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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1907.
EIGHT PAGES.
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COMMON SENSE
. IN LAND OFFICE
COMMISSIONER HALIIXGEK
A11HORS RED TAPE
PAS A SMS
500
of the Most Beautiful
Parasols Ivor Shown
Here.
at
at
Parasols for the baby,
25c & 50c.
Parasols for the Miss,
75c, 85c & $1.25
Parasols for the young lady,
at $1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.25,
2.50, 3.25 & 5.00
Mourning Parasols in Plain
Taffeta, at
$1.25 & $2.00
Mourning Parasols of Fine
Hemstitched Taffeta, at
$2.25 & $3.50
Parasols of Plain Hemstit
ched and Embroidered Linen
White Parasols with Black
Embroidered Dot.
Parasols of Dresden Silks at
$3.50 & $5.00
More Art mil Work niul Fewer Words
Will lie the Motto or the New
Commissioner All Departments
Will Re Put on a Working Itusis
Lnnil Decisions Will Re Simpli
fied mid Useless Verbiage Will Be
Cut Out.
The Peoples Warehouse
Save Your Coupons
Where itJPays to Trade
GEXJRAL NEWS.
Jimes M. Welsh of Hornell, N. Y..
for 2S years treasurer of the Cath
olic Mutual benefit association, died
April 13 of apoplexy.
Prisoners in the Riga. Russia, gov
ernment prison mutinied. The mu
tiny was suppressed after 33 prison
err were killed and nine soldiers
wounded.
Y.ithin 10 days seven have died by
measles in Gflinnre City, Towa, and
over 2"0 are now ill with the disease.
The schools are closed and all pub
lic gatherings forbidden.
The receipts of the Metropolitan
Grand Opera company for one week
nt Chicago six night peiformances
and two matinees, were $$3,000. The
engagement closed April 13.
President Charles W. Eliot of Har
vard states that there arc at the pres
ent time 1000 students in that insti
tution who need employment and
are barely ablo to clothe decently and
get mfflelent to eat.
The state department has received
an 'Inquiry from Hamilton King, Am
erican minister to Slam asking wheth
er It would be possible to admit to
the naval or military academy a
nephew of the king of Slam.
An inch of snow fell at Nashville,
Tenn., on April 13-an absolutely un
precedented and unique phenomena
tnr that region. Accompanying und
resulting low temperature has caused
widespread destruction of fruit buds
and settings.
It Is announced that Senator Dick
of Ohio has openly and aggressively
allied himself with Senator Foraker
against Secretary Taft In the strug
gle for the state's delegation In the
next national republican conven
tion. -
Judge Cowan, of Devil's Lake, N.
D., directs that the station of the
Great Northern Railroad at Church
Ferry be closed for a year because a
drayman used It for storing beer,
thus violating the state prohibitory
law. The drayman was fined J250
and sentenced to 90 days In Jail. The
costs were taxed to the Creat North
ern. At Bard well, Ky., Edward Stock
ton, 17 years old, son of Gilford
Sfocktrn, a fanner, shot and fatally
wounded his uncle Jarnes Stockson,
beat his uncle's wife Into insensibil
ity with the buttend of th. gun, sat
urated her clothing with coal oil and
attempted to set her afire, noth are
In a dylrg condition. The boy was
taken In custody. He Is believed to
be demented.
The opposition in San Domingo to
the Anv.-rlcan treaty has been
strengthened by the letter cf Senator
Heyhurn of Idaho, In which he said
he favored such a convention with
Santo Doming" because It meant one
stp toward annexation. The news
ot the letter has caused much agita
tion In San Domingo, but it is believ
ed that the treaty will pass, though
Ir a modified form. .
At the Bronx, New York, Freder
ick Matthewson shot and fatally
wounded his nephew, George Hoff
mw, Hoffman's wife and Arthur
Goubelman, while angry because Mrs.
Hoffman chlded him for leaving his
window" open while convelesclng from
pnsumonln. Mitthewson Is an uncle
of Hoffman and was really a pen
sioner upon his hountv while ill,
and was cared for by Mrs. Hoffman.
For Sale
4 80 acres adJoln:n city limits, Pen
dleton, 360 acres In "vhcat. Will cut
two tons per acre. Price, Includ
ing crop, $12,000. Easy terms. Water
on every quarter. You bad better In
vestigate this.
I have several desirable stock
ranches In Cames Prairie, for sale.
A hotel at Pilot Rock, very cheap,
Wheat land In large or small tracts.
Suburban homes with fine orchards.
E. T. WADE
'Phone black IllL
Offloe JS. O. Building.
FAST TIME ON FOOT.
Reindeer Bill" Walked 00 Miles In 21
Hours In Nome.
H. M. Huber, better known as
'Reindeer Bill," has Just completed a
record breaking trip to Nome, making
the distance of 90 miles on foot in 24
hours' walking time, says the Seattle
Times. BUI carried private govern
ment correspondence and registered
mail which It was Important to get
on the steamship Indiana, the last boat
to leave Nome for the outside.
"The Indiana was discharging
freight at Solomon on my arrival,"
Huber said, In speaking of his trip,
"but drew her anchor next morning.
She caught me at Cape Nome road
house and beat me into Nome about
three and a half hours. I got my mail
aboard on time.
I returned to Council with a supply
of newspapers. In addition, my load
Included magazines, two pairs of
skates, one woman's bonnet for
Christmas and Nome newspapers for
subscribers along the trail. There
were also a lot of lamp chimneys, as
the electric light plant which ls( in
transit has not yet reached here."
In order that there may be no dis
pute, "Reindeer Bill" has the arriving
and leaving time at all way stations
made on the trip- and the final time is
attested by the United States marshal
and commissioners of Nome and Coun
cil. During the Spanish war he serv
ed In the Philippines and earned the
name of "Hiking Hube," because he
was the best man In his regiment on
the tramp, hitting only the high
places.
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NORTHWEST NEWS.
Charles Horton recently bought 900
beef stockers In Crook county which
he will fatten in Klamath county for
the San Francisco market.
At Everett, Wash., Miss Mabel Hol
ley's clothes caught fire while she was
replenishing a wood fire and xho
was so badly burned death ensued In
three hours.
Tony Hempe, of Union, sold to C.
F. Slemsen, of Audubon, Iowa, 1400
acres of land In the lower Pyle can
yon section, about two and a half
miles from Union; consideration 311,
000. At Spokane, D. C. Downing was
hurt by the caving In of a trench in
which he was working for the olty.
Both legs were broken, his hips crush
ed and back nearly broken. He Is a
Modern Voodmnn from Boise.
The board of control of the Wash
ington State Agricultural col'ege at
Pullman, the board of regents and
Governor Mead, have decided to aid
to the curriculum of the lnstitut'oa a
chair of architecture and a chair of
forestry.
It cost the state Just 1210.25 to
transport Martin Van Blacum from
Burns. Harney county, to the. peniten
tiary to serve a one-year sentence for
assault with a deadly weapon on H.
A. Hart, April 1, of this year. Van
Blacum was brought by Sheriff A. K.
Richards and one guard.
While engaged In filling up a yard
belonging to. George Gllmore on a
residence street in Wallace, Idaho, a
young man named Charles Clark, a
native of Colorado Springs, was killed
by a cave-In of earth and stones. He
had been excavating dirt from beneath
a rotten old stump on the mountain
side and had taken too much from
the place.
A strike of fishermen Is probable at
Astoria unless the canners and cold
storage men grant an Increase In
wages. The employers have fixed the
price of salmon for the season, which
opens April 15, at 5 cents per pound
for small fish and 7 cents for large
fish weighing over 25 pounds. These
are the prices paid last year, but are
half a cent a pound less than the
prices fixed by the Fishermen's union
last week.
Cut out verbiage: don't write so
many words, words, words; boll
down your opinions express yourself
succlntly and slhply; remember that
every word you dictate or write costs
the government money and time and
clutters up the files with useless
bombast and redundancy."
This isn't exactly the language
used, but is. whut Commissioner R. A.
Balllngor of the general land office
means In an order he has promul
gated to his subordinates, says John
E. Lathrop In a Washington letter.
He purposes to compel the elimina
tion of repetitions In land office de
cisions and documents of all sorts,
and to bring the work of his bureau
down to a business basis.
This seems to bo characteristic of
the man. Although he has been only
a month In office, he has wrought
many changes which will make for
the good of the service. He came to
Washington with the reputation of
being a fine executive officer, and in
this short time he has Justified the
reputation.
He has systematized the labors of
his men, cut out some useless posl
tlons, divided the responsibility so
that every portion of the bureau re
ports directly to the commissioner,
und the market for red tape will
slump off sharply If Commissioner
Balllngcr's methods become popular.
"There's plenty of room for the
commissioner and all other commis
sioners and heads of bureaus to op
crate (.long that line," an official said
today. "Thousands of dollars are
wasted every year here In the writ
ing of whereases and wherefores and
aforesaids, nnd I hope the commis
sioner will keep up his lick. He's
begun a good work."
The same excellent reform has been
wrought In the special agent service.
Harry W. Schwartz has been made
the head of It here; he will have sub
chiefs In the geographical divisions
of the country, and the force will be
handled exactly like soldiers when
work Is needed In one region, men
will be moved from others where
work Is lax.
And It Is known that the commis
sioner purposes to dispose his forces
so as to utilize to the best advantage
the appropriation of S250.0O0 allow
ed by the congress for Investigation of
land frauds. These Inquiries will be
pushed with all the vigor possible.
guided by Intelligence nnd regard for
the reputations of men who shall not
be lightly accused of crimes, but who
if detected, will be prosecuted with
relentless energy.
Lnldlaw Hung In Effigy.
XV A T.fllillnw founder of the town
of Laldlaw, In Crook, and once presi
dent of the Columbia Southern Irri
gation company, was recently hanged
In effigy at that place. Feeling
against the company and Laidlaw for
alleged mistreatment of the settlers
under the company's canals sprung
up over a year ago, was given an add
a.i iinnettiR when Governor Chamber
lain visited the section laBt June and
denounced the company for Its vio
lation nt liuva nnl rules srovernlng
such projects, and received still more
fuel when the report on the company s
n'n.i, hu ihn mvernment engineers of
the reclamation service was recently
made public.
SmallMx In Ilulncs.
Another ease of smallpox has de
veloped at Haines. James Weaver,
the father of the two children who
have Juht recovered from a very se
vere siege of It, Is the latest victim of
the dread scourge. Ho was taken
sick yesterday and his symptoms were
such as to cause alarm throughout the
town of Haines. Dr. Patterson of Ba
ker City, was telephoned for, and be
ing unable to get a train, drove down
Thursday morning. La Grande Observer.
WALLOWA PEOPLE ALARMED.
Feared O. R. & N. Mny Abandon
Portion of the Elgin Extension.
The cutting down of working
forces on the O. R. Ik N. company's
extension from Elgin to Joseph h.is
caused much ulurm among the cltl
zens of the Wallowa valley, says the
Oregon Sunday Journal. A delega.
tlon Including Eugene Holmes, a
merchnnt of Wallowa, William
Holmes, a banker at Enterprise,
Archie Miller, secretary of Enter
pilse Commercial club and others,
who came to Portland to Inquire In
to tho situation hnve received assur
ance from tho rnllroad management
that the wo'k will proceed, hut slowly.
It Is said the people t.f Joseph nnd
the Interior fear that the company
wl'l abandon th last 45 miles of the
rond, between Wallowa and Joseph.
Tbr- result of such a course would be
to leave the entire Wallowa valley
In a condition necessitating the haul
Ing of products 40. to CO miles to
reach the terminus of the road. The
extension Is now under construction
from Elgin to a point Just Inside the
Wallowa vnlley.
Read the East Oregonlan,
WALL STREET has had some bitter
struggles recently and many have
fallen victims to the unsettled market
conditions, which caused panics and
failures in financial quarters. It will not
pay you to speculatee when it comes to
BUYING CLOTHING,
patronize us and you are sure of getting
the best f f f
Our ALFRED BENJAMIN & CO.
clothing represents all that is meant by
QYALITY, STYLE and FIT.
BOND BROTHERS
Pendleton's - Leading - Clothiers.
Shim, Umatilla; H. J. Beldenkol,
Kansas City; Chas. L. Swain, Milton;
J. H. Flnthead, ia Grande; R Al
lleo, La Grande; John Blahely, Port
land; J. P. Kursllng, Chlcagc; H. V.
Peters. TJ. S. A.; C. M. Farrett, Spo
kane; George F. Menett, Boston; W.
H. Swltzler, Umatilla; J. T. Ander
son; Portlind; A. Ilobblttz, Portland
Morton Daly, Portland; F. McClung,
Seattle; Leo Sloy.vi, New York: F.
I. . Flnklla, Portland; Geo. C. Miller.
Walla Walla; Arthur Elerton. San
Francisco;. Mrs. Broxson, Walla Wal
la; Grace Russell, Walla Walla; O.
S. Klrkpatrlck, California- O. A.
Fyfe, Chicago: J. G. Calllson, Echo;
W. J. Shirty. Portland) James Peters.
Portland.
RELATING TO JOSEPH ROSSI.
A Common Dago Addicted to I'nconi-
mon Pretensions. '
Joseph Rossi, distinguished In his
Importance as an Italian Inherltee of
millions, has disclosed himself to be a
common Inmate of a prison In Italy,
says the Lewlston Tribune. He is the
man who, entering tho northwest as an
Italian of high parentage, made peo
ple believe that he was of the aristoc
racy of Italy and therefore entitled to
recognition and credit.
He Is the man who asserted that he
had Invested millions In the Lewlston
Southeastern electric railway line; he
Is the man who declared he would In
vest millions In mansions and Inciden
tal appurtenances for the purpose of
outlining a scope of home which
would accommodate the most esthet
ic taste of the greatest foreigner; he
built, he outlined, he conceived far
beyond what Italians could see. He
was a man of Ingenuity and he aimed
to make Lewlston the Mecca of Intel
lect for the Inland empire.
This is Rossi as the public saw him
at that time. He was the young Ital
ian, 22, perhaps 23 years of age, awk
ward In the English language, but very
pretentious as to his knowledge of the
American tongue; of which he could
not pronounce either a single conso
nant or a vowel. He was a freak here
naturally, and the people of the Lew-lston-Clarkston
country received him
as such.
Despite the fact that during his mll
lenlum he was received by high-toned
people and that he was courted and
entertained by such, his name Is
Joseph Parelll. He Is Imprisoned In
Italy because he represented himself
to be an adopted son of an American
millionaire and seemed to work the
same game abroad as he worked In
this country.
The Information the Tribune re
ceived relative to this matter Is from
the director of the leading prison ot
Italy In whlsh this man Is confined.
The Information leads to tho fact that
he wll lremaln there during his natur
al life, considering the number of
complaints lodged against him.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Hotel St. George. J. T. McNnught,
Hermlslon; W. A. Woodworth, Port
land; F, E. Bishop, Portland; C. F.
Sulker, St. Louis; D. N. Campbell,
Portland; Geo. C. Matkle, New York;
Jay A. Day, Portland; R. F. Wilson,
Denver: E. H. Mix, Lees Crossing;
Edd Ploeknreg, Chicago; W. 15. Wil
son, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Abbott,
Portland; Ohas. Miller, Spokane; E.
D. Goi ksteller, Spokane; W. J. Hal
zleld, Portland; J. F. Connoll, Spo-.
kane; O. McCilly, Spokane; C. N.
Hotel Pendleton. II. McPHng, Se
attle; F. J, McDonaugh, Lincoln: J.
F. McBennlty, Hnmover; Miss Mc
Cain, Hamover; Morton Doty, Port
land; J. W. Irvln, Tacoma; A. A.
Levy, San Francisco; J. Wilght, Spo
kane; F. J. Cameron, Spokane; Al
Fox, Spokane; Mott Mulllns, Spo
kine; E. H. Burke, Portland; C. K.
Baker, Portland; Mike Davis Walla
Walla; C. Miller, La Grande; W. O.
liurford, city; H. McCHng, Seattle;
F. J. McDonaugh, Lincoln; J. E. Mc
Berrney and wife, Hamson: Mrs. Mc
clain, Hamson; Morton Doty, Port
land; J. W. Irwin, Tacoma; A. A.
Levy, San Francisco; J. Wright, Spo
kane; K. J. Cameron, Spokane; Al
Fox, Spokane; Mott Mulllns, Spo
kane; E. H. Burke. Portland; C. K.
Raker, Portland; Mike Davis. Walla
Walla; C. W. Miller, La Grande; W.
Ci. Rurford, city.
Golden Rule Hotel. B. A. Marquis
and wife, Adams; Alfred Marquis
nnd wife, Adpms; Mrs. Rodford,
Adams; Mrs. Ogcrly, Walla Walla
J. G. Mellows, city; H. L. Chandler.
O. R. & N. ; J. E. Plodgett, O. R. &
N.; E. E. Jones, O. R. & N.; T. F.
Meeds, O. R. & N. ; Marie Plcard,
Adams; G. M. Morrison and wife,
Adams; Cora Gibson, Milton; A. C.
Cessna, Colfax; Thos. Robertson,
Myrlck; E. W. Helm, Portland;
James H. E. Scott, Adams; Mrs. Eva
Cormier, Pomerny; T. C. Scott,
Helix; J. M. Taylor, Echo; E. J.
Melter, Echo; John W. Clny, Umatil
la; A. S. Johnston, city; G. V.
Moore and wife, Echo; Charlcp Bel
lops, E;ho; F. L. Brundage and wife.
Echo; R. S. French Starbuck; Ellya
Cameron, City; Marrie Cameron.
City; Eleonoer Payent, City; J. P.
A ley, Spokane; Wm. F. Wilson, Echo;
B. F. Oerklng, Hood River; Thcbdore
Erlckson, lone.
Rltten by a Spider.
Through blood poisoning caused by
a spider bite, lohn Washington of
Eosqucvllle, Tex., would have lost
his leg, which became a mass of run
ning sores, had he not been persuad
ed to try Uucklen's Arnica Salve. He
write": "Tho first application re
lieved, and four boxes healed all the
sorer." Heals evfry sore. 25c, at
Tnllman & Co., druggists.
Two young sons of George Goldner
were riding In a wagon near Lewis
ton, Idaho, when the wagon was
struck by a Culdesac train at ths
Garden Gulch crossing. The horses
were killed and wagon smashed Into
kindling wood. Neither boy was Injured.
When you need a pill, take a pill,
nnd be sure It's an Early Riser. De
Witt's Little Early Risers are safe,
sure, satisfactory pills. The pills
with a reputation. They do not
gripe or sicken. They are sold by
Tallmnn & Co.
Snap in Portland
Real Estate.
100x100 on the corner of First and Madison,
covered with brick buildings, leased to one ten
ant. Have tenant today who .will lease, when
present lease expires, at $700 per month.
Price $85,000
for
Or I will sell the corner 50x100, 2 story brick
$50,000
This corner would rent today, if it were vacant
for $580 per month. This is an exceptionally
good buy and it i below the market price. Port-,
land realjestate is rapidly advancing, pays good
dividends and it is cheaper than any other City on
the Pacific Coast. In Cities like Spokane, less
than onehalf the size of Portland, real estate is
higher than it is here.
I E. J.DALY
114 3rd St. Portland, Ore.