East Oregonian : E.O., April 01, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5

DAILY KAKT OKKOONL4N, PENDLETON, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1908.
PAGE FIVE.
EIUHT FAtil.
SWEEPING IT
A Salem dispatch gives the follow
ing review of the reduction In freight
rates In the stale of Oregon, In ac
cordance with the order of the rail
road commission:
Based on the findings that there Is
no increase in the present commodity
rates between Portland and points In
the state of Oregon either by way of
cancellation of present commodity
rates or direct Increase, the railroad
commission today gave Its decision In
the case of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce against the O. R. & N.
company, in which a sweeping reduc
tion Is made In the distributive rates
between Portland and points east of
The Dalles, but the rates between
Portland and The Dalles are not dis
turbed. The plaintiff Is given per
mission to reopen the proceedings
should It see fit.
The reduction of rates g made up
on the following basis, according to
class:
"Between Portland and points east
of The Dalles within the state of Ore
gon the first-class rates should be as
certained as follows: Reduce the
present rates by an amount equal to
one-sixth of the difference between
26 cents (the rate to The Dalles) and
the present first class rate to such
point. For instance, the present first
class rate to Umatilla is 85 cents. The
difference between The Dalles rate,
26 cents, and the Umatilla rate, 85
cents, Is 60 cents. Deduct one-sixth,
or 10 cents, which makes the new
rate 76 cents.
"The other class rates between
Portland and points east of The Dalles
should bear the same relation to the
first class as In the distance tariff,
namely. 1-100, 2-86, 3-70, J0,5-60,
A-60, B-40, C-30, D-26, E-20 per
cent of first class. Present rates
should not be exceeded on any class.
This will necessitate a shading of the
old tariff Into the new for about 16
miles east of The Dalles.
"A reasonable time -should be al
lowed to prepare and file new tariffs,
and the 10 days' notice required by
law should be waived.
"Of course the order herein must
be confined to the rates put In Issue
the class rates between Portland and Jobbers of this city who were
and points In Oregon. During the 'called as witnesses by the Chnmbet
hearing and argument It as contend-1 of Commerce at the hearing of the
ed that if reductions were to be made I complaint before the commission.
In the class rates attacked in this In Its complaint the Chamber of
proceeding, the same reductions Commerce referred to the fact of the
should be mode In the distance tariff , remarkable earnings of the O. R. A
and the stipulated commodity rates IN. and the further fact that the cor
wlthln Oregon. poration had not made any material
"To this proposition we agree and changes In Its tariffs for a number
we recommend that the defendant , of years.
make similar adjustment of its die-1 These were held to be In them-
raised mm
WALLA WALLA COUNTY'S
YIELD FOR 1907
Totul Nmnlwr RiixIk-N Raised Reach-
tm A)i)roxliiiately Five Million
.
I-taincr Have okl at An Average
or 70 Oente an.) Income l Esti-
nuiUxl ut $3,337,951.20 Sonic
UlieM Still Unsold Rut Most of It
Hun Ileen Shipped.
According to figures compiled to
day in the local railroad offices of
Walla Walla, the total wheat crop of
Wulla Wulla county is 4,768,506
bushels for the bcusod beginning July
1, 1907, and ending June 30, 1908.
The total number of bushels of bar
ley raised amounts to 575,646, says
the Walla Walla Huiletin.
For some lime past railroad offi
cials have been busy In cmpiling these
figures, but not until today have they
been In such shape that any an-
sis of n
nOUnOMMBt could be made These agreco mat .-peauer i annon is pcr
flgures extend only to Walla Walla haps the last notable survivor of a
county, figures from the adjoining peculiar development of American
counties being eliminated. IWK He belongs to the generation of
While this figure does not reach the Lincoln and that type of public men
expectations of many wheatmen, who who began life in the country. Inured
stated last fall that the crop would to the hardest kind of physical toll
run over the 6.000,000 mark, the crop and with the homllest surroundings,
of the present season easily surpasses and yet who have driven themselves
any other, for the reason that the to the forefront of social and political
grade has been much better on an life by their native intellectual
average, according to grain buyers, strength In spite of an Individually
The price has also been good, nnd It wnlrn ln tnp cnurts of Europe might
is claimed by many that the wheat considered almost uncouth.
crop of 190, and 1908 has brought
more money Into Walla Walla coun- ' A Yw taitmt0i
y than any previous season. ! havJ , ' completed a 20 yeflr
The fact that a large amount of ,, scntence, mpo.ed by Ihicklon's
barley was raised this season, is prob- Arnoa Snlve wnlcn curcd me of
ably one cause as to why the number bleoillnt, plei Just 2o vears ago,"
of bushels of wheat raised did not wrlteg Q, a Wooiever of LeRaysvlllc.
surpass the figure, of last season. N, y. Bucklcn.s Arnlca Sa)ve ,,
Parley has been found to be one of th( worst S0re8i bollg burn wounds
the most profitable crops hat can be and cut8 ln the snortest tIme. 26c at
raised in the Inland empire and the Tallman & Co.'s drug store,
number of acres reserved to hartev
Is steadily Increasing from year to I
year.
The wheat crop of this county has
been sold for an average of 70 cents,
per bushel, according to a great many!
"TLT U1 Kny- -ccoraing to
this, wall walla county farmers
ST, l . iiwiy la.ouu,-
. mny rar-
mers sold their crops for a figure
rnoKou, H.uunu . cent per ousnel.
a great many more sold for about 75
cents per bushed, and 70 cents a
bushel Is only approximate, It is con-
ceded to be a fair figure and Is .prob-
ably as exact as It possible to obtain.
Most of this wheat hos already
been moved by the railroads, but there
are still many thousands of bushels
in the warehouses. Figures as to the
exact amount shipped are not obtain-
.nfl.o,UOh WhlCh h88 bee"
oj is still unmoved.
There Is nothing better than Kodol 1 Petition Blanks for Candidate,
for dyspepsia, Indigestion, sour stom- i "Petition of Candidate" and Elec
ach, belching of gas and nervom tor's Nominating Petition" blanks for
headache. It dlgesta what you eat. ' either party, are now printed and on
Sold by Tallman ft Co. Ue at the East Oregonian office.
IS MADE III 0.
lanee tariff and the various stlpulat-
ed commodity rates, such as grain
and wool In the state of Oregon. As
those rates were hot at issue In this
proceeding, we can now only usk ' of the defendant railroad company In
whether the recommendation for an i creased from M,677,i24 for the. fiscal
iidlustment of the distance and com -
modlty tariffs will be followed vol -
untarlly."
O. R. & N. Will Fight.
The Portland Oregonian says of the
sweeping order of the railroad com
mission:
It is expected that the findings of
the commission will be made the ba
sis of litigation on the part of the
railroad company positively to test
the powers of the railroad commis
sion whlcl, under the act by which
It was created, Is authorized to fix
rates.
The members of the commission
were cautious and thorough In their
Investigation of the complaint of ex
cessive freight charges. It is said the
commissioners feel confident that
their findings will be found to be
fair and reasonable and such as can
not be considered an arbitrary exer
cise of the authority with which they
are clothed.
UaxlH of Uie Cue.
The case to be decided Is known an
the "distributive rate caie," the com
plaint against the O. R. & N. having
been preferred by the Chamber of
Commerce, whloh alleged that the
charges exacted by the railroad for
transporting merchandise and com
modities over Its main and branch
lines between Portland and points
along Its system were "excessive, un
just and unreasonable."
Tt was also charged In the com
plaint that except for short distances
where water competition tends to
control the rates, the charges from
Portland to points within the state on
several classes are from 35 to 115 per
cent higher a ton on a mile basis than
are the class rates westbound from
various Jobbing centers for equal dis
tances under substantially similar
conditions and circumstances over the
lines of other competing systems.
This and other allegations In tho
complaint were substantiated in the
main by the testimony of shippers
LAST OF FAMOUS yUARTElTE.
"Uncle Joe" Camion Only' Suit Ivor oi
Four Olil Time Orators.
There have been In recent years
four speakers of the house who made
themselves Individually fell to a
greater degree than other men who
have presided over the tumultuous
sessions of a lower branch of con
gress. They were Schuyler Colfax,
James O. Blaine, Thomas B. Reed
and Joseph O. Cannon, says Ray-
Blond in the Chicago Tribune.
11 is onl a coincidence that two of
these men came from Maine, and
, , . ,, . , . , , ,,
two, originally at leust. from Indiana.
Ml ,..mIlon l8 lne 0idest of the lot.
tOOk him longer to reach the xe-
nlth in the house than it did the oth-
er men. Perhaps for that reason he
is more firmly seated in the regard
of the people than they were.
People who deal In superstltutlon
may recall the fact that no one of
the three preceding great republican j j. of ohlo During the time that but llis reputation as a "fighter" Is
speakers of the house achieved the nt, nas been nr,,s,jcnt of the miners' due more to his work for what he
presidency, although each aspired to unill1" ,, organization has grown ' thought right within the organlzftion
it. It does not follow that the last i fron, 'u sman an,i insignificant body Ith1"1 for at,y disregard of the pro
of the quartet must also be among . to one nf the strongest labor unions I Pristlee In his relations with em-
the list of those Illustrious Americans
who are, as was said of Henrj Clay,
"too big to be president."
Those who study out American de
velopment at firs! hand are generally
HIGH WATER SAVES FISH.
swoolen Stream Remedied Defects
, i,w rtegnnllng Fish Season,
Anrii 1 i ...,.nii ,nn.M.rH h
date for tne nenlnK of the trout sea
BOn and ln the paBt tne Btate law na8
prohibited angling prior to that date.
However, this year no such law has
bcPn ,n effect
owing to the blunder of
he legislature, and nlmrods could
navo nBhed 800ner nad th deglred.
However, the regard for the former
CU8tonii together with the fact that
the 8trearn8 have been t00 blgh for
ROod fishing, have kept the anglers at
home
According to Otto Turner, deputy
f,sh and game wardetli u , t too
early for good results with tho hook
Bd line and there will be little pleas-
ure ln BeeW"fr speckled beauties
untn the 8treftrn8 fa somewhat.
1 i I RATES
selves adequate reasons for asking
that the tariffs be readjusted. Fig
ures were presented by the complain'
ants showing that the gross earnings
1 year-ending June 30, 181)7, to $11,-
! 013,130 for the your ending June 30,
1906.
In the same length of time receipts
from other sources increased from
$50,580 to $783,138. Operating ex
penses advanced from $2,779,047 In
1897 to $5,840,844 In 1906, while net
earnings Increased In the nine years
from $1,949,457 to $6,866,634.
The earnings of the company for
the same period wefe segregated as
follows: Freight earnings, $3,109,
760 to 18,178,196, or an increase per
mile from $2693 to $7232; passenger,
mall, express earnings from $1,029,-
670 to $3,676,588. or an increase per
mile from $716.59 to $2742. During
the same period tire number of tons
per freight train mile Increased from
183.37 to 449.5. At the same tlmt
the percentage of operating expenses
to earnings decreased from 54.37 per
cent to 49.03 per cent.
At the hearing of the complaint Mr.
Teal, for the Chamber of Commerce,
declared that the above figures had
been Juggled in the Interest of the
railroad. He contended that in ad
dition to the surplus there had been
expended between 1897 and 1906 and
charged to operating expenses direct,
the following Items: For mainten
ance of road und construction, $12,
210, ,623: for maintenance of equip
ment, $6,36'6,789.
Allowing expenditures for Insur
ance, a depreciation fund and othei
Items that were charged to profit and
loss, Mr. Teal declared that the com
pany still had on hand enough money
to wipe out all of its bonds and near
ly all of its preferred stock.
The strong point sought to be es
tablished by the Chamber of Com
merce at the hearing of the complaint
which was held November 4 to 8 last,
was, notwithstanding the great in
crease In the company's surplus and
the decreased cost of operation, the
charges exacted for transportation of
merchandise and commodities of all
kinds under the distributive rates in
effect from Portland to, points within
the state reached by the defendant
company's i-ystem had been reduced
only slightly and remained substan
tially the same us they had been for
ye;irs. It was contended that the
company's object In maintaining Its
excessive charges fas to return to the
corporation an unreasonable and un
just profit upon the capital actually
Invested.
AVORITi: OF MINING
MEN STEPS OUT TODAY
Mun U li Rim-ted, Planned and Suc
cessfully Negotiated Rig Anthracite,
Strike in 1 90S, Who Is Idol of (lie
DMtCd Mine Workers GIM Up Po
sition on AoODaM or III Health
Successor a Radical Man.
Indianapolis. Ind.. April 1. After a
decade spent in active work as tht I
executive head of the United Mine
Worker! of America, during which '
time he has uttained a reputation asl
the nation's foremost labor leader
John Mitchell today stepped down and j
lont ami was succeeded bv Thomas L.
m ,, world
with It total
member;
ship of 360,0(10 Mitchell's retire
ment was wholly voluntary, and was
due to ill health. If he had wished he
could probably have retained his po
sition thioughout his lifetime, so
popular Is he with the members of
the union.
The greatest event of Mitchell's
career as u labor leader was the
strike in the anthracite district In
1003, the most memorable the coun
try ever saw. It was Inaugurated by
President Mitchell, the demands be
ing an eight-hour day, higher wages
and union mines.
It lasted from April until Novem
ber, when President Roosevelt ap
pointed his famous arbitration com
mission and a settlement was effect
ed, to last three years. At the ex
piration of the three years, the con
tract was renewed and now expires
next year. The settlement was con
sidered favorable to the miners.
Many rumors are In circulation as
to Mitchell's future. He has been
mentioned as a possible democratic
candidate for governor of Illinois, his
home being ln Spring Valley, III. It
has also been stated that Mitchell
would be asked by President Roose
velt to go to Panama and make a
report on labor conditions In the
canal zone. The retired labor leader
will he one of the delegates to the
conference on the conservation of the
natural resources of the country,
called by President Roosevelt.
Lewis, the new president, is con
sidered a brainy man. He studied
law and came up from the mines like
Mitchell. He has some elaborate plans
for making the organization bigger
and stronger and his ambitln is to
gain the confidence of the public in
the way Mitchell has held it.
Lewis has been spoken of as a
fierce radical and some surprise has
been expressed that a radical could
be elected to such an Important po
sition by men who have had the serv
ices for years of so conservative a
leader as John Mitchell. As a mat
ter of fact Thomas Lewis Is not a
radical in the usually accepted sense
of the word He Is perhaps quicker
to decide than the much-loved Mitch
ell, whom he has, on numerous oc
casions, opposed, and his manner of
handling the various questions which
MITCHELL
Announcements
of Candidates
Candidate for re-nomlnat on by thr
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17.
1908.
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
C. A. Barrett
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for the nomination by
the republican party at the coming
primary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
L L. Mann
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination by the republican
party at the coming primary election
to be held April 17. 1908.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
C. W. Steen
For Umatilla and Morrow counties:
Candidate for the nomination by the
republican party at the coming prl-
mary election to be held April 17,
1908. i
FOR JOINT REPRESENTATIVE ;
T. J. Mahoney
Candidate for Republican nomina
tion for
STATE RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
A practical railroad man. Stands
for enforcement of the law, proper
inspection of railroads; equitable
rates.
C. C. LOUCKS
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the republican nomination for re-elec-
tlon as district attorney, sixth judlc-,
lol district, subject to the action of
the republican voters at the coming
primary election, April 17, 1908.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
G. W. Phelps
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the re-nomlnation, at the primary
election to be held April 17, 1908, for
sheriff.
FOR SHERIFF.
T. D. Taylor
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for re-nominatlon by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held Apr 1 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
Frank baling
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for re-nomlnaton by th
Republican party at the criming prl-
RUU9 election to be held April 17.
1908.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
Geo. W. Bradley
(Present Incumbent.
confront labor leaders is perhaps
somewhat less conciliatory toward op-
ponenis; ne also is very strong willed
ployers Lewis lives at Bridgeport,
Ohio, and has been vice-president of
the mine workers since the election
of John Mitchell to the presidency.
He therefore Is not unfamiliar with ,
the work he has been called to.
Hewitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little liver pills. Sold by Tail
man & Co.
Notice to Public.
Having disposed of my Implement
store ln this city, all parties knowing
themselves Indebted to me please
call and settle their accounts.
FRED WEBER.
DeWitt's Carbollzed Witch Hazel
Salve. It Is especially good for piles.
Sold by Tallman ft Co.
EAGLE SHOW SHOP
A. C. Friedly, Prop. Will Trites, Mgr.
All New Pictures and Songs,
Commencing Today.
Entire
Morrie B. Streeter, Lesse and Manager
Watch For fat Attraction
Candidate lor re-nominat'on by the
Republican party at tne coming pri
mary election' to be held April 17
1908. .
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Horace Walker
(Present incumbent.)
Candidate for the nomination by
the Republican party at the coming
primary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
A. H. Sunderman
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the Democratic nomination, at the
coming primary election, to be held
April 17. 1908,
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
J. Hudemann
I hereby announce myself as a can-
dldate for the nomination for the of-
flee of County Commissioner, subject
to the approval of the people at the
primaries, April 17.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Joe Bailey
i I hereby announce my candidacy
tm- the nomination by the democratic
party, at the coming primary election
to be held April 17, 1908.
FOR COUNTY RECORDER.
John Q. Peebler
I Candidate for re-nomlnatlon by the
' Republican party at the coming prl
! mary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN-
TENDENT.
Frank K. Welles
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for re-nomination by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17, 1908
RECORDER OF CONVEYANCES.
Fred W. Hendley
(Present incumbent.)
Candidate for the noflnation by the
republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held on April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY RECORDER.
Chas. E. Macomber
Candidate for re-nomination by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY CORONER.
Ralph Folsom
(Present Incumbent.)
Hereby announces his candidacy for
the nomination of
COUNTY CORONER,
at the Republican primary election,
to be held April 17, 1908.
Chas. W. Wall
AUTOS FOLLOW CORPSE.
Agent Who Took Own Life Followed
to Grave by Mourners in Cars.
Draped In somber black and trav
eling along nolsely at slow speed, 18
automobiles, bearing friends and
mourners followed In the long pro
cession assembled to pay the last ro
sPecls lo Jepn ivenneoy. says a
Butte ,tera-
The .dead man was a prominent
member of the Butte Automobile club.
He committed suicide Wednesday.
Kennedy died by his own hand while
he was temporarily deranged. Ho
handled and sold automobiles. The
funeral was the first of Its kind ever
seen in. Butte and probably the only
one of its kind ever held ln America.
A sure cure, one you can depend
upon. Hickory Bark Cough Remery.
A sure cure, nd lt'e pure! Use It for
all lung trouble, coughs, colds, hoarse
ness and sore throat. For sale by
any druggist and first class dealers
everywhere. Pendleton Drug Co.
Change.
PATRONIZE HOME
INDUSTRY
By Drinking the Home
Product, the
Famous $500
BEER
Guaranteed Absolutely Pure.
Try a case for family use
For sale at all leading bare.
CITY BREWERY
SCnULTZ ft STRICKER
Phone Main 528.
REXALL
Blood Tablets
The
New Spring Medicine.
Box 50c
Ask
The Pendleton
Drug Co.
I
FISH
Choice roasts, steaks and boil
ing meat fresh every day.
Lard, smoked and cured meats,
wholesale and retail.
EMPIRE MEAT CO.
Phone Main 18
BREWERY SALOON
J. P. Sullivan, Prop.
Distributor of the famous
CEDAR BROOK
and
OLD JOE GIDEON
Whiskies
Large stock of leading brands
of wines, liquors and cigars.
East Court street, next to
Brewery.
Our Specialty is
the Family Trade
We are fully prepared to fur
nish you the best of lard, sau
sages and fresh, smoked or
cured meats and fish each day.
Central Meat Market
Carney & Tweedy.
Telephone Main 38.
I Club Saloon
T. W. MURRELL, Proprietor.
Cor. Court and Cottonwood,
PENDLETON . - OREGON.
RANKRCPT SALE.
Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned, as trustee In bankrupt
cy In the matter of Lee Teutsch,
bankrupt, now pending in the district
court of the United States for the dis
trict of Oregon, will offer for sale at
public auction to the hlghert bidder
for cash, at 10 o'clock tn the forenoon
on the 6th day of April, 1908. at the
front door of the store formerly occu
pied by Lee Teutsch, at the corner of
Main and Alta streets, ln the city of
Pendleton, Umatilla county, Oregon,
all of the goods, wares and merchan
dise belonging to the bankrupt stock
of the said Lee Teutsch, bankrupt, in
the state of Oregon, also all of the of
fice and store fixtures belonging to the
estate of the said bankrupt In said
store room, and the interest of the
bankrupt and his estate in the lease
of said store room, made to him by
Eureka lodge No. 32, I. O. O. F..
(which lease expires January I, 1909)
and one pony, ten shares of stock In,
the Equitable Savings and Loan as--soclation,
class D. 9500 shares of min
ing stock and one lot of claims, debts
and open accounts claimed to be due
to the said Lee Teutsch by sundry
parties: all sales to bo for cash In
hand.
An Inventory of the above describ
ed property, together with the ap
praised value thereof, made in
the above bankruptcy proceedings,
may be seen by applying to the undersigned.-
at his office In the store room
of the Taylor Hardware company, No.
"41 Main street, Pendleton, UmatlllR
county, Oregon.
Dated March 21. 1908.
T. C. TAYLOR,
Trustee