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PENDLETON, OltEGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST
1908.
NO. 6363
VOL. 21.
' 28.
THE SAVINGS BUNK
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Well-known Pendleton Insti
tution Receives a Charter
From the Government.
BE KXOWX AS AMERICAN
NATIONAL BANK.
One of Uie Pioneer Financial Inrtltu
tiona of Eartern Oregon I laa Cap
ital, Surplus and ITofltn of Over a
Quarter of a Million Customers
Number Over 3000 Farmers, Stock
men and IIiisIiiohh Men of Inland
Empire.
POSTOFFICE ROBBERS
MAKE A RIO! HAUL..
Tacoma, Aug. 27. Safe blow
ers entered the postorice at
Parkland, a Tacoma suburb,
last night, partially wrecked the
building, stole $1000 in cash,
22,000 two cent stamps, 20,000
one centers, and $300 of Post
Master Erlckson's personal
money.
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4 Washington, D. C, Aug. 27.
.1 W. Malonev. cashier Pen-
dleton Savings bank, Pendleton,
Oregon: The American Nation-
al Bank of Pendleton, No. 9228,
Is today authorized to begin
business; charter Is mailed.
T. P. LANE,
Acting Comptroller.
"Th American National Bank of
Pendleton." This is the name under
which the Fendleton Savings bank,
for so many years one of the strong
est financial institutions of the Inland
empire, will be known In the future.
Last night Cashier Maloney receiv
ed notice from the comptroller of the
currency nt Washington, that the ap
plication of the Pendleton Savings
bank to be converted Into a national
bank, hnd been approved, 'and auth
orizing the American National bank
to begin business, the charter being
mailed, and henceforth this well
known Institution will be conducted
under the supervision of the Culled
Slates government.
Large Capital and Surplus.
The American National bank begin
business with capital, surplus and
profits of more than a quarter of a
million dollars, and resources of over
a million, Its customers numbering
about 3000 fanners, stork rnlsers and
business men of eastern Oregon, mak
ing It one of the strongest financial
Institutions of the northwest. ,
The history of the Pendleton Sav
ings bank, now the American Nation
al bank. Is a no small part of the his. ;
tory of Umatilla county and eastern
Oregon. From a modest beginning,
about 20 years ago Its business In
creased With the growth of the coun
try until It became recognized as the
largest and bout known private bank
In the state outside of Portland.
The prosperity of the bank Is due
to the confidence of Its management
In the resources of the country and
(the Integrity of Jls citizens. It always
stood ready to assist every legitimate
Industry, at the same time carefully
guarding the Interests of Its depositors
and scores of the now wealthy men
of the country owe much -of their
success to the liberal policy which
pernsHted them to make good In the
work nf building up the country In a
produtjlvc capacity.
Enlarged Quartern.
A yea and a half ago the business
of the bank had outgrown Its busi
ness quarters and work of remodeling
the building began, resulting In giving
the bank the finest and most complete
quarters and equipment In the north
west, with mahogany fixtures, largo
vaults of reinforced concrete, lined
with steel and protected with triple
time locks, safe deposit' boxes for use
of customers, and every convenience
known to modern banking.
Continued Increase In the business
rendered advisable a conversion o
the organization from aVate Institu
tion to'a national bank, under the su
pervision of the United States. There
is no change In the officers and stock
holders, and customers will meet their
old friends In the various departments
of the new Institution.
The ability of President Montle B.
Gwlnn was recently recognized by his
fellow bankers of the state In his
unanimous election to the position of
president of the Oregon State Bank
ers' association. Mr. Gwlnn has been
largely Interested in the livestock
business in eastern Oregon for a good
many years, removing to Pendleton a
little more than two years ago.
The vice-president, Harold C. Ste
phens, came to Pendleton a few
months ago from Denver, where he
had may years' experience as a suc
cessful banker.
J. W. Maloney, the cashier, has been
with the bank for the past eight years,
previous to which he served the peo
ple of the county as county recorder
(Continued on Page 8.)
LOST IN TYPHOON
THE RUNCAIHN SINK
ON CHINESE COAST
MOSCOW
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Post office Officials and Em
ployes Under Arrest for
Daring Crime.
MILLIONS OF CANCELLED
STAMPS ARE SOLD
Regular Collections of Old Stamps
Made by- Potuofrice Force Sliojw
for denning and Re-gumming Old
Stamps Maintained One of the
Roblcst 1 Yawls In the History of
the Empire Oilier Rig Office
Will Re Investigated at Once
Thirty Arc Arrested.
Now comes the Wenaha Water &
Power company with a claim to 50,
000 Inches of water from McKay creek
and they claim that notice of appro
priation was posted by J. A. Borle
on August 24, two days before that
put up by I, Worthlngton, who filed
upon the McKay power site yesterday.
If the statements contained In the
appropriation notice recorded this
morning are true then Worthlngton's
claim to 20,000 Inches of water from
McKay is apparently worthless. The
Wenaha Power company claims right
tc the water and as they were ap
parently first in the' field, though not
flrsUlo record their notice, they seem.
Ii'gly have the inside track. They
would take the water out at the same
place as would Worthlngton.
. In the notice filed here today the
Wenaha company gives its plans for
developing a power as follows: The
point of diversion Is near the corner
of sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, township
1 south range 33. At the point of di
version a dam Is to be built and a
reservoir made. The right Is also
"DEATH VALLEY SCOTTV' tnVpn to eonstruet two other reser-
ORDERED OCT OP TOWN voirs not yet located.
From the dam a canal, to be known
Moscow, Aug. 28. A stupendous
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swindle of the government postofflce
was revealed today. Thousands of
dollars worth of cancelled postage
stamps have been cleaned and made
to appear new and sold throughout
Russia. Thirty arrests have been
made, . Six million of the cancelled
stamps have been sold In Moscow
alone, It Is said. :
The entire postofflce force In this
city and In the suburban offices Is In
volved In the frauds which have been
operated on an Immense plan.
Two or three of the 30 employes
and officials arrested have confessed
to a portion of the plot. Stamps hat
been collected on various pretexts and
regular shops for cleaning, renovat
ing and gumming the cancelled
stamps have been conducted.
It Is one nf the most daring schemes
of fraud ever discovered, even In
Russian territory and the government
will Investigate the condition of all
the leading postoffices In the em
pire as a result. X
ANOTHER FILING
FOR 50,000 INCHES
Wenaha Power & Water Co.
Lays Claim to McKay Creek
Water Also,
SECOND FILING PLACED
ON M'KAY THIS WEEK.
Piling Made by Irving Worthlngton
on 20,000 Indie Is SurjxiKsed by a
I,argc Claim Filed by Wenaha Peo
ple Toduy Rut Little Light on the
I'urixxse of the Company Is Given
In the Filing Pacrs Claim Is
Marier Tliat Location Notice Was
posted August 21.
Out of a Crew of 53 Only Two Men
. F.sriipcri Deadly Typ'i'.oi Swept
Suddenly IMiwn VMu tlio Vessel,
Drowning the Sailors IJko Rati
Engineer and One Seaman ICscnpcd
Steamer Was Round for Saigon.
Sun Francisco, Aug. 28. Fifty-one
members of the crew of 53 went down
with the British steamer Duncalrn
caught In a typhoon off the coast of
China, according to a cablegram re
ceived by the Merchants' exhange to
day. She sank so quickly that the
men below the decks were caught on
the way up and drowned.
The Duncalrn sailed from Nlkolao
skl for Saigon, Indo-Chlna. Off
Porta Gato on the Kaushlu shore the
barometer began to fall and every
thing movable was lashed tight.
According to the atopy of Engineer
TTardy, who escaped wHh a seaman,
the typhoon came with terrific force,
the water rushing into the engine
room and put out the flroa.
nicest Ship Afloat at No York
New York, Aug. 28. The Maure-
tania. the biggest ship afloat, arrived
from Llverpol and Queenstown today
In five days and 69 minutes. Among
tne passengers was Senator Hale, a
member of the commission to Inves
tigate the financial schemes of for.
Clgn countries. Other members of the
commission pie touring Frarce. There
will be no announcement of Its find
ings until a report is ftubmittvl to
congress. Fthel Barrymore and
n'ne Olympic athletes wo . aboard
SETTLERS LI UP JIT LAND OFFICE
About 26 land hungry people are
already lined up at the door of the
La Grande land office, to be ready to
file on a' few tracts of land to be
thrown open for settlement In Wal
lowa county on Sojptember 15.
The land In question has recently
been segregated from the Wallowa
forest reserve and la part agricultural
and part .timber and range land and
the Intending settlers will remain In
line at the door of the land office for
the next 18 days In order to secure
choice portions of the tract.
The line up consists of small far
mers and stockmen from Wallowa
and Union counties and they will hold
their place la line . by occupying
chairs night and day before the doors
of the land office. In rainy weather
they use umbrellas and pass the time
In reading and smoking, hiring sub
stitutes to hold their chairs while
they eat their meals.
San Francisco, Aug. 28. "Death
Valley Scotty," the renowned squan
derer of desert gold and , supposed
owner of rich mines in Arizona, had
his wings clipped today by Chief of
Police Rlggey who advised him to
get out of San Francisco and stay
out. He spent the morning In Big
gey 's of ice after sleeping off a spree
In Jail.
LA GRANDE WOMAN
GIVEN $3000 DAMAGES
Santa Cruz, Aug. 28. After delib
erating all night the jury today gave
a verdict to Mrs. Mary C. Forrest of
La Grande, Ore., In a damage salt
against the Southern Pacific for the
death of her husband In a wreck. The
widow was given 13000. She asked
for $50,000.
Rar Association Elects.
Seattle, Aug. 28. By a unanimous
vote the following officers of the
American Association were elected
today: Frederick W. Lehman of St.
Louis, president; John Whlnkley of
New York, secretary; Frederick W.
Wadhams of Albany, N. T., treasurer;
W. O. Hart of New Orleans, Walter
C. Smith of Philadelphia; R.. C. Brown
of Minnesota and J. M. Dickinson,
executive committee.
as the McKay canal. Is to be run down
to the stream to a point near where
the McKay flows Into the Umatilla.
The canal Is to be 30 feet wide at the
bottom, 60 at the top and eight feet
deep. A right of way for the same Is
also taken.
In the affidavit accompanying the
filing notice J. A. Borle states that
he posted a copy of the notice on a
cottonwood tree on McKay creek on
August 24. Witnesses to the posting
were J. W. Klmbrell and Aaron M.
Isaacs.
ELEVEN ARE DROWNED
IN A CIXH'DBURST.
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 28.
Eleven persons are known to be
dead and many others are sup
posed to have perished In the
town of Folsom, N. M., which
Is Inundated as the result of a
cloudburst today In the moun
tains. Meagre dispatches say
the entire town Is swept away
1" the floods. Many houses are
completely lost. The total death
list will exceed 11. 'Searching
parties have been formed.
I IvOOD I.OSS WILL BE
NEARLY $2,000,000
Atlanta, Aug. 28. Prospects a'
better today than ever. Water ' still
deep In the streets of Augusta. There
U no hope for the crops In some dis
tricts. The water Is receedlnj and many
destitute people are relieved. Fifteen
are known to be dead, mot of them
r.fgroes. The rains have ceased. The
river is falling at Augusta.
The total loss will probably b $?,-000,000.
CITY OP SPRINGFIELD
SUED FOR 150,000
COOS BAY TO BE
LEADING SE1F0RT
Judge S. A. Lowell Sees Much
in Store for Fine Harbor on
Oregon Coast.
PENDLETON MAN PRESI.
DENT OP NEW LEAGUE
Coos Ray District One of die Richest
In tlie State ad Is Destined to Be
One of the Five Important Pacific
Coast Cities Development League
Meeting a Success Many Pcivdle
' ton People In Coos Bay Towns
League to Fight Land Monopoly.
Springfield, Aug. 28. The Widow
of Scott Burton, who was lynched In
the recent riots In this city today
filed a suit for $50,000 against the
city. The law allows that amount In,
cases of persons killed by riot. It Is
announced that the heirs of William
Donnegan, also lynched, will file a
similar suit. Property owners con
tinue to file damage suits. The sums
now aggregate $50,000. It is gener
ally understood the city will not fight
the suits.
ARE SELECTED
PROFESSORS ALLEN AND
POTTER FOR SCIENCE
Republicans at Oakland.
Oakland, Aug. 28. When the riv
publican state convention opened this
morning the draft of a platform was
adopted. Among other things It rec
ommends a law establishing a refor
matory for first offenders In this
state; for the segregation of this class
of criminals from the old. The
Springfield riots were condemned and
promises of protection to the negro
were made. Improvement of harbors
and rivers was demanded, and nomi
nations for presidential electors was
begun.
Jlnlns Brothers Accused.
New York, Aug. 28. Captain Halns
and his brother, Thornton, were
handcuffed again today and taken
before Magistrate Gllroy and accused
or murdering wm. Annis. After a
brief hearing the brothers were
bound over to the grand Jury with
out ball. A special grand jury will
be selected to try the case. A spe
clol Judge will hear the testimony.
Evelyn Is Now Penniless.
New York, Aug. 28. It If! reported
that Evelyn Thaw Is In n sanitarium,
i nervous wreck, her expenses pild
by friends. She Is said to be regis
tered ns Mrs. Fitzgerald. . Since her
husband's bankruptcy, proceedings
Evelyn has been unable to get mon-
cy. She spent ncr allowance as rast
as she got It.
Baseball Scores,
Portland 2, Oakland 3.
San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 0.
Masked Robbers Held lp Depot.
Chlco, Aug. 28. Two masked men
today entered the depot at Kennet
and covered H. W. Woods, the night
operator, and ordered him to open
the safe. Woods begged for his life
and then they broke open the cash
drawer and secured $35. They
marched Woods in front of them to
a lonely spot and commanded him to
stand there until 8 o'clock this
morning. Then they fled across the
country. A posse Is In pursuit.
Judge S. A. Lowell returned from -Coos
Bay last evening and Is glow
ing in his praise of that section. Ha
was there to attend the congress of
the Northwest Development league
and was chasen as the president of '
the association for the coming year.
"If the government had spent a"ny
thing like the amount of money on
Coos bay that It has on other harbors
It would be one of the finest harbors
on the coast," he says.
"There Is now 26 feet of water on
the bar and with an extension of the
Jetty and a proper amount of dredg
ing it ?ould be easily deepened to 40
feet. It would then be one of the
best harbors on the coast." :
A Coming Seaport.
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That Coos Bay will eventually be
one of the five big seaports of the
Pacific is believed by Judge Lowell.
He says that the country Is all under
laid with coal, the timber Is unllmltel
and the country has other resource
that will mean much to It In the fu
ture. At present the people of Marshfleld
and North Bend are discouraged over
the failure of Harrlman to keep hl-
promise to build a road to the bay
from the Southern Pacific main line..
But It is only a matter of time until'
a railroad will be built. and then Coos,
bay will develop rapidly.
Though he had but little time to
spend on the bay, Judge Lowell says
that he greatly enjoyed his trip and
the stay at Marshfield and North
Bend. He met many of the Pendle.
ton people while there and reports
that all of them are doing well In
their new locations. W. W. DIndln-
School Board Elected Teachers Last
Evening to Fill Vacancies Caused
by Resignation of Prof, and Sirs.
W. P. Fargo New Men Are Highly
Qualified and Science Department
Is Well Equipped for the Opening eer, Cecil Wade, Fred Gordon. George
Seliool Year. Maple, George Curry and F. H. Brtg-
ham are among the former Pendleton-.
Prof. W. E. Allen has been chosen jinn now there,
as head of the science department at Judge Lowell President,
the high school and J. B. Potter as Judge Lowell was required to leave
assistant in that department. The se- J before the development association or
lectlons were made at a meeting of ganized for the coming year and the
the school board held last evening. f'rst new he received of his. election
Prof. Allen Is from Nebraska and as president came through the news
is a man of much ability. He Is well parers. With Governor Cnamberlaln
and others he left on a steamer the
day before the meeting was conclud--ed.
But while elected as head of the
qualified for the position and has
both the degrees of A. R. and B. S.
He leaves a good position in the mid
dle states In order to come, to Pen
dleton, j association while absent, Judge Low-
Mr. Potter, just chosen as assistant i ell will take hold of the work with
in science, Is a graduate of the Wes-j earnestness and will do what he can
ton Normal and is an active, capable i to make the league's work effective.
young school man. Last year he
served as principal of the Wheeler
county high school at Fossil. He is
greatly interested in football and
other athletic sports.
Five Children Ii)st in Ray.
San Francisco, Aug. 2S. After
completing the circuit of the bay the
police boat of this city this afternoon
returned without finding a trace of
five youths lost In a small boat since
yesterday morning. The last seen of
them they were near Goat Island.
Frank Grles, a laborer employed on
the Northern Pacific near Vollmer,
Idaho, was run down by a construc
tion train yesterday afternoon. The
wheels passed over both legs, one of
which is badly crushed and will have
to be amputated. Grles went to Voll
mer from Spokane.
Little Girl Is Heroine.
San Diego. Calif., Aug. 28. After
rescuing Bruce McKenzie, aged seven,
from drowning .towing him to safety
by a braid of his hair, Alice Whaley
aged 12, Is the heroine of San Diego
Among the big things for which the
association will work will be the dt
vision of the lands held by railroads,
and wagon road companies and the
building of new railroad lines where
needed.
today. The children were bathing on
the ocean beach when the boy waded trouble and was caught under
In over his head. cars as they piled up.
Stole Ride; lost Life.
Fred Hopkins was killed in a rail
way wreck Sunday near Kalispel,
Mont. The man was riding In a box
car when the train was wrecked. He
attempted to jump when he saw the
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SHEEPMEN PLEASED WITH LOWER RATE
There Is good news for sheepmen
In announcements of freight rate re
ductions just made by several of the
transcontinental roads. Some time
ago the Burlington announced a one
cent per day rate on sheep and now
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
has announced a half cent rate per
day per head. The Chicago A Great
Western and the Chicago A North?
western are offering a one cent rate.
News of the reduction granted by
the C. M. & St. Paul has Just been,
sent Pan P. Smythe by G. E. Walker.,
secretary of the national sheep asso
ciation. Thus far he says the Union Pacific
has refused to grant a reduction and
as a result all possible shipments are
being made over the Burlington with
a view to bringing the U. P. to time.
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