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'.V J- ,1 "" VOL. 21. im:xdli:t()X, onra.ox, Thursday, xovemiskii 5, 1008. NO. 04 22 BM , ' . f o ' mH6E Fulr tonight and Frl- j tfJ -'jys 5EW-WEEKLy fT Jf- 5 i" y the a(ls In today's Kant l"y' - ' 1 1 1 11 .'...! in. j ..I fatrK-tlEEWC --'"! ".-!-' -" '. ready to go Chopping. MISSOURI AND MAUD ALSO Tafl Carries Two Democratic States by Margin of Few Hundred Votes. SOU I) SOVTII INVADED HY KKI'llilJCAX CANDIDATE llryiiii Congratulate Successful Op-Mni-nt uiil Milken Uriel Statement But No Explanation Declare He Ix-d the Fight an IWt lie Could uml Will Continue to NtTve the People Exprew (.rnllliidc for Million of loyiil lYIcml of lliNt Twelve Year. St. Louis, Nov. 5. Returns from Missouri today Indicate that Taft has carried the mate by a small plurality, probably a hundred. The early re turns showing a bin plurality for Bryan, are decreasing constantly. Attorney General Hadley, repub lican, Is undoubtedly elected gover nor over Cowherd, democrat. The nomination of Senator W. J. Stone and his reelection as senator over Governor Folk is assured. Stone's majority Is estimated at 16,000. St. Louls. Nov. 5. This afternoon's returns show Tuft has carried Mis souri by 935. The state ticket Is dem ocratic. OHIO. Democrat for Governor. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 6. Republi can Chairman Williams today con cedes the election of Harmon, demo crat, as governor with a plurality of 20,000. The legislature will be re publican. Elgin for Forakcr's Seat. Columbus, Nov. 6. As Foraker's! term expires before the special tar iff revision session of congress, and as there will be no session of the new legislature In Ohio meantime, Harmon might have the appointment of the successor of Foraker to serve during the special session. Republl-j can leaders are trying to prevent this. It Is expected that Governor Harris will call a new legislature ses sion January 2 to elect a senator. Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 5. Returns show the democrats have elected nine congressmen In Ohio. OREGON. Taft Carrie Every Onmty. I'ortland, Ore., Nov. G. That Taft has carried Oregon by a plurality of 22,000 is Indicated by complete re turns from 16 of the 34 counties and contain ng three-fifths of the vote, giving Tafl a lead of 15.325. In IS incomplete counties, the count has proceeded .far enough to Indicate an additional 10.000. It appears the lesser candidates will receive 10,000. Debs probably has 7000, Chafin 2500 and Hisgen Son. Taft can-led every county. Small VKe in Marlon. Salem, Ore., Nov. 5. According to an tinoff.clal count, nearly a thou sand more votes were cast In Marlon county for t'nlted States senator in June than for the presidential elec tors Tuesday. The vote of six small products Is still unknown. Taft's plurality stands at 1500 n Marlon. NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 5. Democrats have elected four and possibly five congressmen In Nebraska. Bryan's Statement. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 5. Bryan today Issued the following statement: "The election weut against us by a decisive majority. It is Impossible now to say what cause contributed the most to defeat. I made a fight upon the platform, embodying what I believed was good for the people. "The nomination came from the voters. I obeyed their commands and led the fight as lust I could. "Words cannot express my grati tude for the devotion shown me by the millions of democrats during tho past 12 years. If I could regard the defeat purely ns personal I would onslder it a Messing rather than a misfortune, for I am relieved of the burden of responsibility In office that Is attractive only in proportion as It gives an opportunity to render a larger public service, but I shall ns willingly serve in a private capacity. God only requires that wo shall Im prove the opportunities presented to us. In this hour of national defeat, I find consolation In the cordial sup port of neighbors." Bryan Congratulate Taft. Lincoln, Neb, Nov. fi. Convinced by more complete returns from the doubtful and close states that Taft Is elected, Bryan today sent Taft the following telegram: "Please accept my congratulations and best wishes for the success of your administra tion." MICHIGAN. Mich., Nov. 5. rrnctlcnlly Detroit, ta ir prosperity has ALREADY ARRIVED. La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 5. A reduction of a dollar and a guar- ter per day In wages of section hands and a discontinuance of all Improvement work was or- dered by the Chicago, MIIwuu- kee & St. Paul road today, complete returns from the state to day assure the reelection of Governor Warner, republican. MARYIiAXD. Baltimore, Nov. 5 Returns at 11 this morning Indicate, that Taft will carry the state by a plurality of 146. NORTH DAKOTA. Fargo, N. D., Nov. 5. Today's re turns confirm the election of Hurke, democrat, for governor. He was the only democrat elected. ' H'Hvt tr Supreme Heneh. Washington, Nov. 6. Reports of vailous changes to be made in the cabinet Is augmented by the predic tion of politicians here that Root will soon retire. It Is prophesied that he will accept the chief Justice ship of the supreme court, succeeding Fuller. SiVlallst IjOMo. Chicago, Nov. 5. Secretary Haines of the national committee of social ists, said today that the total vote will not exceed 625,000. The Illinois vote will barely reach 50,000. Oklahoma made the largest gain, 17,000 against 4400 last elec tion. COL. HENRY WATTEHSON REVIEW'S THE VANQUISHED Pay (.lowing Tribute to leader of Democracy mjhI Declare Tliere Is Something llcttT Ttian Being res. Idenl Say People Thought It "I teller to EiHlure tlie Ills We llae Thau Ely to Others That We Know Not of." Louisville, Ky., Nov. 5. Reviewing the election, Colonel Watterson In the Courier Journal says the result con clusively shows that a great majority of the controlling sections of the Villon are contented with things as they are, that it Is better to endure the conceded shortcomings of the party in power than to embark upon an unknown sea of continuous agita tion and that they believe Bryan meant this while Taft meant a rest. He says: "In short, a dollar, though tainted, in the hand Is worth a bush full of patriotic abstractions. The Idlosyncracy of the times Is com merce. As In the last century there was liberty reaching out after Insti tutional freedom and measurably at taining it, now materialism Is reach ing out after markets." "The result shows we have oversiz ed the spiritual and undersized tho material In the hearts and minds of the people. They nre deaf alike to precedents, reasons and elo quence, for nothing could sur pass, ns nothing ever equalled, the personal canvass of Mr, Bryan. Its wondrous lucidity, power of state ment, splendid Intellectual, physical iiiduranee and unanswerable argu ment. Nor diil Ignatius Inyola sweep through the world of incarnate evil, biaring the cross of Jesus to triumph, with greater force, inspiration or truth than did the heroic son of Nebraska traverse a land gaping with curios- H y. "There Is something better than be ing president and that Is a real sense of duty. Tllden will live In history when Hayes Is forgotten. History will say of Bryan that In three great pop ular movements, clouded sometimes by errors In judgment, obstructed al ways by corruption, he led sublimely and that he went down with clean han. Is ami of high repute, car rying with lit in the homage of patri otic men." MYSTERY DEEPENS A BO IT DISAPPEARANCE OF GIRL. San Francisco, Nov. 5. Falling to trace the movements of Edna Clark, aged 19, the student who mysterious ly disappeared from her home In Oakland a fortnight ago. private de ti ctlves abandoned the search to. lay. The trail has now been taken up by the local police. New light Is thrown on the strange case by the finding of a stub of a Pullman car ticket in a heap of sweepings from the church of St. Mary the Virgin, whose pastor. Rev. Pason Young, is known to have been with the girl shortly before her dis appearance. Descriptions of the girl are being sent to the police in nil parts of the country. HIGHEST PRAISE FOR VANQUISHED POSTtL REM 1 Pendleton Busiress for 1908 is 20 Per Ctn! Ahead Previous Year, of OCTOBER SHOWS 50 I'ER CENT INCREASE. (.iomiIi of City Well Illustrated by Potnfflce tulnet Comparative Statement for Seven Mouth Shows Splendid, riu.MTtc(l (iiln ISusi- 1 iichs Better In Spite of Piolilbliion, Financial Panic und lnor Crop. 1 By the records at the Pendleton . postoffice It Is shown that the busi ness of the office for the month of October was over 50 per cent greater than for the same month lust year. Further a comparative statenn nt Just compiled by Harry Rets, assistant postmaster, shows that the business for the seven months from April 1 to November 1, 1908, surpassed that for the corresponding months last year by 20 per cent. For (he month of October, Ju.-t tins, ed. the total receipts at the local of fice were $2113.13. For the month of October la.-t year the receipts were but $1399.89, ' The following is a statement show lug the receipts for April. May. June, July. August, September and October as compared with the same months' a year ago. The comparison co;n m:ire? wl'li April, 1907, because thaj Was the date Postmaster Brown t iok office: 1907. 1908. April $1333.87 $1548.14 May 1214.01 1546.74 June 1821.75 1689.87 July 1376.17 1623.26 August 1137 40 1351.59, September 1514.95 1598.76, October 1399.89 2113.13 J Totals $9600.04 $1 1,471.43 ' It will be seen from this table that ! the increase In business this year has been slightly less than 19 per cent, j For practical purposes it may be con sidered a 20 per cent gain. j This strong showing is significant j brcause there have been many things; to cause a slump rather than a gain In business. Following upon the fi nancial panic last fall came a reduc-' cd grain crop and the town lost a cer- , tain population through the closing of j the saloons. j But If thv postal business of a town Is a good criterion, and It is consider ed such, then Pendleton has forged , ahead In n splendid manner In spite, of any drawbacks It may have en- ' countered. i BABY HELD As RANSOM FOR BROKEN WINDOW. San Francisco, Nov. 5. Francis W. Smith today secured a warrant chare- lug J. Pommer, keeper of a notion ! siore. with kidnaping his 2-year-old I daughter and holding her as a ran- I sum for a broken show window. j The child. In care of Louise Kobele, a nurse, wis In a buggy in front of i Pommel's store when it raised itself, seized a hammer and threw it through I the window. Pommer took the baby. detained the nurse and demanded $12 as the price of the window. The babv has been returned. HELPED ROBBER CHLOROFORM IUSBAND. Oakland. Cal.. Nov. 5. It. C. Blake, stepson of Michael Hallihan, a San Francisco politician. Is in Jail here as the result of a confession by Mrs. C. K. Blight that he aided her in chlo roforming and robbing her husband. She says she acted on the suggestion of Blake. After her husband had retired the drug was administered, Blake secur ing $175. I'lr-v. Labor Day Ijiw. The state of Oregon, little in pop ulation at the lime, and with fewer than 1000 trades unionists, was the first to pass a state law designating I a labor clay. New Yofk, with 31)0,000 1 unionists, although first to propose aj law, was second to enact one. According to reports received from Echo this morning the government now has a big head of water running through the feed canal to the Cold Springs reservoir and the big storage basin is now being filled in prepara tion for' next year's Irrigation. The water has been sent on its Journey through tlie canal by easy st'iges. its progress being retarded by dams placed for that purpose through ITER POUR NG CO-OPERATIVE WOOL WAREHOUSE Sheepmen of Umaiilla County Will Be Stock, Asked to Take WILL HE ERE(TEI) BY '.NATIONAL ASSOCIATION .Mailer Will lt I'MScnlcd at Meeting of County Association Called By ' President K. G. Wurncr and to Be Il Id u Pendleton, November I t Di-legaicH to Slate Convention Willi Be Seleetecl Also ,Evcr Import ant Salt (Question Among Matters to Be Ileud. Vinatilla county wool growers will! be aski-d to take stock In a National, cooperative wool warehouse to bej erected by members of the national' association, at a meeting of the coun-J ty association to be held in this city. November 14, the call for which has! Just been Issued by President K. G.I Witiiir. T.:e meeting is also to select! delegates to the state meeting at j Heppner, to buy the winter's supply j of, stock and care for other mattersj of routine. j The coopuative wool warehouse is. the first step on the part of the asso ciation to protect Itself against the alleged combination of wool buyers! through which the woolgrowers ofj I'matilla county and Oregon were heavy losers In, the sales of last spiing. .Is exposed in the East Ore gonlan at that time. It Is the result of the report of a committee ap pointed by President Gooding of the National association, at the meeting at Salt Lake in August, of which Dan P. Sinythe of this city was a mem ber. Protect Against Buyers. ' Mr. Smythe, owing to the illness of his father, was unable to accom pany the committee on its visit to St. Joseph and Kansas City, Mo., Omaha, Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis. St, Paul and St. Louis, but the other members of the committee met with the commercial organizations of those cities, and have outlined a plan to be presented to the woolgrowers of the country, which they believe will pro tect against any combinations upon! the part of the middlemen by 'selling i direct to the consumers. Chicago has been selected by thei committee as the site of the pro-j posed warehouse, and it is expected to finance a monster storage quarters,; 67 per cent of the stock to be owned by the growers and 33 per cent to be' taken by the business men of Chi-' cago. Kxperlenced men will be em-, ployed to handle the business fea- tuns and it Is planned to store 25.- . (Ml. coo pounds of wool In the coop- i crative warehouse each year for at, bast three years. j (.rowers Will Ship to Chicago. I fuller this plan the grower will ' ship to Chicago, storing his wool in that c ty until In- gets ready to sell. j In eas,. lie w.ints money upon the crop, arrangements have been made , by whii'li the Chicago banks will ad-: vance 90 per cent of the value upon the wool as security, and not until the man is satisfied to sell will the title to his product pass into the ; hands of others. Sales will be made1 from the warehouse direct to the manufacturer. In order to assure buyers the mor-j chants of Chicago have pledged them-j selves to insist upon and buy only! good made from the wool stored by IV cooperative growers If the ware-i house is erected. Plan Strongly Endorsed. The plan has the strongest endorse-1 mcnt of the national association, and' it is believed that through its devel-j opment t ht wool may be handled to the purchaser ata much less cost than j at present, besides giving much bet ter se!!!ng advantages. A dissatisfaction with present con ditions as exposed in the East Ore gonian at the time of the sales last spring has resulted In a widespread agitation for a better plan of market ing wool by the grower, and the sheepmen of Idaho, I'tah, Montana, Wyoming and Oregon are practically a unit In dcniand'ng a change and the ! which the canal has tieen thoroughly tested its entire d'stance, following ! the three or four months of idleness. j The concreted section of almost a ! mile put ill along the railroad track ijust below Echo Is proving highly sat isfactory and the heavy seepage. i which last season threatened consid erable damage to the railroad, mak ing the roidbed dangerous In places : b is been obviated by the concrete lining. INTO E!!b ONE OREGON DEMOCRAT WON HIS WAGER. Salem, Nov. 5. So far as is known, W. H. Gatens, Chamber- Iain's secretary, is the only democrat In Oregon who won an election wager. A Taft man bet him Bryan would get no more electoral votes than did Parker. present plan seems most feasible. After the meeting here a portion of the delegation from the . National Woolgrowers' association and the Chicago Commercial association. which is to present the plan, will go to Heppner to attend the state meet ing at that place on the 17th. SOUTHERN' PACIFIC TO VSE ELECTRIC POWER San Francisco, Nov. 5. Berkeley trustees are today considering an of-' fer by the Southern Pacific to spend' $2,000,000 on improvements In ex-j change for permission to change the motive power of the road and extend! the system into Berkeley. The road desires to use electricity, instead of steam, In operating its trains on the urban line. i XO WALDORF-ASTORIA FOR BATTLING NELSON New York, Nov. 6. "Battling" Nelson Is staying at a small hotel be cause the clerk of the Waldorf-Astoria refused him a room. The clerk recognized Nelson and Informed him here was no room and probably nev-' er would be. "Bat" took the hunch ' and noiselessly slipped into the' street. ', i COSTS 55 CENTS REMARKABLE TESTIMONY BEFORE COMMISSION W. I. Temple anil Present Figures Other Farmers Showing; How ! Much It Costs to Produce a Bush el of Wheat In Vinatilla Cxunty : lU'resentatlves of Different Sea-j lions of tlie County Give Testimony In Grain Rate Hearing. J I V. P. Temple was the star witness' this morning In the grain rate hear-j ing before the state railroad com-, mission, held In the rooms of the Commercial association, and during the course of most Interesting evl-J deuce gave exact figures on the cost of production of Vmatilla county! wheat. According to Mr. Temple. I figuring in the cost of Interest on the investment, and a deterioration of tlie equipment, it costs 65 cents per bushel to produce the grain in this county, and his statement was borne out by two sets of figures showing' the cost of the production of grain under the hiring and the personal la-, bor systems of farming respectively.! other prominent farmers, repre senting the several different grain' raising distilcts of the county, were I present and gave estimates in the cost of production running between :,7. and 6." cents per bushel. The for-1 mer estimated Included simply the j barest details of the cost, while the latter was elaborated in the consid eration of every item of pos.ble ex pense. Mr. Temple told of his rise from' a poor man to the owner of 4200 acres of I'matilla wheat land worth j $31.25 per acre, which he now rents for one-third of the crop delivered, lessor furnishing the sacks for his portion. He showed the cost of, handling an acre of land by the hiring method to be $16 exclusive of the loss every third year by freezing which lie estimated at 20 cents. The return; per acre averaged, the witness de-' i hired, 25 bushels at most, and the cost would be CI cents per bushel tin- dor those figures. Mr. Temple's fig ures in detail were: Plowing, per acre $ 1.30. Six harrow ings i.;o ' Two weed cuttings 60 Seed. 1 '4 bushel at 70c 1.00. Fanning and vitriol 10 Drilling CO Harvesting 3.00 Yield 23 bushels per acre. ' H.iulin.T and p. ling Eleven sacks at So ! Two years taxes on land at val- ue $3000 per quarter section .37 Interest at per cent on value 3.00 in money used in advance 73 Loss by freeze one year in six or c . ry third crop .20 Total $16i0! Mr. Temple then gave similar fig-i urcs showing about the same cost where the work was done, the farm! being supervised by the rancher and the work .lone by his own plant. (Continued on Page Eight.) f, EXPENSES EXCEED RECEIPTS Annual Report of District Fair Board Shows That Expendi tures Were Great. DEFICIT ALMOST ENTIRELY MADE VP BY BALIAX CES Assoelation Has Indebtedness of Only $273 Great Number of Im provement Necessitated Expendi ture of $2()00 More Than Vm Taken In Secret ury's Report Shows the Fair Wm Most Success ful Ever Held Vnder Auspices of the Commission. The third annual report of the board of commissioners of the Third District Eastern Oregon fair shows that owing to the big expenditures necessary in enlarging the pavilion and other Improvements the expendi tures were In excess of the receipts of the association by almost $2000. Th deficit, however, was made up al most entirely by the surplus left over from former fairs and the association is but about $275 in debt. The fair, according to the report, was- tho most successful by far ever held, and Is an urge to even greater efforts next year. Judge Fitz Gerald's report which was submitted this morning, Is given herewith: It is but right and proper that all men should know concerning public affairs to which they contribute to ward the expenses through taxation, that they should be given opportuni ty to know of the method and direc tion of the expenditure. Therefore wo append the following statement of the general Items of expense and recelpt of the affairs of the Third Eastern Oregon District Agricultural society ;.f;"ectyig the fair given by the boar of d. rectors September 28 to Octo ber 3, Just passed. Pendleton. Ore., Oct. 31, 1908. To the Hon. President and Board of Commissioners of the Third Eastern Oregon District Agricultural So ciety: Gentlemen: Herewith I present for your con sideration a report of the rpcelpts and expenditures of the Third East ern Oregon District Agricultural so ciety for the year ending November 1. 1908: Receipts. From Vmatilla county $1000.00 From licenses 313.00 From sale of novelties 52.50 From sale of confetti 1045.JS From rent of space 516.25 From entry fees 180.00 From admissions 2558.20 From interest 54.00 Total $5720.20 Expenditures. For advertising $ 416.30 For preparing pavilion, art room, purchase of tent, etc 32S9.60 For help at fair 467.75 For salaries, secretary, door keepers, ticket sellers, etc 435.95 For freight 299,60 For band and music 11S1.75 For incidentals 1605.13 Total $7716.08 Excess pf expenditures over receipts $1995.80 This amount was partly paid out of cash balance on hand from two previous fairs, and leaving deficit at this time of the sum of $156.92. There are still claims outstanding against the society amounting to the sum of $122.20. which are still un settled, leaving a total deficit sum of $27'. 02. Assets. Pavilion, art room, office band stand $30o0.0t) Stock tent, stalls, coops, etc. 1700.00 Canvas roofing 100.00 Typewriter and office furni ture 13 0.n0 i)ii this property the society lias two policies of insurance aggregating the sum of $2300, with premiums j.aid for one year. Premiums. Received from the state of Oregon $13i. .....) Awarded by fair management 1771 .On Excess of awards over re ceipt 271.00 Respectfully submitted. THUS. FITZ UKRALD. Secretary. We extend our eonci -atulations to the people 0f Milton. Pilot R,,ck and Echo communities for the splendid showings made in their special ex hibits in face of protct of in. my of their peophy, that, the eir being "off and crops of all kinds not up to the recognized standard that nothing s'ould be dor.e. shows a com mendable spirit and an effort most indefatigable to eonib.it the ol.s!. Ue tlotrst iti.l pr,.p, ro an,j sn,,.f HM Continued on Pago Three.)