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WEATHER REPORT,
Cloudy with pettlbly
showers tonight and
Wednesday.
Take your tor nwa
to the people and the
people will bring their
I 'onafe to your etore.
VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 19. 1908.
NO. 6286
0 .
WIT FIELDS
III THEIR GLORY
Section of Umatilla County
Between Pendleton and
Walla Walla a Paradise.
RECENT RAINS MAKE
AMENDS FOR SLOW START
'Only Blot Is Idle Summer Fallow '
Fruit Season Commenced In Milton
Free water Srrtion New Homes
Springing Up Along 'the Interurban
Electric Ume Jraws Ka End
Ckmer to WaAa Walla Tlian Pen-
dleton Residents Prefer to Trado
In County Snat 'of "Umatilla County.
"" .
(Staff Correspondence,)
With th wheat fields green and
fresh from tfce .late rains the section
of country between Pendleton and
Walla Walla never looked better than
at present and one passing along the
line yesterday eould readily believe
that the land ils -suited for diversified
farming.
Though the fgrowlng crop was re
tarded somewhat earlier In the spring
the rains taat have occurred recently
have made intends for that. Today
the entire -wheat belt Is one great
field of green except that hall the
land Is Idle as summer fallow.
Milton's Early Fruit
In the Preewater-MIIton
section ,
conditions are likewise good thlsj
spring and an especial activity Is now i
noticeable because the fruit season has
commenced. At the Milton depot yes
terday trackloads of strawberries were
being expressed to Boise, Nam pa,
Butte, Anaconda, Elgin and other
points wlxire the fruit season comes
much later than In the east end ot
Umatilla.
Along the line of the Interurban be
tween WaTIa Walla and Milton new
homes are now springing up and al
most every acre of ground la being
used for fruit raising or gardening.
The ball ding of the Interurban line
has put a new face on affairs In the
east end and realty values have gone
skyward since the road was Installed.
But there Is one feature tn connec
tion with the road that Is not favor
able to Pendleton. The line has drawn
the Mllten-Freewater country closer
to Walli Walla and whether they
wish to or not the eat end people are
now forced by the logic of the situa
tion to trade at the Washington town.
They ITefer IVmllon.
That this condition Is not acceptable
to scores ef -people In that section is
shown by a conversation that occur
red yesterday In a Milton drug store.
An old farmer, the proprietor of the
store and the writer were discussing
the respective merits of Walla Wall
And Pendleton and without knowlnit
that he was talking to a Pendletonlan
the rancher aid:
"I would rather trade In Pendleton
thon at Walla Walla, for I can buy
better goods there and buy them'
cheaper than I can In Walla Walla."
According to the same man there
are mony who feel as he does upon
me suojrn n i m w.e
1. 1 a -A ..u. ik. I
that they regnrd Pendleton as a bet
ter place to trade they would prefer
to come here If they could because this
city Is In the same etate.
But In the absence of a through
electric line from Walla Walla to thin,
cuy wure m i.me iui ; t,.ke (0(l8yi but th poIUv wcre on
business to come tills wny and If Pen-: ,)nnd )n mph hort or(ler th, , evory
dleton wishes to hold Its own In thei,niiB nn ,.., rtis,rhanre. resulted.
east end It must hind Itself to thai
section by means of a trolley wire
FLEET STF.AMTNC. NORTH.
:S-n Fighter on Their Way o the Pu
get Sound. t
San Francisco, May 18. Without
any demonstration beyond a few
Cheers, the Atlantic fleet pulled up
their mud hooks yesterday and headed
by the Connecticut with Admiral
Pperry's pennant at the forepeak,
started on the trip north.
They left the bay shortly after 11
o'clock and will arrive In Puget sound
May 21. Eight vessels will then visit
Twenty-five Umatilla Indians In
, company with Rev, J, M: Cqrnellson
and Rev. E. J. Conners of the Tutu
llla Presbyterian mission, returned
today from Fort Slmcoe, Taklma res
ervation, where a two weeks' evan
gelistic service has been held and
where the Yakima Indlahs were or
ganized Into a temperance society,
similar to that organised on the Uma
tilla reservation.
About 25 Ne Porces returned to
their home at Kamlah, last evening,
and the meetings have been brought
to an end after a most successful
serlei, In which a large number of tho
SHINS RETURN FBI 1 MEETING
Belllngham bay, four go to Port An
geles, three to Port Townsend -and
one to the dry dock at Bremerton,
May 28 the fleet wll lassemble ait
Seattle and May 27, 12 vessels go to
Tacoma, but only four will remain
there, the other eight proceeding on
out of the seund to Sas Francisco,
The ships left In the sound will take
their turn dry docking and will then
proceed to San Francisco.
July 7 the fleet will leave for
Honolulu and Australia. The Maine
and Alabama will Rot accompany the
fleet north.
ENCOUNTER BAD WEATHER.
! licet Has Disagreeable Joarncy Up
i California Coast.
On board thn IT. 8. H. nenrela nt
Bt.a by wireless to Mare Inland, May
19. Long rolling seas and a heavy
fog 'made the morning run of the fleet
a disagreeable one. In the afternoon
the fog lifted a bltbut the seas con
tinued heavy and the ships "Steamed
at a"bnut eight knots.
At night the weather cleared and
the vessels speeded up to 12 knots
There are but a few absentees report
ed and the majority of those left be
hind will report at Seattle and rejoin
'their ships.
! The fleet steamed In shore as near
i as safety permitted to allow the sight
seers view the big boats. All night
bonfires along the coast lighted up
( the skies.
!
THOUSANDS SAW
ELECT MANEUVERS
On Board Battleship Georgle, May
19. Wireless Sixteen battleships In
Bperfy'e command maneuvered out
j i,ie 0f Humbolt bay this noon in view
0f thousands of people who stood on
the cliffs In a drenching rain to watch
; the proceedings. Wireless greetings
I were exchanged with the Eureka
board of trade and chamber of corn-
ineree.
E
rrTWBURG COMPELLED TO
..MAKE BIG BOND ISSUE,
MiUKm lead a Half Tied Up In Insti
tution Wrecked by I'liwrupuhtux
CarfUi State Ha $5,000,000 In
Bank But I Protected by Bonding
Ounikany Montgomery Stole Half
a Million . But Sliortago Will Equal
tt.OOO.OOO.
Pittshurg, Pa.. May 19. Following
the closing of the Allegheny Nutlonal
bank by the comptroller of the cur
lency, the announcement was made
that the city of Pittsburg Is In dan
fier of being compelled to Issue bonds
In the sum of $1,600,000 m that
amount of the city's funds are tied
up In the defunct institution
The city to without available funds
to meet current expenses and the of'
ficlals must take action at once to re
lieve the situation.
State funds to the amount of $5
000,000 are also tied up In the same
linnk. but this. money Is secured by a
bonding company.
The peculations of Montgomery are
officially placed at $694,000, although
(ho b(ink- toU, shortage Is said to
be $2,000,000. Montgomery has been
held to the grand Jury.
Rioting Continue.
rif,ui.innri n Mnv 1. niotlnir
marke( ,he roftrPRS of ,he street car
Jn onp plnc0 n Mr C0,lU.d wlth an
1 explosive, but no one was hurt- It is
thoiiRht thnt the end of the strike Is
In Rigrit. The hope Is expressed that
nn agreement will be reached through
I the efforts of the state board of ar
bitration.
Eplpnl nt Portland.
Portland, May 19. Delegates from
nil over the west are arriving today
to attend the primary missionary
council of the eighth district of the
Episcopal church tomorrow. Tho
district Includes Washington. Oregon,
Idaho, Arizona, Nevada and Califor
nia. ,
Taklma Indians were converted.
This Is the first of tho series of In
dian revivals which will be held
throughout the northwest and Is a
most auspicious beginning of the
unique movement to evangellise the
northwest tribes.
The meetings were attended by
about 100 Indians from outside reser
vations and some eight or 10 native
ministers took part. The ITmatlllas
are delighted with the progress of the
religious sentiment among their Tak
lma cousins and visits between the
vo tribes will be much more frequent
hereafter.
E TlbES Chi
DEATH III HE
OF CELEBRATION
Civil War Cannon Used to
Salute Passing Fleet Ex
plodes at Ferndale.
WHITE MAN DEAD AND
MANY INDIANS INJURED.
First RcKrt Said Seven Would Die
Gun Had Been Used In Celebrations
for 30 Years Extra Cliarge Dc
molbsies Weapon Curious Reds
Had Gatltercd Around to See It
Fired Clearing Smoke Revealed
Deud and Dying Three Women
May Succumb to Injuries Indians
May Pull Tbrougti.
Ferndale, Cal., May IB. (Later.)
Isaac Davis Is tlie only man dead as
the rcKult of the exloKlon of tlie okl
cannon which was fired as a salute to
the passing fleet at CcntenUIe, near
here.
Ttiree wonienv wlx were injured,
may die, but It is expected tliat the
Indians, thought to have been killed
by I1h explosion, will pull through
with their lives.
Hie cannon was an old one and had
Ih-cii used -for SO years.
Fired a Fatal Salute..
Ferndale, Cal., May 19. While sa
luting the slowly passing Atlantic
fleet today an old cannon exploded,
killing one white man and seven In
dians.
A great crowd had gathered at Cen
tervllle to observe the big fighting
machines sail past.
The old cannon, a relic of the civil
war, If not older, which had done
duty on every national holiday for
many years, was dragged out of 1st
shed and hauled to the beach. Here
It was loaded and fired several times
In honor of the fleet.
A crowd of Indians incautiously
gathered close about the old gun to
observe the manner In which It was
exploded.
The last charge was an unusualb
large one. The fuse was toucned anu
a moment later a tremendous explo
sion occurred.
Screams of agony issued from out of
the cloud of smoke that surrounded
the gun carriage and when the breeze
blow the smoke away, seven Indians
and one white man were huddled
about the dismantled gun carriage.
all being dead or dying.
Others In the crowd were painfully
wounded.
MRS. GUNNESS IS DEAD,
la INMie, Ind., May 1. All doubt
n to the fact that Mrs. Gnniicss died
in the fliuncH tluit destroyed her lioine
was removed todny when her dentist.
. Norton, positively Identified a
gold crown In the ruins as the one lie
ind placed In her mouth sinue tunc
ago. It is nopeci mat inc trial i
Ray lJimiliere, charged with burning
the GunncKS home, will Is-gln next
Monday.
No Currency Bill.
Washington, May 19. As the ses
sion draws to a close It Is appnrent
there Is little chance for any currency
eglslatlon to be passed. It is admit
ted that the Vreeland ond Aidricn
bills are so unlike that there Is prac
tically no hope of passing either one
nd there does not remain sufficient
time for both parties to get together
and make a new bill. Neither side
seems disposed to yield a point.
IH-iuocrnts Grow Cnutlc
Fresno, Calif., May 19. A platform
teeming with denunciation of the po
lltlcal grafters and the Southern Pa
cific and endorsing Bryan and rldtcul-
ng the state railroad commlssldn, was
adopted by the democratic convention
today. The eight hour day, Asiatic
xcluslnn, conservation of resources,
restriction of the power of Injunction
and Independence of the Philippines
Is also urged.
Murderess Was Norwegian.
Trond HJom, Norway, May 19.
Bryndylld Pulsdatter was the maiden
ame of Mrs. Belle Gunnesa, whose
murder fame at Laporte In America,
Is now exciting so much attention.
She was born In Norway In 1863, and
he left her homo 33 years ago for
America. Her only surviving relative,
her sister, Selbe, died last Friday. It
said that the sister had not heard
from Mrs. Gunness In many years.
SciiHatloiuil Ietter.
Clinton. III., May 19. The Jury In
the Snell will case was secured today.
The attorneys for Richard Snell, who
is trying to break the will, announc
ed letters written by various women
d Snell, and which, If read In open
court will cause a number of domestic
tragedies, will be Introduced,
lECISTHI IS
400 G R EATEI1
Many More Voters Than Two
Years Ago Total on the
Books Reaches 4,465.
PENDLETON LEADS WITH
- MILTON AND ECHO CISE
Compilation by Registering Clerk
Shows Number of Voters Is Much
Greater Titan When Books Closed
for Last Election Echo Has Neat
ly 600 Voters and Crowds Milton
Close for Second nonors Ruddock
Is Lowest With Only Five Men on
the Books.
With a total registration of 4466
Umatilla county has over 400 more
voters la line for the Jane election
than thera were two years ago. At
that time the total reached 4931.
This afternoon Clark Nelson, regis
try clerk, complied the following state
ment showing the registration by pre
cincts for the coming election., As
those registering for the state election
are not required to give their political
faiths the respective strengths of the
different parties cannot be known.
Rcglstntalon.
Precinct Electors.
Adams ,. 41
North Athena 196
South Athena 7S
Bingham Springs 19
Cottonwood If
Echo 495
Encampment 38
Fairview 4J
Ferndale 95
Fulton 96
Gllliland 38
Helix 84
Hogue 42
Holdman 115
Juniper 81
North Milton 272
South Milton 247
Mountain 68
McKay
Pendleton '. 299
North Pendleton 319
South Pendleton 331
Eat Pendleton 217
Pilot Rock 233
Prospect . .' 34
North Reservation 60
South Reservation 61
Riverside 10
Ruddock 5
Uklah , 7T
Umatilla 101
un'n 35
Valley 104
vansycle 21
Vinson 1$
Weston ' 123
East Weston WWW. 148
Willow Springs . . ." 22
Yoakum 50
Total
.4465
TO INSPECT OREGON TIMBER.
Government Exm to Investigate for
TurjHMitliie in Northwest States.
Washington, May 19. L. W. Haw
ley. expert on wood distillation for the
forest service has Just left Washing
ton for Oregon, Washington, Monto
na and Idaho, to Investigate the possi
bilities of n future turpentine Indus
try in the northwestern portion of the
United States.
Mr. Hawley hoa taken with htm a
small distillation apparatus, which he
will set up at various places In these
states, distilling the different woods
to determine their value in the pro
duction of turpentine. In this man
ner an accurate Idea of the yield of
extracts from the various woods can
be obtained, and samples of the ma
terial will be sent to Washington for
analysis and estimation of Its value
for use In paints, varnishes and other
naval stores.
There are at the present time in
the northwest, seevral wood distilling
plants which are producing various
grades of turpentine, wood preserving
oils and materials of a similar nature.
It Is believed thot a careful study of
existing conditions in this section will
yield results which will give an accu
rate Idea of the possibilities of utlllz
ng the enormous quantity of sawmill
refuse now woing to waste.
Victim Identified.
Laporte, Ind., May 19. One of the
alleged victims of Mrs. Gunness was
Identified today so posltlvefy that the
coroner has Issued a death certificate.
The corpse was that of Jennie Olson.
The body was one of the first found
on the farm. Mrs. Gunness told
neighbors that the Olson girl had gone
to Los Angeles.
New Tacoma Newspaper.
The plant of the defunct Seattle
News, purchased by R. F. Rfifdabaugh,
has been taken to Tacoma and stored
In the Wallace block on A street. In
which Radabaugh proposes to house
his newest Tacoma dally, the Tacoma
Tribune,
BURNED $700 HIDDEN IN SAGE.
Ditch Worker Had Close Call for Los
ing His Entire "Wad."
Boise, May 19. A man named
O'Donnell working on the government
canal, came near losing $700 In a pe
culiar manner. While at work he took
off his vest and threw It across a sage
bush with the money still In the pock
et. A companion coming along saw
the sags bush which he thought was
in the way, but did not see the vest
and knew nothing of the money,
O'Donnell's back happened to be
turned and he did not see what was
going on and the first Intimation he
had that things were wrong was when
he smelted smoke and looked behind
him. His companion had touched a
the way.
O'Donnell made a frantic rush Into
the burning bush and grabbed the
remnants of a badly burned vest The
purse containing the money had been
badly burned and $300 In greenbacks
were also badly scorched. The bal
ance of the money was In gold. None
of It was completely destroyed.
CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
Honey Is Roasted and Called Unfair
Allege Private Prosecution.
San Frnnciflen Ufav IQTnlrlnv tin
th rniment whr Atfnrnov ioh
had left off last night. Attorney I. F. j ' the Vear tor regular chool work,
Chapman today addressed the Jury lne examinations commencing tomor--the
Reuf case. row- , tl ,
"This Is a peculiar prosecution." he At the assembly this morning tha
said. "Since the Impanelment of theents were treated' to an Interest
jury many times Heney has attempted ln talk C J- Smlth' w T
ed to tear fram the defendant the le- !f his travels abroad. The address-
gal presumption of Innocence to which
my client Is entitled." ,
Chapman added. It is not Heney's
nature to be fair and that the entire
case Is a fabrication. "This Is private
Spreckles prosecution," he added.
TO
r,
ANSWERS WIFE'S CHIDING f
WITH RAZOR SLASHES
Cuts Tliroats of His Two Babies
Crased With Drink He Becomes a
Fiend When Spouse Remonstrates
With Him for Staying Out ' All
Night Police Arrive In Nick of
Time and Strike Down Mad Man
Children Rushed to Hospital In an
Auto.
San Francisco, May 19. Crazed by
drinking, Wm. J. Hanna, a plumber,
attempted to murder his wife and two
babies this morning because his wife
remonstrated with him for staying out
all night and spending his money.
Attracted by the woman's screams
the police rushed In in time to see
the frenzied husband slash the throats
of his children with an open razor.
The police struck the man down with
night sticks and handcuffed him. then
ImnrpQQpri a nnostnir nlltnmnhlla tn falra '
the two children, both wounded, to
the hospital. It Is believed both will
recover although they were badly
slashed.
Test Cose on Land Brought.
Roy W. Mlnckler, of Clarke county,
Washington, has started suit In the
federal court to compel the Oregon
& California Railway company to sell
its granted land to actual settlers at
$2.60 an acre, under the terms of the
act of congress of May 4, 1870. This
Is a test case and If Mlnirkler Is suc
cessful a large number of similar suits
will be begun.
Bad Fire at Hope, Idaho.
Fire Sunday morning at Hope. Ida.,
destroyed six residences, causing a
loss of about $10,000 with little Insur
ance. The fire started In the resi
dence of Harry Morton from a defec
tive flue, and the residences of Mrs.
P'eshak. John Larson, Wm. Billings,
Grant Sherman and Messrs. Stone and
Termullen were completely destroyed.
Unable to Tell His Name.
A stranger, about 38 or 40 years of
age, applied at the police station at
Aberdeen, Wash., the other night for
a place to sleep, and when asked his
name , was unable to give it. His
mind seemed to be a blank as to hU
past, and he could give no account of
himself.
Washington, May 19. Senator Ty
ler delivered his maiden speech In
the senate today. .The Tennessee sen.
ator made the basis of his argument
an attack on President Roosevelt,
which the republicans are Inclined to
think unwarranted.
"In these Imperial days," he began,
"when concentrated wealth Is en
trenched under the dome of the cap
Itol and centralized power enthroned
In the White House, what can you
ram
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TENN ESSEESEHATOft GRILLS REPO BLICANS
EKEIITFUI.il
it men school:
Regular Work Closes for the
Year Final Examinations.
Begin Tomorrow.
DR. SMITH ADDRESSES
THE STUDENT BODY
Champion Orator of Eastern Oregon
Delivers Winning Oration to Fellow
Students Both Speakers Are
Heartily Cheered Smith ' Popular
With the Students Euster Elected
Captain of Next Year's Track Team
Jay Will Not Represent Local.
School After This Session.
This has been an eventful day at-
I the high BChOOl for it U the last day
" listened 10 cioaeiy oy ue siu'
dents and the doctor was warmly
cheered both when he entered tha
room and at the conclusion of his
talk.
Harold Warner, winner of the In
terscholastlc oratorical contest at Ba- .
ker City, also rendered his oration this
morning. It was the first time ths
oration has been delivered before tha
Pendleton students and it was given
by Warner In fine shape.
Euster Is Captain.
This forenoon the members of the
high school track team met and elect
ed Alfred Euster as captain of the -team
for next year.- He will succeed
Ora Jay who has now been on the team -for
four years and hence Is no longer
qualified to run under the colors of
the high school.
Euster Is a weight man and Is one
of the most enterprising of the new
students at the high school. Conse-
i quently It is believed he
wui mase
good as track captain next year. Aside
from Jay, the high school will also
loose Arthur and Lester Means and
Cliff Turner this year. These are all
good men and will be missed next sea
son. In the grade rooms of the Pendle
ton schools the last class work will be
done tomorrow and the examinations -will
commence Thursday, according .
to Superintendent J. S. Landers.
Track Meet Friday.
This forenoon the high school ath.
letes organized rival track teams and '
will hold a friendly meet next Friday
afternoon on the Tutullla grounds. The
event promises to be one of the mosf
interesting of the school year and will '
be closely contested. Eight athletes
have taken sides and will contend for
honors. A reproduction of all the
fast events of the Inland empire track
meets of the past month will be wit
nessed on the home field.
Trouble at Reform School. .
H. T. Jones, member of the state
board of control, is again temporarily
In charge of the state Industrial
school at Chehalls, Wash. Open
friction has been prominent In the
school between Superintendent F. G.
Thompson and Assistant Superinten
dent John Simpson for some time, and
recently there have been a number of
escapes from the school. It Is charg
ed that Simpson connived at the es
capes, and a few days ago Superin
tendent Thompson Informed the board
that either he or Mr. Simpson must
leave. The board upheld Simpson
and Mr. Thompson tendered his res
ignation, which was accepted.
Child Died.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Haupt of Colton, Wash., died
Friday from the effects of a terrible
scalding received a short time ago
by turning a tub of boiling water over
Its head and shoulders.
John Donlan committed suicide ar
Grand Forks, B. C, a couple of days
ago In a horrible manner. He placed 1.
a stick of dynamite next to his skin .
at his chest and lighted the fuse. The
body was blown to pieces. He was
about 40 years of age.
rrneot hut a gradual encroachment of
the federal government upon the re
served rights of the states."
Turning to the republicans he taunt
ed them with their lack of unanimity
in regard to the president's policies.
"The question Is," he said, "are you
going to put the president's reform
policies In the platform? If you are
why don't you endorse Bryan and be
done with It? If not you will repudi
ate your own president."