EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER REPORT.
Showers tonight or to-
After you have read
the ads., you are ready
to ffo shopping. Pen
dleton's heat bargain
giving stores are rep
resented In this paper.
VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. 1906.
NO. 6257
ELECTRIC LINE
IS
PRESTON STOCK SOLD.
PROJECTED
Preliminary Survey of Line
From Pendleton to Irrigon
Made by Dr. Coe,
IRRIGATION BELT WILL
BE PENETRATED.
W. II. Bean Bought Teutsch Stock
for $3000 and Will Coiitiinuc the
Business.
At Preston, Idaho, the Teutsch
mercantile stock was disponed of at
auction and It was purchased by W.
H. Bean, brother of CharleB Dean,
for the price of $3000. It wan bid in
by Charles Bean for his brother and
the store will be conducted In the
future by Charles Bean.
Tho Teutsch Preston Block was In
voiced at $9229.68 and hence sold for
less than one-third the Invoice val
ue. But In spite of that fact T. C
Taylor considers the sale a good one
from tho creditors' standpoint, as the
conditions In the Idaho town are not
good at this time.
Mr. Taylor returned from Preston
on train No. 1 today. Lee Teutsch,
who was in attendance at the sale
Entire West End of the County win 'ye8terjayi )b Btm ln preaton
Be Given Excellent Transportation nw that both the Pendleton and
tfertiithw IaiuIs Under All die Ir- Preston stocks have been disposed of
rlgaOon Project Are Selling Rapid- ne recelv therefrom will he
' . : " " divided among the creditors of Mr.
ly and UBMH hottiemem, im Xeutflch. However, the final divl
tldpated Dr. Coe Well Pleased dends will not be paid for some time
I yet, ts time must be given tardy
' creditors ln which to prevent their
With PrOBpeOM in ImatUia county, claims. One new claim for $100 has
That a preliminary survey has been jugt been received
made and other steps taken towards
the construction of an electric line
from Pendleton to Irrigon was an
nounced here last evening by Dr. H.
W. Coe, who came up from Portland
with a party on tne evening train.
According to Dr. Coe, definite plans
for the electric road have not been
DEMOCRATS WILL MEET.
Delegate;, to State Convention Will be
Selected Next Tuesday.
Will Moore, chairman of the dem
ocratlc central committee, haa called
m n I. .. I .. l. l- I, 1.1
worked out yet, but the thing is being . Tf .
, r. ' , ' zrZ here next Tuesday for the purpose of
Investigated ln earneBt and the pr's
pect of a trolley line through the ir
rigated section Is more than a dream.
That the Irrigated section In the
providing for the selection of dele
gates to the democratic state conven
tion to be held ln Portland June 9.
In the direct primary law no pro
west end, composed or tne lanas unaer vision is made for the selection of
the East Umatilla project, the Pur-1 delegates to the national conventions
nlsh-Coe project and other private of tne different political parties,
ditches, is on the edge of a great de- I consequently both the republican and
velopment Is firmly believed by Dr. democratic parties will hold state
Coe. Up to this time the land under ; convention this year for the purpose
the Furnish ditch has been selling at ' 0f choosing their national delegates,
a rate much faster than was antlci- j Oregon Is entitled to eight delegates
pated and he says the project will be
sold out within 12 months.
The settlement of the Irrigated sec
tions, he says, will make an electric
line not only profitable, but almost
imperative. The entire section be
tween Echo and Irrigon will be dense- men
ly settled and an electric line will be
necessary to carry the products to
market.
It Is the belief of Dr. Coe that Pen
dleton Is to remain as the hub of
Umatilla county and that the devel
opment of the west end will strengthen
the business prestige of this city. He
stys that the electric line as now pro
posed will start from this place and
extend through the Irrlgnted section of
Irrigon by way of Umatilla, touching
at Echo. Foster and He rm lit on en ;
route.
With Dr. Coe last evening was Dr.
D. H. Rand, a Portland capitalist and
who formerly practiced medicine at
Heppner, and R. R- Wood, Dr. Coe's
secretary at Echo. They spent the
evening here In consultation with W.
J. Furnish and D. B. Costuma, local
representative of the land company,
and left on the 8 o'clock train this
morning for Echo.
ln the national convention
Umatilla county ts entitled to eight
delegate in the coming state con
vention and at the meeting of the
central committee to be held Tuesday
it will be decided how to select these
JOHN
mm
BONES SENT TO CIUNA.
Chinese Ship Remains to the Land of
Their Birth.
San Francisco, April 16. Vessels
leaving San Francisco for Chinese
ports during the next month or two
will carry back to the land of the dra
gon many shipments of the bones of
departed Chinamen.
The annual spring excavation of
the graves of dead Celestials Is now on
in all Pacific cast towns having a
large oriental population and the
corpse agencies who handle this busi
ness are very busy.
According to the religious notions
of the Chinese, the souls of the de
parted will not be allowed to enter
Paradise until the bodies are burled
ln the fatherland, and this belief has
given rise to a profitable business for
the trans-Pacific steamship compa
nies The bones of the dead are wired
together, labeled and placed in cas
kets prior to shipment to relatives or
friends in China. The corpse agencies
are required to guarantee that not a
bone will be missing, as only a com
plete skeleton Is allowed to enter the
heaven of the Chinese.
ENTERS THE MCE
FLINGS DOWN GAUNTLET
TO W. J. BRYAN.
Statement by Bryan's Manager That
Johnson In an Interloper Arouses
the Ire of the Minnesota Governor
and He Will Now Engage Actively
in the Fight for the Presidcnial
Nomination.
ROOSEVEIT TO BE CHANCELLOR
OF
NATIOVXty UNIVERSITY.
Portland. April 15. President Roosevelt as the chancellor of a
great national university endowed by Andrew Carnegie for $25,000,
000, is the future predicted for hi rn by the correspondent of the Eve
ning Journal In Washington.
In a special dispatch today he declares that the Information has
been given out by one whose position is such as to give It great
weight. It Is said that Secretary Root prevailed upon Carnegie to
make the endowment. '
Tho plan Is that the president will travel a year abroad and then
return and Organize the university.
BREAKING 01 SJflOIEGMSARE
SPREADS HAVOC 1EE IT RUS
Hauser Lake, Montana, Turned
Loose Upon Unsuspecting
Inhabitants.
WALL OF WATER 70 FEET
HIGH RUSHES DOWN.
Estimated LoH-ea of Cattle, Slicep and
Other Property Is $500,000 Resi
dents of Craig, 400 ln Number, Are
Driven From Their Homes to the
Hills Portions of Great Falls In
undated and Much Property Will Bo
Destroyed.
Chicago, April 15. "I don't think
that my candidacy is Impertinent; Its
not of my seeking, but now that I am
in, I am going to make a determined
and dignified fight."
Stirred by literature sent out by
Willis J. Abbott, Bryan's representa
tive nt Washington, which Intimated
that rsovornor Johnson was an Inter
loper and that his candidacy was Im
pertinent, Johnson today removed his
candidacy from the passive stage and
declared himself ln the above terms.
"I did not become a candidate, until
friends and democrats all over the
country Insisted and even now I think
that they could have chosen more
wisely, but now that I am In the mat
ter I am not going to run away. My
presence In the field is hardly imper
tinent, as I see It."
BRYAN NOT INDORSED
BY NEW YORK COM3IITTKE
Fish for Union County,
Approximately 100,000 fish will be
received In Union county within 30
days to be used as stocking material
for the many mountain streams.
Members of the Eastern Oregon Fish
and Game association have received
notice that the shipment will be
forthcoming ln a few days, and that
the parties to whom the cans are as
signed must me In readiness to plant
the fry immediately upon arrival.
New York, April 15. Following the
failure of the resolutions committee
of the state democratic convention in
session here, to Indorse the candidacy
of Bryan, the followers of Bryan
practically withdrew from the fight
before the convention to get an en
dorsement. In a statement Issued by the Bryan
men they state that ln view of the
lack of harmony In the convention
they are unwilling to introduce an
other question which .might .cause
further differences of opinion.
The imprewinn Is general lierc that
Bryan sent a message culling off Ids
iMiiierents In return for a promise
that the unit rule would not be en
forced again n- Now York delega
tion In the Denver convention.
HARRY HEW ROASTS CHICAGO FACILITIES
Chicago. April 15. Chairman Har
ry New of the republican national
committee, gave vent to his feelings
today when he criticised Chicago for
Its convention facilities.
"Chicago should have never been
given the convention." he said. "There
are Beveral other cities In the country
that could have given us better facili
ties. Chicago promised us room for 14,
000 people. I will give a cash bonus
to any man who can seat more than
11,000 people ln the Coliseum which Is
the best building here. I am sorry
Chicago got the convention."
Helena April 15. Dispatches re
ceived from Cascade early this morn
ing say that a flood occasioned by the
breaking of a dam at Hauser lake
yesterday is doing great damage,
sweeping everything before :t and
driving the people in panic to the hills.
The surface is dotted with hay
stacks, livestock and every other thing
that could be moved by the rushing
waters.
One report Just received here Is that
the big steel bridge at that point is
doomed to destruction and that noth
ing short of an act of providence can
save the lower sections of Great Falls,
which are being engulfed.
Similar conditions prevail along the
r,ver towns of northern Montana. Re
ports from Craig, In Lewis and Clark
county, 46 miles north of Helena, say
that the town Is under 20 feet of
water and the Inhabitants numbering
400, fled to the hills, where they re
mained all night.
Estimates place the loss at Houser
lako at $500,000. The loss of cattle
and sheep will be very heavy. It was
learned this morning that tho power
house at the dam escaped destruc
tion. Water tore away a portion of the
i dam 300 feet long, releasing a wall of
water 70 feet high and draining a
lake covering 22 square miles.
Wall of Water Descends.
Butte. April 15 With a wall of
water rushing on toward Great Falls
apparently the only tning that can
save the city Is the blowing up of the
Oreat Falls dam. This is being con
sidered by the engineers' this after
noon.
The crest of the, flood will reach
here at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Water at Craig, 60 miles north of here
Is now 28 feet above the normal and
It Is thought that the town of Cascade
and other mining towns are under
water.
All communication is cut off be
tween Helena and Great Falls. A man
was drowned at Great Falls today
while taking sounding above the dam.
Thousands Throng Beaches
Lon" Before Dawn to See
Marines Land.
SIX THOUSAND SAILORS
CAN FIND NO BEDS.
Throughout the Entire Night the
Streets, Cafes and Parks Were
Thronged Inspiring Scenes Wit
nessed as the Parade, Marines, Na
tional Guam and Veterans Started
Accommodations Not to Be Had for
Sailors on Store.
APPLE LAND SELLS WELL.
Joscpldne Connty Orchard Brings
Enormous Price.
Grant's Pass, Ore., April 15. That
Josephine county orchard lands are In
creasing rapidly In value was proved
yesterday when final papers of ex
change were signed deeding the fine
fruit farm on Applegate river former
ly owned by Consul General H. B.
Miller, to H. S. Buck, a California
fruitgrower, for $26,000. Just 30 days
ago this same piece sold for $21,000
cash. It increased $6000 In value ln
one month. The new owner will
greatly Improve the place, and Is pre
paring to make It one of the finest
fruit farms ln tho state. It Is Irrlgnt
ed by a canal from the Applegate
river.
The apples from this place have
been shipped for a number of seasons
to the orient, a splendid market hav
ing been found for them by Consul
General Miller, who Is now stationed
at Yokohama, but who was formerly
In China.
Assistant PrlndiwI for Athena.
C. W. Lrfiughrldgo, a late graduate
of the Weston Normal school, has Just
been engaged as assistant principal of
the Athenn schools. He will take tho
place of J. H. E. Scott, who Is to take
up school work for the government In
the Philippines.
San Diego, April 15. San Diego Is
navy mad. Not since the days of the
Spanish war has there been such a
tremendous outburst of patriotic en
thusiasm. Until "good night" was
flashed frOm tile ships thousands of
men and women crowded the shores
of Coronado and strained their eyes
looking at the brilliantly lighted ves
sels that heaved and tossed In the off
ing. Throughout the night ln the cafes
and on the streets men gathered to
gether to talk of wars and ships and
fighting men. Before the gray hare
of morning had been dissipated by th?
flood of golden sunlight the streets
were thronged with surging crowds all
headed toward Coronado to witness
the landing of the blue Jackets and
marines for the great parade.
Under the command of Captain
Schroeder of the battleship Virginia
the brigade with a full regiment of
marines landed at Spreckles' wharf at
noon.
As the boats, towed by three tugs,
landed load after load of the men.
their blue uniforms lending a bril
liant dash of color to the scene, the
watching crowds cheered wildly.
At 2:30 p. m. the procession began
to move. Again the crowds cheered
madly as tho boys In blue, veterans
and a regiment of national guard step
ped Into line.
The crash of bajids. the roll of the
drums and constant volleying of ap
plause stirred the blood of the most
torpid witnesses of the day's events.
No Bods tf Sailors.
San Diego, April 15. Unable to
find sfeeplng accommodations neai
ly 300 sailors from the battle
ship fleet who had been granted
shore leave were compelled to tramp
the streets all night unnble to find
sleeping accommodations.
The headquarters of the committee
on entertainment was visited, but
only a few could be cared for.
"What will happen when 6000
sailors come aslbre tonight?" ask
the men. and committee canont ans
wer. The committees had arranged for
the entertainment of visitors and
have ample accommodations for them
but it had not realized the fact that
many of the sailors of the fleet would
also wish to remain ashore over night
and had made no plans for them.
MORE OF THE STANFORD MUSS.
Sus-
Collcgc Paper Upholds the 41
pended Studenta
Stanford, April 15. In a memor
ial edition dedicated to 41 Stanford
men recently suspended by the stu
dent affairs committee for their part
in the student parade expressing dis
approbation of the methods of tho
committee, the Stanford Sequoia, the
college magazine, today said editor
ially: "We extend our sympathy to the
ousting of students whose characters
were assailed by some members of
the faculty. Our admiration goes out
to the men who can fight, who can see
Justice thwarted ln an American col
lege and still have faith In the ulti
mate triumph of Justice.
"And our admiration also goes out
to men who made a manly apology
for trivial offense and who were dis
criminated against In the final reckon
ing; who did not defy the college au
thority, but who Joined In a protest of
the most narrow-minded and unfair
student affairs committee that was
ever afflicted upon an American uni
versity. To all these men this issue
of the Stanford Sequoia is affection
ately dedicated."
ECHO
TO
s a-
ALFA MEAL
Factory ( 5 ing From $25,
000 to 1,000 Will be In
stalled During the Summer.
CHIUSTIANTTY'S CRISIS.
OFFERS TO CONTRACT AL
FALFA AT $6.50 PER TON
Capacity of Factory WIU Be 500 Tone
Per Month and the Product WO
Be Used in Feeding Stock J. E.
Murphy and Company of Portland
Will Start the Enterprise Alfalfa
Meal Worth About $20 Per Ton as
Stock Feed.
New
Chicago' Professor Declares
Faith Is Coming.
Chicago, April 15. "In my opinion
Christianity Is In the most grievous
crisis of its history- I do not refer to
controversies ln newspapers and on
the streets, but to the quiet, bitter
battle which serious men are fighting
out in tbetr own souls. It is the dying
of the old faith which Christianity is
experiencing." t
In these words George Burman
Foster, of the Divinity school of the
University of Chicago, strikes the
keynote of a remarkable essay, "con
cerning the religious basis of ethics"
In the American Journal of Theology
for April. Activity of the churches
and their apparent prosperity, accord
ing to the daring theologian, are only
throes which precede dissolution.
SI OR
SKIP
BIGGEST STEEDS
NINETY-TWO HEAD WEIGH
ED 1536 POUNDS EACH
Price Received Was $4.90 Per 100,
Making the Total Yalue of the
Steers $75.26 Each Had Been Fed
for Pour Months by J. B. Saylor
and Were Shipped to Alaskan Mar
ket Law of Butter Creek Cattle
Shipped Out.
What is believed to be the heaviest
shipment of fat steers ever sent out
of the Butter creek feeding pens was
shipped from Echo by J. B. Saylor
this week. There were 92 head of
steers in the shipment, their average
weight being 1536 pounds. The price
received was $4.90 per 100, making
the total price of the steers $75.26
each.
The shipment was sold to J. L.
Cox of the Pacific Coast Storage
company of Tacoma. and they were
sent to Tacoma from Echo and will
be reshlpped to the Alaskan markets
this month. They were the choice
of several hundred head and had been
fed by Mr. Saylor for about four
months on alfalfa.
There were four carloads of the
shipment and many people who had
watched the monster animals gain
flesh during the winter came to the
stockyards at Echo to see them
loaded and sent away.
About 100 head, the last of 7000
head fed on Butter creek during the
past winter, have been shipped from
Echo ln the past few days.
An alfalfa meal factory is to be
started at Echo and It promisee to
furnish an important addition to the
enterprises of the west end of the
county. The factory Is to be started
by J. E. Murphy & Co., now conduct
ing a similar plant in Portland and
the will be established close to the
Henrietta flour mill at Echo. The
power of the flour mill will be used
to operate the new factory.
An announcement regarding the es
tablishment of the alfalfa meal fac
tory was received by 'phone from.
Echo this morning and was later
confirmed by W. H. Daughtrey, man
ager of the Umatilla Ranch com
pany, which owns the Henrietta mill.
It is understood that the new plant
will be installed this summer so as to
be ln operation by fall. A plant val
ued at between $25,000 and $50,000
will be established and a force of
eight or 10 men will be used in oper
ating the same.
Alfalfa meal is used as a stock
food and has become very popular
as such during the past few years.
Murphy & Co. have been operating a
plant ln Portland for two years and
are said to have made money ln tho
business. Alfalfa meal sells in the
market for $20 per ton and it Is used
largely ln dairy sections In place of
bran and shorts.
According to W. H. Daughtrey all
arrangements for the establishment of
the factory have been agreed upon
and Murphy are now merely waiting
to contract for alfalfa before starting
thel plant at Echo. The plant will
have a capaciy of 600 tons of alfalfa
per month and before the company
starts work it is desired to have suf
ficient alfalfa contracted for the pres
ent season at least. They are now
offering $6.50 per ton for alfalfa de
livered at Echo.
"SOO-SPOKANE LIMITED" TRAIN.
CONGRESS WILL ADJOURN
ON FRIDAY, MAY 15
Wnsfttngon, April 15. CongresH
will adjourn May 15. This announce
ment was made by Representative
Watson after a brief conference with
the president. Tho original date set
was May 9, but tho president asked
that the time be extended to gtvo the
congress of governors which meets
here on May 13 on tho subject of the
conservation of natloul resources a
chance to meet while congress is in
session.
The President Loses.
Washington. April 15. By a
ris
ing rote It is evident today that the
president's proposition of four new
lm(tlcshlvs bus been defeated. A
further vote will bo taken by tho tel
lers.
"Affinity Broker" Sentenced,
Chicago, April 15. Marion Gray,
affinity broker," was today sen-
tenced to one year In tho house of
correction by Judge Landls. She was
convicted of using the U. S. malls to
defraud In conducting a matrimonial
bureau it Elgin, Illinois.
Baseball Scores.
Los Angeles, April 15. Portland
, Los Angeles 0.
Oakland. April 16. San Francisco
Oakland 0.
Hermiston Case Heard.
In the circuit court this morning
the attorneys In the case of Yates vs.
the Maxwell Irrigation company ar
gued a motion to strike out part of
the complaint that had been filed.
The motion was made by R. R. John
son, attorney for the Maxwell com
pany, who argued the same this morn
ing. F. H. Bartlett and J. R. Raley
are attorneys for the plaintiff.
Eugene will send a large float to
the Portland Rose show.
Canadian Iaclflc Installs New Service
From St. Paul to Spokane on April
22.
G. M. Jackson, traveling passenger
agent of the Canadian Pacific rail
way, is In the city today on his way
to La Grande and announces that on
April 22 the Canadian Pacific will In
stall what will be called the "Soo
Spokane limited" passenger service
between St. Paul and Spokane and
that tickets will be sold for these
trains at all O. R. & N. stations.
It is expected that this new service
will be well patronized as It will give
direct connections with all through
main llne Canadian Pacific trains and
the seven trains to be put In this ser
vice will be elegant. They will cost
on an average of $100,000 each and
will be sumptuously and finely appointed.
LITTLE UNDEEDED LAND.
J. T. Williamson Files Report With
County Court Today.
J. T. Williamson, the La Grande
abstract man, was here yesterday for
the purpose of filing his report regard
ing the undeeded land of tho county.
He recently contracted with' the
county court to look up undeeded and
untaxed lands In'Umatllla county and
ho has Just finished his work. It Is
understood that he found but little
such property, though tho exact
amount will not be known until the
list Is checked over for the reason
that some of the land reported Is al
ready upon tho rolls.
Word has Just reached Portland
that A. H. Rennlo, the well known
flour mill owner of Hong Kong, com
mitted suicide there by Jumping Into
the bay.
WESTON NORMAL IS MOST PROSPEROUS
President R. C. French, head Of the
Weston Normal school, was hero list
evening and this forenoon upon busi
ness connected with the school. He
says that the school Is now prospering
as it has never before and he does not
apprehend eastern Oregon will hence
forth have any trouble securing from
the state the money It will require for
Operating its normal.
During the time President French
has been president or the Weston
Normal that Institution has advanced
from a position at tho foot of the nor
mal school list to tho rank of the
loading school of that class In tho
state. There are now over 200 stu.
dents enrolled.