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PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 28. 1908.
NO. 6293
VOL. 21.
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SIXTEEN TONIGHT
Annual Commencement Exer
cises of High School at M.
E. Church.
HOMER I. AXGEIj
TO DELIVER ADDRESS
Valedictory by Irene 111111x7 ami Sa
lutatory by Orvllle W. Reeves Dr.
C. J. Smith Will ITottcnt Diploma
Class Day Exercises Held Last
Night Church Filled With Friends
and Relatives Every Senior Takes
Partr Orations Carefully Prepared
and Well Rendered Epitaph and
Fropliccy Appreciated.
At the Methodist church tonight
will be held the annuul commence
ment exercises of the Pendleton high
school and a class of 16 will be given
diplomas. The program will com
mence at 8:15 and owing to the large
number in the graduating cluss and
the general popularity of the high
school the big church will be crowd
ed for the occasion.
On the progrum tonight the grad
uates will be represented by Orvllle
O. Reeves, salutatorlan, and by Miss
Irene Rlppey, the vale'etorlan of
the class.
The commencement address will be
by Homer D. Angel, a young attorney
of Portland and a graduate of the uni
versity of Oregon. At the conclu
sion of the program the diplomas
will be presented by Dr. C. J. Smith,
president of the school board.
Tho Cla Program.
With a splendid class day program
at the Methodist church last night
the seniors of the high school made
their lost appearances as such and to
night they will be the graduating
class of 1908.
For the class day affair the big
church whb filled with admiring
friends and relatives Inst evening and
among those who knew the students
there was wide praise for the work
of the students and likewise for tht
high school faculty under whose
guidance the class has been trained.
During the program Orvllle
Reeves, who Is to be the salutatorlan
tonight, acted as presiding officer and
served most creditably. The program
that wns rendered Included an oration
or some other number from every
member of the class. Without ex
ception the orations were good and
most of them showed careful prep
aration. But perhaps the two most
appreciated numbers were the class
epitaph by Albert Gibson and the
class prophecy by Miss Delva St. Clnlr.
For the last number the church was
darkened, with the exception of one
light and the prophetess appeared as
a ghost.
Irograin,
The following was the program In
detail:
"March Triumphal". . .Alex Clullmant
Mrs. W. C. E. Prultt
Abraham Lincoln. Miss Sibyl Clopton
Electricity, Its Development and
lTse Mrs. Chnrlcs D. Despnln
Oregon Poets.. Miss M, Llvona Casey
"Daisy-Time" Denza
Girls' Glee Club of High School.
A Vital Issue. .. .Miss Barbara Hoch
Opportunities of Touth
Mr. Clifford Turner
Nature In Art, Miss Katherlne -Smith
Vocal Solo Selected
Miss Edna Thompson.
The Moral Awakening
i Mr. Lester A. Moans
The Direct Primary
Mr. Janes S. Johns
Domestic Science In the Schools...
Miss Frances Weber
Vocal Solo Selected
Miss Thompson
Value of Opportunity
Mr. Durmont Edwards
As You'll See It, Miss Delva St. Clair
Appreciation of American Poets...
Miss Hazel Nolen
Piano Solo -. ... Selected
Miss Faye Bartholomew
"Oregon's Initiative and Referend
um" Mr. Arthur G. Means
Class Epitaph.. Mr. Albert P. Gibson
"Dreams of Long Ago" J. W. Stewart
..Boys' Glee Club of High School...
HHE APPLES
That apples raised on the Furnish
project will be entered for the $1000
prize to be given at the Spokane in
terstate fair and that they will cap
ture that honor Is declared by Dr. H.
W. Coe, who has been here today.
Of all the points of which the west
end people feel proud the fact that
fruits can be raised there earlier than
at any other place In the northwest
seems to be the favorite. On May 21,
cherries were ripe on the Leezur place
at Echo and for some time past cher
ries from that orchard have been sell-
WHOLE TOWN GOES
GUNNING FOR ROBBERS.
Oakland, Ore., May 28. The
entire town has turned out with
guns, hunting two robbers who
looted II business houses here,
shot Marshal Beckley In the
shoulder. There may be a
lynching. ,
The mob Is Incensed over the
malicious destruction of proper-
ty by the thugs, who burned
the stamps In the potsofflce and
smashed the windows and show
cases of stores where they found
little money.
FOREST GUARDS NAMED.
Increased Work in Oregon Reserves
Calls for More Men.
Washington, May 28. The forest
service has Just announced the fol
lowing appointments of forest guards
on Oregon national forests:
Thomas M. Hunt, on the Cascade
(Umpqua) national forest.
J. R. Lake and Robert A. Dean, on
the Siskiyou national forest.
Carl M. Ewlng on the Fremont na
tional forest.
Malcolm McClcnnan on the Blue
mountains, east, national forest. .
These appointments are made to
meet the Increased demands of the
forest service work, due to the open
lug of the glazing season, resumption
of active lumbering operations on
forests, and permanent Improvement
work after the cessation of practical
ly all business of this, kind during the
winter months.
1200 RAILROADERS STRIKE.
St. Lotil. Mo., May 28. Reports
Issued from the itcodquartcrs of the
brotlierliood of railway carmen show
that 1200 men -truck today on va
rious divisions of the Missouri Pa
cific & Iron Mountain railroads am
other Gould lines. Tlio union offi
cials announce tluit the. trouble re
sulted from the companies breaking
contracts with the men. They de
clare tlial to substitute piece work as
payment for number of hours worked
Is a flat breach of contract.
Fraternity Banquet.
At the conclusion of the class day
exercises last evening a banquet was
given at the St. Oeorge restaurant by
the members of the Alpha Ps frater
nity and proved a very pleasant af
fair. Glenn Storle acted as toast
master and responses were made by
Dan P. Sinythe, Carl Engdahl, Harold
Warner, Cliff Turner, Lester Means
and Arthur Means.
21 SHEEP DIE
GEORGE M 'DONALD HAS
HEAVY IA)SS RECENTLY.
Sheep Now to McKay Creek Range
and Weed lroves Deadly One
Hundred and Fifty Die In Single
Night Weed Is Harmless When
Sheep Are Used to It Entire Mon
tana Band Lost In Same Manner
Antidote Recommended.
George McDonald, the McKay creek
sheepman, lost 200 head of sheep but
a day .or two ago from eating lupine,
or crowfoot or wild pea, as tne weed
s commonly known.
The sheep were out of a band which
Mr. McDonald had Just bought of K.
G. Warner and so were new upon the
McKay creek range. Seventy-five
head were found dead one morning
by the sheepman and on the following
day 160 head were dead.
According to Dr. W. H. Lytic, state
sheep- Inspector, the lupine Is ordi
narily a good forage plant, but It oc
casionally has disastrous effects. It
Is harmful If sheep are not used to
feeding upon It or eat the plant when
warm. Not long ago an entire band
of Montana sheep was lost through
eating the weed.
The antidote for lupine Is given as
the same as for poisoned eamas, po
tassium permagenate.
III POIZE CONTEST
Ing at 15 cents per pound.
As a result about $60 will be rallz
ed by the owner from one Individual
cherry tree.'
Now it is claimed by the west
enders that they can raise better ap
ples there than at any other place In
the northwest .and Dr. Coe says that
the proof will be at the Spokane fair
next fall.
In the vicinity of the Furnish pro
ject there Is an apple orchard of sev
eral years growth and It Is from those
trees that the ribbon taking apples
will be secured next fall.
FAITH CURE"
CURRENCY BILL
Measure Agreed Upon by the
Honse and Expected to Pass
Senate This Afternoon,
MAY ISSUE EMERGENCY
CURRENCY TO $500,000,000
Will Be Subject to Retirement Tax
and Security Bonds of Which State,
County .and Municipal Are Prefer
red Certain Strict Conditions Un
der Which It Will Ho Allowed to
Banks Maw lug Requests Omiuncr
clal Ihmt May He Used as Basis
Currency Commission to Bo Re
formed. Washington, May 28. The
democratic senators decided this
morning to make ho filibuster
effort to block the pasage of the
currency bill. This Is taken to
mean that the final, adjourn-
ment will be taken Friday night
and that the bill as adopted by
the house will become a law.
Washington, May 27. The main
provisions of the "faith cure" cur
rency bill, agreed on by the house yes
terday and sluted to pass the house
this afternoon are as follows:
Emergency currency may be Issued
to $500,000,000, subject to retirement
tax of six per cent, the first two
months and one per cent a month
thereafter until 10 per cent Is reached
and subject to state, county and mu
nicipal bonds as security at 90 per
cent of their market values, other
bonds and commercial paper at 76
per cent of their market value.
No bank will be allowed the emer
gency currency In excess of 30 per
cent of its capital stock and a sur
plus on its commercial paper. None
will be allowed unless the bank has
already taken, under the present law.
currency equal to 40 per cent of Its
capital and surplus.
A bank holding state, county or mu
nicipal boirds. with approval of the
secretnry of the treasury will be al
lowed additional currency directly
upon them to 90 per cent of their
market value on Individual Initiative
and responsibility.
Commercial paper will be used as
a basis for Issuance only by banks
affiliated In groups with an aggre
gate capital of more than $5000,000,
to be known as "nntional currency
associations."
A currency commission of 9 mem
bers and 9 senators will be created.
Hear: Wins Again.
New York, May 28. After dodging
a process server, by. boarding the Lu
sltanla at 4 o'clock this morning,
Hearst Is bound for Europe. He has
escaped testifying In the, famous re
count case now progressing, thus up
setting the plans of McClellan. The
mayor planned to put the editor on
the stand. Hearst learned of the
scheme and made his escape. The
recount of the first two bokes reduc
ed McClellnn's lead 27 votes.
Arrested for Dynamiters.
San Francisco, May 28. Officials
In the graft prosecution are positive
the men who dynamited Gallagher's
home are trying to Intimidate graft
witnesses. "Kid" Nelson, Tom
Groves', A. H. Middleman and Jim
Hayes, were arrested early this morn,
li.g because they trailed Burns In an
auto yesterday. No specific charge
has been entered yet.
Railroad In Trouble.
New York, May 2S. Another por
tion of the Gould's trans-conltnental
system Is In trouble. The Wabash
nttsburg Terminal company faces the
payment of $600,000 Interest Mwnday.
It Is probable a committee to protect
the holders of the company's $30,
000,000 first mortgage bonds, will be
formed this afternoon.
Hanfrod's Father Dice.
Washington, May 28. Levi .Han
fcrd, father of actor Charles B. Han
ford, died here. He had been clerk
of the pension bureau for a quarter
of a century. He was a California
"forty-niner."
New Building for Hermiston.
By the terms of a deed recorded
today F. H. Page, the Portland com
mission merchant, purchased lots 10
and 11, block 5, of Hermiston, from
H. R. Newport et al., In consideration
of $500 and the further promise that
he will construct a substantial busi
ness block upon the location within
six months.
Pasco Is coslderlng the advisability
of refusing to grant a mtoon license
to be used In any building except one
of brick or stone. The city council
claims this will lessen fire loss.
RESERVOIR GATES
IDE
Umatilla Project Formally
Turned Over to the People
at Hermiston,
EIGHT HUNDRED PEOPLE
INSPECTED THE WORK.
Excursion Train Bearing 200 Went
From Pendleton to Hermiston
About 50 Teams Employed In
Hauling the Sightseers to the Dam
Crowds Exhibited Keen Delight
In the Work of Construction Ex
cellent Program in Baptist 'Church
at Hermiston.
It was an Ideal day. The weather
was perfect. The wind behaved
nicely. The best of good cheer pre
vailed. Accommodations were plen
tiful. The exercises were appropri
ate and fittingly rendered. The peo
ple of Hermiston exhibited their fine
qualities as entertainers. The big Ir
rigation project was gracefully de
livered to the people and the excursion
to Hermiston was a success from the
toot of the whistle leaving Pendleton
until the wheels stopped at the plat
form on the return trip last evening.
It Is estimated that 800 people saw
the formal opening of the Umatilla
Irrigation project yesterday and en
joyed the abundant hospitality of the
people of the thriving little town, of
Hermiston. Two hundred people
went from this city on the O. R. &
N. excursion and everybody for miles
around came to the reservoir and to
Hermiston in rigs of all kinds and
during the afternoon the little town
was filled with the crowds.
The excursion from this, city arriv
ed at Hermiston at 9:30 and about 50
teams were employed In hauling the
sightseers to the reservoir, six miles
distant. Everybody desiring to see
the reservoir found a way of going
there and there is absolutely no com
plaint from any source, of a lack of
accommodations.
At the big dam which Is fully de
scribed In Engineer John T. Whist
ler's address published In today s
paper, over 100 men and 25 teams
are still employed in completing the
work, and the crowd swarmed over
the. scene, Inspecting the dam, reser
voir, intake; canals, rock quarry, tow
er and headgates and enjoying the
$1,500,000 project with keen delight.
The work Is now about completed,
the principal part remaining unfinish
ed at this time being about four feet
which will be added to the height of
te dam. About 500 acres of the area
of the 1700 acre reservoir is now
covered with water varying In depth
from 10 to 40 feet, the gauge at the
headgate registering 23 weet yester
day. Water Is now flowing from the
reservoir . through the 500-foot con
crete outlet and Is running through
the distributing canals to every part
of the project, crops are growing,
young orchards are In evidence and
the new homes being made In Her
miston and on the various parts of
the project show the substantial pros
perity which Is already being experi
enced in that section of the county.
Exercises at Hermiston.
The principal exercises of the day
were held a( the new Baptist church
a Hermiston and were presided over
by Attorney Francis H. Bartlett
Judge Stephen A. Lowell of this city,
was orator of the day and delivered
an eloquent and forceful address on
the history of Irrigation and Its rela
tion to civilization In all ages. He
was at his best as an orator, Irriga
tion being one of his favorite themes,
and Judge Lowell perhaps delivered
one of his most lmpresstve and elo
quent addresses.
Will R. King, supreme court com
missioner of Oregon, one of the new
associate Judges appointed to the su
preme bench of the state, also deliv
ered an eloquent address on irriga
tion, and Project Engineer John T.
Whistler reviewed the history and
construction of the Umatilla project
In a graphic and forcible manner.
The addresses will all be printed In
the East Oregonlan from day to day
and no review of them will be at
tempted In this brief account of the
opening of the project.
The streets and buildings of Her
miston were decorated with bunting
and presented a gala appearance.
Everybody In the little town seemed
to vie with his neighbor In making
the day pleasant for the visitors and
the event Is pronounced a grand suc
cess by every one participating In It.
After the program was completed
at the church H. M. Cake, republican
candidate for United States senator,
delivered an address at a platform
arranged for that purpose and gave
an excellent talk on the political Is
sues of the day to a large and highly
appreciative audience. Mr. Cake made
a most convincing argument for the
election of republican candidates, the
FrVE YEARS IN PEN
AND $576,853 FINE.
Salem, Ore., May 28. J.
Thorburn Ross, convicted before
Judge Burnett of larceny by
conversion of $280,000 of the
state school funds while he was
president of the defunct Title
Guarantee & Trust Co., was sen
tenced this morning to serve
five years in the penitentiary
and pay a fine of $576,853.74.
In default of the fine he must
spend 288,000 days In the Mult
nomah county Jail, or more than
800 years.
Stay Judgment granted by
court, ball pending appeal fixed
$6000. Total ball now required.
Ross $20,000.
popular election of United States sen
ators and the policies of the Roose
velt administration.
His address was clean-cut, forcible
and direct andwas pronounced to be
one of the most masterly political
addresses given In the county during
the present campaign.
After the political speaking an in
teresting program of sports was pull
ed off and at 6:30 the excursion train
left Hermiston for this city, arriving
here at 8 o'clock.
CLEVELAND NEAR DEATH.
Lakewood, N. J., May 28. Renew
ed precautions were taken today
against tlie public learning the condi
tion of Grovcr Cleveland. It Is believ
ed the end Is near. One of his spec
ialists has been In constant attend
ance. Last night they were both with
Cleveland.
No Sunday Theaters.
Olympla, Wash, May 28. The con
stitutionality of the law, prohibiting
Sunday theaters In Washington was
upheld by the supreme court. The
case was Instituted by a big combina
tion theatrical men of this state. The
court denies habeas corpus to Frank
Donneyan, manager of a Seattle play
house, arrested In December for op
enlng his house on Sunday.
Veteran Answers "Here."
Vicksburg. May 28. Gen Stephen
D. Lee, commander In chief of the
United Confederate Veterans, last
general of the conferedacy, dh?d to
day. TO
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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
Is Touring Counties West of Hero To
clay, But Will Be in Umatilla Re
nmlndcr of Week Many Condng
From Distance to Hear Address on
Political Issues At Weston for
Pioneers' Picnic.
H. M. Cake, republican candidate
for United States senator, will deliver
an address on political Issues at the
court house In this city tomorrow
evening, beginning at 7:30.
He Is at Arlington and other points
west of here today and will arrive
here tomorrow evening on No. 2. Be
tween trains tomorrow evening he
will deliver a brief address at Echo
and will come to this city on No. 2
for his date here.
Everybody is cordially Invited to at
tend the address at the court house
tomorrow evening. Mr. Cake Is mak
ing a fine campaign, using clean-cut,
forcible arguments to the exclusion
of mud-sllnglng and is making friends
for him self and his principles by his
course.
People from all parts of the county
If
will attend the meeting here tomor-jwifh
row night and It will be In the na
ture of a republican rally for this sec
tion of the county.
Mr. Cake's dates for the remainder
of the week are Athena, 11 a. m. Sat
urday; Weston at 2 p. m., and at Mil
ton at 7:30 p. m. on the same day.
TRICK TEAM OFF FOR CORIIIS MEET
With hopes of winning the Inter-
scholastlc field meet to be held at Cor-
vallls Saturday the members of the
high school track team leave today
for the home of the O. A. C.
Kimball and Gordon, the two
sprinters of the team, go' on train No.
1 today, while the two Means broth
ers and Cliff Turner, leave tonight,
following the commencement pro
gram.
Though the team will be handicap
ped by the absence of Ora Jay, whose
ankle Is still bad, yet the boys believe
they still have a show to bring home
the championship honors.
According to Arthur Means, young
Gordon is In line for firsts In the 100
TARIFF BP:
S ONSETTIEO
Paper Trust LivesWhile Dem
ocrats and Republicans
Argue in Committee.
Majority Members Oppose Rcmorinj
Duty on Paper While Minority De
mand it Be Taken Off Immediately
Republicans Say Condition
Would Not Be Benefited While -Industry
Would Be Ruined Demo
crats Say Stevens Bill Is Only Soh
tlon of Problem and Declare There
Is Evidence of Conspiracy to Keep
Up Prices.
Washlhgton, May 28. The house
committee is divided on the print
paper tariff question, the republican
opposing the removal and democrats
urging that It be removed Immedi
ately. The republicans report. "As at
present the price of paper will not be
affected Immediately in any consid
erable degree by the repeal and as
the Stevens bill's passage means cer
tain ruin to the paper Industry of this
country, we recommend that legisla
tion be postponed until the Investiga
tion Is completed and action taken at
next congress."
The democrats said: "The revenue
derived from the Import of wood pulp
Is so small and the benefits to be de
rived from the abolition of the duties
so considerable, that we urge Imme
dlately placing pulp and printing pa
per on the free list. We believe the
conditions can only be relieved by the
passage of the Stevens bill."
The republicans declare no evidence
of a conspiracy to raise the price of
paper was found, while the democrats
declared there was complete evidence
of a concerted effort by manufactur
ers to raise the price, but nothing
covered by the criminal statutes.
Alleged Deaf ami Dumb Man.
A man posing as a deaf mute has
succeeded In collecting many quarters
from sympathetic people . on the
streets during the past two days. Yes
terday a particularly charitable young
man who gave the "unfortunate" a
quafter on which to eat, was surpris
ed to hear the same alleged deaf
mute carrying on an animated con
versation on a street corner a short
time afterward. He had forgotten his
trick while under the Influence of
liquor.
BLOODY VENDETTA BETWEEN
FRENCH AM) SPANISH.
Paris, May 28. A bloody vendetta
has arisen between the Spanish and
French soldiers Jointly policing Mor-
rocco. Two Spaniards have been kill
ed and several Frenchmen wounded
In duels.
The Spanish war office has notified
France that complaints of constant
dueling have been received at Madrid,
and unless stopped Spain will with
draw her troops.
No open fighting has taken place,
but the bitterest of feeling exists and
dueling Is a daily occurrence. The
Frenchmen are the most successful.
The condition Is serious and con
ferences are being held today for a
solution of the problem.
KILLS MAN WITH FIST.
Portland, May 28. Hearing .
nailing woman and a curving man as
he passed the McAllister lodging house
at 2 o'clock tills morning, Fred Wil
liams kicked his way into (he place
ami stopied the fight by putting W.
H. Nozuy to sleep with his fist. No
zuy died at 9 o'clock tills - morning
from the effects of the blow.
Mary Keiser. he woman fighting
Nozny. corroborates Williams'
story, but it Is probable he will be
charged with Manslaughter. He Is
held now on a charge of assault and
battery.
The fresh consider themselves
salt of the earth.
the
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and 220-yard dashes, while Kimball
should be able to win the low hur
dles and also a place in the 220 dash.
Turner will take a place In the broad '
jump, while the rest of the work will '.
be done by the Means boys In the -weights.
Owing to the fact that the Pendle
ton, boys will be delayed by the grad
uating exercises. In reaching Corvallls,
they will have to enter the finals
without competing In the try outs.
But In spite of the obstacles and the
Inability of Jay to participate, the
team Is out to win and the five young
athletes will do all they can to cap
ture the meet for their school and
Pendleton.