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DAILY EAST OKLGOXIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, I'RIDAY, AtGl'ST 28, 1908. PAGE THREE. EIGHT PAGES. an is i UMATILLA COUNTY ' ASSESSOH IS NA5IED Congress of Tux Exerts to be, Held nt Toronto, Canada, October 6-0 Dclogutlon of Tlireo Will Represent Oregon Subject of Taxation to Be Discussed In All Its Phases. Assessor C. P. Strain has been hon ored by being named by the gover nor as ono of the three men to repre sent this state at the great Interna tional tax conference to be held at Toronto, Canada, from October 6 to October 9. B. D. Slgler and E. B. Seahrook of Portland are the other two gentlemen named from this state. The governor's attention was called to this Important conference In a let ter from President Allen R. Foote, of the asHOclatlon, of Columbus, Ohio, In which It Is stated that the foremost authorities of the American and Brit ish nations on the subjects of license and taxation will be present to de liberate upon those questions and among-the principal topics sched uled for consideration and debate are: "All state constitutions requiring the same taxation of all property, or Otherwise Imposing restraints upon the reasonable classification of prop erty, should be amended by the re peal of such restrictive provisions. "Inheritances taxes should be re served wholly for the uso of the sev eral states. "Succession nnd Inheritance tax laws should be so amended that the same property shall not be taxed by two Jurisdictions at the death of the owner. "The same principles should be ap plied In all tax legislation to the end that no property should be taxed by two state Jurisdictions at the same time. "Retaliatory legislation Is contrary to Interstate comity end Is In the na ture of war; therefore, all retaliatory legislation should be repealed. "The public debt of all states, counties and municipality should everywhere be exempt from taxation. "State nnd local revenue Fystems should be so far divorced that by general laws the appropriate local governing bonds may, If deemed ex pedient, be granted certain limited and carefully prescribed powers over the licensing of occupations and th selection or subjects of local taxation and the rate of assessment upon such subjects." very confident that the home will be located here, as Caldwell seems to be favorably considered. lOlNI) GOLD OPART IN GRAND RONDE R. D. Hamilton was In the city this morning from his place eight miles northwest of La Grande and brought with him samples of quartz taken from a ledge less than 200 yards frfcm his line, which shows an assay of 1184 per .iUh, says the La Grande Observer. This rock Is taken from a point 7'4 feet below the surface. Georgowead, who owns the pros per, Is sinking a shaft upon the property and Is now down 14 feet. He will continue to sink until he reaches a depth of 30 feet, when he will cross-cut the ledge. The ledge now shows a width of 30 feet. It Is be lieved that the property will develop Into a very rich mine. A number of years ago, to be exact, 16 years ago, a specimen was picked up In the near vicinity of this pros pect shaft which, when assayed, prov ed to be of the value of $17,000 per ton. Many prospectors have searched for the mother lode, but so far have fail ed. It Is to be hoped that the pres ent owner" has made the lucky dis covery. Union will sooner or later be come one of the richest mining re gions In Oregon. STAKT WORK ON $50,000 EATON HALL NEW IRRIGATING PLANT IXMt SAGE RRUSH BELT The Echo Register says of the in stallatlon of new irrigation near that place: John Nlssen, the Implement dealer, of Pendleton, closed a contract with Pelmulder Bros., by which he wllj Install at their place a few miles from Echo, an Irrigating plant which will bring about 86 acres of sage brush land under the rejuvenating Influence of a four Inch stream of water. Messrs. Pelmulder have In all 65 acres of land all on the bottom ex cept the acreage above mentioned. They have made an excavation near the river which gives an abundance of water all the year around. The centrifugal pump Is near the hole and at extreme high water will ivrobably be submerged, but the engine, which is an 18 horse power Alamo, sets hlgk and In no danger of high water. The new plant will cost upwards of $1000 besides the Installation, which will be considerable more. At present these boys have all sorts of fruits and vegetables growing and bearing on the low lands, and they will also cause the sage brush lands to bloom and blossom with profitable trees and' shrubs. The cultivation of sage brush land Is no longer an ex periment, when water can be secur ed. Snook & Travers of Salem were yes terday awarded the contract for the conduction of Eaton hall, the new llverul arts building for Willamette university, says a Salem Item. The ground for the building was broken in June by E. A. Eaton of Union, whose generosity made the hall possible. The figure at which the contract was let was $43,400. J. E. Tourtcllotte, the architect, of Roise, Idaho, arrived In Salem yes terday and staked off the grounds to day. It Is expected that the actual work of excavation will begin Mon day. The contractors have 11 months In which to complete the building. The heating contract was also award ed to a Salem firm, the bid being $3150. The new building when completed will cost $50,000. It will not be com pleted before the opening of the fall term In 1909. It will be located at the south of the capltai, adjoining the other buildings on the campus of the university. HOW DID THE DULL GET ON THE TRACK n Its report upon the causes of the wreck of the Cottage Grove passenger train, which was hurled In the ditch Sunday night by coming In contact with a bull lying upon tho track near Eugene and In which four lives were sacrificed, the railroad commission finds no defects In the roadbed . or track, that the right of way fence and gates are ordinarily sufficient and that tho train crew acted coolly and In good Judgment, but the manner In which tho bovine got upon the track has not been ascertained, says the Salem Statesman. Tho farmer to whom the bull be longed eported that one panel of the fence had been torn down and that the gate was broken and that he fixed the gate but made no repairs to the fence. The commission recommends, as a means of preventing future accidents of the sort, that the railroad track employes make more frequent lnspefr tlon of the fences and gates and that the authorities of the cities and towns cooperate with the trainmen to keep tresspassers off the trains. "Half of the killed," fays the re port, "are persons who are violators of the state law and unless the laws are rigidly enforced the rate of deaths from train wrecks cannot be minim Ized. Covered 4J,735 Mile Let those who have been bicycle enthuslaHts look back over their diaries and add up the number of miles they used to make on their century runs on their light racing wheels and compare their ' record with that of Major Edward A. Weed, who 'rode 4 9,735 miles In eight years while touring this country and Mexi co, who Is now 67 years of age, and who, on a wheel that weighs, with baggage, 82 pounds, Is on a trip from New Tork to California, and It Is safe to say that they will have con- iTararrirrft87rgMgi SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Last Day of the Ever Placed on Foot in Pendleton NOTE-Trade During the Day as There Will Be No Lights at Night. sldcrable admiration for the major's prowess. Boston Globe. Btntc of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucts Conn tj. u. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be la senior partner of the firm -of F. J. Chs ner 4 Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County and Htote aforesaid, and that said nrm will pay tna sum or usis HUNDRED DOM.AR8 for each and ttetj rase of Catarrh that cannot be cored tT the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CnENRY, Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 1886. (Seal.) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mu cous aurfares of the system. Bend for tes timonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.; Toledo, O. . Huld by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family I'llla for constipa tion. Read the East Oregonian. Pendleton Business College, S NOT ONLY THE LARGEST, BUT THE BEST COLLEGE IS EASTERN OREGON. THE BEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE TEACHERS EMPLOYED. Pendleton College will enjoy the largest enrollment It has had for years, due to the fact, that for two years, and since the college ts under Its new management, students are being graduated In less than half the usual time required by business colleges. All graduates who have desired positions, have been placed In excellent paying positions by the school. Bookkeepers are graduated in about six months, and Stenographers In four months and even less. PRIVATE LESSONS IN BOOKKEEPING. NO CLASS OP MORE THAN FOUR STUDENTS IN SHORTHAND, Is the secret of the success of the school. Bookkeeping, Commercial Law, Arithmetic, Rapid Calculation, Banking, Penmanship, Shorthand, Typewriting, English, Spelling, Grammar, Correspondence, Office Practice, etc. M M. SLATTERY, President Catalog Free. Unlono Railroad Pnyroll. Probably unique among the pay rolls of the country Is that of the Pennslyvanla railroad, which, accord ing to a compilation Just completed, Is shown to have 1350 active employes who have been with the road 40 years or more, says a Pittsburg letter. In addition 1013 men served the company more than 40 years but have retired from active work, and are receiving pensions regularly from the company. The census of the civil service of the United States showed on July 1, 1907, that those who had been In the serv ice of the national government for more than 50 years numbered 40 men and one woman. On the other hand. Pennsylvania railroad records show that today there are on the pay rolls of the company 316 men who have h en in Its service mure than 50 years. WORKING FOR I. O. O. I HOME. Site Donated by Montlo B. Gwlnn of Pendleton to Bo Utilized. An Item from Caldwell, Idaho, says In regard to tho proposed home for Odd Fellows near that city: The I. O. O. F. Is working very hard to have tho proposed Odd Fol lows home, which will be built In this part of the stnte some place, lo cated here. There have been given to the Odd Fellows In this place for that purpose about 15 acres of land. Ten acres was donated by Montle B. Gwlnn and five acres by Howard Se bree. A committee has been appointed by the Odd Fellows lodge here to outline plans and draft resolutions for the purpose of bringing the homo here If possible. The land that has been donated as a site for the building Is In the eastern part of the city, on an elevation that would make an Ideal place for such a building. The membera of the order here feel Changing Queen Hees M. Townsend, who has several hundred stands of bees on the Uma tilla ranch, Imported new queens lasi week, says the Echo Register. The Hcnnett" variety rrom niano, unio, and New York, and also some from his Malheur . county apiary. Mr. Townsend shipped a ton of honey to Portland last week. As a rule bees have not done well Mils year. The dry season has had Its effect and the fact that alfalfa Is cut so early In the sea son keeps the bees from working on he pollen of that flower. Mr. Town- send's honey crop was scarcely halt of what It should have been. A search around among the beekeepers develops considerable discouragement. Eugene Also Wants Gravity Water. Engineer F. C. Kelsay, who has the contract for the construction of Eugene's gravity system of water works, returned to Portland last evening after having been here a day or so looking after the work of surveying for the proposed pipe line, says the Eugene Guard. To a Guard reporter at the train he stated that the survey Is now practically com pleted ond the plans and specifica tions will be ready about September 10. Ho stated that the flow of water In Rltchey creek yesterday was 2,900, 000 gallons. He thought the water would get still lower before the au tumn rains set In, but was certalu that the flow would never get so low as to be Insufficient to supply Eu gene's demands. A Year's . Subscription to the C7 0 BOY will be given absolutely free to any boy securing subscriptions to the Daily East Oregonian, delivered by carrier IT vUJ bll UM Here's your chance to get a large, interesting and beautifully illustrated Boys' Magazine without any cost to you whatever. It will only take you a few minutes time just comply with any one of the following requirements and the magazine is yours for a whole year. 1 . Bring us one new six month subscription to the Daily East Oregonian, by earner, amounting to - $3.75 2. 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