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VOL. 21.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TIiritSDAY. SEI'TEM IJEU 21. 1008
NO. fiOSG
COUNCIL PROHIBITS LIQUOR
BUI NOT TUBERCULAR "MIKES"
Star Chamber Session Considers Removal of the Restricted
District, Order Following This Morning,
Policeman Kearney Clears Chuiiiherw of All Citizen W hile Council Con
tinue (VftisfdcmtioliH or labile Matter ('ily JlcuUli Orriccr Deelarc
TImtc I'xhl Cases of Tiilxictilosls Oiused from Milk Anions: Pcndle
ton'H ililldrcn Jctn No Opportunity to 1'rgo Measure Xctir Rcer
Ordinance Shelved rrolilhllloii Now City I-aw Soiled Dove Musi Go.
By holding a star chamber session,
ordering a moving day for u large
part of the red light district, slaugh
tering the mlk ordinance and passing
a sweeping prohibition ordinance, the
Pendleton city council last evening
broke away from the regulation rou
tine meeting and went on record In
more ways than one.
Soon after the meeting was called
to order and the minutes read and
approved, the prohibition ordinance,
nearly an exact duplicate of the state
statute, with an emergency clause at
tached, making it go Into effect at
once, giving the city police the same
powers as are possessed by the coun
ty officers, was brought up and
passed. Mayor Murphy Immediately
affixed his signature to the measure,
which Is now one of the laws of the
city.
Milk Ordinance Killed.
The ordinance committee then re
ported the milk ordinance with the
recommendation that It be not pass
ed and the report was unanimously
adopted, the death knell of the meas
ure being thereby sounded without
one word of discussion or comment,
those present being left absolutely In
the dark as' to the reason for the
-shelving of the proposition. Drs
Coli and McClure were both pres.
ent. prepared to speak in favor of the
measure and to say they were greatly
chagrined and disappointed when the
ordinance was killed without their
having been given a chance to be
heard, would be stating it mildly.
Dr. Cole declares the ordinance was
clearly and absolutely a meritorious
measure, that Its passage would have
been to the best Interest of the pub
lic and the dairymen alike, that no
expense would hae resulted to eith
er the dairymen or the public and
he falls to see any good reason why
It should not have been made a law
at once.
I Mire Milk of Vital Inqiortanoo.
"Why, that ordinance Is of far more
Importance to the city of Pendleton
at the present tine than any street
car franchise or the discussion of the
red light district," declared the city
In favor of Its passage, but that they
feared Its passage at this time would
work a hardship upon some local in
terests without giving the relief de
sired. They say It would be useless
for the city to attempt to regulate Its
milk supply until some action along
this line Is taken by the state, which
they believed would be done at the
next session of the legislature. It
was cited for instance that one Echo
dairyman is shipping several gallons
oi cream to mis c:ty ami mat ir an
attempt were made to compel him
to have Ids cows inspected he would
probably refuse and ship his cream
to Portland or some other point. It
was, therefore, stated by one member
of the ordinance committee that this
measure would be preserved and as
soon as the state took some action
along the line, It would be Immediate
ly passed by the council.
Dr. Cole's answer to the above ar
gument Is that If the Echo man's
cream Is free from tuberculosis, the
market here would be Just as open
to him as before and If not free wo
would not want it here under any cir
cumstances. Slaughter Hon? Obnoxious.
4 . n
pent. on was next liresotite,! In
council, asking that the
behind closed doors an order was In
sued by the .mayor this morning and
placed In the hands of Chief of Po.
lice Ourdane, Instructing him to see
that all bawdy house women are re
moved from the one-story buildings
and the ground floors of the two story
buildings on Cottonwood street, that
the lattice work fences In front
of these houses be torn down.
The order goes Into effect October 1,
or one week from today.
It Is believed that the order com
pelling these women to move up
stairs will make It Impossible for boys
and young men to loiter about such
pines and that It will result in the
tearing down of the old wooden
shacks along Cottonwood Btreet and
the erection of brick buildings. It is
certain that the row of little oil cribs
must be torn out ami the rooms on
the lower floors of the two two story
structures must be torn out so these
floors cannot be used for bawdy house
purposes.
Pool Rooms and Milliard Parlors.
Another question discussed at the
star chamber session was the prob
lem presented by the existence of bil
liard parlors and pool rooms. One
councilman declared this morning that
the evils of these places and the prob
lems they present (o the council for
solution are greater than those pre
sented by the "near beer" Joints.
. The ordllnance which had for its
object the licensing of the "near beer"
houses was not brought UP at the reg-
MYSTERY
S I HEARING
Widow of Murderfd . Man
Takes Stand to Tell of the
Crime,
hears i i' r.NDFis rim-:
THHOFGIIOl T HALF HOl'H.
Wldotv Prcuks Down When Telling
of Dr. Rustlns I tela I ions Willi Mrs.
Itice Is Comforted by Her Daugh
ter During Ordeal DuvM Defcndetl
by Prominent Counsel Society Wo.
men Throng- the Court .Mrs". Kiistin
Faint When Filtering Building.
Omaha, Sept. 24. The preliminary
hearing of Charles E. Davis, who Is
being held for investigation in con
nection with the death of Dr. Kustln,
began this morning. The police court
wag crowded with society women.
Davis Is accompanied by his medical
EXTERPRISE HOTEL
Bl'RVED TO THE GROUND.
Enterprise, Ore., Sept. 24. Fire
broke out in the kitchen of the Burt
cher hotel at 8 o'clock last night and
when discovered the entire rear end
of the building was ablaze. In less
than 20 minutes the building and its
entire contents were lapped up by the
angry flames.
i ne cook nuci jusi icii me niicneii a r
after her day's work and It Is sup- v6IZ6S UUSl
posed the fire originated In the kitch
en from a defective flue.
Prompt action on the part of the
Enterprise fire department saved sev
eral nearby buildings. At this time
the loss to the owner Is hard to es
timate, as nearly all the personal be
longings of the proprietor and his
family were destroyed The building
v. as a two-story frame structure and
npnsented a greater part of Mr.
Puncher's holdings, and consequent
ly will be a considerable loss to him,
an he carried no Insurance.
mm am
MS THEIfl GOLD
of American
Miners on Siberian Coast
and Flies off With Property,
GOVERNOR OF PROVINCE
OX HOARD AT TIME
nlng and while it was discussed brief
ly at the session behind closed doors,
It Is not believed that any further ef
fort will be made to pass it, at least
in Its pi i si nt form.
Taft Suffer from Throat.
Madison. Sept. 24. Fpoii his ar
rival here Judge Taft was suffering
terribly fiom his throat which has
given away after the strain of public
speaking of the last few days. He
was very little better after treatments
by Dr. Richardson.
Asked regarding the Haskell mat
ter Judge Taft declared that he
would not iepy nt P'Hst until he bad
learned definitely what the governor
said about him.
the
in
physician, with some show of lndig-1 opportunity to keep their oaths of of-
enforclng the existing ordi
nation. "The question of a pure milk
supply Is of vital Importance and I
cannot understand why It was turned
down without any discussion or any
reason being given."
The doctor then proceeded to cite
Instances In this city where children
are now suffering from tuberculosis
from, as he believes, the use of milk
from tubercular cows.
Dr. McCluro was equally as pin-
phatle In his statements concerning
the ordinance and the action of the
council In killing It. He said the
chances were . very strongly In favor
of Pendleton waking up some dav to
find Itself In the grip of an epidemic
which could be traced directly to an
Impure milk supply, and for which
the council could hold Itself respon
soble, Why It Was Klllnl.
When seen this morning, members
of the council gave nH their reason
for tabling the ordinance that It was
a larger proposition than they could
handle. They declared that r-ery
member of the council bellevrd tin
measure to be a good thing and were
slaughter I
pens of the Empire Meat company.'
located In the west end of the city,
lie ordered removed from within the
city limits. The petition was signed
by a number of property owners In
that section of the city and declared!
inai me place was obnoxious in
extreme.
Attorney Charles J. Ferguson next
read a petition, signed by a number of
property owners, asking that the
council enforce the ordinances pro.
hlblting the conducting of bawdy
houses within the city and prohibit
ing the rental of buildings for bawdy
house purposes. Ferguson stated it.
explanation that the people who had
employed him were In earnest In the
matter and prposed to have the bawdy
houses removed. He said, however,
that they did not wish to usurp the
powers of the council anil preferred
give me members of that bodv
to
an
flee hv
nances
Ferguson stated further that In
case the council did not order the re
moval or the houses in question that
the petitioners would take up the
matter themselves and would banish
the houses, even If It became neces-
smy 10 arrest and rearrest everyone
in connection with them and the own
ers of the buildings used for bawdy
house purposes.
Without any comment the petition
was referred to the police committee,
but It seems the members of the
council had already been considering
this question, for Immediately there
after an adjournment was had. The
counellmen kept their seats, however,
and orfieer Kearney was ordered to
clear the room of reporters and spectators.
ular session of the council last eve-1 attendant ; his face Is wrinkled and
ho is appaiently quite worried Fred
Davis, a brother of the accused, who
Is vise president of the First National
bank, was present with a big array
of prominent counsel. Mrs. Rustln
arrived after the case was called,
dressed til mourning and accompanied
by her mother and a nurse. She
fainted while climbing the stairs, but
was revived in the apartments' of the
matron.
Mrs. Archer, a neighbor of the Rus
tins, testified that she heard the shot
but s.uv nobody leave the Kustln
home. She heard Mrs. Rustin
scream, and also heard a man's voice
and ' body fall heavily. She saw
a 'iw;f v.kik by shortly afterward. He
was rather -heavy and wore a soft
I black iiat. Archer corroborated the
j story of his wife. Dr. Lavender, w ho
! performed the autopsy, said the
i mm I hardly could have been self-
inflicted. Mrs. Rustin follo.ved Dr.
Lavender to the stand and repeated
her inquest testimony. She explain
ed that she was awakened by the shot
and found her husband lying on the
porch In the chair. He -declared: "A
man shot inc." she declared she did
not see the pistol. That there never
had been one in the house, and she
had never known Rustln o carry a
gun. She exhibited fine control ex
cept when speaking of her husband's
c nnection with Mrs. Rice. Mrs.
i ku.-iln's voice dropped to a w hisper
j when answering the county attorney's
questions. She said her husband had
murmured. "Oh Polly, Polly, Polly,"
Win n asked who he meant Mrs. Rus
tic, replied: "I know now, but didn't
know then. Polly was Dr. Rustln's
pet name for Mrs. Abbie Rice." Mrs.
Rice remained In the matron's room
during the widow's testimony ami
was very nervous. Mrs. Rustln urged
her daughter to keep her nerve up
ROYAL HAC KS ARE HELD
OX DAXGEROIS COURSE.
Douglas, Isle of Man, Sept. 24.
Grave apprehension Is ten here over
the statement of experts that the
course over which the Royal Auto-'
mobile club's races are being run is
very dangerous. Already one acci
dent hs marred the events and oth
ers are feared. ,
Shortly after the first race began
today P. D. Stirling's Hutton car col-(
llded with the low stone wall which
guards the course, demolishing the
car and dangerously Injuring the two
occupants .
Men Were Working I'nder An Agree,
meiut With the Czar Made by John
Kosen Seizure Does Xot Surprise
Offlclul of Northeast Company,
Wlio Explains Tlmt Czar Was Mia
informed As to Richness of Diggings
and Probably Ordered Act.
ItLIXI) SENATOR SPEAKS
TO SEATTLK DEMOCRACY.
Nome, Sept. 24. Apparently .with
out warrant, making absolutely no ex
planation of the act, the Russian gun
boat Chilka has seized some 110,000
In gold belonging to American miners
who were operating at Anedie Siberia.
The seizure occurred September 15,
and news has Just reached here.
The vessel at the time had aboard
the Russion governor, who seemed
to direct .the act.
The miners were working the
under an agreement of John
with the czar.
mines
Rosen
mis Jl m
i
inrornii Hi
SPOK NE
AI'CIIITFtT DRAWS
DOWN 15KJ FEES
Seattle, Sept. 24. Senator Gore of
Oklahoma, arrived here this morning
and will tonight address the demo
crats of Seattle at Dreamland rink.
Senator Gore Is the blind member
of the senate whose speech at the
(Umoeratic convention at Denver was
the signal for the great demonstra
tion at the mention of Bryan's name
w hich broke all cTieerlng records. -
The senator refused to discuss the
Haskell incident.
MAROONED
111
T
j Not nt All Surprised.
Seattle, Sept. 24. A. H. Buber, as
' sociated with the Northeast company
when Informed today of the action
of the Russian gunboat Chilka In
seizing American gold declared that
he was not surprised.
I According to Mr. Baber the act
probably resulted from reports sent
by the Russian consul general at San
i Francisco to St. Petersburg. Some
time ago the Russian government
j granted Rosen the right to recover all
j minerals of the Tohukotsh peninsula,
i In accordance with which the Amerl
j cans were working, but the czar has
received according to Mr. Baber's
j story, untrue reports about the rlch
; ness of the diggings and hence or
, dered the seizure.
.TOE C.AXS TO FIGHT
ItEFOlJE CROWNED HEADS
Aicraacs Stood Per Month for Last
17 .Months, or More Than (ioernor
anil All Other Leading Officers In
the Stae Combined Dow Shht- J
ilsed All liiillding and Draws All
Plans' ApMiliitcd i(y Hoards ofj
Coin ml. Xot Khvted. I
1 Olympia
candidates
I their good
I tins for tli6
Wash.. Sept. 24. The:
who spent big sums of j
money In seeking nomlna- j
various offices at the last
;.solixe
I.E
FAILS AXD I
AVES CAR STRAXDED
Baltimore, Sept. 24. Defeat at the
hands of Battling Nelson does not
put Joe Ginis down and out forever.
I and the fast colored fighter is now
Mr. and Mrs. Mooreliead Have IK, going after other honors than those
eldedly l iniletisiint Experience In nforiled by the championship of his
Waiting for Daylight Through 1 l li,ss- He 'eaves his home In this city
i. mi a biuiiiiik partner soon to go
to England, where he has an en
engagement to box before King Ed-
Mornlng Hours Had Xo Protec
tion from Cold Xlght Air Flnull
Discovered IHiitlon to he Wlchiii
Four Miles of Pendleton.
then
dis-
Star Chamber Session.
A star chamber session was
held and though the questions
cussed were supposed to have been of
public interest the public was not ta
ken Into the confidence of the coun
ellmen. As a result of this session
WEDGED III WINDOW Bf MERRf WIDOW
The Dalles, Sept. 21. Wedged In a
window and held as In the grip of a
vise by her Merry Widow hat, a high
school girl of this clly was helpless
last evening until her comrades re
leased her by unpinning the headgear.
The. peculiar situation came about
when the members of the high school
basketball team sought a place for
practice. They chose the old Laid win
opera house.
The fact that the house was locked
presented but little dlflculty to the
athletic girls when they wanted to
pold their first practice of the sea
son. They found a window In the
abandoned building that could be
pried open and boosted each other
through the opening.
It required nome muscle to "boost"
and "shin'' and pull each other up,
loT fhp drl)' could Just reach the win
dow sill when standing on tip-toe, but
they were long on muscle.
All went well until one pretty miss
attempted to join her companions in
the building without first removing
her Merry Widow,
The hat was one of the most stylish
sort the brim might have been used
as an Indoor sprinting trick eight
laps to the mile. It became wedged
in the window and the basketball can
didate could get neither further nor
back.
Her comrades came to the rescue.
They pulled, they shoved, they tugged
and they pushed. They laughed and
they giggled, they screamed and they
iled, but It was not until the hat
pins were finally removed that the
young lady was able to get her feet
on terra flrma. Then the hat was
Jammed Inside. The owner followed
and peace reigned. j
primary election used poor Judgment
In the light of figures Just uncovered
in the capitol here which shows that
the best job in the whole state was
not on the list for competition.
The lob Itself is not much for
glory, although there Is a great deal
of credit attached to Its position, but
for drawing down the little monthly
stipend It is the winner of all the
Washington's political berths.
The job is that of state architect,
held by a Spokane man, J. K. Dow,
and for the last 17 months the pay
l.as averaged J1000 per month, or
more than the combined salaries of
governor, lieutenant governor, state I
treasurer, slate auditor, attorney gen
eral and state superintendent of
schools.
In addition to this comfortable sti
pend Dow has received thousands of
miles of transportation for use In In
specting the progress of new work
throughout thH state.
The compensation conies through a
five per cent fee on all work done by
the state, for preparing plans and
specifications and superintending construction.
Dow got his position from the col
lege regents uno me noards or con
trol of the various state institutions.
and whispered encouragement when
! she seemed failing. She was on the
' stand half an hour.
I IIRFATEXS ItIG STICK
FOR II ARRIMAX AM) GOl LI)
rail
a big
Mis-
Topeka, Sept. 24. The state
load commission of Kansas has
stick which Is in pickle for the
souii Pacific.
The commission alleges that the
lines of that road are in such poor
condition that they are unsafe for
public travel and has notified George
Could, and Harriman, who recently
t
i acquired an interest in the road from
Gould, that repairs must be made Im
mediately if the road continues to do
business.
ASA VAX
e e
WINKLE
IXI)ICTE1)
TODAY.
An indictment, charging Asa
Van Winkle of having obtained
money under false pretenses,
was returned by the grand Jury
this afternoon. Van Winkle Is
the young Pilot Rock man who
obtained money from mer
chants in that town on checks
to which he had signed his own
name, when he had no money In
the bank.
lie then hired a horse from a
livery stable and rode him near
ly to Raker City, where the ani
mal was abandoned. He was
later arrested at Nampn, Idaho,
by Sheriff Taylor.
GORE DECLARES THAT
HASKELL IS INNOCENT
Spokane. Sept. 24. Senator Gore
of Oklahoma, says that Governor
Haskell's Oklahoma record Is abso
lutely above reproa'ch. The governor,
he says, has proved the sincere friend
of the common people of that state j
He declares he knows nothing of
Haskell's previous record.
To be marooned all night in an au
tomobile within a few miles of the
city of Pendleton, yet not knowing It,
was the unpleasant experience of Mr.
and Mrs C. F. Mooreliead, last night.
They were coming from La Grande
by way of the Toll Gate road and
Weston, but darkness overtook them
long before they reached this city and
when near Saxe station, their supply
of gasoline gave out, leaving them
stranded about four miles from Pen
dleton. Being total strangers in that
part of the country and unable to see
any farm house lights they were un
able to form any idea as to where
they were. After looking in vain for
a light they finally submitted to what
seemed the Inevitable and sat down
in the auto to spend the remainder
of the nitrht, it being then about 11.
o'clock.
Without any extra covering beyond
the lap robe they found the night de
cidedly cold and disagreeable.
About daylight this morning the
shivering Mr. Mooreliead found hls(
way to a farmhouse and phoned to
waiter MeCornimaeh, who went out
and brought in the marooned auto
and its occupants.
ward. He will then tour the conti
nent, appearing before other mon
archs who are interested In the manly
art. Doctor Krone of Chicago will
accompany the negro as his physical
advisor. The offers received by the
ix-champlon from Europe are said
to be very flattering.
LOSS MAY REACH TO
TEX MILLION' MARK.
Washington. Sept. 24. It was an.
r.ounced here today by R. W. Pullman
the government expert, who has been
investigating the forest fires of Mln
i.tsota during the past month, that the
b ss would probably amount to at
least Jin.non.ooo in that state alone.
The damage in Michigan and Wiscon.
sin will also amount to millions.
WILL 1TMIGATE SHIP
TO DRIVE OFT Ml liDERFR.
Nome, Sept.
Johnston, who
charge of murd
Is still alive
the hold of
the officials
ed in an eff.
ing. It has
stun did no
but secreted
24. Hoping that Lee
is wanted on the
ring his wife at Nome
and may be hidden in
the steamship Victoria,
hace ordered It fumig.it
it to drive him from hid
been rumored that John
t leap from the vessel.
hiin?eir in the hold.
MELV1X ItFCK I'OFXD
Cil'lLTY AS CHARGI
ID.
Melvln Buck, the well known
broncho buster, was this after
noon found guilty of stealing
three steers and four cows
from Mitchell Iloyd. an Indian,
and Monday was fixed as the
time for passing sentence.
Buck was Jointly indicted with
Guy Hayes by the grand jury
but at the request of their at
torney Col. J. H. Raley, they
were granted separate trials.
Buck was tried this morning,
District Attorney Phelps con
ducting the prosecution. The
case went to the Jury at 1:30 and
a few minutes later the verdict
of "guilty as charged" was returned.
SCHOOL N W EE W
E
HOLIDAY
Friday
Saturday,
of next week,
there will be
as well as that as far as possible the schools of
no school the county be closed on Fridav ii..i...
among the country districts of I'nia- her 2. for the purpose of allowing the
tilla county if the -teachers follow the : teachers and pupils to visit the fair
authorization of . Superintendent 1 i admission will lie ch irire.l ti
holiday I-achers, and all school children who
district j accompany their teachers will be ad
Welles I mitted free. The gates will open at
l:;l p. ni.. and teachers should ar-Educa-j
range before hand for their pupils to
which meet them at some atmointeil nl.ieo
opens at Pendleton next Monday. so that the school may go to the fair
in a body. The railroads will sell
uchcis at one and one-third fare for
Welles, who today declared a
that they might attend tin
fair on the day set apart. Mr.
proclamation says:
Friday, October 2 will be
tion day at our district fair.
interest in its
try to get our
by spending at
Since every section of I'matilla cuiin
ty contributes to the support of till
fair, we all have an
success, and should
share of Its benefits
least one day there.
Because I am sure that a day at the
fair will be of much greater educa
tional value to the children of the
county than the same time spent In
the school room, I hereby recommend
the round triu.
Please take this matter up In your
district and encourage your director1)
and patrons to assist you in securing
as large a representation as possible
on educational day. If you have any
school work of exceptional merit that
you can send, those In charge of tile
'exhibits will be glad to receive it.