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DAILY EVENINGEDITION
CA1LYEVENMBED1TI0K
WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight and Tuesday.
It never gets hot or cold enough to
affect the excellent bargains offered
by East Oregenlan advertisers, and
the people who buy to aave read
the evening paper.
VOL. 20.
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1907.
NO. 018
WEEDS ARE T
and
In Some Instances Have Com
pletely Destroyed Many
Acres of this Year's Crop.
OTHERWISE LAND WOULD
HAVE YIELDED HEAVILY.
(Small Farmers Have Heretofore
lleen Able lo CoiiiImU the lystH
-Largo Hunches Carelessly Farmed
Now I'l'tNlueliie Incredible Quan
tities of Crop Killer Itond Supcr
vlMirH, County Court, Furtners and
the. SUttulea Cannot Adequately
Coe With a DlNtiHtrouK Situation.
The farmers of Umatilla county are
now grappling with the most serious
and far-reaching problem which
ever confronted them. In the spread
of noxious weeds through the wheat
belt.
On many of the large farms In the
north purt of the county, in the best
portion of the wheat belt, there are
tracts consisting of 20, 40, CO and 100
acres In a body which will not be cut
this season on account of the enor
mous white mustard plants which
cover the ground and make harvesting
Impossible. This land would have
'.yielded from 30 to 45 bushels per
acre and Is In the heart of the wheat
belt, but It cannot be hut-vented.
For yvars the small farmers, the
men owning and cultivating from 240
to 40 acres have been able to keep
their lands practically clean of weeds;
but on the big farms, where 1800 to
3UO0 acres are farmed In a slipshod
manner by a careless renter or a
hired man. the weeds have been al
lowed to thrive and gain a foothold
until It Is Impossible to handle Ihem
now.
Fanners from that section of the
county are now urging the county
court to enforce the weed law, but It
Is impossible for men to secure labor
to pull the weeds from the big tracts.
On many of the big tracts containing
from 1G00 to 2500 acres there are
three, four or a half dozen men
working, trying to rid the crop of mus
tard. This number of men cannot
make a showing In the Immense field
and the mUBtard is simply growing
faster than the wheat, and will ruin
hundreds of acres of valuable land.
There are 3550 miles f road and 35
road supervisors In Umatilla county,
and It will be Impossible for the
county court to secure help enough to
rid the public roads of the weeds,
much less to rid the large tracts of
government lands of weeds Ju differ
ent parts of the county. The court
has ordered the supervisors to enforce
the law, but farmers cannot secure
men to do the work on the large
farms and so the situation is really!
serious.
Rich Land Dnmnfcnl.
Mustard Is worse this year than
ever before and with this large crop
of seed ripening unmolested In the
heart of the wheat belt, the crop next
year can be better Imagined than de
scribed. If there are any clean fields
this year, the plentiful supply of seed
ripening In the foul fields and in the
county roads will foul these clean
fields and It Is only a question of a
very few years until the entire wheat
belt will be Infected.
Unless something Is done to check
the growth and spread of weed- the
wheat producing area of the north
part of the county will be materially
reduced from year to year. It is im
possible to harvest properly wheat
where the heavy mustard plants are
thick and the crop from much of the
land that Is cut over will be seriously
reduced.
The one remedy, In the opinion of
practical farmers who are Interested
In that portion of the county, la to
cut the land up In small tracts and
secure a fnmlly for every tract. In
this way the farm work can be handl
ed largely by each individual farmer
who cultivates from 300 to 500 acres,
while It is Impossible to handle It with
a small force on 1000 to 3000 acres.
If the land is not rented In small
tracts and cultivated closely and the
weeds killed out, much of the best
wheat land of the county will be re
duced to weed patches.
As the weed seed ripens on wider
areas every year the weeds will be
much more-plentiful and the work of
killing them out will be greater than
the resources of the farmers.
White Man Lynched In Georgia.
Dalton, Ga., July 1. Twenty
five of Dalton's best cltliens
overpowered the jailer at 1:30
this morning and dragged Doc
Posey (white) aged 36, from
a cell to a bridge, where he
was hanged for assault on his
own step-daughter, aged 7,
who died early this morning.
Posey had confessed.
There are many large farms In the
,iA9.orthcrn part of the county now,
vC. lBiha.a t,A inhnnl hn.iaaa ...... n M
where the school houses and farm
houses have been abandoned, the
wells, have been filled up and the
country depopulated. The large
farms are handled by a tew hired
men and are poorly Cultivated. ,
On these large tracts the weeds run
riot and these tracts were the sources
of supply for seeds which have been
scattered to all the wheat section in
the north part of the" county.
It la useless for the small farmer
to go to the expense of killing off the
weeds, while the weeds on a large
farm adjoining are allowed to ripen
and scatter over all the adjacent
fields, and for this reason many of the
small farmers have become discour
aged and for the past two or three
years have not been able to keep down
all the, weeds.
SmiiU Farm Will Pay. "
The rage In Umatilla county Is to
have large farms, ranging from 1000
to 3000 acres. These large land hold
ers have said for years that small
farms will not pay. Let us see.
The wheat land that Is now being
ruined by the weeds In the north
port of the county will produce 30 to
45 bushels of wheat per acre, and
wheat is worth 60 cents and upwards
in this county flow.
A 40-bushel crop on 160 acres, at
60 cents would amount to 13840. Al
low 11840 for expenses of growing
and harvesting the crop and you have
$2000 preflt left. How many fami
lies In l'matllla county, In eastern
Oregon. In the United States are mak
ing 200 clear profit per year on an
Investment of 113,000, which Is a
moderate price for a half section of
this wheat land? .
' The small farm will pay and In the
opinion of many farmers the small
farm Is the only cure for the terrible
weed evil which Is now seriously af-
fllctlng the wheat belt of this county.
This year the loss of wheat from
the weeds will amount to many
thousands of dollars. On the Innd of
William Reeder near Helix, It is esti
mated that at least 80 acres of 40
uur.net wneai will not he cut this year.
The loss on this tract alone will
amngnt to about $2000.
Mr. Reeder Owns 1800 acres In
Umatilla county and lives In Tacoma.
He claims that the renters are re
sponsible to the county court to keep
tne weeds down and the renters claim
that they will not pay high rent on
foul land and go to the extra expense
of keeping weeds down, so It is almost
certain that rentals on this kind of
wheat land will be seriously affected
by the conditions now existing In the
county,
The county court Is determined to
hold somebody responsible as the con
tlnued spread of weeds is extremely
damaging to the county. This Illus
tration is cited as typical of condi
tions and not because the Reeder land
Is any worse than dozens of other
tracts,
NEITHER EXPECTS BATTLE
TO GO FORTY-FIVE ROUNDS.
Burns ProresMea the) More Confidence
of tlie Two Jeffries Will Referee
the Fight Both Men are In Per
fect Condition One Will Enter the
Ring at 17S Pound, tlie Otlier at
181 Poolnelllng at Ring.
San Francisco, July 1. with the
Squires-Burns fight three days away,
Interest in the match la mounting to
fever point Out of town sports are
beginning to arrive and the seat sales
are booming.
In statements today the fighters
say they do not expect the battle to
go the 45 rounds scheduled. Burns
expects to win Inside of 15
Squires Inside of 11.
Squires Is now an 8 to 10 favorite
over Burns, with but little Burns
money In sight It Is thought that
Burns' backers will wait till the last
minute before sending In their coin,
Poolsclllng will be permitted in
the arena on the day of the fight.
Jeffries, who will referee the bout,
arrived here this morning. He will
visit Squires this afternoon and
Burns tomorrow, and talk Tiver the
articles and conditions of the bout.
to there will be no misunderstanding
when the men step Into the ring.
Squires Is in perfect trim, and will
do little work during the next three
days. He has been training for the
encounter nearly seven weeks and
does not carry an ounce of surplus
flesh.
Burns wilt enter at 175 pounds and
Squires at 181. The fight will start
at 1.
Woman Injured In Wreck.
Conneravllle, Ind., July 1. Mrs.
John Hanselman of Los Angeles, was
Injured hera last night when two
coaches of a Cincinnati-bound pas
senger, striking a switch, were over
turned. Druggists Burned Ont
Portland, July 1 A five-story brick
block occupied by Archer ft 8chanse,
wholesale druggists, was destroyed by
fire this morning. Loss, 1160,000.
ODDS SOMEWHAT
mm favor
RETALIATION
CONTEMPLATED
Seven Chambers of Com-
merce in Japan Issue an
Appeal and Protest.
TO THE SIMILAR BODIES
IX THE UNITED STATES.
Violation of Treaty Right" Alleged,
and the Inereortliig Bad Feeling Be
tween the People of the Two Na
tions Held to Be Provocative of
Serious Trouble Sooner or Later
Jupnncxe NevWucrs Believe Their
American CorreKpoiidents Have
Been Unduly Influenced. -
Toklo, July 1. Measures of retali
ation, such as "boycotting American
goods, are contemplated by Influential
business men, who Insist the San
Francisco demonstrations are the out
come of racial hatred. According to
Japanese contention, ' the latest dis
crimination In San Francisco Is a fla
grant violation of treaty rights.
The seven chambers of commerce
met jointly and resolved to address
the principal chambers of commerce
In the United States, asking their co
operation In maintaining trade rela
tions between the Japanese and the
United States, and appealing to the
United States to stop abuses of their
countrymen, and also addressed an
appeal to Roosevelt.
The appeal to the chambers says
In part:
'The people In some sections of your
country have acted In a manner cal
culated to prejudice our legitimate
rights. Japanese are frequently sub
jected to unjust treatment .by the
lawless element prevailing. Unless
this is speedily stopped the ill feeling
which our countrymen harbor may
have an unhappy effect upon the de
velopment of our commercial rela
tions. We are confident you will do
your best to eliminate the present
causes of disorder, thus 'nsu'rlng our
common future prosperity."
In an appeal to Roosevelt they say
they are unable to remain silent spec
tutors of the state of affairs In San
Francisco.
Correspondents Have Quit.
Toklo, July 1. Newspapers here
having correspondents In San Fran
cisco, having ceased to hear from
them, the impression is prevailing
that the people of San Francisco are
influencing them not to serve their
papers.
turi.ock swept by fire.
Bucket Brlsiidc ami Women Save tltc
Town.
Modesto, Cal., July 1. Turlock,
near this city, was visited by a dis
astrous fire last night Loss, $25,
000. The fire started In H. Bonz's butch
er shop and spread to adjoining
buildings. There Is no fire depart
ment, and men and women formed a
bucket brigade to save the rest of the
town. There was heroic work by
the women, which saved the other
buildings.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chictgo, July 1. Wlieat opened
93 1-8; closed 94 1-S; corn opened
63 1-8, closed 53 3-8; oats opened 41
1-2, rlosed 41 1-8.
Count Nigra Is Dead.
Rome, July 1. Count Constantlne
Nigra, dean of the Italian diplomats.
Is dead. He was born In 1826.
Secretary Taft gives out as his
honest opinion that there is not a
single graft leak at present In the
-ff.ilrs of the Panama canal.
0. R. & N. TO MAKE
Agent F. J. Quintan today received
a circular letter from General Man
ager J. P. O'Brien of the O. R, A N.,
announcing that hereafter it will be
the policy 'of that company to give
the earliest possible publicity to all
details of wrecks and accidents on
the O. R. ft N. system instead of
maintaining strict secrecy as In the
past.
The circular rays that hereafter all
Information concerning accidents
anywhere on the system will be given
to the press as soon as the first in
formation reaches the offices of the
company. In order that the public in
general and patrons of the road may
know whether their friends who may
bo traveling are killed or Injured,
thus saving much worry and annoy
anco to the company and painful sus
pense for the friends of passengers
on wrecked trains.
This publicity will be greeted with
much satisfaction by the people all
along the system of the O. R. A N.,
as heretofore It has been Impossible
HAVE APPLIED
FOR 69 PATENTS
Indians and Breeds planning
to Secure Complete Titles
to Allotments.
BELIEVED THAT ABOUT
80 HAVE BEEN GRANTED.
I'litents May Issue From the Depart
ment at Any Time Upon the Hoc
omnienilutton of the Local Agent
Whereas the Original Arrangement
Withheld I'a tents' From Allottees
Till 1917 Department Has Evi
dently Entered Upon a Different
Policy Alleged Reason Is Stated.
Changes that mean much to the
future of Pendleton and Umatilla
county are now being made in lahd
titles upon the reservation, and among
the few w ho are Informed as to the J
progress of events, much interest is
being taken. During the past 60
days or more 69 Indians or mixed
bloods holding allotments upon the
reservation have applied for patents
to their lands and it is now known
that something like 25 or 30 applica
tions have been granted. In the dis
position of the land after patents are
secured by the allottees lies the inter
est of the town and county.
Under the law an allottee may ap
ply to have patent issued to him at
any time, though the regular time for
the granting or patents to allottees
on the Umatilla reservation Is yet 10
years distant. . Under the law the
department may, upon the recommen
dation of the agent. Issue a patent In
fee simple. In the past but few ap-
Wicatlons of this kind have been
granted, but of late the department
has evidently become more, liberal In
the matter. When an allottee apiHes
for patent to his land the notices are
posted upon the bulletin board In the
postofflce, and the board now show
that a tntal of 69 have so applied, a'l
practically within the past two
months. That some patents h.c
been granted Is shown by the fact
that the patents have been filed for
record In the recorder's office. How
ever, but. a small percentage have
been recorded thus far, and they are
said to be the cases where deals for
the leasing or sale of the lands have
been made with the Indians by white
men.
But little has become known re
garding the extent to which patents
have been granted, as no publication
Is made of the fact that they are
isue 1. The patents come to the
ant, and by him are turned over to
the Indian allottee. From an authen
tic source It Is known that already
about 30 patents have been granted,
thus, giving the allottees complete
title to their lands, with power to
lease or sell as they desire. In most
Instances the applicants have been
mixed bloods, and their lands are lo
cated In the choicest section of the
reservation that In the vicinity of
Adams and Athena. However, some
five or six patents have been granted
to Ind'ans having lands m the south
western portion of the reservation.
The acreage In the various allotments
averages about 80 acres.
Many Ixing-Tlme Lease.
It Is said that since the Issuance
of patents commenced much of the
land Involved has been secured by
white men through long-term leases.
George Perlnger is known to have se
cured much of the land for 10-year
terms, a very advantageous arrange
ment to the lessee, through the fact
that It gives him an excellent oppor
tunity to purchase the land of the
Indian.
An examination of the records this
afternoon showed the following pat
ents to have been filed for record
WRECK NEWS PUBLIC
to obtain any information concern
ing wrecks or accidents, with the re
sult that the company has been bit
terly censured for withholding facts
to which friends of passengers have
been Justly entitled.
The policy of all rallrad companies
has been to keep the cause and re
sults of wrecks secret as far as pos
sible In order to shield employes or
officials who might have been un
justly censured by the public and for
other reasons, hut as the wrecks will
happen and as the public will find It
out, the company has wisely deelded
that the better way Is to give the real
facts to the press as early as possi
ble In order that no false or exagger
ated reports may be sent out In the
absence of authentic Information. .
The newspapers especially appre
ciate the new policy of General
Manager O'Brien, as It has been very
difficult in the past to secure any
authentic Information untli after
badly garbled reports have been
sometimes sent out.
within the past two month: Mary
Guyot, Melissa Glasscock, Mary
Ralnvllle, Slloma Bergevln, Marcello
Oagnon, Sophia Rinnillard, Adele
Ralnvllle, Jerry Oagnon, Jerry 8t.
Dennis, Peter Gagnon, Louis La
Brash, Charles Norwest, Eleanor
Page Burford, Francis Bonlfer,
Thomas Wood, James Bushman, Le
na Wood, Joseph St. Dennis, Roscoe
Dickinson, Mlnnoe Robey, Martha
Robey, Addle Britten and Hugh Ror
bey. . ' ! I
All of the patents bear date of
March 13, 1907.
THEY WANT A GENERAL STRIKE
Believe it Is tlie Only Way to Win the
Struggle.
Chicago, July 1. Officials of the
Telegraphers' union believe the crisis
will be reached today. Many oper
ators do not expect to win with the
present gueralla tactics, and all seem
anxious for a strike here, claiming
the crippling of a big center like
Chicago will make them victorious.
I'lghty Operators at Work.
San Francisco, July ' 1. With a
force of 80 men which It now claims
to have at work, the Western Union
declares today It Is handling the bus
iness In better shape than, at any time
since the operators went on strike.
It is also claimed by the company
that two strikers returned to work
Sunday and that several San Fran
cisco branch offices reopened today.
LAROR ORDERS WILL FUSE.
Denver Convention Takes an . Advanced-
Position.
Denver, July 1. The Federation of
Miners today voted to quit the brew
ery workers.
Both the federations and the Indus
trial workers will meet In Chicago
October 1 to form a new Industrial
union along the lines Indicated in the
new preamble Iq the miners' consti
tution, adopted this morning, which
rays:
"We hold the class struggle which
exists In society Is caused by unfair
economic conditions, and declares
that a struggle will exist until the
laborer receives his share of the
wealth he produces."
TO DETERMINE WHO IS MAYOR.
Ftxeal Affirs at San Francisco De
mand It.
San Francisco, July 1. District At
torney Langdon will take the matter
of the legal status of Acting Mayor
Gallagher to the superior court this
week to determine Its exact standing.
This is the end of the fiscal year
and many unpaid bills are out, which
demands that the situation be clear
ed. L REMODEL
GOLDEN RULE
CHANGE INCLUDF:S PUTTING
RESTAURANT IN THE FRONT.
The Lobby W ill Be Made Smaller
and the Barber Shop Retained In Its
Present Quarters The Present
Dining Room System Will Not Be
Changed RcMtaurant Annex Will
Be Leaded to Outsider.
Alterations to cost about 31500 and
which will change the entire front
of the Golden Rule hotel building,
were started today by Architect T. F.
Howard.
A dining room fc an Independent
restaurant will be made In the center
of the front of the building on Court
street, the size of this room to be
18x50 feet. The barber shop room
will remain as it Is. and the main
lobby of the hotel will remain where
it is, but will be reduc.d In size by
fully one-half.
The front entrance to the hotel will
remain where It Is. but there will be
a vestibule from which one door will
lead Into the lobby and another Into
the new dining room.
The changes, are being made by T.
K. Beard, owner of the Golden Rule
hotel building, he having secured a
lessee for an Independent restaurant
in the building. The change will not
Interfere with the present dining room
or kitchen arrangements, which will
be continued as at present.
PINKERTONS IN THE UNIONS.
Proven by Document Submitted In
Haywood Case.
Boise, July 1. When court recon
vened today for the 51st day of the
Haywood trial, Morris Friedman, a
former stenographer at Denver of
Plnkerton, was recalled and a fight to
get Into evidence the records he
copied while there began. The com
petency of these documents was seri
ously questioned. The arguments
were lengthy and technical.
Judge Wood admitted the reports
of Friedman. Much of It Is a rehash
of his previous testimony, and all the
reports showed, that the Plnkertons
absolutely controlled the situation in
every union.
When a tall man Is broke that's the
long and short of r.
ORIGINAL LEVEE
BONOS REDEEMED
Issued in 1887 and Carried 7
Per Cent-Were Called "the
Forties."
$10,000 ONLY LEVEE DEBT
WHICH IS NOW OUTSTANDING.
Lcveo Sinking Fund and Loans Form
Used to Liquidate Old Debt Levee
Committee Busily Engaged Prepar
ing for Strengthening and Exten
sion of the Levee Work Will , Be
Done In Line With tlie Plans) Ac
cepted From Young & Keisay.
Through action of the finance com
mittee of the city council the 340,000
matured levee bonds have been taken
up and the city now has no outstand
ing levee bonds other than the $10,
000 issue made last year. The 140,000
Issue just redeemed represented the
original post of the old levee. The
bonds were sold 20 years ago and In
local circles were generally known as
the "forties." They did not fall due
until today, but as the money for
their redemption was available, the
payment was made last Friday.
In redeeming the old bonds the
329.500 which had accumulated In
the levee sinking fund was used and
to make up the remainder $2500 was
borrowed from the general fund and
the rest from the funds of the water
commission. These amounts will be -
repaid as soon as the new levee bonds,
authorized at the recent election, are
sold. The bonds just redeemed drew 7
per rent Interest, while the new issue
will bear 6 per cent Interest or less.
The new bonds will be sold within a
month or so. . r
Planning Levee Work.
Since the recent, election the levee
committee of the council, of which
Councilman Swearlngen Is chairman,
has been busy preparing for the
strengthening and the extension of
the levee. The committee has full
power to employ an engineer and to
proceed with the work. A capable
man to have charge of the work is
now being sought and it Is hoped to
have actual work started early In
August. The work done will be In
accordance with the plans drawn in
August. The work will be in accord
ance with the plans drawn last year
by Young ft Kelsay, and will be of a
very substantial nature as was the
work done last fall and winter.
M. A. RADER NOW PRESIDENT.
Also Delegate to National Funeral Di
rectors' Convention.
M. A. Rader, now president of the
Oregon State Funeral Directors' as
sociation, arrived home last evening
from Portland, where he attended the
recent convention of that organiza
tion. In addition to 'being chosen as
president of the association for the
ensuing year, Mr. Rader was also
honored by being chosen as a dele
gate to the national convention In
1908.
The next year's session of the Ore
gon association will be held at Mc
Mlnnvfllt. The following are the new offl- "
cers of the association:
M. A. Rader, Pendleton, president;
W. T. Gordon of Eugene, first vice
president: William A. Pohn of As
toria, second vice president: E. E.
Erlcson of Portland, secretary; V.
C. Dunning of Portland, treasurer,
re-elected. The board of directors
includes W. O. Donelson, of Hills
boro; W. T. Macy of McMinnville:
W. M. Shank of Oregon City; A. B.
Hemrtock of Portland, and J. E.
Nichols of Hood River.
Goethnls Has No Desire to Quit
Washlneton. Julv 1. Col. r!iithi
Lghlef engineer of the Panama canal.
loaay caDiea ran a aeniai or the re
port that he desired to quit.
Funeral Tills Afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. Elsie Richard
sort, formerly Miss Elsie Beck of this
city, was held at the residence of G.
W. Byers this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. I. B. Tallman conducting the
Services.
There's a lot of brass In the com
position of a gilded youth.
Agrarian Troubles In Italy.
Rome, July 1. Serious agra
rian troubles are occurring In
the
region betwen Venice and
Bologna, and troops have been
dispatched to quiet the peasants.
F'fty thousand peasants are on
strike and refuse to work their
farms. Bloodshed In many in
stances with the, local authorities.
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