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EVENfNG EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS.
Don't sit down In the
meadow and wait for
the cow to back up
.and be milked fO af
ter the cow..
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Tues
day. PENDLETON, OREGON. XOXDAY, JULY 27. 1908.
NO. 6344
VOL. 21.
li. C. L PBUITT
MIS DISAPPEARED
Acting District Attorney and
Temporary City Editor of
Tribune is Missing,
LEFT PENDLETON TUESDAY
NIGHT ON TRAIN NO.
. , . , , . v,!
Relatives and Friends Search in Vain,
for Missing Attorney No Possible
Reason Assigned for Peculiar Be
haviorHad Talked Mysteriously,
and May Have Gone to South Af
ricaWife Is at Lehman.
Where is W. C- E. Prultt, attorney
at law, acting district attorney and
temporary city editor of the Tribune?
For nearly ,a week he has been miss
ing from the city, and a diligent
search by relatives and friends haa'ew "9.w we have to live, he would
. ,, I wish them to be killed." It is be-
xnus lar mneu iu lutuio win. ouma
facts that have become known Indi
cate he may have left for parts afar
with the intention of returning not.
Prultt was last seen here Tuesday
night, when he boarded west bound
train No. E. At the depot he shook
hands with Ung Goey, the Chinaman,
telling him good bye, though he did
not make known his destination.
Bin. r,..rfv irht holiitelv 1
nothing has been heard of Prultt,
and his long absence has caused
uneasiness among hi. relatives. At
k- .i. m. ,lrir. hi. mitm
i" . : r rrerjr:" : : "
with her mother, Mrs. Aura M. Ra
ley. They are still at that resort.
Falling to hear from her husband.
Mrs Prultt 'phoned to Colonel J. H.
Raley. several days ago asking con
cerning him. Thereupon a search
war made for the' missing attorney,
with somewhat startling results.
Had Talked Mysteriously.
For some time before his departure
Prultt had been serving as city ed
itor of the Tribune, and when he left
he took French leave of that journal
as well as of others here. However,
a casual conversation which he had
with Night Editor Davis now seems
significant. To his fellow Journal
ist Prultt stated in a recent conver
sation that if he were foot-loose he
would go to 8outh Africa. To other
friends he also declared that some day
he was going to leave the city never
to return.
But while uneasiness is felt, con
cerning Prultt, it is hardly believed
that he has left for good. It la rather
believed that he has merely gone
away while under some form of
"brain storm" and that he is now in
Portland. The fact that he had been
drinking for several days before he
left lends credence to this theory.
His friends say that it Is hardly con
ceivable that he would go away for
good, leaving his wife and his prac
tice here. There Is said to be abso
lutely no reason for his sudden action,
as he had met with no trouble and
was devoted to his wife.
Served as Prosecutor.
Further Interest Is added to Prultt's
case by the fact that he was attending
to the district atorney's business for
several days before his departure.
When Mr. Phelps went to the moun
tains for a month's outing he left his
office In charge of C. J. Ferguson. I
However, Mr. Ferguson was called
to Roseburg about a week ago, and
he left the office with Prultt during
his absence.
On the door of the district attor
ney's office Is a note saying that Mr.
Phelps Is away on his vaoation and
that Mr. Ferguson will return July
.27, and that in the meantime Mr.
Prultt Is attending to the affairs.
But since last Tuesday complain
ants have found no waiting ear Into
which to pour their troubles. This,
together with the fact that not a mag
istrate is left in the city, has produced
LEVEE CONTRACTOR
The levee committee today form
erly notified W. C. Botts, the con
tractor who was awarded the con
tract, to repair and extend the levee,
that the work is progressing too slow
ly and that not a sufficient number
of men and teams are being employ
ed In the work.
Chairman Ell, of the committee, de
clares that he and the other members
of the committee realized from the
start the Importance of having this
work completed while the water is
low, and that they have not lost a day
since the work was undertaken. He
also says they do not propose to al
low the contractor to' lag as It is to
the best Interests of the city and to
the contractor as well, to rush it as
rapidly as possible so he will not be
caught and his work delayed and the
city threatened by the high water.
a peculiar situation. However, It has
had no serious consequence thus far.
Left No Word.
When Prultt left he took with htm
a suit case, doubtless containing cloth
ing, but he made no disposition of
his library. Nor did he leave any
word with his law associates. In re
sponse to inquiries, Attorney Smith,
who has offices with' Prultt & Oliver,
merely says that "Mr. Prultt Is out
of town, and I do not know when he
will return."
KHXS HER FOUR SONS.
Russian Mother Saves Them
Horrors of Living.
from
Berlin, July 27. A terrible quad
ruple murder Is reported from Ekat
5. i erlnburg, in Russia. A workman'
wife a woman 84 years of age at'
tacked her four younger sons during
.... nWnP1, from hom
and killed them all by cutting their
throats with a knife. The unfortun
ate lads were all quite young, aged re
spectlvely 9, 7, 6 and Z years. The
woman then went to the field where
her eldest son was working, with the
Intention of killing him also, but the
lad after a struggle managed to dis
arm his mother, who was arrested
When she was questioned as to
the motives of her terrible crime she
replied calmly that she had too many
children, "and," she added, If God
lleved that the woman must have
lost her reason, though up to the time
of the tragedy she had been perfect
ly rational.
World's Champion Flyer,
New York, July 27. Henry Far-
man, world's champion aerial navl
gator. Is here preparing to make 15
flKh, fron the Brighton beach race
nlcn Aer
America has agreed to pay f24 000.
H arrived from Havre Sunday Later
makes 1'Rbta tne Principal
cities of the united states.
Weaver Greets Bryan.
Des Moines, July 27. James B.
Weaver, populist candidate for presl
dent in 1892, greeted Bryan when the
latter arrived here today on his way
back to Lincoln. from Chicago
Weaver announced his Intention to
support Bryan.
II Will
ATTACK CASTRO
VENEZUELA'S PRESROENT
EX PELLS DUTCH MINISTER.
All Warships) in Amsterdam Waters
Ordered to Proceed to the South
American Republie and Make Bern
onslratlon Ports Will Re Bom
barded I'nlfXH Apology Is Made.
Amsterdam, Holland, July 27. In
retaliation for summary expulsion of
of Minister DeRues, It Is officially an
nounced today that all Dutch war
ships In Amsterdam water have been
ordered to make a demonstration
against Venezuela unless President
Castro makes an Immediate apologry
to this country. It Is probable that
the Dutch' ships will bombard La
gualra, Puerto Cabello and the other
principal coast towns of Venezuela.
The opinion is freely expressed that
Castro has exceeded all' bounds In
international insults ana tnat notning
but an actual attack upon Venezuela
wl" bring him to a proper recognl-
tlon of the rights of other nations.
Crnlser Ordered Back.
Wlllemstad, Curacao, July 27.
The Dutch cruiser Galderland, arrived
here today bearing Minister DeRues,
who was expelled from Venezuela.
The cruiser received orders to return
at once to Venezuela to protect the
Dutch Interests and to be prepared
for any emergency. DeRues will re
main here, pending an order from the
government
IS TOLD TO HURRY
"By not rushing the reconstruction
of the levee two years ago, the coun
cil learned a lesson at the city's ex
pense," says Mr. Ell, "and we pro
pose to profit by that experience and
avoid a recurrence of it.
"The money is on hand, everything
Is In readiness and there Is no reason
why all the men and teams available
should not be employed and the Job
completed ns soon as possible.
"The committee looks , at it this
way: the water will never be any
lower than it is at the present time
and no one can tell how soon the
early rains will set in and then the
trouble' will commence for everybody.
We have no fault to find with the
work being done. That is alright, but
it is not 'being done fast enough."
The committee consists of Joe Ell
as chairman, and Councilman Knight
and Mumm. .
Rllf TO LEAD
HEARST'S POT
Massachusetts Man Will Be
Standard Bearer of Inde
pendence League.
SOME SOUTHERNER WILL
BE RUNNING HTE.
National Convention Will Be Opened
Tonlglrt in Chicago Feared that
Meeting Will Be Stampeded for
Bryan Willie Randolph Declares
Tlx to Will Be No Compromise
With Democrat) Nominations Will
I'robably Be Made Tomorrow.
Chicago, July 27. At a conference
of the leaders of the independence
party national convention opening
tonight. Is was practically decided
that Thomas L. Hisgen of Massachu
setts will be the condldate fpr the
presidency and that a southerner as
yet unchosen should be vlce-presl-dentlal
nominee.
Delegates are arriving from every
state. It Is understood there is fear
an attempt will be made to capture
the convention for Bryan.
Hearst, declared today that there
would be no compromise with the
democrats and that any attempt to
Indorse Bryan would be futile.
The convention will be called to
order at 8 o'clock tonight by Charles
A. Walch of Iowa, secretary of the
national committee. The presidential
nomination will probably be made to
morrow. DRAGGED, FOOT IX STIRRUP.
Maddened' Horse Pulls Ray Fair-
child on Rang.
Heppner, Ore, July 27. Dragged
over the rang at the stirrup of a
maddened; horse, Ray Falrchlld, a
well known cattle shipper and meat
dealer, of this city, sustained such
frightful Injuries that he probably
will die. Mr. Falrchlld had gone
out on horseback to round up a small
bunch of cattle for shipment, when
his horse made a sudden swerve and
the saddle turned. The animal took
fright Immediately and bolted, drag
ging Mr. Falrchlld by one foot, which
had caught In the stirrup. When
the horse was caught and the victim
released he was found to have sus
tained a compound fracture of the
head and face.
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
MARKS IIARRJMAN HUSTLE.
Refuses to Extend Time Limit and
Wizard Is Compelled to Get Busy.
Mexico City, Mex., July 27. The
Mexican government having refused
a second request on the part of Har
rlman and his associates In the build
ing of the Cananea River & Pacific
road, to extend the time limit for
the completion of the line, orders
have been issued for the rushing of
the work with all possible speed. The
line will be finished by October 12.
1912.
The road extends from Guaymas on
the north to Guodojara on the south.
a distance of 870 miles. Before the
southern terminus fs reached the road
will have been carried over the Sierra
Madres mountains, where in some
places it will cost 1100,000 per mile.
Seeking Murderer.
Spokane, July 27. The authorities
are looking for Corporal Barker in
connection with the murder of Ira
Nesslnger, a resident of Medical Lake,
whose body, beaten to a pulp, was
round In a lonely road. His clothes
were torn and a gas pipe was by his
side. The police say they have learn
ed that Barker was with Nesslnger all
Saturday. Military authorities are
also seeking Barker. Seventy-five
dollars and a watch were taken from
Nesslnger.
Regatta Is Feature.
Quebec, July 27. The main feature
of today's program- In the tercente
nary celebration Is the regatta In tha
river harbor before the town, which
Is crowded with gaily decked pleasure
craft. There will be a grand naval
display tonight, participated' In by the
warships here for the event.
FIRE DESTROYING
BIG FOREST RESERVE.
Sallna, Cal., July 27. A for
est fire is threatening to de
stroy the entire Monterey for
est reserve of forty thousand
acres. It has already consum
ed ten thousand acres of soma
of the best timber to be found
in the United States. Fighters
under government supervision
are trying to check the flames.
The fire is now spreading to
the Santa Lucia range.
HORRIBLE OEATR
lit AIMS
Man Succumbs After Sixteen
Day of Awful Torture and
Agony.
SLOWLY DIES FROM
HUNGER AND INJURIES.
W. II. Gulllford Fulls Down Moun-
tains In Montana, Breaking Legs
Keeps Diary While Waiting for
Death Drags Himself Through
Miles of Wilderness With Broken
limbs Dragging Behind Yelled to
Section Men Aero River, But Re
ceived No Aid.
Helena, Mont., July 27. After liv
ing In terrible torture and agony for
16 days, along without food, death
finally came to the relief of W. H.
Gulliver' in the mountains near Olive
Btatlon, in Sanders county.
The only thing known about the
man Is contained in a diary kept by
him while he was slowly dying.
The first entry reads: "Notify my
people. My name Is W. H. Gulliver,
and my home is in Birmingham,
England. Notify my wife, mother and
child at K. E. South St. I fell down
the mountains and broke my legs."
The next memorandum was made
the following day and says he had
dragged himself through miles of wil
derness with his broken legs dangl
ing behind.
On the seventh day he wrote: "I
could see section men across the river
on a hand car. I yelled and was sure
they heard me."
On the 12th day he wrote: "Two
young men passed me and promised
to go for help. They never returned."
It Is though this hW note' is an hal
lucination. On the 16th day he still had. suffi
cient vitality to write. He wrote:
"This Is my last day." His body was
found in a state of decomposition.
He was about 30 years old.
TWO WEEKS THEN DIVORCE.
Salem Man's Honeymoon Is Full of
Tribulation.
Salem, Ore., July 27. Two weeks
of married life was sufficient for
William H. Jamison, a resident of
this county, who has filed a suit for
divorce against his better half, Idenia
Jamison.
The pair were married in Portland
July 6 of this year and managed to
3Bve '.together until July 21, when
things became so exciting and stren
uous for Jamison that he was com
pelled to abandon his unha'ppl "hap
py" home.
Jamison's venture Into matrimony
is said to be of the shortest duration
In this part of the state, and is be
lieved to set a record for all of Ore
gon. In his complaint, which was
filed, in the circuit court, Jamison
alleges inhuman and cruel treatment,
declaring that his wife swore at him
and threw hot coffee In his face as
an early morning greeting. He also
alleges that she accused him of pay
ing too much attention to other wo
men. FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEM.
Conditions Will Become Acute Within
Another Generation.
Berkeley, Cal., July 27. The prob
lem of a food supply In this country
will be acute within another genera
tion unless some plan is conceived
to improve the quality of wheat, ac
cording to Theodore C. Bartholo
mew, a prominent Cincinnati chem
ist, who addressed the master bakers
of the Pacific coast at their annual
meeting yesterday.
' He rebuked the American farmers
for their misuse of land, and said:
"The day of vengeance is at hand.
The earth refuses to be longer
abused. In place of giving fifty fold,
she only now gives five or ten, and
often less.
Phosphates and nitrates, so neces
sary for plant life, are exhausted, and
wheat raised on such starved out
land is almost devoid of protein and
gluten."
He said malt was a partial remedy
for the evil and urges bakers to make
use of it.
Yacht Races.
London, July 27. A large crowd is
present today to see the start of the
first day's racing of the International
yacht races of the Olympic games.
The yachts are divided Into three
classes. The course Is a mile and a
half long, starting from the finish off
Ryde Pier on the Isle of Wight. A
rowing regatta to be held In connec
tion with the Olympic games, begins
at Hendley tomorrow.
Baseball Scores1.
Portland, 6; Oakland, 2.
San Francisco, 7-6; Los Angeles,
0-7.
FLAMES SHOOT
1500 FEET IN AIR.
Mexico City, July 27. Flames
are shooting 1500 feet in the
air today from the oil wells
near Tamplco, which have been
burning for two weeks. Recent
explosions have torn fissures In
the earth surrounding the well
giving an outlet to the fire.
Experts soy 90,000 barrels of oil
are flowing from the wells dal
ly, .There Is little hope of ex
tinguishing the flames.
GIRL CAPTURES BURGLAR.
ConioUi Brute to Return to nouse,
Locks Him in Bath Room and
Calls Police.
Seattle, Wash., July 27. Oscar KI1
dall, a confessed burglar, Is In the
county Jail, where he landed as the
result of the pluck and sprinting abil
ity of Miss Bessie Carlin, of 92014
Howell street Klldall acknowledges
that his vocation has been breaking
Into houses and looting the quarters
In the slot gas meters.
It was in the middle of the after
noon when Miss Carlin, stepping from
her room Into the hall, saw Klldall
at the gas meter. The burglar fled
with the girl after him. Down the
steps they flew and up the street. Miss
Carlin gaining at every step.
When they had- gone three blocks
the girl was ten feet behind. She
cried out to some men Just ahead to
stop the fugitive: One of them obllg
tngly stuck out his foot, and Klldall
tripped headlong. As he picked him
self up, the breathless Miss Carlin
pounced on him.
"Come with me," she exclaimed.
as she seized his arm.
Then, single-handed, and Indig
nantly declining assistance, Miss Car'
lin marched him back to her house
and up stairs, and locked him In the
bathroom. Then she telephoned for
the police. .
Miss Carlin weighs ISO pounds and
Klldall 162.
UNUSUAL LEGAL
ATTACHMENT SUIT
FILED IN COUNTY COURT.
Object Was to Gain Time Not a
Single Magistrate In the City at
Present Bean, Parkes and Gilll
,land Are All Out of Town on An
nual Vacations.
An unusual legal proceeding oc
curred here today when an attach
ment suit was filed in the county
court Instead of the circuit or Justice
before which such cases are almost
Invariably brought. The suit filed
Is that of John Scheller vs. C. D.
Chandler and Is to collect a balance
of $39 alleged to be due upon a 252
note given at Williams, Ore., January
SO, 1908. W. C. Sims Is attorney for
the plaintiff.
Rarely, if ever before has such a
suit as this been brought In the coun.
ty court. However, the course Is per
fectly legal for under a state law
suits of that character may be
brought In the county court provided
the amount Involved does not exceed
$500.
It Is said that the suit was brought
In the county court In hopes that
quicker action could be had than be
fore either of the other courts. But
as Judge Glllilnnd as well as Judge
Bean and Justice Parkes are all away
from the city, It would seem that there
H some doubt on this point.
Forest Fire In Rogue Valley.
Grants Pass, Ore., July 27. The
first forest fire of the season in this
section Is now burning on railroad
land five miles east of this city. It
was evidently started by some care
less hunters or hoodlum boys, and has
now burned over 200 acres. The dan
ger from forest fires In the Rogue
river valley is greater than usual, as
this spring and summer have been
very dry and the woods are like a tin
der box.
STOLEN TIMEPIECE
Cached away between some ties In
the O. R. & N. yard, the big clock
stolen last week from the home of A.
J. McAllister was found Saturday
afternoon. It had evidently been
placed there by the robbers who then
caught a freight .train out of the
city.
The clock was found by a young
man named Vaughan, who lives in
the west end of town. He happened
to be passing through the railroad
yard Saturday when his glance fell
upon something shiny between the
ties. On Investigating he found the
clock partly burled In cinders and
BLUEM
NEVER BETTER
Hundreds of Campers Enjoy
ing Delightful Weather and
Scenery.
IDEAL CONDITIONS
FOR SUMMER OUTING.
Air, Water, Vegetation, all Combine
to Make Life Enjoyable Evidence
of Advancing Civilization Work
of Uncle Sam's Guardians of Na
tional Forest Gardens Inspiring
View From Towering Cliff Possi
bilities of Pendleton and County
Revealed.
Kamela, July 27. (East Oregonl-
an.) The Blue mountains are filled
with campers, wood haulers, huckle
berry pickers and sheep. No one ever
saw. the mountains at better advan
tage than now. The delightfully
cool and bracing air, the abundance
of good water and luxuriant vegeta
tion all combine to make an ideal
scene for a summer outing.
The frost has killed many fine ber
ry patches tributary to Kamela, but
in other parts of the mountains they
are plentiful. There is an abundance
of water In all the streams on the
high mountains and grass Is good.
Stock are in fine condition all through
the mountains.
Going Back for Wood.
As settlement advances farther and
farther into' the arid regions of the
west each year, so do the wood chop
pers Invade the deeper recesses of the
forests each year.
New roads are being built far tnte
the woods, cabins are to be found
miles back In the heavy timber and
families live In the lonely forests from
year to year, that the demand for fuel
may be supplied.
In walking on the breaks of the
high hills- overlooking the deep gorge
of McKay creek yesterday, I was
really startled to hear a baby crying
in the dense forest and In a short
distance I came upon a new cabin
erected by a wood chopper at the
very "end of the road."
Although the distance to the rail
road is eight miles, yet the scarcity
of good timber nearer the track
makes it profitable to haul wood this
distance. .
Work of the Rangers.
Along the summit of the Blue
mountains north and south of Kame
la are the beaten trails of the forest
rangers. Uncle Sam's lonely guardlaae
of the forests. For miles and miles
through the forests, guided only by
the "blazed" trees of the reserve
boundaries, these watchful men ride
day after day watching for forest
fires, making trails and watering
places, guarding the line to see that
no unauthorized shepherd invades the
reserve, clearing away the under
brush to reduce the severity of possi
ble forest fires and developing new
trails to make travel easy In the gov
ernment's national forest gardens.
It Is a fascinating, yet lonely occu
pation. The horse, dog and gun Of
the rangers are largely their only
company on the long trails.
. Mt. Hood in the Distance.
It was a clear, beautiful day. 'I
stood on the cliffs overlooking upper
McKay creek. At my feet, 6000 teat
below, ran the silver thread of the
stream, between Its towering battle
ments of frowning cliffs and sun
burned hills.
Just visible over an Intervening
ridge was the golden wheat belt of
the Tutullla flats. There to the right
arose the smoke of Pendleton's mills
and yonder before me, 180 miles
away, was lifted the shimmering sum
mit of Mt. Hood!
What to that proud mountain peak
are the petty plans of men? What
to It the heartaches, hopes, hatreds,
greed or ambitions of the jostling
world ?
Supreme and satisfied, lifted like a
trlumhpant conquerer upon the shoul
ders of the hills, its serenity and qui-
(Contlnued on Page S.)
IS
with an old pair of shoes on top of
It.
Taking the clock home with hlni.
young Vaughan made Inquiries . aid
learning that the timepiece had feeea.
stolen from the McAllister home, re
turned It to the owners yesterday.
The clock was not damaged to any
extent and Is now running as usual. .
Thus far the officers have no trace
of the burglars who robbed the Mc
Allister and Raines houses, and ae
they have but little te work on, hav
ing no description of the men what
ever, it Is doubtful tf rthe .men will
ever be captured.
RECOVERED