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VOL. 21.
l'KNDLETOX, 0 11 K( I ON, M ON DAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1908.
NO. G431
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BOOKLET IS HT,i
Handsomest Publication Ever,!
Issued in Northwest .Tells1.
of Umatilla County.
20.000 copies for
eastern' distribution
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BIG IIALIiOX RACE
ENDS IX FAILURE.
Lob Angeles, Cullf., Nov. 16.
After being driven to sea four
times and lotting all ballast ex-
cent two sacks of Hand, the
balloon "American," the first
(darter In the transcontinental
race, landed a mile east of Her-
most ncach at 3:30 this morn-
Ing. Captain A. E. Mueller and
pilot J. E. HutchlnRon, an as-
slstant, narrowly escaped death
In the ocean. They were up 12
hours.
J. K. Hutchinson, the assistant
pilot, says they were threatened
with electrocution when the
drag rope entangled a power
wire carrying a current and
that at one time they were only
20 .feet above water.
Beautifully Illustrated iuuI Well Writ
ton Story of ns, Omnty Will Bo
Sent to lroiMvtlve llomeseekcrs
In Middle Wont Publicity Com-
i
inittce Received Advance Copies funds, and has been carrying on Its
and All Persons Desiring Copies to
Send to Friend Arc Invited to Cull.
NWS I
BOLL COMPLETED
Total Value of Taxable Prop
erty in County is Given at
$25,272,960,
ASSESSMENTS MADE
OX LOWER VALUATION'.
With Valuation on Basis of :t0 to 10
Per Cent Less Than Lust Year, To
tal Amount I 16,000,000 Slujrt of
Lust Year's Record Xow Third In
State In IftO" It Was Next to
Miilinoniali Jlair of Wealth of
County Is In Its Lund Onc-fll'ili
In Railroads.
The wealth of Umatlfla county as
work with money received from
monthly payments by a number of
i Pendleton business men. No sollclt-
" Ing has been done for some weeks, the
Advance copies of the new booklet, committee believing that it was best
issued by the Umatilla County Pub-i to wait until it could show the char-'
liclty committee, have been received acter of the work it was doing for' , .... lv lh ... .. . , ,,nmr)1,.,,i
by Secretary J. H. Gwlnn. It contains Umatilla. The goods are here, and b,. Assessor Strain Is 125 272,i60.VO
64 pages, with 60 photographs, illuB-jthe ouallty is such that no one can , wthing .jk'e jje 000 000 less than
trating various sections and Indus- help but praise. Now that the workthat of Uljil ypar wn'en UmatlUa coun.
tries of the county. Is organized and the people can see,y hllJ lhe gl.eate(,t ro), of any coun.
Typographically it is the hand-; what is to be accomplished it is hop..dj t). , lne htate exc(,pt Mui,nomah but
gomcst publication ever issued In the;'"" every man In the county inter- j .umcl,.nt to give It the rank of third
northwest. It is printed on heavy ested ln ll" development will Join in . wne, the ,. a,.e f()otp(, U)) f-r ftc
calendered paper, the cover design ,he movement for a greater Umatilla j comng Hl.iUM,n. The loss ln valuation
being an artistic piece of work, the enunty. All parties desiring copies of j u ut (,U(1 t() pronibiton , Umatlia
county, but to the fact that the as
sessments this year are made on a
IS
E
A COMPLICATION
Failure of Guards to Prevent
Deed is Cai'sing Serious
Trouble.
OTHERS IMPLICATED
BV SUICIDE'S CONFESSION,
a
KikTh Attorneys Ak for Change of
Venue, Di-clarlng; Their Client's Life
Is In Danger and That They Tlieni
wives Have Been Threatened With
Ljm-hliig; Bullet Benioved From
Heney's Head, Resulting in Immcdi
Mle Helief Ministers Pray for He-oner)-,
front page representing a farm andi l,lc book. r to n'lve It sent to friends
orchard scene and the back a wheat' tr.ey want to interest in tne county,
field during harvest. A double page'"' be accommodated by calling on
outline map of the country Is found In or addressing Secretary Gwlnn.
the center of the hook and is a splen-l " '
did representation of the resources of , v -" " i r.i.wv
Umatilla county In Itself.
The booklet is the result of five
months' active work on the part of.
WH.Ii TAIK I P TO EMPEROR
Secretary J. H. Gwlnn and members
of the committee, who furnished the
data and directed the work of the
special artists sent here by the Sun
set Magazine company.
Views By Scelul lliotogTJiphcr.
The Illustrations were made from
photographs taken by a special pho
tographer sent here for that purpose.
He was taken to every portion of the
county, selecting such views as would
best show the resources and possi
bilities of that vicinity, each one tell
ing Its own story. Then came an
artist who traveled over the county
to secure the Information which en
abled him to draw a perfect picture
of the topography of the lands, the
mountains and timber, the grazing
territory, the wheat ranches, and the
irrigated fruit sections, with state
ments of the production.
The reading matter Is by Mr. A. J.
Wells, the well known writer of San
Francisco. Ho spent several weeks
here, being taken by Mr. Gwlnn to
learn from his own observation and
Interviews with citizens engaged In
different occupations what there Is
here now and what we have to attract
Immigration and build up new industry.
Berlin, Nov. 16. In an official
communication Issued at noon, Chan
cellor Von Buelow declares he will
tell the emperor the "whole bltte?
truth concerning the national discon
tent" at tomorrow's conference at
Kiel. He declares he will resign un
less the kaiser's power Is limited.
more thm nog
FOB TOE HOSPITAL
TAG DAY AM) FAIR
PROVES BIG SUCCESS.
Results of Enterprise I'm- In Kee
of Most sangiiiiie Ecc(ntinns
Ijirgo Caili Donation of Many
Friends Swell Receipts From Sale
of Tags uiwl Fancy Article at the
Fair Conducted by the sisters.
As the result of Tag Day
The stnrv he has written Is simple atholic fair held last week
and the
the Sis-
In Its directness, and elocpient In itu-rs f ,st. Francis netted a total of
simplicity. There is no suggestion of , f fil). w . ( aiul ,u,.ul
"hot r.i:' In what lie s:iys, and the
siren song of the land boomer Is con- '"' 'rllls n""""1' was f',r all0i"1 ,(
spiciiously absent from tho pages of . what the sisters first expected from
the book. His statements are modest, their cnterjiso and as a result they
but made In such language as to car-(1.c, ,lRnIy j..,, w(h ,he r(,suU "
rv conviction as to their truthfulness,
and the interest created by reading hroush the columns of this pnper
the first paragraph will hold the at- the sisters desire to express their
tendon of the render to the end of sincere thanks to those who aided in
the book, pausing at each engraving making their fair a success and also
to study the scene Illustrated. j those who remembered the hospital
2II.000 Copies Printed. with cash donations.
An edition of 20,000 copies has! A statement of the receipts last
been printed, a good portion of which i week show that til sale of tags pro
will be distributed by the passenger j ihiced but a small portion of the
department of tho Harrlman system money received. Only was re-
thrnughout the cast and middle west-! reived from the sale of tags upon the
ern states. The committee has sever-! streets. At the fair the sum of $232
al thousand addresses of people In- n netted from the drawing contest,
ouiring for Information, to whom the. while the remainder of the money
book will be mailed, and a sufficient came from the sale of articles at the
number will be kept to supply tho fair and from cash donations. Pur
demand of those who want to know lag the week many local people of
what we have for them. philanthropic minds donated cash to
The publicity committee is short of the hospital fund.
valuation of between 60 and 70 per
cent of that of last, a reduction made
by Assessor Strain to make the assess
ment more equitable with regards to
the assessment of other counties in
the state.
The figures of the assessor show
that almost half of the wealth of the
county lies In Its lands, tillable and
non-tillable and Improved and unim
proved, while over one-fifth of the
wealth -of the county Is credited to
the railroad roadbeds.
The city property of the county Is
improved to a value of $200,000, ap
proximately, more than the land upon
which the Improvements stand, ac
cording to the assessor's figures.
According to the assessor's return,
out of the $25,000,000 of wealth that
Umatilla county boasts there Is only
$!lS,noO cash, while the value of
stocks In various enterprises amounts
to $415,000 more.
Owing to the exemption of $300 per
person which in many Instances was
given on stork, the number of head
of various domestic animals shown Is
less than last year, while the value,
due to a fall in prices of stock, is al
so considerably less.
Mr. Strain's summary of the roll is
given herewith:
Summary of Umatilla county tax
roll for 1!0S.
Tillable land, 4 4 :i . 0 4 . 3 5
acres $ '.t.ir.ii. '.157.00
I Noil-tillable land. tiOS.-
i i) 4 . 1 4 acres l.Sfl!.5S.OO
Improvements on deed
ed land MU.7S0 00
Town and city lots, 11,-
ar.n 1.4 13.ost5.oo
on city
SENATOR FULTON GOES 10 WASHINGTON
il niprox etiH iits
properly
Improvement.: on un
decjed land
No. miles It. U. bed,
231. Iti
Miles telcuraph and tel
ephone line MIT. 33 . . .
Ki'llroad rollinn stoc k . .
Steamboats. Mfg. ma
chinery, etc
Mdse. and stock In trade
Fanning implements,
etc
Money
Notes and accounts . . .
Shares of stock, 5300. .
Household furniture . .
Horses and mules 14,7G!t
Cattle, 15.754
Sheep and goats, 155,ti04
Sw inc. 3S0J '
1,6!S.4!M.OO
!3,20r.00
5.471. IMS. 70
17S.293.00
4 31,4 42.00
10 1.000.00
61!". 4 0.1.00
1'.IS,0!I5 00
11S. 615. 00
SS9, 495.00!
415.110.00
69.370.00
743.S90.00
1SS, 490.00
37S.O4O.00
12.590.00
San Francisco, Nov. 16. Detective
Burns is preparing to stir up a hor
nets nest by filing charges agains
Guards Kelh y and Attridge, who fail
ed to closely watch Assassin Haas and
prevent his suicide Saturday night, to
learn why Burns was not permitted
to see Haas.
Burns has intimated that the out
come will he that charges will be pre
ferred against Chief of Police Biggey,
who, will be asked why he gave out
statements declaring the attempt to
assassinate Heney was not the result
of a conspiracy.
nurns minus Mrs; iiaas passed in
the revolver with which Haas killed
himself. Riggey Insists Haas carried
the gun when he entered the jail and
says Captain Duke failed to closely
search the assassin. Duke says that
Is not true.
Thinks Wife Passed in Gun.
"from what I can learn," said
Burns, "I am satisfied Mrs. Haas
passed the weapon to her husband. In
view of the fact that Haas himself,
under guard of two men, detailed to
watch him every moment, after I had
teen denied admittance by the same
men, and later securing from Haas a
confession directly contradictory to
their reports, the case assumes a bad
phase, which demands a sweeping In
vestigation. We obtained Haas' con
I'sslon after the police had reported
him crazy and. that would end the
lase If the wishes of the police de
partment were carried out."
MFDFOKD GIRI. KIDNAPED
AND BRUTALLY ASSAULTED
Medford, Ore., Nov. 16.
Cleo Hurst, a girl of 14 years,
of this city, who was kidnaped
Friday night, and wag returned
home at 3 o'clock this morning
In a precarious condition. She
had been brutally assaulted.
She left her home with her
grandmother on a visit to neigh
bors and was seized and thrown
Into a carriage. She remem
bers nothing until she awoke
at home. Her assailants arc
unknown. '
(5 toss value
property . .
of all
.$25,272,960.70
Although he would not talk of the
senatorial situation In Oregon, and
maintained his position of "sufficient
unto the day Is tlie discussion of the
evil thereof," United States Senator
Charles W. Fulton, who passed
through Pendleon last evening on his
way to Washington to attend the
opening of congress, freely discussed
the particular legislation in which
Oregon will be Interested during the
brief stop of No. 2 in this city.
Senator Fulton felicitated Umatilla
county upon the development of the
Hermiston Irrigation project through
which he had Just passed and of which
he is proud as a father, having been
one of the moving factors in securing
the project to this county. He took
occasion to say that he expected' to
devote considerable of his time and
energies In looking after the appro
priations of tho various Oregon pro
jects, not only of reclamation, but
also In the development of the rivers
and harbors of the state. He expects ed.
that the coming congress will pass a
river and harbor bill and In addition
to the regular appropriations will at
tempt to have an adequate sum set
aside for repairing the dredge Chi
nook nnd operating her on the Co
lumbia river bar.
Another matter the senator will
take up at this session is his proposed
amendment to tho railway rate law.
This measure has already been Intro
duced and Is now In the hands of a
committee which has promised to re
port at tnis session. The bill pro
vides that upon application of any
parties affected, the Interstate com
merce shall have power to declare any
proposed Increase In freight rates In
operative until after a hearing on the
question has been held before tho
commission. Had this proposed
amendment been In force at that
tlme, all the trouble that arose, over
the increase In lumber rates made by
the railroads of the northwest some
months ago would have been obvlat-
1UXCF. IS CHEATED
OUT OF CHINA'S THRONE.
Sail IVaiielsco, Nov. HI. Iriiicv
'IVal l'u, nephew of the late emperor
or China, a ml next in seniority for the
bunion of lhe liiiM'rial throne, lias
lout ids opportunity to rule the nation
liy nivcptlng; the xs( of envoy to
America In the commission of thanks
I'r.r the remission of the Boxer in.
(lemiiity by Hie I nlted Slates.
Whether lie Is the victim or ci renin
stnii'ccs or n plot of high enemies who
niillclMilsil lhe einiH'ror's ilealh is not
established. Still l iaiiclsco Chinamen
think the prince Is t!p victim of u
ciirt clique Unit he was deliberately
shelved to M'iiuil the ascen-lon or
Pu Yl, the present Il-ycar-oUI ciiiht
or. Their eiileiilatlons, however, are
overthrow n hy the death or the Dow
iiRvr empress. VI lias nseeudcil the
Ihroiic, hut (he strong hand or his
lather, Prinee Chun, as regent, took
control of die national nrfulrs and an
awakening or China is predicted.
It Is also rctortcd that the minis,
tcrs who surrounded the empress have
In-en dismissed.
Ministerial Resolutions.
Oakland, Cal.. Nov. 16. A com
mittee of ministers of the Oakland
Church Federation today sent Mrs.
Heiuy a copy of resolutions of con
dolence adopted yesterday at a mass
meeting In the Oakland church. The
introduction reads: "May a gracious
God Idess and restore speedily to full
health your husband, and thus bless
our state, is the prayer of the church
C deration. which met in the crowded
Tlrst Methodist chinch' of Oakland.
We extend to you the fullest sympathy
i'i your acute suffering."
Mullet Removed.
Thi bullet in Heney's neck wife re
moved this morning. The operation
v. as entirely successful and his condi
tion, at 11 o'clock, was greatly improved.
Dr. Wallace Terry, chief of the
emergency service, operated. The bul
let was near the surface.
Mrs. Heney has not left the hospital
since her husband was taken there.
The removal of the bullet caused a
general feeling of relief.
District Attorney Lungdon had a
long conference with Honey today,
Chunjrc of Venue Asked.
Alleging that the life of Huef Is un
safe in San Francisco, that the "fierce
burning prejudice and bias which ex
ists, makes it impossible to secure a
lair trial in this city." the defendant's
attorneys asked for a change of venue
when the trial was resumed this
morning under a heavy guard. They
oiso ask for a discharge of the Jury
which It took four months to secure.
The prosecutors have asked time to
file afldavlts In opposition. The court
adjourned until tomorrow morning.
The defense attorneys also declared
that they had been threatened with
lynching over the telephone. Huef
was returned to the jail, with nine
detectives guarding him.
The defense' affidavits say some of
the jurors heard the shot, making it
Impossible to give Kuef a fair trial.
There was a hush when Uuef and
Ills aternoys entered. Ruef lookej
straight ahead. The court room Is
railed off from the spectators by a
stout fence.
There were Immense crowds In the
street when the trial was resumed.
Detectives mingled with them in both
the street and court room.
Spvtntors Searched.
Ruef rtas brought to court In a pa
tiol wagon. His face seemed to show
that he had aged since the sensation
al scene in the court room Friday.
Everybody entering the room was
searched.
Assistant District Attorney O'Gara
Is In Heney's chair, assisted by Attor
neys Matthew Sullivan, Hiram John
son and Joseph Dwyer, who have vol.
vnteered to assjst the state.
H. Ach, Ruefs chief counsel, mo
tioned for a change of venue and
lead an affidavit recounting the mass
meeting Saturday night, and the
shooting of Heney. He also rSA an
affidavit signed by Ruef In which the
latter said his life is In danger and
that he may be killed any minute.
If the motion Is denied the defense
will ask for a continuance of 30 days,
and ask for a re-examlnation of all
jurors.
Attorney J. B. Cook, taking notes
In the court room as to the feelings
of the spectators, was eected.
The prosecutors are conferring this
afternoon to decide how to combat
the latest move of the defense. Ruef
nnd his attorneys are at the Jail.
MOTHER OIG
IRRIGATION PLM1
Twenty-five Thousand Acres
in Morrow and Umatilla
Counties to Be Reclaimed,
PROBABLY BIGGEST PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE IX COUJfTT
O I). Teel Apjropriates 25,000 Miner
Inches from Camas Creek Water
Will Be Carried in Ditches for 50
Miles Line Will Originate Near
Famous Dixie Ranch and Water
Will Be Carried Over Butter Creek
District Known as "Butto Ditch."
PART OF WASHINGTON
IS IX OREGON'.
Washington, D. C, Nov. 16. Valua
ble timber lauds alonj; the Columbia
river were declared today to lie a iirt
of Oregon by the United States su-
pivnie court, thus ending tho bound
nry line dlspnte existing- between
Washington nnd Oregon for several
years. In 1905 a suit was brought by
Washington to restrain Oregon from
disturbing: the people of Pacific coun
ty. Washington, in the msscssion of
their laud.
APPEAL OF FAMOUS
MURDERER IS DISMISSED
Washington, Nov. 16. The United
States supreme court today dismissed
the appeal of Albert T. Patrick, the
famous New York lawyer, who Is In
Sing Sing for the murder of William
Rice.
MRS. SLAUGHTER
TRIES SUICIDE
PROPRIETRESS OF LODGIXG
HOUSE WOULD END Lira
Sodded By Mother Who Also Refus
ed lo Be With Her, Woman Seizes
Old Kyle Pistol and Fires Shot at
Her Heart Kill Deflects Course of
Bullet and Hciientiint Woman Will
Live.
Probably the biggest private irri
gation enterprise ever undertaken In
Umatilla county is revealed in the lo
cation by O. D. Teel of Echo of an
appropriation of 25,000 miners inch
es of water from Camas creek In th
south end of the county, which is to
be carried over Into the Butter creek
district along the edge of Umatilla,
and morrow counties, where it will
be used In the irrigation of 25,000
acres of land.
The Teel appropriation takes the
water from Camas creek on the north
branch, just below the Junction of
Camas and Hideaway creeks, near the
southwest corner of section 16, town
ship 4 south, range 32, E. W. If.,
whence it Is to be carried in' such .
canals, flumes or pipe lines 83 are
necessary a distance of 50 miles to
section 16, township 3 north, range
29, E. W. M.
The appropriation is made for the
purpose of Irrigation, electric or other
power, and stock watering.
The line will originate in the neigh
borhood of the Dixie ranch and will
be carried to the vicinity of Echo, in
w hich region it will water a big acre
age .of land not now under irrigation.
The ditch is to be known as the "Butte
ditch."
RIGHT OF MINERS TO
LYNCH THIEVES" RECOGNIZED.
Because her mother had given her
a scolding, and had refused to come
to bed with her, Mrs. Etta Slaughter,
proprietress of the Empire lodging
house last night attempted suicide by
shooting. Tlie woman fired a 41
calihre Remington-Derringer pistol
point blank at her heart, but the bul
let was deflected by a rib and fol
lowing it around the body lodged un
der the shoulder blade.
The attempt occurred in Mrs.
Slaughter's. room at the Empire about
S o'clock. Earlier in the evening a
jolly party had been drinking in the
parlors of the rooming house and the
woman's mother, Mrs. King, had
scolded her. "If I were running this
place," Mrs. King had said, "I would
never allow such carryings-on." She
then refused to Join her daughter in
bed.
"What are you going to do?" Sirs
Slaughter demanded.
"I'll show you,' 'answered the
mother, pulling up a chair to the
stove, in
Valdez, Alaska, Nov. 16. The right
of miners and prospectors in camps
removed from the courts to take the
law In their own hands when viola
tions of the law occur, was recognized
by the federal grand Jury which re
leased A. R. Young and Charles Har
per, two members of the party that
strung K. E. Kennedy to a tree for a
few seconds and chased him from
Lake creek, in the Susitna district,
because he refused to tel the where
abouts of $2500 which thev claimed
he stole.
Kenney caused the arrest of Young
and Harper, but the jury intimated
that they had a right to treat Kenney
as they did.
OPPOSITION TO GOMPERS
DWINDLES TO NOTHING.
Deliver, Col., Xov.' 16. Opposition
to Gonipcrs lias dwindled to nothing.
The convention has settled down to
liaiil work today in the Iiok of ad
journing sine die either Friday or Sat
urday. An effort to have the federal
overniiient take a hand in the hoil
ermakers' and machinists' strike of
the Denver & Rio Grande road by
seeking a cancellation of the mail eon
tiact on the ground that the road
cannot maintain its mail train Sched
ules on aoctviint of the condition of
lhe locomotives, will te made by del.
cgatcs.
REFORM FORCE WIN"
VICTORY IN LEWISTOX.
Lewiston, Idaho. Nov, 16. A sec
ond victory for the reform forces
seeking the social betterment of this
city was scored today when Judge
Steeles ordered the slot machines and
saloons and cigar stands confiscated.
the parlor, which was sep-!Vori' preceded the sheriff, who found
arated from tho hinlrnnm In- nnnlors Very few.
"And I'll show you what I'm going
to do," screamed the daughter. Jump
ing from the bed and seizing the
(Continued on Page Five.)
The International Union of Slate
workers will hold its next annual con
vention at Bangor, Pa., beginning its
sessions on November 10.
PACIFIC MONTHLY MHMGER
I 1
Fred Iickley, formerly with the
Fast Oregonian, but who Is now the
manager of tlie Faclfle Monthly of
Portland, has been here since last
evening. He came up from Portland
to attend to business matters and ex
pects to return tonight.
When Mr. Lockley left Pendleton
he went upon the staff of the Pacific
Monthly and his elevation to the man
agership came a few months ago and
was the result of his well known
ability and tireless energy. Until Au.
gust he was at Los Angeles as tne
southwestern representative of the
paper. He was then called to Port
land to t.ike the temporary manage-
I
ment of the magazine and he after
wards became tho permanent busi
ness manager.
Lute Pease, the prominent artist
and writer, is now editor of the Pa
cific Monthiy and upon his shoulders
and those of Mr. Lockley rest the re
sponsibility of that great publication.
Another East Oregonian man now
upon the Pacific Monthly is C. E.
Fisher, former telegraph editor of
this paper. Mr. Fisher Is serving in
the capacity of make-up designer for
the magazine and has been with the
paper since last spring. IJke Mr.
Lockley he has also "made good" In
the larger field where he Is now eerr
i'lg. i