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VOL. 21.
PENDLET if, OltEGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1908.
NO. 63G2
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HOWL FACULTY
IIS SEEN HIED
Seventeen Teachers Will Com
prise the Force at - Weston
for the Ensuing Year,
DORMITORIES WILL BE
FILLED AT BEGIXXIXG
Cottages Have Been Rented for Stu-
den and All Will Be Taken Care
of Large Enrollment In the His
tory of Ote School Is Expected Tliis
year Teaching Force Carefully
Selected Every Department In
Charge of an Expert Soliool to
Open September 14.
A complete faculty of 17 teachers
has been employed for the Weston
normal school for the coming year
and the school will open on Septemv
ber 14. under the most favorable
conditions.
While It Is evident that the dormi
tory facilities will be filled to over
flowing almost from the opening of
the school, President French has
rented a number of cottages which
will be utilized for homes for the
students and notwithstanding the lack
of room to accommodate students un
der .the roof of the dormitory, yet all
will be cared for properly and the
cmlng year promises to be the ban
ner year of this worthy Institution of
eastern Oregon.
Over 2500 pounds of fruit has been
put up for the use of Uie dormitories, j
the buildings and grounds have been
put In condition for the coming of
the students and all Is now In readi
ness for the opening of the school
year.
List of Teachers.
Following Is the complete list' of
teachers who will comprise the nor
mal faculty for the ensuing year:
Robert C French, president; teach
er of psychology, history of education
and pedagogy.
Anna Z. Crayne, dean of the wo
men and teacher of methods of Eng
lish grammar and composition, writ
ing, spelling, rhetoric and elocution
Frederick C. Heck, A. B., teacher
of methods of history, general his
tory, United States history, physics,
civics, school law, English literature,
American literature and German lan
guage. Clara G. Hall, teacher of arithme
tic, algebra, plane and solid ge'ome
try. Clara a. French, teacher of zool
ogy, chemistry, physical geography,
methods In geography, elementary ag
riculture and domestic science.
Carrlo W. Riddle, M. A., classics!
and rhetoric, literature and expres
sion, methods In reading and Ameri
can literature.
J. Oscar Russell, physical training,
athletics and mathematics.
George B. Chatterly, teacher of
bookkeeping, office stenographer, li
brarian and orchestra.
Anna Selrflrk Norton, teacher of
voice culture, vocal music, chorus and
glee clubs,
Nettle C. Chatterly, jnusle, draw
Ing, critic in music and drawing,
training school. j
John Mather, teacher of manual
training.
Paul H. Wyman, A. B., principal
of the training school, teacher of
methods of teaching, pedagogy, prln
clples of education.
Harrison H. Shirk, critic in train
ing school, seventh and eighth
grades.
Loretta H. Smith, critic In training
school, third and fourth grades.
Emma Davidson Dorden, critic In
training school kindergarten and sec
ond grades. ,
Anna Bullfinch, critic in training
school and fifth and sixth grades.
Naomi R. Stengel, assistant In
grade.
Mrs. Retta Powell, In charge of the
Industrial work of the young women
of the normal.
The entlro faculty has been care
fully selected by President French
and he feels confident that the
school s now perhaps better equip
ped with a teaching force than ever
before. The training department Is
especially strong and the groundwork
for a normal school education Is
therefore to be well laid.
President French has made a per
sonal canvass for students In all of
the eastern Oregon counties and Is
well pleased with the outlook. He
expects an overflowing attendance at
the normal and Is prepared to give
the best possible training to those de
siring a thorough, practical educa
tion which can be put to use.
Mil WATER MS
ALL III SIGHT BEEN FILED
Greater City Planned on an Irving Worthington Locates
Immense Scale by Commit- Power and Water Sites,
tee of Citizens.
Claiming 20,000 Inches,
PARTS OF FOUR COUX-
TIES TO BE INCLUDED.
WATER TO BE STORED AXD
DIVERTED NEAR IRRIGOX
Boundaries rf Greater San. Francisco i,IKne Reservoir to Bo Erected on
to Reach Out on All Side Ouk
land,, Berkeley, Alameda Included
In Xew Line Plan for Extension
Is Sweeping In the Extreme Prnc.
tlcully AH the 12 Towns in Fou
Counties) to Be Merged.
San Francisco, Aug. 27. According
reports submitted today to the
McKay Creek Wlicro Water Will
Be Collected From Hill Water
to Be Used for Power, Irrigation
ami Household Uses After Trail
IK'ittng Waiter Down .McKay Creek
and Umatilla It Will. 1x3 Diverted
to the Irrigon Project.
McKay creek has now been taken
mm
HOTEL
I
WASHINGTON TOWX SCENE
OF BOLD HOLD-UP,
Chnrlcg Thomet of Midway, 12 Miles
From Vancouver, Shot to Death in
Hi Barroom After He Fell HI
Body "Was Riddled Willi Bullets
Patrons of Uie Place Held Up
Robbers Encnpcd In the Darkness.
Vancouver, Aug. 27. Midway, a
town 12 miles away, was the scene of
a sensational hold-up last night, when
two highwaymen entered the Midway
hotel and shot and killed Charles Tho-
met, who was behind the bar and
j commanded three other persons to
hold up their hands. .
Thomet reached for. his revolver
and opened fire, wounding one. The
robbers fired at Thomet, who stag
gered through the door dying.
Bloodhounds from Spokane are be
ing brought to trail the murderer.
After Thomet fell into another room
the desperadoes entered the room
through another door and shot hlr
several times more and then escaped
In the direction of Ferry, Wash. . One
of the quartet held up Included the
local banker. No attempt was made
to touch the till. Thomet was one of
the best marksmen In this part of the
country.
to
Greater San Francisco committee b for power purposes and should the
the sub-committee on boundaries the Cly desire to secure a water supply
plan for the greater city Is to take it. or a source of electrical power from
ai Immense territory around the bay tnat Bream n will find itself in the
shores. same situation It is In reuardins: the
The border line begins near Bollnas fmatllla,
bay in Marin county, crosses the Ma- This forenoon Irving Worthington
I
rln peninsula at San Pablo straits. fied at the county recorder's office
and embraces Berkeley, Oakland, Al- a notice of appropriation of 20,000
aineda, trultvale. and Other towns. ihno nf Muter from MeKnv ereek
It runs as far south as .Newark, anj he claims the same for purposes
crosses the bay to the Santa Clan, nf irriiiion nower and household
of
lands under the Furnish project were
surveyed for an electric road and Dr,
H. W. Coe, head of the company sell
ing those lands, has said that such a
road Is to be built. Not many weeks
ago the Pendleton council was asked
to grant a franchise for a road
through this city.
Now to operate an electric road re
quires electricity and to make elec
trlclty requires water power. There.
fore, it Is plain, to some at least, that
the eletrlc road people, whoever they
may be, have done an obviously good
thing for themselves and filed upon
available power sites. Whether or
not this theory Is true the future will
tell.
But whoever It may be that has
secured the power sites, the fact re
mains that the city of Pendleton has
not done so and apparently It will
now' be difficult for the town to ob
tain water power should It desire
such. That the city will be cut off
from a supply of water for a munici
pal water system Is not believed.
SOUTHERN CITT
IS
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, IS
BOWED WITH SUFFERING
county line, follows the county boun
dary across to the Santa Cruz moun
tf.lns to the seashore at a point neat
Half Moon.
-All told, a dozen towns and cities
half of two counties and all of two
others are Included.
HILL RAILROAD SCOUT
0 SAYS LINES ARE IX SIGHT
Medford. Aug. 27. "There
will be a road Into central Ore-
gon Inside of two years, wheth-
er Harrlman acts or not," Js the
statement made by John D..
Porter, who has built many
miles of the Hill road. He re-
turned this morning from an
auto rldo Into central Oregon.
He made the trip from The
Dalles to Prlnevllle and Cris-
crossed until Fort Klamath was
reached. He made copious
notes. i
GRASSHOPPERS STRIP TREES.
Wilbur OrclinrdIst9 Suffer from Rav
agios Gardens Also Attacked.
Wilbur, Wash.. Aug. 27. The
grasshoppers are not only making
havoc of the tender variety of vege
tation In the town gardens, but have
spread to the outlying orchards,
stripping every fruit tree on some
of the places of Its foliage. Incon
sequence several thousand dollars Iii
fruit has been lost and there arpears
to be no end to the devastation. The
potato fields also are being ravaged
by the Insects, which take the plant
by rows, completely stripping the
stock of leaves.
WOMAX RIOT LEADER
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Springfield, Aug. 27. Mrs. Cecelia
Overton, companion of Kate Howard,
who suicided last night to escape ar.
rest on a charge of murder In con
nection with the recent race riot, to
day declared that every druggist In
the city was warned not to sell the
Howard woman poison.
Mrs. Howard declared she would
never bo arrested again. She drank
poison when an officer came to arrest
her on an indictment of murder re
turned yesterday. She was on ball
for other charges.
When the officer turned his bacn
she drank the poison and aceompant.
ed him to Jail, where she dropped
dead.
DEMOCRATS SPRING AX
ALLEGED SENSATION.
Chicago, Aug. 27. The democrats
sprung a sensation today hy Issuing
a letter appealing to the corporations
for contributions, which they allege
was sent out by the republicans ovo
the signature of Fred t'pham Satur
day. The text of the letter as given out
by the democrats points to the need
or campaign runds. and Informs the
corporations that Inasmuch as It la
against the law for corporations to
commute, "you are requested to
bring the matter to the attention o
your business associates and ask each
to send a check."
BRYAN REWARDED
THE NEGRO PORTER
FREIGHT RATES WILL KILL
WESTERN LUMBER TRADE.
San FranclsOo, Aug. 27. That the
new lumber rates from the Pacific
coast to the Atlantic will result In
the withdrawal of California red
wood and Oregon pine from the east
ern trade, Is the opinion of western
lumbermen, who are complaining.
' The Southern Pacific . claims the
new rate which Is from 9 to 14 cents
per 100 higher, was forced upon
western roads by eastern roads which
would not agree to a lower rate.
Kansas City, Aug. 27. Bryan left
his pocket book containing $300 of
campaign-funds and his own cash In
his berth when he arrived here. Th
negro porter found It and turned It
over to the Pullman police. Later
the porter returned the money In
person and received 110 from Bryan.
Tony Pastor la Dead.
New York, Aug, 27. Tony Pastor,
the well known theatrical manager, Is
dead. He expired after a long illness.
He was Identified with New York
theaters since 1859. He was born in
1S36. When 6 years old he was an
the stage as a vaudeville artist.
Shower of Silver Dollars.
Goldfleld, Aug. 27. A chlvarl par
ty Intending to surprise George Wing.
field and bride on their return last
night, was In -turn surprised by the
mine promoter showering his -guests
with silver dollars. Instead of beat
Ing tin pans, the party Indulged In a
scramble, women and children also
fighting for the coins. The couple
was recently married.
Oil Merger Planned.
Los Angeles, Oct. 27. Plans are
being made today for a $10,000,000
merger of southern California oil In
terests to regulate the business of a
the companies.
use. Notice of the appropriation
the water from McKay was posted
yesterday on a tree near the 'power
site.
A Four Mllo Reservoir.
According to the statement con
tained In the appropriation notice,
McKay creek Is to be dammed at
point between sections five and si
township four, south of range 33. By
damming the stream a reservoir
to be made out of the bed of the
stream and It will extend from sec
tion two to section five. The head
of the reservoir will be a few miles
below the convergence of the north
and south forks of McKay creek
Claims Water Twice.
Under the notice of appropriation
that has been filed the claimant as.
serts n right to use the 20,000 inches
of water again after It has run from
McKay creek into the Umatilla. He
appropriates the right to take that
amount of water from the Umatlll
at a- point in section 21, township
five, north of range 28. This Is the
location of the dam and headgate for
the Oregon Land and Water com
pany, the Irrlgon project, and the
claimant takes the right to have 20,
000 Inches of water flow from the
Umatilla Into that company's canal
Under one provision of the Oregon
law, so It Is said, a company or Indi
vidual may store water upon one
stream and have the right to that
amo'unt of water at a point lowr
down that stream or from a stream
into which the first one flows.
Filings Cause Speculation
Who are tho people who are se-.
curing the water and power rights in
the streams adjacent to Pendleton
and what are their motives? This Is
a question that has been asked fre
quently of late and up to this time
there seems no positive answer.
Among many there Is a belief that
the hand of the Northweste'rn Gas
and Electric company Is behind the
filings that have been made. The
foundation for this theory lies In the
fact that that corporation Is now sup
plying light and power to Pendleton
and other places and that It would be
but natural for the company to head
off a rival plant If possible.
The fact that the city has "gone
out with a brass band" to secure a
water supply and possibly a power
supply might easily have caused the
N. W. G. & E. people to take steps to
prevent the municipality establishing
a rival electric plant.
Another Theory.
But there are others who see In re
cent actions a move of anoher char
acter. Their Idea is that the real
people behind the filings are not those
within the Northwestern Gas & Elec
trio company but a group of men
who are planning to secure power for
a future electrlo road through the
west end of this county. '
During the past six months numer
ous prophesies of an electric road
have been made and some work has
been done towards such an end. The
Thousands of People Are Homeless
ami Hungry as a Result of Wednes
day's Flood-Bridges Washed Away,
Streets FMod With Water and
People Marooned on Housetops
Crojw Ruined, Homes Destroyed In
Fanning Districts.
OF Pi
IS KEENLY FELT
May Be No Electricity in Pen
dleton for Several Days, it
is Said by Company.
MANY LINES OF LXDUS-
TRY SERIOUSLY HURT.
Several Plants Have Temporarily
Suspended Owing: to the . Absence
of Power While Great Inconven
ience Is Experienced In Homes and
Business Institutions by Failure of
Light Old Steam Pluiits Are Re
vived and Candles Furnish Light
for Households.
Augusta, Aug. 27. This city is the
scene of great suffering as a result
of yesterday's flood when the dam
broke
Water In the main streets is 10
feet deep. Thousands are marooned
upon the upper stories, homeless and
hungry.
There Is no means of distributing
food and much food has been de
stroyed.
The bridge on the Savannah river
collapsed today under the terrific
force of the rushing waters. In the
excitement several houses, were burn
ed. Several families are floating
about the city on rafts. There Is
big loss of crops. Farm houses are
washed away.
Help Is Greatly Delayed.
Augusta. Aug. 27. Floods In all
sections delayed all railroads an
makes the arrival of relief slow. Sup
plies are expected from Atlanta to.
night. It will be weeks before the
city recovers from the shock.
Reports from the surrounding coun
try Indicates that the damage Is great
er than at first reported.
Seven bodies have been recovered
by parties going to the city In sm;i
boats. The number of dead here is es
tiraatod at 30. Under the directing
oi the police all available boats are
confiscated by volunteers, rescuine
women and children from the too
torles.
Refugee camps are established on
the high points around the city. Sev
eral families have built rafts with
parts of beds, shutters and doors. Un
less the water goes down the suffer-
ng will be terrible tonight.
OSSES IN THE SOUTH
GREATER THAN ESTIMATED.
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 27. Reports
from the flood districts throughout
the state show the losses will be great.
er than estimated. In the western
ctlon It Is known the losses will fry
ceed l, 000,000. The railroads have
suspended and there Is no telephone
or telegraph connection between Co
lumbia and the upper part of the
state.
Scores of reports were received to
day from various points telling of des.
tltutlon and appealing for aid. Hun
dreds are homeless and foodless with
no dry places to sleep.
Sluice -Box Robbers Caught.
Nome, Aug. 27. Two men accused
of robbing the sluice box on Osborn
creek last night of 17000 In gold dust
are arrested. The federal authori
ties rounded up 20 gamblers and
crooks. The police think some of
them are leaders In many of the
sluice box robberies.
That there may be no electricity for
Pendleton for several days yet Is thd
discouraging Information that Is giv
en out at the Northwestern Gas Sk
Electric company's office this after
noon.
According to the electric light peo-
pie they do not know when the cur-,
rent will be on again but they be
lieve it will be two or three days yet.
H Is now said that the tall race at tha
power plant became filled during tha
recent washout and that the delay la
due to this fact and to the fact that
the machinery at the plant has not
yet become dried.
Breakdown Causes Havoc.
Because there has been no electric
ity since Sunday night much Incon
venience has been suffered locally.
At night time householders have been
forced to resort to candles and old
lamps for Illumination and In the ab
sence of the street lights the town has.
presented a dismal, deserted appear,
ance. As a result few have been a
the streets after nightfall.
But the day current has also been
sadly missed. Dozens of local con
cerns use electricity for power pur
poses and since the breakdown they
have had to fall back upon other
things. The East Oregonian's ma
chinery Is operated by electricity, but
as the paper also maintains a good
steam plant the shutdown has not
greatly affected it. The morning pa
per has Just installed a gasoline en
gine to take the place of the absent
Juice. ,
The Forster planing mill, Coles
worthy's chop mill, the foundry and
several other local plants also use
the day current. The planing mill
Is now using Its steam plant, but the
two other concerns have suffered.
Dentists, Jewelers, grocers and oth
er professional men and tradesmen
also find themselves handicapped.
The grocers use the current to run
cofffe mills and the "armstrong"
method must now be relied upon.
At the telephone station the ab
sence of the current makes Itself felt.
Were It not for a generating plant
which the phone company has for
emergencies the phone system of th
city would also be out of commission.
As It Is a woodsaw engine Is now being
used to operate the emergency plant
and the phone service Is unimpaired.
Reception and Cup for Taft.
Hot Springs. Aug. 27. A brilliant
farewell reception will be given to
night by the guests at Hot Springs
hotel In honor of Taft, who is prepar-
r.g to depart tomorrow night. A
bevy of pretty girls will present Taft
a handsome loving cup.
ABYSIXIAX PRINCE
BEGS FOR CHARrTY
Detroit, Aug. 27. Officials of
the McGregor mission are dis
cussing its strangest charity ap
plicant In the person of Prince
Hendrix Hull of Rulawharoo,
crown prince of Abyssina, who
will some day sit on the throne
of that country as a successor
to Emperor Menellk, who Is a
first cousin of the prince. He
was sent on a mission to this
country. He said he has sent
home all his savings to his sick
wife.