGE.
Some Aro Saved nnd Seen Floating
on Debris.
Rotterdam. Feb. 22. None were
able to reach the Berlin up to 10
o'clock this morning. Although a
mimber of living persons were dls
crpable floating In the debris.
Ten persons passed the night on the
wreckage of the Berlin and were
saved.
KILLED SEVERAL.
Get Away With Several Thousand
Dollars.
Warsaw, Feb. 22. Terrorists rob
bed the branch postoffice' and escap
ed with considerable cash after killing
the postmaster, two clerkB and two
soldiers and got away with thousands
of dollars In cash.
Continued Itad Luck for the G. S.
The Croat Southern railroad Beems
to be getting deeper Into the mire,
and today a train Is stalled out at
the Scufert place. Yesterday a rush
of water coming down the gully this
side of Seufert's washed out the new
wagor. road the company built In
Imju of the one their track ran over,
and precipitated the road onto the
track several feet. Five Mile creek
Is elso as high as it has been this
winter and Is undoing wtork of re
rniting so that It is Impossible to say
when they 'will get "out of the
woods." The Dalles Chronicle. .
Portage .'Extension Beaten.
Salem, Feb. 22. (Special.)
The house this morning recon-
sidered the action by which it
passed Wh.mldon's bill appro-
printing $60,000 for the exten-
slon of the portage road from
Big Eddy to The Dalles, and de-
tented the measure, which
nakcB It Impossible for it to
come up again this session.
Gray of Douglas, this after-
tioen moved for a reconsldera-
tlon, hut a point of order that
no bill should be reconsidered
tne econd time during one ses-
slon was sustained by the chair.
Supporters of the bill were pre-
pared to compromise on $30,000
but to no avail.
W EN DINK -T.. J LOST
ORWHEN
White's Generalship Thai of
the Gambler When He Wish
es 10 Make Robbery Safe.
ACCORDING TO EVELYN
. THAW'S PITIFUL STORY.
Jerome's Conduct Evidences Ills Per
slsteut Desire to Send Thaw to tlio
Penitentiary In the "Event of His
Acquittal Prosecution Fails to,
' Make Attorney for the Defense Re
linquish Letters Written by White
to Evelyn White's Conduct Toward
Other Girls Made Evelyn Suspicious
of Him.
New York, Feb. 22. Evelyn Insist
ed she always fought White's advances
and always pleaded with him until
partially Intoxicated. She said she
had been White's victim more than
once In the 24th street studio, and
likewise more than once in the Mad
ison Square tower. She remembered
only once in the 22d street studio, and
explained that White got scared about
the 22d street place.
"Did you tell your mother what
White had done?" "No." "Why
not?" With breaking voice Evelyn
explained, "Oh, I could not. White
would not let me. He made me swear
to never tell mamma."
Jerome drew from the girl the de
tails of various occasions when rela
tions with White were renewed. Time
and again tears came Into her eyes
and her voice trembled as she answer
ed. She went on, saying she went to
the studio against her will. White
made the appointments by notes.
That she wanted to go home after
supper, but White insisted on going
to the studio, ihere she frequently
become Inebriated and became Irre
sponsible for bet1 actions.
"And you omitted this from your
direct testimony," Interposed Jerome.
Delmas was on his feet with an ob
jection. Jerome dropped It, permit
ting the effect of the question to work
upon the Jury.
Following the statement by Evelyn
that Improper relations with White
were discontinued nfter January, 1902,
Jerome questioned Evelyn about the
letters she received from White In
Paris, she said the last she saw of
them was In Hartrldge's office.
Jerome then called Hartrldge to the
stand and tried to force him to pro
duce the letters. The attorney stood
on his professional privileges and
easily bnlked the prosecutor.
Jerome asked Hartrldge If he had
the report of Dr. Hammond, the
allenest, on Thaw's mental condition.
It Is reported Hammond has reported
that Thaw Is still Insane. Jerome
would like to get the report to aid him
to send Thaw to the asylum If he falls
to convict. Before Hartrldge answer
ed, erome withdraw the question.
Jerome said two witnesses were
present who came from other states;
that Evelyn was tired, and asked that
the trial be suspended and the testi
mony of Doctors Beemer and Bing
ham be taken at once. Hartrldge ob
jected nnd said Evelyn was under a
great strain and wished to get through
the ordenl.
Dr. Blnghnm was then permitted to
tell why he must return to Pittsburg.
The court announced a special ses
sion Frldny afternoon and Saturday
for Beemer and Bingham.
Evelyn was recalled to the stand.
Jerome reverted the wrongs at
White's hands. Evelyn said the re
cital on the stand was the first time
she ever told her wrongs except to
Thaw In Paris.
"Did Edna Goodrich tell you any
thing about White before you met?"
asked Jerome. "Edna said he was a
great man. I asked If she were en
gaged to him, nnd she said no. She
said he wanted to meet me and get
me Into New York society."
"Did she tell you he was married?"
"No; some one at the theater told
me thnt later." "That was before
he drugged you? You knew at the
time of the drugging that he was
married?" "Yes."
Evelyn told of another girl to whom
White paid attention, which aroused
her suspicions. White, she said, man
ifested paternal manners toward this
girl. She told of a party where White
and the girl were present. White In
sisted the girl could only have one
gloss of champagne. This made her
suspect his Intentions toward .the girl.
"The same bluff he put up on me,"
said the witness bitterly. "The same
bluff?" asked Jerome. "Yes, It was
nothing but a bluff," said Evelyn.
The Missouri state senate has pass
ed a bill prohibiting newspapers from
publishing entries or results of any
horse race. The publication of this
matter In pamphlet or other form Is
also prohibited. It Is not believed the
house will pass It, nnd It Is quite un
likely that Governor Folk would sign
It If It did pass.
Legislature Has Been Lavish With
the People's Money.
The Salem Journal arraigns the
present session of the legislature for
raising Indiscriminately the salary of
a host of state officials and employes.
The Journal says:
It Is stated that three-fourths of
the bills in this legislature are to
raise salaries and Increase the com
pensation of officials.
Mcst of the bills raise the salaries
of county officials, and many grant
new deputies and fees not formerly
allowed.
It Is understood that In the senate
the hill to Increase the salary of the
county clerk of Marlon county Is
made to go Into effect at the begin
ning of the next term.
That is Bound in principle because
there Is a phrase In the constitution
,ying an official's salary shall not be
increased nor diminished during his
term of office.
That Is true In principle. The sal
aiv of the office which the candidate
seeks and accepts the nomination and
election for should prevail. The
governor might do well to establish
this principle and veto all bills In
violation of this principle.
There is no Justification for the
universal raise of salaries. In a few
years all the people may be less
prosperous, and only officialism will
be living on the topmost wave of
prosperity.
PREACHER-GOVERNOR IN A BOX
Friends of Colorado's Governor Score
Him on Local Option Ijm.
The Rocky Mountain News says of
the unpleasant predicament of Colo
rado's preacher-governor, on the lo
cal option situation: Called before
two score of prominent Methodist
ministers yesterday to explain his un
friendly altitude toward the Drake
local option hill, and his pronounced
friendliness for the Kelly bill, Gover
nor Buchtel yesterday undertook to
explain and Justify his course. He
urged the ministers to allow him to
pursue his own course.
That they were willing he should
do that was evident. That they were
solidly against him was shown by the
fact that the vote in favor of sup
porting the Drake bill to the- finish
w?s unanimous. The rebuke to the
governor was emphatic.
Governor Fttchtel read both the
Drake and Kelly bills before he made
Ms stptement, and later undertook to
how that the latter, was the real
thin?, but vainly, as the decision of
the ministers showed. Governor
Burhtel Insisted that the conference
should be of thp star chamber va
riety. MORE PA! FOR
POSTAL CLERKS
WILL RECEIVE $100 MORE
PER ANNUM IN PENDLETON
Postmaster and Assistant Postmaster's
Salary Not Affected $1000 tlie
Maximum for Clerks and Carriers
In Second-Class Offices Increase
Not Discretionary With Postmaster.
But Established by Law.
There Is Joy among the employes
of the Pendleton postoffice over the
passage of the Wilson bill through
congress several days ago. As a re
sult of the adoption of the new law
every employe In the office, excepting
Postmaster Brown and Assistant
Rees, will receive an advance In sal
ary.of $100 per year until the maxi
mum of $1000 Is reached. As the
clerks now receive but $700 per year,
the new law means much to them.
Under the law both male and female
clerks are treated alike, and conse
quently the advance pay will be re
ceived by the young ladies in the of
fice as well as by the men.
By the terms of the new law the
maximum pay for clerks In a first
class office Is made $1200 while In
an office of the second-class, such as
Pendleton, $1000 Is the maximum
for clerks and carriers.
In the past the salaries of the clerks
have been IncrenFed at the discretion
of the postmasters, and the new plan
is looked upon with much more favor
by the employes In general. The fol
lowing Is the section of the Wilson
bill which applies to the local office:
Sec. 2. That the postmaster general
be. nnd he Is hereby authorized to
classify nnd fix the salaries of the
clerks attached to the second-class
offices from and after July 1, 1907, as
hereinafter provided.
That all clerks within the classified
service actually employed as such In
second-class postofflces who on July
1. 1907, may be receiving a salary of
less than $1000 per annum shall
thereafter receive an annual Increase
of $100 until their salary shojl amount
to $1000 per annum; nnd. further
more, thnt clerks receiving a salary
of $1000 per annum may, In the dis
cretion of the postoffice department,
receive an annual Increase of $100
until their salaries shall amount to
$1200 per annum. I
Of THE WAYS DE
Umatilla Delegation to Legis
lature Did Not Meet With
the Success Hoped For.
VARIOVS EXPLANATIONS
OF DERELICTIONS MADE,
Some Are Said to Be Really Badly
Needed Habitual Drunkard Bill Is
Lost, and Also a Bill Framed by
District Attorney Pltelps to Dis
courage the Practice of Forgery
New Measure to Define and Punish
Conspiracy Also Lost and a Bill to
License Undertakers and Embalm
ens. In the general rush of business In
which the legislature has been Involv
ed and the confusion, which Is said
to have been much worse than usual
this year, many Umatilla county bills
have gone glimmering. Of those that
failed to get through some' are de
clared to be badly needed, and regret
Is expressed over the situation.
Of the changes in the criminal code
urged by District Attorney Phelps
and others here, but a few were
adopted. The habitual drunkard bill
failed to make good, though the one
forbidding the sale of liquor to In
dians is understood to have passed.
Also, the forged check law drafted
by the district attorney was left out
In the cold, much to Mr. Phelps' re
gret, for he says It Is a statute that
Is badly needed and could be used
here at this particular time.
Objection was made to the conspir
acy bill drawn by Mr. Phelps, by
Campbell of Clackamas and others,
who still retained unpleasant recol
lections of Francis J. Heney's advent
in Oregon. However, the district at
torney's measure to forbid tampering
with witnesses was taken up favora
bly. The bill by Smith of Umatilla, pro
viding for the licensing of undertak
ers ai-d, -wnbalmers, was also killed
by the house, members of which de
clared that It was already necessary
to pay such high rates for burial ser
vices that It was becoming almost a
luxury to die.
By those who have been before the
legislature personally this year much
comment has been made upon the
general lack of organization In the
house, as a result of which many
members have been working at cross
purposes. That the situation this
year Is partly due to the new system
under which the legislature was
elected Is believed by Mr. Phelps, and
from the experience with the laiy thus
far he is inclined to favor the meth
od followed by the Umatilla demo
crats last spring, when at a prelim
inary caucus various men were Invit
ed to become candidates Rt the pri
maries. New Zealand and Statistics.
The high commissioner of New Zea
land In London has, according, to the
Financial Times, received from his
government a cablegram containing
the following statistics of the colony
for 1906: Population. 909,000: value
of Imports. $74,214,000: value of ex
ports, $78,350,000. Principal exports:
Wool, $32,484,000; frozen meat, $14,-
000,000; butter, $7,604,000; phorml
um, $3,776,000; kauri gum, $2,686.
000; cheese, $1,664,000; output of
sawmills. $10,220,000; output of grain
mills. $5,144,000: output of breweries.
$2,786,500, and output of bacon fac
tories, $1,236,000. The number of
sheep In the colony at the end of the
year was 20.108.471; horses, 326,637,
and cattle. 1.810.936.
Mllooge for Umatilln Senators.
Mileage and per diem bills for state
senators were allowed at Salem yes
terday, the amounts received by Sen
ators Cole nnd Smith of this county,
being $120 per diem and $82.50 mile
age, a total of $202.50 each.
New O. R. & N. 0crator.
George Bragg, formerly O. R. & N.
operator at Baker City, has accepted
the position of operator In the offices
of the company here and arrived this
morning to begin work.
Methodist Church Dynamited.
Sandford. Ind., Feb. 22. A
dynamite explosion this morn-
ing wrecked the Methodist
church and general stores of J. 4
W. Reese and Schickel &
Johnson. Citizens allege the dy-
namttlng was done for revenge
for a sheriff's raid Thursday on
the blind tigers. This town Is
the place where a Pig Four
train was wrecked by dynamite
recently. There Is a growing
sentiment In favor of the town
ridding Itself of the lawless ele-
ment.
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