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PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5. 1908.
VOL. 21.
NO. 6300
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EMERGENCY TAX
Iff
Councilman Montgomery Says
City Can Get Along With
out Special Revenue.
MORE MONEY OX HAM)
THAN EVER BEFORE.
Ocouimtloii Tax Will Not Ho Xeed-d
Expeiicrt Can ICiixlly Ik" Met Until J
Xext April When New Levy I
Mude $ 10,000 Indebtedness Limit
Cuii Ho Bctended Upon If Noecs-
wiry This Miult Has Even Been
Ignored' in tlio Past nml No Harm
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Camo of It North Side Com.-
cllman Not Alone In Belief That
Emergen')' Aetlon Is Unneccxsury.
The Idea that an occupation tax or
any other special revenue raiser Is ab
eolutely necessary for the city Is not
shared by all the people of the city
nor even by all the members of tho
council.
Since the subject was broached at
the council meeting Wednesday, It has i
been a frequent subject of comment 1 WALLA WALLA DRUMMER
about the city and a diversity of gen- j COMMITTED SUICIDE.
tlmcnt has been unearthed. '
By some It h declared that when J Walla Walla, June 5. Just before
the council opened up the subject It arriving nt his homy in this city last
dll so largely as a stall" to explain j evening, on the Northern Pacific train
the reason why some members signed j from Pasco. Louis Schmidt, a travel-the'antl-prohlbltlon
circular sent out 1 ing salesman for brewery supplies,
shortly before election time. j committed suicide by shooting himself
At the council meeting the other In the head while preparing to leave
night Councilman Montgomery did his berth In the Pullman car.
not Join with his aldermanlc broth- Schmidt was despondent over th
ers In calling for an occupation tax. fact that he could not provide well for
and he Is still unable to see the need his family, and wrote eight letters fo
of such a course. friends declaring his Intention of com-
We have more motiev In the city . mlttlng suicide. He was formerly
treasury than we have ever had be
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fore, declares the north slue coun
cilman, iiinl I see no reason why an
occupation tax Is needed. We c;rn
secure plenty of money from the reg
ular city tax next April and I think
we can exist - In the mean time. If
we run short of funds we can go Into
debt lin.noo."
Should the city council g. even b
jmid the $10,.0'Hi limit t. f wair.mt In
debtedness It would not be the first
lime It lias done so. La.-t year, while
the levee work was on It was neces
sary to go far beyond that amount and
the council did so, the local banks
carrying the debt.
Defends Bryan.
Omaha, Neb, June 5. Thomas
Tibbies, populist nominee for vice
president, 1904, then edtlor of tho
Independent, came to the defense of
Bryan In connection with the con
tribution made by Ryan. Tibbies
says $5000 of the fund was expended
on a special edition of the Independ
ent to elect George Berg governor of
Nebraska. He says ho knows Bryan
offered to support Parker long be
fore the contribution was offerd.
High Finance.
New York, June 5. The testimony
of Jacob Schlff, a banker, In the ef
fort made by Ryan to dislodge sev
eral millions when the Metropolitan
securities company was formed, was
the topic of conversation on the street.
Ho ald the firm had undertaken
Joint ownership with Ryan of the wat
ered stock. He forced Hyan to buy
him out to protect the firm's credit.
Rate (Question Adjusted.
Chicago, June 5. The movement
Inaugurated recently by western rail
roads to Increase the freight rates
10 per cent In their western territory
has been practically abandoned In tho
Western classification and tho trans
continental lines have agreed to much
smaller Increase than was first de
manded. Filly Wins Again.
London, June 5. Slgnorlnetta, the
Italian filly, which suddenly became
famous by winning the English der
by at 100 to 1, today captured tho
Oak stakes by three fourths of a
length. Courtesy was second, Sante
third.
10L SELLS
The first of the series of wool sales
to be held In Idaho this year were
held at Mountalnhome Wednesday,
when a large amount of wool was of
fered and sold at prices ranging from
nine to 13 cents per pound.
Practically all of the wool offered
for sale was sold at the prices of
fered, although before the sale, grow
ers had declared that they would
hold their clips If prices were not
higher than those quoted.
Last year the same wool sold at
prices ranging from 17 to 21 cents
and bidding was spirited. This year
there were but few bids and but little
HOY RACER WITH
DEATH AM) LOST,
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Los Angeles, June 5. In a
desperate race with death,
Harry Burke, a messenger,
after knocking a bottle of car
bolic acid from the lips of Fred
Herklns, In a rooming house,
threw the writhing body of the
man over the handlebars of 'his
bicycle and dashed to 1he re
ceiving hospital. Despite the
boy efortii Perkins died half an
hour later.
' Te despondent man had quar-
reled with his wife.
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WHICH OF TWIXS
IS MURDERER.
Sun Francisco, June 5. Because of
a Ntiiklmr likcni-MS between Thomas)
nm, ,1umvH Young, twins, one of whom
shot and klllitl Policeman Ileitis
Thursday morning, the murderer may
. "M,I-
Both men charged with the crime
nit, ,.((S,.y guarded in wxmitc cells,
Ka,.i anwit the other.
! One brother gave the revolver to
i he other who h!io the iollcciuuit, ne-
; cording to witnesses.
i The man wlio fired lay on the tdde-
; walk pretending to be hurt when
, Hcim leaned over him he fired.
I The iiu-n look so imieh alike it is
i lnivowllle to tell Hm'iii aMirt even
; when together.
proprietor of a saloon In this city but
was forced to close up a few months
ago and has since been selling brew
ery supplies, and falling to make a
living In this business, took his life.
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1 TROUBLE INEVITABLE WITH
45,000 MEN EMPLOYED
Soldiers! of Fortune- Stir I'p Discon
tent Among Foreign I,alorers Rev.
ol ut Ion Is Threatened ami Election
Trouble Is Certain to (Hvur Busi
ness men AmiiI to Americans to
Assume Control.
Washington, June 5. The serious
ness of the political situation In Pan
ama Is greatly increased today, ae-
i cording to reports here which say
trouble among the 4 5,000 men em
ployed on the canal seems inevitable.
Soldiers of fortune who have been
collecting on the Isthmus for the lttst
six months have aroused dlssentlon
among the men and there Is serious
difficulty over the payrolls.
Most of the men working on the
IMhmus for tho last six months have
aroused dlssentlon among the men
and there Is serious difficulty over
the payrolls.
Most of the men working on the ca
nal are , foreigners and adventurers,
and found little difficulty In Instigat
ing trouble among the Ignorant.
The outbreak feared, combined
with threatened revolution and
practical certainty of trouble over the
election, has aroused the officials to
take careful consideration of the sit
uation. Appeals from business men
for the Americans to assume control
until peace Is restored, continue to
reach Washington.
Seven thousand cases of clams were
put up this season by tho Sea Beach
' Packing company of- Grays Harbor,
i The value of the pack Is $35,000.
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life In the sales. The Idaho clip is
excellent this year, owing to the mild
winter and favorable spring and the
quality of the wool is perhaps better
than for five or six years. The sheep
sheared heavier this year, also, and
but for the depressed wool market In
the east growers would have receiv
ed top prices for their 1908 output.
This was the first Idaho sale and
may be taken as an Illustration of
prices that are to prevail at succeed
ing sales. But little wool will be held
over, according to Idaho papers,
growers being willing to accept the
low prices rather than take chances
on futures.
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Clearwater and Sa'mon Are
on Rampage Many Towns
Inundated.
STITES MORE THAN FIVE
FEET UNDER WATER
Melting Snow fit Buffalo Hump Coun
try Cuii-hn Worst Floods in History
or Central Idaho Section Railroad
Bridge, Tracks, Log BoonW, Saw
mills ami Private Houses arc
Wsuhcd Away Traffic Is Com
pletely , Blocked Grangevllle in
Darkness Stltes, Whlteblrd, Ori
fino Arc All Said to Be Under Wa
ter.
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Lewlston, Ida., June5. Clearwater
and Salmon rivers are on a rampage
and the town of Stltes Is more than
five feet under water, the Northern
Pacific bridge there has been washed
out, while log booms, saw mills and
houses have been wrecked by the
worst flood In the history of that sec
tion, caused by melting snow In the
Buffalo hump country.
The railroad track between Stltes
and Kooskl Is under water.
At Orofino the river is rising a foot
an hour, and the business district of
;he town is under water.
Grangevllle was dark last night, the
power dam having washed away.
Whitebird, on salmon river, has three
feet of water in the streets, and the
electric plant la wrecked.
tX)NTESTS ABE ON
Seals in Republican Convention
at
Stake Interest Is Great.
Chicago, June 5. Interest In re
publican politics centers today in the
secret session of the committee to de
cide the numerous contests and the
arrival of Congressman Hurke ot
Pittsburg, to open headquarters and
boom Knox for president.
Alabama's 229 contests will be
heard first as they are considered
pivotal cases. Julius Davidson and
Charles Scott, national committeemen,
brad one faction. J. Q. Thomas,
state chairman, heads the other.
Thompson, whose deiegate s are in
structed for Taft, 'contends his faction
was recognized four years ago.
Irlnecton-Ynlc Game.
Princeton, N. J., June 5. The coniv
mlttees In charge of the arrangement
for tomorrow's baseball game between
Princeton and Yale are working over
time to provide accommodations for
the large number of Yale visitors and
Princeton alumni and students who
desire to witness the game. Seats
can be provided for only a portion of
the applicants and hundreds will be
forced to stand or occujy the big
stand beyond the field. A place of
honor In the grand stand has been
set aside for former players on the
Princeton baseball teams of past
years.
Gallasher hi Danger.
San Francisco, June 6. Becaust
he agreed with Heney that Gallagher
Is in danger of losing his life, Police
Judge Cablnes today refused to grant
the petition of Ruef to have the Park
side arraignment postponed two
weeks. Heney says the repeated at
tacks on Gallagher have been made
at the instance of the "higher ups,"
who want to dispose of tho chief wit
ness In the graft proceedings. Ruef
will be arraigned Monday.
$37,572 Clieelt Lost.
San Francisco, June 6. No testi
mony was taken today by the super
visors of the finance committee In an
attempt to place responsibility for
the lost $37,672 check, paid the treas
ury In 1903 and missed two weeks
ago. The play is to make the bonds
men of all the city officials who han
dled the money defendants In a suit
and then the court will be forcetl to
trace the money in order to fix the
responsibility.
New Naval Officer
Annapolis, Md., June 6. Uncle
Sam's navy gained 200 new officers
today, when Secretary Metcalf deliv
ered an address and puresented di
plomas to that number of graduates
of the United States naval academy.
The class Is the largest ever gradu
ated from the academy at one time.
The cruising squadron, with the mem
bers of the first, second and third
classes aboard, will sail tomorrow on
the annual summer cruise of the mid
shipmen. Tap Retaliate.
San Francisco, June 5. San Fran
cisco's Chinese quarter Is agitated to
day by a boycott declared by local
Japanese against Chinese gambling
houses and restaurants. The boycott
is In retaliation for the Chinese boy
cott on Japanese goods.
WHEELS 1 IN
SCOURING MILL
Twenty Men Now Employed
and Force Will Be Enlarged
Saturday Night,
WILL OPE HATE PLANT
BOTH NIGHT AND DAY.
Season's Itun Has Started and Wheel?
Will Not Stop Until the Entire Clip
Hum Been Scoured Hun Will Be
Long as Any pi the Past Though
Start Was Late Owing to Unsettled
Conditions and Failure of Growers
to Sell Ojienlng of Mill Means
.Much to Business World of Pendle
ton Weekly Payroll of $1000.
With 20 men now at work and with
15 more to be started by the end of
the week the scouring mill Is now
getting under way for the season's
run, which promises to be as heavy
as any In the past.
For several days past the scouring
mill has been running with a partial
force and today F. E. Judd, manager
of the plant, announced that the night
force will be started either Friday or
Saturday. From that time on the
wheels will not stop until the season's
clip lias been scoured.
Though the scouring mill was late
In starting this year because of tho
slowness with which 'wool was sold,
that fact will not affect matters fur
ther. According to Mr. Judd the mill
will make Its usual run, from all In
dications, and will not close down un
til! well along In the winter. At pres
ent there Is sufficient wool on hand
to keep tltjimill going and as the wool
is now selling ireely, though at low
prices, there is every reason to be
lieve that the mill will make Its usual
run.
In local business circles the open
ing of the scouring mill means much"
for the mill has a pay roll of nearly
11000 per week and this money all
goes to workmen who live In the city
and spend their money here.
Aialn an Agent.
Paris June 5. Sensations are ex
pected to follow the Investigation of
the allegation that Gregorl acted as
the agent, of a powerful antl-semetlc
organization when he shot Drefus
yesterday. The police freely assert
that they are convinced that the al
legations are true and are hunting
incriminating papers now.
Prefus at the time he was sent to
Devils Island, was the only Jew offi
cer In the French army and race
feeling has been bitter against him.
Ruth Will Yote for Pajw.
Denver, Colo., June5. Probably
Ruth Bryan Leavltt will have the
honor of voting for her father at the
democratic convention. Mrs. Leavltt
was elected a delegate at large to the
state convention and will head the
Denver county delegation. She will
probably be elected a. national dele,
gate.
Context's Brother's Will.
Belllngham, Wash., June 5. Rach
el Stansel has filed a contest to the
will of Franklin L. Kennedy of Lyn
don, Wash. Kennedy left half of his
estate to the Masonic lodge and the
other half to care for his grave. The
contestant is Kennedy's only sister.
BUTTER CREEK RANCH
SELLS IX)R $32,000
E. L. Smith of Eugene, has Just
purchased the Frank Sloan farm con
sisting of 1800 acres of fine land, and
Including the farming Implements,
and "Harm," the fine imported coach
stallion which was brought into this
country from Germany last season
the price for the entire property be
ing $32,000.
air. cmim is a. ii. sunderman s
father-in-law and has come to Uma
tilla county to locate permanently.
The Sloan ranch Is one of the finest
In the Butter creek district, being lo
cated above the ranch of O. F. Thom
son on the creek and about 15 miles
from Echo.
B. F. Smith and A. H. Sunderman
will have charge of the property
hereafter and will farm every foot of
tillable land on the tract. There are
now 180 acres in alfalfa which will
yield about 800 tons this year and a
large part of it Is adapted to wheat.
ATTACHMENT SUITS.
William Shull and Todd & Crowncr
Are Defendants.
The following attachment suits
were filed In the circuit court yester
day: Coblents & Levy vs. William Shull
et al., to collect $100 alleged to be
due upon a note. Peterson & Wilson
are the attorneys.
W. J. Van Schuyver & Co. vs. Todd
Sr Crowner, to collect $130 alleged to
be due upon an account. Bailey A
Perry, attorneys for the plaintiff.
DOIIEIVTY ON TRIAL
FOR MURDER.
Heppncr, June 5. Dan P.
.Doherty, accused of killing Os-
car Allen because the latter re-
fused to buy drinks for the
crowd, at Lexington last Decem-
ber. is on trial today, charged
with murder in the second de-
gree. Feeling runs high and It
may take several days to secure
a Jury.
LAWSON SAYS TAFT
WILL BE KNIFED.
Boston, June 5. Lawson has an
nounced that the republican national
convention will double cross Taft and
stampede for Roosevelt. He doesn't
charge the president with being a
party to the scheme, but says Taft will
get the knife.
MEXICAX FLOODS.
Mexico City, June 5. Meager re
ports say a cloudburst has killed 20
persons and damaged $20,000 worth of
lroTty at Guantajuato. Heavy rains
have flooded many cities, damaged
several tunnels, blocking traffic com
pletely. MONEY POUIS III
nearly every place they have agreed
j to take the matter up and In several
FUNDS COME EASIER ( places special meetings will be held
TIHX BEFORE ELECTION to raise money for the fund. We feel
j very gratified over the result of our
Believed That Xecery An,OIUlt rlp and believe that some good U go
. , . . Ing to come from It."
Will Soon Be Subscribed Nearly , On the auto trip yesterday the Pen
Every Ttequest Has Been Freely dieton party Ptopped at Adams, Athe
Kesponded to Business Men Only na and Weston while en route and at
Have Been Solicited Thus .Far1 Mllton an1 Free water they had an op-
nrtrtlinttv in noat man a tVia itrant.
. Lawyers Come Xext MaUock
Heads the List.
I party had for the different places It
That it is easier to get money now WM impossible for the committee to
for baseball than it was before elec. make anything like a canvass. How
tlon is declared by the baseball com- ever. the seed Was sown and there is
mlttee which has been out soliciting every reason to believe that the peo
funds for the league team today. AI- PIe north and east of Pendleton will
ready a considerable share of the help in establishing the bureau,
amount needed to finance the team On the trip yescterday the Pendle
has been secured and the committee tonlans strove . to show the people'
believes that the full amount will be
forthcoming.
Manager E. K. Lorimer, Charles
Bond, James Estes, Dean Tatom and
L. G. Frazler constitute the commit
tee which has been making the
rounds today and they have appealed country In the Immediate vicinity of
to nil good citizens to aid the team. In Pendleton offers less Inducements for
nearly every Instance their request settlers than does the east and west
for a contribution has been granted ends of the county,
freely and as a result the committee Photographer McMonftle of the
Is filled with hope. Sunset company, who accompanied
Thus far most of the solicitation the party to Milton, remained there
has been among business men, but yesterday and Is now engaged In tak
before quitting their tack the com- Ing views In that section. He will
mltteemen will make the rounds of take many other pictures on his way
the lawyers, doctors and other pro- back to the city.
fesslonal men of 'the city. I The fact that the photographer was
In support of the movement for with the party yesterday greatly aided
the ball- team it is claimed that it Is in the work for it showed that .the
up to Pendleton to continue Its repu-' committee was already at work In
tation as a live town and that It the campaign of advertising the coun
would be shameful to allow the team ty.
to disband after the excellent playing According to Chairman T." C. Tay
it has done thus far. lor the publicity bureau committee
The following is a partial list of the will meet again shortly and will take
baseball contributions thus far se-' up the work of raising additional
cured.
W. F. Matlock, $100; Hotel Pen
dleton. $50; Peoples Warehouse, $50;
Henneman Bros, $50; Hotel Bowman,
$50.
Twenty-Five Dollnrs.
G. W. Phelps, Bond Bros., M. B.
Gwinn. The Delta, St. George Restau
rant. Swearlngen Bros.. Golden Rule
Hotel, Tallninn & Co., T. T. Geer.
Twenty Dollars.
M. A. Rader. J, R. Raley. J. F.
Robinson and Gray Bros.
Fifteen Dollars.
Hamley & Co., Umatilla Meat com
pany. Ten Dollnrs,
W. S. Badley, Dean Tatom, W. Sul -
llvan, W. F. Guion. C. A. Barrett,
Jack Hutson, Ung D. Goey, C. H.
Carter. T. G. Montgomery, J. H, Es
tes, T. D. Taylor, Frank Sallng. J. W.
McOormmach, Hartman Abstract
company, Pntton & Humphreys, A. J.
McAllister, J. P. Welman.
Five Dollars.
T. P. Ollllland, V. Stroble, F. W.
Hendley. H. R. Newport. Will Moore,
Horace Walker and G W. Bradley.
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For the past three years a number
of people Interested In broom corn
culture have been endeavoring to in
terest Pendleton people in a broom
factory in this city, but owing to high
rents and other matters the factory
has not been brought here. For one
year It was operated in Athena and
for ashort time a factory was operat
ed at Gardena In the extreme north
part of the county.
Broom corn grows well in this
county and there Is a heavy demand
for the product of a factory and If
BROOM
piTy m
i ivin BOOST
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Committee Meets Encourage--ment
and Enthusiasm in.
Every Town Visited.
BOOSTERS TOUR EAST
END LV AUTOMOBILE.
Adams, AUiena, Weston, Frecwater
and Milton Ready and Willing to
Aid in Good Work Special Meet--'
Ings Will Be Held and Funds Be
Raised In Each Place Pendleton
Crowd Accompanied by Official .
Photographer McMonagle Who Is
Xovv Getting scenes In Eastern Part
of County.
Enthusiastic over the manner ia
i w'hlch the publicity bureau Idea was
j received by the people In the towns
along the line between here and Free
water the publicity committee return
ed last evening from their auto trip
to Milton.
"At all the towns along the line we
found the people Interested and seem-
; Ingly willing to aid In financing the
publicity movement," said T. C. Tay
lor, chalrmal of the committee. . In
"IllTY.
berry day celebration.
Owing to the brief time which the
with whom they met the idea of a
publicity bureau was not a selfish
one with Pendleton' but that on the
contrary ' It means more to the re
mainder of the county than to this
city direct. It was shown that the
furds for the bureau.
NELSON WOULD RET.
Has S.-.00 to Wager With
FitzSim-
mons on Himself.
' Portland, Ore., June 5. Battling
Nelson has posted $500 which he
wants to bet with Fltzsimmons that
he (Nelson) defeats Gans at Colma,
July 4. Fltz recently ventured the
opinion that Nelson would lose.
Nelson roasts the Cornlshman, de
claring he has been afraid of black
,ever since Johnson knocked him out
at Philadelphia. Nelson and Fits are
1 DOth here- Nelson appearing In vau-
devllle this week. Fitz appears nert.
Sluuv Fired Rascals.
New York, June 5. The topic of
discussion today Is former secretary
Shaw's announcement that he dis
missed a number of rascals and that
Cortelyou Immediately reinstated them
upon assuming the portfolio. The re
cent dismissal of Win. Theobold pro
voked the statement.
POSSIBLE FI CITY
any encouragement can be secured a
factory will perhaps be brought here.
Last yeiy several farmers In the vi
cinity of Athena and Freewater rais
ed small crops of broom corn which
yielded well and there Is no reason
why this industry should not be car
ried on In this city on a large scale..
Practically ail of the brooms useif
In the county are either of Omaha
or Kansas City- manufacture, while
as good a nartlcle could be manufae.
tured from home grown material, thus
saving the heavy freight charges half
way across the continent..
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