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PENDLETON, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 8. 1008.
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IN WANTED
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TO CUT WOOD
Labor Famine Prevails in Ka
melaand Meacham Camp
Despite Good Wages.
SHORTAGE OP MOUNTAIN
WOOD MAY RESULT,
Dealers Find It Impossible to Secure
Hands Enough to Cut Winter Sup
dI v of Fuel for Pendleton, Walla
Walhi ami Way Towns Good Cut
tern .Make From $2.50 to $3 Per Day
lYIcc of Woh1 Recently Droped
and Freight It" Co lhw Been In
creased While Idle Men Count
Tie, Good Jobs Arc Beckoning for
Laborer.
Work at good wages for at leant 100
able-bodied men Is now to be found
at the wood camps of Kaincla and
Meacham. Wood dealers find It Im
possible to seeure men to tut wood
for the winter market and as a con
sequence, a shortage of Blue moun
tain wood la threatened.
Wood dealers are now offering $1.10
per cord for wood cutters, but so far
none have been found to tuke the Jobs
at this price. At this price a good
man can make from $2. GO to S3 In
a 10-hour day and while many men
are tramping the railroad tracks these
Jobs are still beckoning for laborers.
A year ago wood dealers were forc
ed to pay as high as 12 per cord to
get wood cut. but the reduced prices
of wood In this rlty and Walla Walla
and the higher freight rate from Ka
mela and Meachnm to this city have
reduced the price of wood cutting to
$1.10 on the mountains.
As there Is but little wood on the
mountain, dumps and as no men are
now at work cutting a supply for next
winter, wood dealers are expecting to
have difficulty In securing sufficient
to carry them through next winter.
Recently the O. It. & S. company
added 2't cents per cord to the freight
rate from Kamel.i to this city and
Walla Walla making the rate $1.50 to
thl city and $1.7J to Walla Walla.
FAIR APPROPRIATION
QUESTION PASSED OVER.
County Court Will Think on Mutter
Before Giving $1000 to District Fair
Hoard.
Without taking any action regard
Ing the appropriation for the dlstrlc
fulr the county court has adjourned
until June 12. The adjournment was
taken Saturday evening after the com
mlssloncrs had disposed of the rou
tine business then on hand. The ses
sion last week was devoted to audit
Ing bills and the consideration of sev
era I road matters.
Just before the adjournment Sat
urday Judge Gllliland brought up the
subject of the fair appropriation and
asked If the two commissioners were
prepared to act 6n the matter. How
ever, Messrs. Waller and Lee declared
they preferred waiting until the
board met again, so the matter was
passed up for the time being.
STATE VETERINARIAN HERE.
Dr. Kornlck Investigating Mangy
Conditions of Horses.
Dr. Chas. J, kornlck, state veter-
narlan, Is here today from Salem and
has been In conference with Dr. S.
W. McClurc, head of the local office
of the bureau of animal Industry.
This forenoon the two men drove
to the reservation for the purpose of
ooklng at the preparatory work be
ng done towards dipping the scabby
orses of the reservation.
While Dr. Kornlck was not seen
this morning. It Is undertsood that his
Isit to Pendleton at this time Is In
connection with the enforcement of
he state law regarding treatment of
mangy horses off a government re
serve. For some time past efforts
have been made to have the veter.
narlnn take up the proposition of
Ipplng mangy horses and he may
ow be contemplating such a course.
ME DEAD III
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Engine Houses Burned and
Filled the Works With Poi
sonous Gasses.
SIX MEN SHUT UP IN
TERRIBLE MINE TRAP
Silverton, Colo, tlio Scene of a Tcr
rlblc Holocaust-All Escape Shut
Off by Burning of Building at tlie
Mine Entrance- Gannon Killed Six
and Sickened 30 Oilier Before 1 lea
rue Came Vllngc In Panic Stricken.
BJLNKEfl FLEECED
ANOTHER
BIER
ALTER BARTNETT FACES
TERM IN PENITENTIARY.
TELEGRAPHERS MAY STRIKE.
Members of Commercial Union Want
More Pay.
Milwaukee, Wis., June 8. A de
mand for the same wages which were
paid before the strike of the telegra
phers on the Western Union Tele
graph company will probably be made
by the natlonnl convention of the
Commercial Telegraphers' union,
which opened here today. Threats
are made of a general strike If the de
mand Is not complied with.
The locals of the union In a num
ber of cities, Including New York,
voted some time ago to make the de
mand. They claim that union operators
who returned to work were compelled
to drop out of the union and- forfeit
their Insurance policies In the labor
organization. They also Insist that
the companies havo discriminated
against their former employes, partic
ularly In women operators.
oniicr Vice President of Looted Cal
ifornia Safe D-olt and Trust
ConiMii)y Maiutgcr of Defunct In
stitution Is Now Doing Time at Sim
Qiientln and Will Be Slate's Chief
Witness lYoscriitliig Attorney De
nounces) Defendant.
San Francisco, June 8. The actual
trial of Walter Bartnett, former vice
president of the looted California
Safe Deposit and Trust company,
charged with felony and embezzle
ment, was begun today before Judge
Conley. Ass-stunt District Attorney
Coke made the opening statements.
Bartnett Is accused of stealing
$"0.",00n in bonds of the securities of
the Colton estate. J. Dalzell Brown,
former manager of the bank, will be
the state's star witness.
Mrs. Dahlgren, one of Colton's
heirs, was the first witness. She tes
tified that she deposited the securities
In the bank.
Bartnett will take the stand In his
own behalf. In the opening state
ment. Cook denounced Bartnett ond
explained the cipher civie used by the
defendant to communicate with the
bank officers.
Siivuton, Colo., Juno 8. Six men
are dead, eight others in a dangerous
condition from breathing foul air and
2u more temporarily confined to their
homes from weakness due to contact
with poisoned air In the Gold King
mine, located at Gladstone, six miles
from here.
The dead: Peter McXiny; ltoy Co
burn; Alex. Johnson; A. W. Burns;
Victor Erlckson, Gus Olsen.
On Thursday night fire was dis
covered In the engine room of the
mine and before it could be brought
under control, that building hud bee
destroyed, as well as the shaft house
The two buildings were located nea
the portal door of the main shaft an
to prevent the spread of the flame
and accumulation of smoke In the
workings of the mine, these doors
were closed temporarily.
Before taking this precautionary
move, the nun working the night shift
in the mine were hurriedly notified
of the conditions on the surface and
Instructed to withdraw. When the
flames had been extinguished In or
der to make sure that all was well
with the men, the list was checked
over.
Th discovery was made then that
three men were missing. Immediate
ly efforts to rescue them were start
ed, but with little hope of reaching
them alive, as the machinery operat
ing the fans had been put out of
commission by the destruction of the
engine house and any pure air that
might have reached them from the
suiface bad been shut off by the clos
ing of the portal doors.
FRESH HOPE FOR
1I-T1FTITES
Cannon's Maoager Rushed to
the Scene and the Fight is
Renewed With Vigor.
TAFT WILL PROBABLY
WIN EVERY CONTENTION
LUNCHEON AT THE NORMAL.
Hltclicock Is Finally Ousted From
the Committee ami Then Declines to
Go Back When Opjiortuiiity Im Of
fered Hurry Call Is Sent for Con
grossman McKlnley by die Allied
Leaders Oregon Man Offers
Hitchcock His Seat and Is Turned
Down Tart's Manager Claims 700
Votes on the First Ballot.
LONG BALIiOON TRIP.
..St. IOiiIk, Juno 8. Captain C. L.
Baiinihiiugh will make a trip to the
fticlflc const in his balloon July
from Chicago. He recently made
S00 mile trip.
EMBEZZLER CAUGHT.
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BALIiOONIST CREATES INTEREST
"Professor Hicks" Makes One Asern
rtlon and Tries Two Others.
"Professor Hicks," balloonist and
cloud Jumper, has been a source of
Interest In Pendleton during the past
few days. His first ascension Satur
day afternoon was a successful one.
Rising from, the starting place Across
the street from the NT. P. depot, the
balloon sailed straight up Into the
air until the daring balloonist looked
but little larger than a bird. He then
cut loose with his parachute and
alighted In the O. R. & N. yard on
Bluff street. He was uninjured.
Saturday evening another attempt
at an aeccnt was made and a monster
crowd gathered to watch proceedings.
However, a hole was burned In the
parachute and the attempt had to be
given up.
In a creditable effort to "make
good" with the crowd, Hicks under
took another ascent last night. But
the balloon rose only 100 feet or more
in the nlr and the aeronaut dropped In
the street but a block away. The
balloon then sailed away and landed
In the west end of the city.
GREAT HAILSTONES
FALL IN JAPAN.
Toklo, Japan, June 8. A ter
rific hailstorm swept this city
today. Hailstones measuring
2H inches in diameter fell like
bullets. Not a window which
was exposed Is Intact. Many
were severely Injured and the
damage to crops Is very severe.
Mother Slmngles !uilx to Dcnth.
Redwood City, Cal., June S. Mamie
Slnss Is held In Jail today pending the
Investigation of her confession to the
police that she strangled her Infant,
and threw It into the bay. The body
was found floating near shore. Sus
picion pointed to tho young mother,
and when the crime was fastened on
her she cooly admitted she strangled
the child. Sho will be tiled for mur
der.
Prominent California Politician
Under Arrest.
San Francisco, June 8. Charged
with the embezzlement of $500 of
the funds of the Metropolitan Surety
company of which he Is the Pacific
coast manager, Judson C. Brusle Is
under arrest In Los Angeles. The au
thorities here are awaiting his re
turn to San Francisco to be tried on
a felony charge.
He Is secretary of the state board
of railroad coinmissoiners and
prominent politician. The warrant
was sworn to by D. A. Macbeth, an
eastern representative of the firm.
RoblxT Is Caught.
Ely, New, June 8. Just os he was
about to board the train at McGIll
Junction, 14 miles north of here to
day, officers overpowered the man
who robbed the saloon at Rleptown
of $800 Friday and recovered the
money. Tho officers had traveled 100
miles before they got track of the
man,
Thomas Would Fight.
San Francisco, Juno 8. Willis
Brltt, brother of Jlmmle, has assum
ed the management of Joo Thomas,
and Is now arranging several bouts
for him. He has challenged Ketch
ell to a six-round fight and has also
wired Charlie Harvey for a fight with
him.
Gompors Will Fight,
Washington, June 8. Gompers to
day declared he would fight the New
York petition against the Insertion of
the anti-Injunction plank In , the re
publican platform.
Victim Buried. .
Los Angeles, June 8. F. Q. Max-
field, who died Sunday as the result
of the explosion on the cruiser Ten
nessee, was burled today In Harbor
View cemetery.
Oregon for Bryan.
Portland, Ore,, June 8. That Ore
gon's delegation of eight will be In
structed to vote for Bryan "first, last
and all the time," at the Denver con
vention, is the statement of Chairman
Alexander Sweek and other prominent
democrats gathered here on the eve
of the state convention. Adherents
of Johnson are few and have made
no headway against the overwhelm
ing sentiment for Bryan existing in
Oregon.
Chicago, June 8. New hope was
given the allies today in their battle
gainst the Taft-Roosevelt power In
the republican national committee by
the arrival of Congressman McKIn
ey, manager of the Cannon boom.
Senator Hemenway of Indiana and
Senator Murray Crane or Massachu
setts, who have been at the head of
the allies, sent a hurry call for Mc
Klnley.
The contests before the national
committee will be continued In ac
cordance with the statement given
out by the allies last night after they
had given up the plan to save their
power until they could appear before
the credentials committee of the con
ventlon.
Today the fight seemed to be on
with all Its original vigor. There is
little doubt but the Taft men will
carry every Issue before the commit
tee. ,
fTaK Hitchcock, Tarts manager,
whose presence on the national com
mittee caused such an outcry, an
nounced today that he would not par
ticipate in the sessions any more.
Solomon Luna, of New Mexico, whose
proxy Hitchcock held, appeared in
the committee room personally.
Hltclicock refused to attend the ses
sions as assistant secretary of the
committee.
The committee today placed the
Taft delegates from the third con
gressional district of Florida on the
temporary roll. HitehcoeK remained
In the ante-room during the session.
He declared he was certain Taft
would have "00 votes on the first
ballot and said Luna asked him to
take his place until he returned to
Chicago. Charles Carry of Portland,
Oregon, sent his proxy to James Mc
Lachlan, who offered It to Hitchcock,
who declined it. The Taft delegates
from the first congressional district
of Georgia were seated at noon.
Tart (Jets Tlioin All.
The arrival of Arthur I. Vorys, of
Ohio, the original Taft manager.
coupled with the absence of Hitch
cock from the committee, started the
rumor hat Hitchcock has been sup
planted as Taft's director general.
Vorys has established separate head
quarters.
Taft delegates from the second and
third Congressional districts of
Georgia were seated this afternoon.
The Taft delegation from the first
district of Kentucky was also seated.
Tills delegation was contested by Mr.
ilrbnnks. '
The Louisiana contest will be the
next taken up.
Annual Event at Weston Celebrated
Sunday.
Weston, June 8. President and
Mrs. French gave their annual
luncheon to the seniors yesterday
afternoon. It was an affair of music,
mirth and flowers.
The young ladles were all clad In
blue with yellow flowers, the class
colors being blue and gold. Two
rooms held the well arranged tables
at which the seven course dinner was
served.
Two young girls from the freshmen
one each from the sophomores and
Juniors gowned In white, assisting In
th service, Toasts, songs and the
reading of the class prophecy prolong
ed the feast from which formality
disappeared. Dainty clusters of hand
palnted forgetmenots embellished the
place cards, red and white sweet peas
decorating the red room, yellow roses
tiie dining room.
Near the close Mrs. French distrib
uted pieces of the wedding cake re
maining from last June's wedding,
when Miss Winifred Welch and Prof.
Dennlson, both of the faculty, were
married at the president's cottage.
ASSASSINATION PLOTS
EXCTTE PORTUGAL
. .LIsIkh), June 8. Consternation
Reltrns at tlie Palace following the
discovery or a plot today to blow up
young King Emanuel, whoso father
and brother were assassinated. Three
conspirators havo been arrested.
They had planned o assassinate
the king; during the stater religious
fen st to he held June 18 with a lomb,
which was to be placed so the king
would not esmi)e.
Outbreaks are reared. The palace
guards have been increased. Tlie
queen stirrers from the shock caused
by he news. Tlie royal faiiiillen arc
virtually prisoners.
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VISIT - RMISTON
Secretary of Interior Announ
ces That He is Coming to
Inspect Project.
PRAISES WORK AND
ENGINEERS IN C1HRGE.
Announcement of Approaching Visit
Is Made to Representative of the
United Press In San Francisco This
Morning Before the Secretary Sail
ed for Brief Visit to Hawaiian
Islands Will Come to Umatilla
County Immediately Alter IHs Re
turn Visit Long Looked for and
PrciMtratlons Are Being Made.
BAKER CITY TEAM
HERE THURSDAY
LOCALS GET THREE DAYS
REST AND NEW MEN.
Loiliuer Is Rapidly Strengthening His
Llue-iip and Iloc lo Keep the
Miners In the Cellar Enierlck and
Isatu-y Will Add Strength -Conrad
Will Go Back to First Crocker
May Be Signed Up.
Oregon Democrats Meet,
Portland, June S. Oregon demo
crats will hold a s ate convention at
Portland tomororw morning. It Is
expected Chairman Sweek and Sec
retary John B., Ryan will be reelected.
Clever Burglar Eswi)es.
Los Angeles, June 8. With the as-
Isiance of two unknown confederates
T. Adams, charged with burglary.
feigned Insanity nnd escaped from
the county hospital in im auto early
this morning. Deputy Sheriff Hutch
inson fired at the man as he was
getting into the auto, but missed
With a steel bar and a block of wood,
the door of Adamson's room was
raised from Its hinges. Ho left the
building wrapped in a blanket.
For the next three days the Pen
dleton ball team will have a rest and
during that time Manager Lorimer
will strengthen his team for the
series to be played here the latter
part of the week with Baker City.
Emerick, the star tosser, who was
here for one game this season, has
been signed up as catcher and will
arrive tomorrow. Isaacs, an outfield
er of Payette, Idaho, has also been
engaged and Crocker, outfielder, may
be brought here from Spokane.
With the new men on the team
Pendleton' outfield will be made
strong and with Emerick as catcher
and Conrad back of first the team
will be In shape to do some winning.
The Baker City team conies here
this week and will commence the
series Thursday. Games will then be
ployed here Thursday, Friday. Satur
day and Sunday. At the conclusion
of the coming series Pendleton goes
to Baker City for a return series.
The long-deferred visit of Secretary
umes H. Garfield of the department
of the interior to the Umatilla Irri
gation project will now be made In a
short time.
Before leaving San Francisco today
on the battleship Maine for a tour -fit
Inspection of the Hawaiian Islands,
Secretary Garfield said to the United
Press representative that he expects
to visit the Umatilla project on his
return from the Islands In a few
weeks, at which time he will make
recommendations as to the methods
of opening the land under the project
to settlement.
For many months the government
engineers of the Umatilla project have
looked forward to the visit of the sec
retary to this work and now that he
has definitely announced that he will
come, elaborate arrangements will be
made by the citizens of Hermiston to
receive him.
Secretary Garfield came west to
witness the fleet festivities on the
coast and will make a thorough in
spection of the Hiwaiian Islands,
after which he will return to the Pa
cific coast states for an inspection
of the reclamation projects.
At the time of his visit, the date of
which has not yet been announced, it
is hoped by the people of Hermiston
that some definite plans for the open
ing of the remainder of the Umatilla
project will be made.
It is thought that the secretary will
return about July 15 to the coast and
his visit to Umatilla county will be
made soon after his return. By that
time It is hoped by the engineers to
have the project entirely complete.
In his interview with the represen
tative of the United Press at San
Francisco today, Secretary Garfield
spoke highly of the Umatilla Irriga
tion project and praised the work of
the engineers who have the project
In charge. He said that It had moved
forward most satisfactorily since the
day It was Indorsed by the consulting
engineers.
DEPOT FOR ECHO.
Ex-Sheriff Bradford of Washing
ton county Is now confined In the
asylum nt Salem as the result of his
being compelled to hang John Led
rick In the 90's.
FORMER SAGE BRUSH WASTE SELLS HIGH
Another Illustration of the rapid
Increase .In land values of Umatilla
county Is brought to light In the sale
of the C. R. Lisle or James E. Taylor
ranch, three miles east 'of Echo.
Joseph Cunha, the well known sheep
man of Echo, purchased this ranch
last Saturday for $26,000 In cash and
will take charge of It at once and
harvest the large crop of alfalfa now
ready to be cut.
This place consists of 560 acres, In
the Umatilla river bottom east of
Echo and only a few years ago was a
sagebrush waste worth but $2.50 per
acre. However, by the Improvement
of the place, by reclaiming more and
more new land and by securing more
water from the river, Mr. Lisle suc
ceeded In making It one of the finest
ranches In that section of the county,
and its sale for about $$0 per acre
Is evidence of Increase In land values
In the irrigated districts.
Mr. and Mrs. Lisle left Sunday for
Portland, where they will spend the
summer. They have resided on the
Lisle ranch but a few years, and have
made It one of the choicest proper
ties In the west end of Umatilla county.
Confederates Gathering.
Blrmlugham, Ala., Juno 8. Sad
ened by the recent death of their
commander-in-chief, General Steph
en D. Lee, but with much of their old
enthusiasm left to them, the hosts of
the United Confederate Veterans are
gathering in Birmingham today. The
sessions of the encampment will be
commenced tomorrow and will last
three days. Many officials of Grand
Army and other patriotic organiza
tions of the north will be the guests
of the Confederates and will Join with
the "boys In gray" In mourning the
loss of their great leader.
O. It. Jfc N. Making Arrangements for
New Building.
The O. R. & N. company Is arrang
ing to build a new depot at Echo and
a contractor is now there for the pur
pose of doing some preliminary work.
The new station house is to be built
ocross the railroad track from where
it now stands. At present the build
ing site Is occupied by a couple of
warehouses and Hicse are to be re
moved. According to reports from Echo an
O. R. & N. contractor from The Dalles
is now at Echo and will probably have
the work of removing the warehouses
as well as constructing the new depot.
Ran Away With Brother's Wife.
Welser, June 8. A mild sensation
was created here when It was learned
that Ed Dutton, a well known resi
dent of this valley, was arrested at
Medford, Ore., and Is now In charge
of Sheriff Winkler of this county, who
will return with htm as soon as ex
tradition papers are received. The
crime for which Dutton Is under ar
rest Is eloping with the wife of his
brother. George Dutton, who resides
west of town, taking. with them the
two children. When the case comes
up for trial some sensational devel
opments are expected.
Safe Crackers at Work.
San Leandro, Calif., June 8.
Safe crackers, thought to be the men
who blew open the Southern Pacific
safe In Melrose, recently, completely
wrecked the safe In the company's
station at San Leandro. Nitro gly
cerine was used. Nothing was taken.
Blllek Must Hang.
Springfield, 111., June 8. Governot
Deneen and the board of pardons to
day refused to commute the sentence
of death of Herman Blllek, convicted
of poisoning six members of the Ver
zal family. He hangs Friday.
Black Hand Terrors.
Plttsfleld, Mass., June 8. A posse
today is scouring the woods on th
estate of William Pollock, the New
York millionaire, for members of the
black hand who threatened Pollock
with death If he did not submit to
blackmail. Pollock and his employes
had a gun fight with the black hands
Sunday.
Try for Artesian Flow.
R. T. Thompson of the Lewlston
Real Estate company, has awarded a
contract to H. C. Hlrzel for drilling a
well on his farm property In Tam-
many, says the Lewltson Teller. Mt, .
Hlrzel Is now engaged In drilling a v 4 f
well on the Charles Glfford farm. aKi J'
will remove to the Thompson placjl aSX Q (T iQl
soon as the present contract Is com- YV
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pietea.
Mr. Thompson will have tftV,ell
driven to a depth of 200 feet, sTad'fyt
Is expected a flowing well will be
cured. The farm la 1oca.UA In 4?fi
Tammany section, near the postofflcete- .
corner.
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