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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.)