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PENDLETON, OREGON, SATU iDAY, JULY 25. 1908.
NO. 6343
VOL. 21.
MILK SUPPLY
. inn
Prot. E, F. Pernot Declares it is
Great Menace to Health.
MAIN SOURCE IS
FIIOM DIHTY MILIN'G.
6lngIo Soiled Hair Will Carry Thou
sands of Germs Barely Visible
Particle's of Manure Carry Propor
tionately Mora Tranmnlfislon of
Disease Directly Through Milk Is
Rare Common Methods of Milk-
in Unclean Alannlnir mount of
Tuberculosos.
(By E. F. Pernot, Bacteriologist, Ore
gon Agricultural College.)
Th great menace to public health
today Is probably the milk supply.
A large percentage of the cows furn
ishing milk for the market are tuber
pass from the cow Into the milk only
when there Is a tuberculous process
in the mammary glands or milk
ducts. The main source of the In
vasion Is the particles of litter and
manure falling into the milk at milk
ing time.
It is customary everywhere to strain
milk directly after milking. This Is
done for no other purpose than to
remove litter and particles of manure
from the milk.
A single hair dropping from the
cow into the milk. If soiled with ma
nure, will carry with It from one to
three thousand germs, and a particle
of manure barely visible to the nak
ed eye will carry proportionately
more.
When a cow is affected with pul-
monary tuberculosis (consumption)
in an advanced stage, one or both.
lungs will be found to contain from,
a pint to a quart of yellow matter,
(pus) that sets up an Irritation caus-.'
ing the cow to cough.
As she does.
pot expectorate, the
pus that is
coughed up Is swallowed, eventually
passing out with the excreta. A
quantity of pus equaling the sire of,
a thimble will contain thousands and
thousands of the living tubercle ba-l.
clM. As the gastric flulrs and dlges-
tlve tract of the cow do not kill the
tubercle bacilli, they pass to the ex-
creta, bedding and hair of the cow, i
thence Into the milk bucket and to
the consumer.
The greatest danger of contamlna
tlon lies in the uncleanly methods
of -milking as commonly practiced
As a rule most milkers drink milk.
If they could only see each organism
that they allow to get Into the milk
they would surely adopt more san
Itary methods. The tubercle bacil
lus measures about three twenty-flvt
thousandths of an inch in length and
five ten thousandths of an inch In
oianwer. wo strainer can remove
such small bodies from milk, and
the smallest particle of excreta can
conwal thousands of them.
The tubercle bacilli usually grow
slowly In the human body, sometimes
remaining for long periods of time
without developing, and yet retain
their vitality. Milk from tuberculous
cows Is especially dangerous for In
fants, as the organisms may give
rise to tubercular processes years af
terwards. If tuberculosos developed
quickly, as diphtheria, scarlet fever
or smallpox, the source of Infection
could be more easily traced, but It
does not, and for that reason it Is not
so much feared, although more fatal.
The amount of tuberculosis that ex
ists is perfectly alarming. It Is not
confined to the human race alone;
cattle, hogs,- sheep and poultry are
afflicted with It, and the evidence
that we have proves the disease to
be communicable. In this enlighten
ed age it would seem that everyone
would make an espeslal effort to
fight the disease and particularly to
keep the tubercle bacilli out of milk,
which forms such an Important diet
for man and beast. It cannot be
too strongly impressed upon the minds
of everyone who handled milk that
when particles of manure or litter
fall into the milk, they In all prob
ability carry with them the deadly
germs of tuberculosis, which unseen
are delivered to the Innocent consum
er. No man or woman would feed
a child with milk in which they saw
As the matter now stands, there
is little hope of an electric line franchise-being
granted J. H. Gwlnn, un
less he can show more definitely that
his people will actually build a line
within the lifetime of the franchise.
When the franchise was first ask
ed for by Mr. Gwlnn the matter was
referred to the ordinance committee.
At the last council meeting the sub
ject was reported upon by . the com
mittee, with the recommendation
that the request be declined' unless a
better showing be made.
ewn must im
the tubercle bacilli, bo we have to
rely upon the carefulness of the
milkeri .to avert (contamination of
the milk with germs of the great
white plague. The spread of this
terrible disease from one Individual
to another Is bad enough without in
creasing the danger from carelessness
In milking.
HEARST WILL NOT RUN.
Coy Yellow Journalist Says He Will
Not Accept Independent Nomina
tion.
New York, July 28. Hearst arriv
ed from Europe today. He said
"Under no conditions will I be a can
dldate for the presidency. I have
been out of touch with political mat'
ters for the past few weeks."
It s reported that there Is a strong
sentiment among the leaders of the
Independence league . favoring
Hearst's nomination.
The party will open its first na
tlonal convention In Chicago Monday
night. The nomination will be made
Tuesday. Thomas L. Hlsgen, of Mas
sacniuseiis, ana m. w. iiowara, 01
Alabama, are boomed for the nom
(nation. '
WOMAN THROWS HER
CHILD INTO LAKE.
Tlien Plunges In and Drowns lit
tle Tot Struggles Out and Though
Drenching Wet and Exhausted,
Climbs Steep Hill to Sound the
Alarm Second Attempt of Seattle
Woman.
Seattle, July 25. That Melba, 7
year-old daughter of Norman Mark
ley, an attorney, Is alive today after
being thrown into Lake washing'
ton last night by her mother, who a
moment later threw herself in and
drowned, Is oonsldered remarkable.
The girl fell into shallow water, climb-
ed a steep hill and ran to a neigh-
bor's house.
This Is said to be the second at
tempt made by the woman to kill
herself and daughter.
The girl said she and her mother
had walked all day yesterday and
when night was falling they were near
the lake. Suddenly her mother seized
her and threw her Into the water and
then leaped in herself. The mother
disappeared beneath the surface, but
the girl struggled to the . shore,
drenched to the skin and almost ex
hausted. The body of Mrs. Markley was re
covered. " -
I1IO SIHKE-UP IN
PACIFIC TELEPHONE CO.
Reorganisation, Redisricting and
New Set of Orricws General Su
perintendent Resigns.
6an Francisco, July 25. The
greatest shake-up In the history of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company is in progress today, and
when matters resume a normal con
dition It is the hope of E. C. Bailey,
first vice-president and general man
ager, that the Infusion of new blood
and the reorganisation of the opera
tive and constructive departments and
the redisricting of the large field
covered by the company will greatly
Improve the general service. The
changes will probably be made Aug
ust 1.
The place of Thomas E. Sherwln,
auditor, will be taken by F. C. Phelps
of Boston, who is presumably sent
here by tho Bell company, which
owns 61 per cent of the stock of the
local company. G. P. Robinson. Ken-
eraI superintendent, has resigned.
The Pacific system will be divided
Into three districts. The southern di
vision will extend from San Diego to
San Luis Obispo on tho north. The
central division will extend from San
Luis Obispo to the Oregon line, and
the northern district will Include
Washington, Oregon and Idaho. W.
J. Phillips will be In charge of the
latter district
Starting from an unknown cause,
600 tons of hay owned by Everett
Bohamam, near Toppenlsh, Wash.,
was burned Wednesday night. The
hay was insured for $3,000.
E BETTER S
It was the Idea of the committee
that before any rights are granted
an electric line company, the city
should first be sure that the grantees
mean business and do not simply
want a franchise for speculative pur
poses. To this end it was recom
mended that the grantee be required
to give a bond guaranteeing that the
road would be built.
The report of the committee was
adopted by the council, and it is now
up to those wishing the franchise to
make a more satisfactory showing.
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TAKES
II
Southern Pacific Company
Files Suit Against Interstate
Commerce Commission,
OBJECT TO NEW RATE FROM
OHEGON TO CALIFORNIA.
United State) Circuit ourt of Appeals
Is Asked to Permanently Put the
Big Commission Out of BiiflnesM
Attorneys Declare Hepburn Act Is
Unconstitutional and That United
""states Court Will so Decide Com
plaint Alleges That Obnoxious Rate
Is Too Low.
San Francisco, July 25. For the
first time on the Pacific coast, the
Southern Pacific has taken the of
tensive against the interstate com
merce commission. A suit has been
filed in the United States circuit
court against the commission to re
strain the enforcement of the new-
lumber rate between Willamette river
points and San Francisco bay points.
The Southern Pacific attorneys to
day declared the United States su
preme court will knock out the Hep
burn act as unconstitutional.
The action, which is an equity suit,
was filed late yesterday and alleges
that all laws under which the com
mission operates is unconstitutional
because they confer on the commisslo"
legislative, judicial and executive au
thority. The complaint declares that the
rate of $3.40 a ton to apply to trans
portation of rough green fir timber
and lath from points o nthe east bank
of the Willamette river and points
on the went bank touth of Corvallls
to San Francisco bay points and a
rate of $3.(5 per ton from points on
the east bank of the Willamette to
bay points Is too low. It wants the
Injunction made permanent -
FIRE AT MILTON.
New Home of Dr. H. E. McQuarry Is
Completely Destroyed.
Milton, July 25. Last evening
about 8 o'clock fire broke out In the
new home of Dr. H. E. McQuarry,
the osteopath at this place. The wind
was very -heavy and it was only a
short time until there was a big blase.
The burning embers were carried over
the entire town.
There was but little furniture in
the building as the family had just
moved in. The loss was partially
covered by insurance.
This was a new house, on the bung
alow order, and one of the prettiest
little places in Milton.' For a time
the fire looked serious as the wind
was blowing a gale. Through the
combined efforts of the Milton and
Freewater fire departments the sur
rounding ouuuings were savea. jne
origin of the fire is a mystery.
HIS AIRSHIP INVISIBLE.
Demented Man Was Making Ladder
Out of Shirt and String.
Discovered while trying to get
aboard an Invisible airship near camp
9, in the Tleton, Monday, David Bailey
was arrested and brought to tjje city
on Thursday and is being held In the
county jail so that his condition may
be decided upon, says the Yakima Re
public. He was examined by the in
sanity commission, Court Commission
er Warti presiding, this afternoon and
was remanded for further examina
tion later on. Bailey has been work-
ng for the government for about one
year and'has earned the reputation of
an excellent workman. Onoo In a
while, however, he goes on a spree and
the last one was bad. Since he quit
the city Friday last Bailey has been
holding converse with an unknown
gentleman in an airship. He says he
has not seen the airship or the man
who is riding in it but he can hear
the man talking. Recently the man
advised him to kill two people, but he
says that he does not think he is like
ly to obey the behest
When Bailey was arrested he was
arranging some string and a shirt so
as to make a ladder to the airship,
one end of the string was tied to his
foot and the shirt was fastened to the
other end of the string. Bailey says
that the cause of the trouble is drink
and that when he starts drinking he
gets away with a very large quantity
of liquor. The doctors are doubtful
concerning Bailey's condition but
think it probable that with a little at
tention he will recover his mental fac
ulties. .
California Day at Fair.
San Francisco, July 25. The di
rectorate of the Alaska exposition has
tendered an invitation to the Califor
nia promotion committee to visit the
exposition in Seattle during the week
beginning Monday, June 14, 1909, and
has set apart June 15 as California
promotion committee day.
OFFENSIVE
MM If IS
' WOULD BEATER
Forrest Smithson Wins Hur
dle Race and Clips Olympic
Record,
AMERICANS ARE 43
POINTS AHEAD OF RIVALS.
Athletes from United States Take All
Tliree Pluees In 110 Meter Hurdles
and Relay Team Takes First In
1,600 Meter Run Sweden Gets
Middle Weight Victory In Wrest-
j lying Match, while Englbrtimen Are
' Victors in tlie Hop, Step and Jump
and 1,500 Meter Swim.
London, July 25. Smithson's vic
tory today placed the American team
43 points aliead of Englund. The to
tal score, standing, Is: America,
109 1-3; Englund, 60 1-3.
London, July 25. Like a grey
hound, and clearing the hurdles per
fectly, Forrest Smlthson, of Portland,
Ore., cut 2-5 of a second from the
Olympic record today, winning the
gold medal In the 110 meter hurdles;
time, 15 seconds flat.
America swept the field in this
race, Garrels being second and A. B.
Shaw third.
The final matches of the Graeco-
Roman Wrestling events were held to
day, Mattensson, of Sweden, defeating
Anderson, of Sweden, and was award
ed the middleweight victory. In the
lightweight final Porro, of Italy, de
feated Orioff, of Russia, winning two
straight falls.
Ahearn, of England, won the final
event in the running nop, step ana
Jump; distance48 feet 11 1-4 inches.
McDonald, of Canada, was second.
and Lawson, of Norway, third.
In the 1,500 meter swimming fin
als, Taylor, of England, was first;
Battersby, of England, second, and
Beaurepalre, of Australia, third.
Victors In Relay Race.
Another victory was added to the
long list when the United
States,
won first place In the 1,600 meter re-
luy race
Germany won second and
Hungary third. The men In 'the(a week or longer, in order to give
American team were: William F.jthe contractors time to complete the
Hamilton, Chicago Athlealc club; N. laying of the double track and the
J. Cartmell. University of Pennsyl- removal of scaffolding. The draw
vanla; J. B. Taylor, Irish-American; will be swung tomorrow by a tug, as
Melvln W. Sheppard, Irish- American, the electrical equipment for swing
Raw Work of Officials. ing It will not be In running order
ltobins and Taylor, American run-
ners, refused to enter the 400 meter
re-run race today In the Olympic
games, contending that Carpenter, of. success for the contractors, but they
Cornell university, won the event fair-'mean much for Portland Industrially,
ly when he defeated Lieutenant Hals-J All of the actual work on the bridge
well Thursday, who was allowed to ' superstructure was done by mem
dash around the track alone, taking j bers of the Portland local, No. 29,
the gold medal and being officially
declared the vlctorr Halswell ran the
distance in 50 seconds.
The criticism of the unsportsman
like attitude of the British officials
made by James E. Sullivan, president
of the American Amateur Athletic
union and the American commissioner in charge and M, J. Haney superin
at the Olympic games, Is heartily con-, tendent. Stone is a Cornell man and
curred in by every foreigner here. j Is only 29 years old, but his work in
It is generally conceded it would connection with the Vancouver and
have been impossible for Carpenter to, Portland bridges places him well up
have fouled Halswell at the 300 meter
post, as he was three strides ahead
of the Englishman.- The Britishers
are criticised for rushing onto the
track, kicking the tape and refusing
to allow the event to be officially
timed.
BRYAN SILENT ON POLITICS.
Says Ho Is Glad to See Turkey Has
Gone Democratic.
Chicago, July 25. "I am . glad to
see Turkey has gone democratic,"
said Bryan today when asked to talk
politics. That Is all he would say.
Bryan arrived in Chicago at 9:30
and went directly to the Auditorium
Annex, where he conferred with the
sub-committee of 10 members of the
national committee over the question
of the selection of a campaign mana
ger. The Commoner was cheered all
the way across Nebraska and Iowa.
At many stations he was greeted with
bonfires. He remained In the train
all the way. The air is full of politics
here today.
Prince Is Feted.
Quebec, July' 25. Eight British
warships, two French battleships and
the United States steamship Hamp
shire, lined up in the St. Lawrence
river today and were reviewed by the
Prince of Wales. An enormous crowd
was present Later the prince wit
nessed the state performance of the
pageant on the Plains of Abraham.
Tonight he attends a banquet at the
citadel, which will be tendered to rep
resentatives Of Australia, New Zea
land, South Africa and New Found
land. Frank Mars, formerly employed as
a laborer at the Hot Lake sanatorium
was run over and killed at Woodburn
yesterday morning.
WOMEN OF TUHKEY
NOW GO UNVEILED
Berlin, July 25. Dispatches
today from Monastlr, state that
the women of Macedonia are
parading the streets unveiled
and rejoicing in the granting of
the new constitution ' by the
sultan.' The parades are the re
sult of the order issued by a
Moslem priest, cancelling the
command of the Koran that all
women must wear veils In pub
lic. Thus for the first time In
centuries the women of Turkey
huve exposed their faces to the
public eye.
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Big Chink Coming.
Vancouver, B. C, July 25. Among
the passengers arriving last night on
the Empress of China were Taotao
Lnw Shee and suite, sent to Canada
and the United States by the govern
ment of Kaangs ,a province in south
China, to study the commercial and
mining resources. He will visit Se
attle, Portland and other coast. cities.
IS
liOXGEST DRAW IN
WORLD
IS CLOSED.
Continuous Track Is Formed from
Portland to Inland Empire Bridge
Across Columbia I One of the
Longert In the World Building of
Structure Means Much to Port
land. Portland, Ore., July 23. This
morning at 9 o'clock the draw of
the Willamette river bridge of the
north bank road was closed for the
first time, and there was a continu
ous track uniting Portland with the
Inland Empire country of Washing
ton.
The closing of this draw, which
is the longest In the world, 521 feet
will practically complete the line of
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail-
way between Spokane and Portland.
No trains will be run over the Co-
lumbla and Willamette bridges for
until Monday.
Not only are the two bridges con
necting . Washington and Oregon a
1 TI 1 1 , f. 1 . 1 T
Bridge and Superstructural
iruii
paid
than
orkers, - and the company
members
of this union more
$200,000.
The superstructures were puS in
by the Klng-Atchlsbn company, of
Chicago, with E. C. Stone as engineer
In the ranks of construction engin
eers. In constructing the bridge 76,000
barrels of cement, 296, 840 linear feet
of piling, 43,400 cubic yards of con
crete in the foundations, 10,876 cubic
Vflrdn nf crflntfA mnannrv !n 379 oiihl I
j. . .v. -v
yards of concrete in the piers above
.the foundations, and 43,000.000
pounds of steel and iron were used.
The Vancouver bridge is 6,409 feet
and 3 Inches long, and the Portland
bridge -1,766 feet, making a total
length for the two bridges of 8,175
feet and 3 Inches.
The bridges are to be used jointly
by the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railroads. Plans for both
bridges were prepared in the office
of Ralph Modjesky, M. A. M. S. C. E.,
under whose direction the entire work
has been done.
No particular program was carried
out with the closing of the bridges,
but a big crowd was present to see
the swinging of the draw across the
Wllamette.
MEDICAL MEN WiLL
Pendleton gets the next annual
meeting of the Eastern Oregon Medi
cal society, and as the gathering
promises to be of more importance
than usual the city Is fortunate In
being selected as the meeting place.
No meeting of the state, association
will be held next year, because of a
larger gathering at the Seattle ex
position, and In consequence the ses
sion to be held here will be the only
gathering of Oregon medicos for
1909.
Dr. C. J. Smith returned yesterday
COMPLETED
E OF cm
Changes in Levee Above Town
Provides an Ideal Site.
CITY ALREADY OWNS
NEARLY LAND ENOUGH.
Triangle of Land Formed by Railroad
Tracks, River and Mill Race Old
Dream May Come True Plan Ad
vocated by Late Frank B. Clop ton
Would Serve as Fair Grounds and
Atldetic Park Natatorliun Among
possibilities Car Lino possible.
Hope of a city park for Pendleton
is revived by the work that the city
is doing on the levee above the rail
road bridges for there are many who
believe that when the levee plans are
fully carried out the park problem
will also be solved.
This summer the city Is building
a 500-foot extension to the wing wall
extending out from the head of the
old levee. This will make the wall
700 feet long and it Is Intended to
ultimately extend the wall on down
the river to the railroad bridges.
The connection of the levee with
the park proposition Is this. The city
already owns practically all of the
land lying In the triangle above the
Spokane line of the O. R. & N. and
formed by the railroad, river and mtll
race. Between 40 and 50 lots, com
prising four or five blocks and frac
tional blocks, were purchased by the
city in order to protect the water
supply. When the levee change Is
made this triangle will be considera
bly enlarged and it the city can se
cure the newly made river bottom
land from W. S. Byers It will then
have a tract amply large for park
purposes.
Dream May Come True.
The Idea of converting the city's
property into a public park is not a
new one. For years It has been the
Idea of many - local people that the
city should some day use its tract for
that purpose. This was the idea of
the late Frank B. Clopton when he
was secretary of the .water commls-.
slon and the fact that the land might
some day become good for park pur
poses largely influenced the city to
buy the ground above the water
works. The change in the levee
makes the Idea even more feasible.
Fair Grounds Also.
Should the city establish a park
out of its triangle property it could
meet many needs at one time. Aside
from providing a pleasant park where
picnics and outing parties could be
held It could also provide a fair
grounds, a baseball diamond and pos
sibly a natatorlum.
That the district fair will eventual
ly have to seek a new site is believ
ed by C. E. Roosevelt, president of
the commission, and he is one of
those who feel enthusiastic over the
possibilities of the city's east end
property. He has driven over the
tract many times and believes It is
well adapted to the needs of the fair
as well as for a park.
Car Lino Possible.
As the park site is some distance
from the main portion of the city
some kind of a transportation line
would have to be provided, at least
for occasions, such as the fair or ball
games. To meet this need a car line
could be extended out on Court street
lor. If that proved impracticable, ar
rangements might be made with
either the O. R. & N. or the N. P. to
run cars out upon their tracks. As
both roads run past the grounds eith
er company seemingly could provide
a transportation service that would
meet the needs.
Four Are Drowned.
Two bodies, believed to be those
of men nemed Kelly and Harvey
Mooter, were taken from the Yel
lowstone river at Billings, Mont..
Monday. At Willis, fishermen Mon
day found the remains of a man and.
a boy, believed to be those of two
of a party of five Italians, who lost
their lives In crossing the Big Hole,
river.
MEET IH PEflDLETOH
afternoon from Radium Springs af
ter attending the recent meeting at
that sanitarium. He says that the
session this year was a highly profit
able one and that the visiting physi
cians were very cordially entertained-
Officers of the Eastern Oregon so
ciety were chosen for the coining year
as follows:
Dr. W. O. Spencer, president; Dr.
Patterson, of Baker City, first vice
president; Dr. Chilton, of North Pow
der, second vice-president, and Dr.
R. C. McDaniel, of Baker City, secretary.
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