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1 EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITIOI! 0 WEATHER REPORT. Modern printing of all kinds promptly done at the twt Oregonlan office. Showers tonight or Saturday. VOL. 22. PENDLETON, OKEGOX, FRIDAY, APUIL 23, 1909. & NO. 6567 ILL SFFECT BAKER CITY HAS I New Laws Mean Radica Change in Regulation o Livestock Business. WILL GO I XIX) EFFECT ON THE Mil ST OF JUNE OlficcH of Stale Veterinarian and State Sheep Inspector Will lie Con solldateil Dr. W. II. Lytic Will Fill Both Offices County Stock In- hixs'tnrs will lie ANdished Hrant Iiiscctor Will no linger lie Paid a Salary All Cattle Khlpiied Into tlk State Must First bo Inspected, Radical changes In the regulation of the livestock Industry of tho stale are to be made by the new law passed by the last legislature and go ing Into effect about June 1. One of the principal changes will be the con solldatlon of the offices of state vet erinarian and state sheep Inspector, lr. W. II. Lytle having been named to serve in both capacities. All county stock Inspectors will al so be abolished, leaving only a brand Inspector, with very little to do, and a county veterinarian for those coun ties where one may be needetl. Jack Bryant has been serving us county stock Inspector for Umatilla county at a solary of $700 per year. Since the passage of the new law, however, bis salary was cut off, the first of this month and he Is now serving In prac tically the same capacity but gets only the fees which be may collect for his work. .Many Ijm Office. It Is said that fully half the coun ties In the state have had county stock Inspectors at salaries ranging from $200 to $700 per year and that In only a very few Instances have the services of these men been of value to the growers or shippers of livestock. In most Instances these Inspectors col lected feen In addition to their salar ies. The brand Inspector which Is per mltted for those counties which de sire such an officer, will not be paid salary, but will be allowed to charge so much for each car of animals that he inspects. The law provides that where necessary a county veterinarian can be appointed at a salary not to exceed $400 per year, In any county In the state. Work Ahead of Lytic. According to reports there Is much work ahead of Dr. Lytic, who sue reeds Dr. Kornek of .Salem, as state veterinarian, for It Is said there are numerous cases of glanders and oth er diseases among the horses and cat tie of the state. These need Immedi ate attention and Dr. Lytle will take up the work as soon ns the law goes Into effect. Dr. W. II. McClure of the bureau of animal Industry says one of the best features of the new law Is that pro vision requiring all cattle to be ship ped Into this state for dairy or breed ing purposes to first be submitted to the tuberculin test. Unless found free from tuberculosis they will not be allowed to enter the state. Veterinarians Must Itcrt. Practicing veterinarians In the state will also be required to report all cases of contagious disease to the state veterinarian. This must bo done promptly and not at such times as may suit the convenience of the man making the report. One section of the law provides that all cows furnishing milk to state In stitutions must be submitted to the tuberculin tests at least once every year. Finally tho state veterinarian Is given full authority to destroy every nnlmal Infected with a dangerous contagious dieasc and to quarantine every animal which may have been exposed to the one diseased. Norwegian Ship Collides. Chrlstlann. April 23. Captain of th( "Edith," his wife and assistant sailors, were drowned last night when a British steamer collided and sunk tho Norweglnn isteamcr Edith off from Christiana. CUTTING Baker City, April 23. Three stran gers participated In what came near proving a murder in Baker City last night. Two of the men began to quarrel while Inside the Bar saloon and soon were exchanging blows, when ordered out of the saloon the older man laid In wait and as his for mer companion reached the sidewalk he sloshed him across the face and neck with a knife. A crowd gathered and the knife man hastened up the stairway leading to the Odd Fellows hall. There was no exit handy and he was forced to retrace his steps, and emerge from the stairway through the spectators who had gathered. Officers at once' took up his trail, but Henry Bowman, night patrolman at the depot, assisted by Wilson, ar rested the man near the water tank and brought him up town to jail. Various stories are afloat today as to the motive of the attempted mur der. Some claim the men are bad ac tors who travel In a bunch and have been guilty of serious crimes. Indi cations are that one of the gang wanted to still tho tongue of a former companion or he would not have re sorted to such strong methods. Drink ing probably helped the matter along, but there Is something behind the whole affair that none of the men will disclose. SIT RITFS IRF ! Mc win mi i uu nub. L MiinrRnrmini r! iinuH t Oregon Railroad Commission Says All Eastern Rates Are Unreasonable. I'OltMAI I.Y NOTIFIES A Mi ROARS WITH IX TIIK STATE COURT ADJOURNS TO MEET If 19 ROGERS SENTENCED AND PAROLED OX GOOD BEHAVIOR Young Rogers Turned Over to II. J. Taylor as Guardian Will be I'lild Wage hut I'mlrr Direction of the Prominent Hunclicr Verdict of "Xot Guilty" Returned in Olcsoii Dcmlaiiw Ixx-al Option (W. Railroad Commissioner of the State Have Decided That Eastern Kate Are 1'iircusoiiiible Decide on the Step Yesterday Semi Formal No tier to All Interstate Roads Doing Business Within the State Mark a Further Step in Interest of Sliip-IH-i-h win Next Apih-u1 to Inter state Commission. Salem, April 23. Formal notice has been given all railroads doing In terstate business from Oregon, Includ ing the Northern Pacific, Astoria & Columbia Hiver, North Bank, Oregon Short Line, O. It. & N. and Southern Pacific that the recent Increase In eastbound transcontinental rates Is considered unreasonable without Jus tification. The railroad commission decided on this step yesterday. The notification marks the oegin nlng of a fight which will be taken up on behalf of shippers against the increase effective since January 1st. A request was made that the old rates be reinstated. If the railroad falls to comply, a formal complaint will be made to the Interstate com merce comission. The action is In line "ith the announcement Wednes day of an order reducing materially carlond rites on the Southern Pa cific between Portland and Goble, and reducing slightly ' the rates on less than carload lots. ISK. IDAHO segregation TO BE OPENER J1XK UP I VOTERS Leaders 'of State Anti-Saloon League Decide to Try for Dry State, CAMPAIGN" 'IX) BE FORMERLY LAUNCHED IX PORTLAND State Aml-Salnou Workers Decide That Time Is Itie for Launching Slate Local Option Movement Meetings Have Been Held in East ern and Southern Oregon Final Meeting to Ik' Held In Portland April .10 Petition is Prepared to Formally Place Matter Before Voter. PROTECT ORCHARDS I FROM M North Yakima, Wash., April 23. To protect orchards from frost the ranchers In the vicinity of Granger have adopted an electric frost bell, which will ring In the rancher's bed room when the temperature of the or chard thermometer reaches the dan ger point. The rancher goes to the orchard and lights numerous fire pots filled with petroleum and the atmosphere Is thus warmed. Carloads of these pots were un loaded at Granger and also three cars of crude petroleum.- Since Saturday hundreds of the pots have been burn ing every night. The air is heavy with smoke. Many orchards have been saved this way. CHARGE COMMISSIONER WITH EMBEZZLEMENT n n 60,000 ACRES Col. Ronald of Seattle Plans Mammoth Project for Uma tilla County, THOUGHT PROPOSED LAND LIES WEST OF RIVER Portland, April 23. Anti-saloon league workers will put the finishing touches on their plans for a state wide local option campaign at a meeting In Portland on April 30. It hag been definitely decided to wage a war at the next general election against the saloons of the entire state. During the past two weeks meetings have been held In southern and eastern Oregon. Reports made to the secretary of the anti-saloon league from differ ent parts of the state lead him to be lieve tljat the time Is ripe for a state campaign. The gradual spread of dry territory over the state Inclines the anti-saloon people to the belief that they can muster sufficient vote to put the saloons out of business. Following the meeting next week it is understood that a petition will be prepared providing for a submission of the local option question to the voters of the state as a who!... There will be no further sessions of the April term of court until May 19. This was the date tentatively Jlirreeil lllinn v.iutiir.l'ic .. . 1. ' ;lPL. ...Ilj Ultf 111,11 of the next case upon the docket. Something may Intervene to change this date .especially since the Morrow county spring term of court will be convened In. Heppner, May 10. Eighteen months in the peniten tiary and paroled during good be havior was tho sentence given Charles Rogers, the boy who assisted in bur glarizing (he stoic nt Adams. The sentence was pronounced bv Judco Bean yesterday afternoon, Just after the Jury In the Oleson-Dcndauw case had retired to deliberate. Following his parolement young Rogers was turned over to H. J. Tay- or, the Fulton rancher. He will be paid wages by the latter who will In a measure be held responsible for the boy by the court. After being out several hours, the ury In the Oleson-Dendauw case brought In a verdict of "not guilty." ate last night. The verdict was ap parently In accordance witb the gen eral expectations of those who had followed the trial of the case. 1 !.". Ida.. land board has ("::"! June lull- f ir the opening .f ihf r grei.--iti'Mi of t!i' M :',! ! ..t::te as tht Dletr!?h rbn!'n NORMAL REGENTS IX) DECIDE ON SOLUTION" OF PROBLEM OFFICERS ARE CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT bpokane, April 23. F. II. Hilliker of the California Mutual Live Stock association of Oakland, Calif., was rrested there today on an Indictment charging him with the embezzlement f eighteen thousand dollars from the defunct Pacific Live Stock associ ation, W. H. Hunter, an associate of Hilliker, was arrested at Santa Ana. Calif., .on the Indictment of the em- ezzlement of 124.000 from the same company. J. B. Schrock, the president of the Pacific concern, who was Indicted esterday, was released on $25,000 bonds today. company1!" project, under the Carey act. The tract Include'- PO.onn acres of land situated on the main line of the Oregon Short Line a short dis tance east of the town of Shoshone. It Is one of the three segregations of the Idaho Irrigation company, which was taken over a year ago by J. G. White & Co.. of New York. Th other two trRcts, embracing 100,000 acres, have already been opened for settle ment. Following the Dietrich opening, the Goose Creek tract, in Cassia county, one of the Twin Falls project, will be thrown open. Already arrange ments have been made for the con struction of a large beet sugar fac tory at a new town on this tract, the plan! to be erected by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Beet company, which al ready has a number of plants In op eration in Utah and Idaho. It Is the Intention of the company to devote a large proportion of the tract to the cultivation of sugar beets. Salem. April 23. A enll has been issimd for n meeting of the state l i;'i:l of normal regents at Salem on May Mil. It will thin be deelded whether the board will go before th people at the luvt general election wi.li a solution of the normal school difficulty. Olympla, April 23. State Insur ance commissioner J. H. Schively was arrested last night at the conclusion of the testimony before the legisla ture Investigation committee by sheriff Gabton, of Thurston county upon telegraphic Information from Spokane that Schively had been In dicted by the grand Jury on the charge of embezzlement. Schively expresses willingness to go to Spokane. Sheriff and Shively leave for Spokane today. lie ns m TURKISH Hll In Interview With Portland Journal Col, Ronald Say Chicago Men ore Interested In Umatilla Lands Would Spend a Million Dollars at Start Would Take Water From Umatilla River Slay be Partner of Secretary Balllnger. ATTACK WILL LIKELY BEGIN BEFORE NIGHT Young Turks Make Formal Demand for Surrender of Palace Thought That Tliey Will Attack City Before Nlfcht Shoiw Closed and People Go m Il'ding Troops Promise Tlwt ! lnS nsier by local and Chicago Foreigners Wi'l lie lYoteeted. That plans are now being worked out for the reclamation of 60,000 acres of land In this county was stat ed by Col. W. G. Ronald of Seattle In , the Oregon Dally Journal of yester day. The article In full Is as follows: "Tremendous Impetus is to be given eastern Oregon irrigation projects through the combined efforts of local and Chicago capitalists. Colonel W. ' G. Ronald of Seattle, who for 26 years has been Identified with railroad con struction and arid land reclamation In Washington and Oregon, was in Portland yesterday conferring with leading business men here on plans for the Immediate reclamation of 60, 000 acres In Umatilla county. He left today for Chicago where he will re port the present condition of affairs to promoters who have agreed to spend ultimately several million dol lars In reclaiming the arid lands of eastern Oregon. "Colonel Ronald at the Perkins last night, admitted that an irrigation scheme of unusual magnitude was be- whom he Is Weston Sends In Funds. the policy for the ensuing year will be outlined. As there are no funds for traveling expenses, each member will pay his own expenses to S'aler.i. The authorities at Weston forwarded f-ve hundred dollars to Secretary Starr of the board today for defraying the expenses of the maintenance of the school there until the end of the present semester. BEARS STILL IN EVIDENCE IN" CHICAGO WHEAT PIT TACOMA SOCIETY LEADERS ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING RESIDENT T.HT TO VISIT OREGON IF HE COMES WEST FORMER PRES. CASTRO ARRIVES IX FRANCE Saint Nazlnre, France, April 23. With former president Cas tro of Venezuela, a passenger, the steamer Versailles nrrlved here nt day-break today. No attempt on the tart of the gov ernment was made to prevent landing. lie Is very 111, and was assisted In walking by his nurse, lie will go to Paris and thence to Spain. Washington, April 23. A state ment has been authorized by the pres ident that he will visit Portland, if he goes west this summer. J. N. Teal of Portland called at the White House especially to talk on the subject of conservation and urge Mr. Taft to vis It Portland. The statement today was the result of Mr. Teal's visit. It Is accepted as almost certain the president will go west, although no absolute announcement has been made to that effect. ROOSEVELT PARTY ARRIVES AT .Ml HINDU. EAST AFRICA Muklndu, British East Africa, April 23. With Roosevelt and party aboard the special train en route to Nairobi, arrived here this morning from Mombasa. He was greeted by the American missionaries and breakfast ed, and resumed the Journey. Tncoma, April 23. Tacoma police have Issued warrants for the arrest of C. W. Huotorl. of Aberdeen. Mrs. Chauncey A. Wright of Seattle and Mrs. Mary Keller of Puyallup, all charged with exceeding the automo bile speed limit on Pacific avenue Wednesday. Mrs. Wright Is a mem ber of tho Seattle "four hundred." Warrants will be served today, and tho trla lis sot for Tuesday. Chicago, April 23. At the opening of the wheat market this morning the bears were in evidence and they pounded May option wheat from 1.23ii to 11.20 3-4, during the first half hour. July wheat opened at $1.10 3-4 and in thirty minutes had declined to $1.09 6-8. The bears are still dumping wheat into the pit. The bulls hoped that a reaction had set In after the decline of six cents, but yesterday's bearish news prevented It. llolxi Starts Albany Fire. Albany, Ore., Hobos started a fire Sunday night which threatened to destroy n part of the residence section of the city. They were sleeping In II. Bryant's barn and it is presumed became careless with their matches while smoking. The barn Is a total loss, approximately at $2500. Sl'llE MOTOR CI IS ON 0. ft. 4 N. TRACK EXHIBITED A motor car capable of a speed that would mnke the proverbial express train look sick, slipped into Pendle ton from the east and Attracted a great deal of attention during the short time It was here. With a prow like a ship, and porthole windows it looked more like an armored cruiser or a torpedo boat destroyer than a car for transporting passengers on dry land. Iirge steamers nlong the side pro claimed the fact that it was built b the McKeen Motor Car company of Omaha, Neb., and that it was for the Pi'lllnghani Hay Improvement com pany of Belllnghnm, Washington. Many of the windows contained pla cards, Advertising the low' colonist rates now In effect and also the ad vantages of the reliinghnm bay country. Two men were in charge of the car, which was also accompanied by Freight Conductor Wade of the O. R. & .V. who served ns their pilot on the lines of the company. From here the car went to Walla Walla, from which place it will go to Bel llngham over the rails of the North ern Pacific. Built in two compartments, the en trances are near the middle on each side. The smoking compartment Is In front and the seating capacity of both is a little more than a hundred. No difficulty was encountered In climbing the mountains between here and Omaha, much better time being made than is made by the regular passenger trains. The speed capacity of this car Is from 60 to 65 miles, but the same company puts out another type with a speed limit of S5 miles. It also puis out a type of car which is a combination passenger, mail and baggage. This car is for passengers only. capitalists, for all of I acting. . I "Chicago business men especially, Constantinople, April 23. There is 'are interested In the project," said a panic !n the Galata quarter this af- Colonel Ronald. "They are prepared tei noon, and it is generally believed j to make Immediate Investments as that the Youn Turks will attack the soon as our plans can be put through, chy In fore night. All shops are clos- . Based on pxnerieneo of a onnrter of a ed. ami many are in hiding. Troops ! cent ury I have assured them that an tire trying to cilm the people, and investment in reclamation projects In promising that foreigner? will be ful-' eastern Oregon will bring mammoth ' protected. I returns. Land that is not worth $5 A dispatch says that the beselg-1 per acre now with water will be worth ing generals today sent a formal de- $150: set out in fruit trees it will be mand for the surrender of the palace, worth all the way from $500 to $1000 and threaten In case of a refusal, to per acre. enforce the abduction of the sultan ! "The Umatilla river will supply all The sultan, worn and haggard, rode the water needed for the fruit 60,000 in a carriage to the White Mosque acres which is to be Irrigated. In open carriage to the White Mosque fact, most of the water for the pro today to attend the ceremony at the;ject which we now have under way Selamlik. Lines of soldiers guarded can be brought with comparative ease the route and there was no Incident, from this stream. The first expendi After the ceremony and the saying ture will be not less than $1,000,000. of prayers, the sultan was driven to As soon as the first 60,000 acres have the palace. j been watered the money from the sale . of the lands will be reinvested In a Washington, April 23. President larger rrigation project for which we Taft today directed that dispatches be are Already1 preparing. By this means sent to American representatives In the original capital can be Increased London, and Constantinople Inquir- and kept constantly working." Ing what action Great Britain had , "Colonel Ronald was at the head of taken to protect her mlsslnarles in ft company which Irrigated the Kit- Turkey' itltas valley in Washington. He had " - i been connected with the Chicago. Mll- MRS. SCOTT ELECTED PRESIDENT' waukee & St. Paul railroad, and Is DAI GHTERS OF REVOLUTION j counted an expert In reclamation. " j "His presence in Portland yester- Washington, April 23. Mrs. A. E. ' day was the cause of considerablfl Scott, the Illinois administration can- ' speculation along local business men dldate was elected today president- who know of his connection with the general of the Daughters of the Am- eastern Oregon Irrigation scheme, erican Revolution, defeating Mrs. Colonel Ronald will return to Port- Scott of New York, anti-administra- land In about three weeks." tion candidate. The victor received 1 Where Is Tho Land? 436 votes, and her opponent 428,: Inquiries among prominent irriga- stamplng the election as one of the tlonists in this city and in the west closest ever witnessed by the organl- end of the county fall to disclose any- ation. thing further regarding the proposed The Continental hotel was packed project. Carl McNaught, secretary of when the announcement of the vote the Umatilla waterusers association was made. Mrs. Story moved that and who Is from Seattle, stated that the election be made unanimous, but he does not know Col. Ronald. How- ' It was not carried. Mrs.. McLean de- ever he says he may be one of the clared the motion lost, but was glad firm of Ronald, Balllnger & Shipley that Mrs. Story was so gracious. !of Seattle, the Balllnger being the present secretary of the Interior. PROSECUTION SCORES VICTORY Nor is anything known concerning IX ROOT-GORDOON CASE the location of the 60.000 acres spoken of by Col. Ronald. But southwest of Spokane, Wash., April 2 The the Umatilla river In the west end of prosecution In the Root-Gordon grand this county lies an immense body of Jury Investigation today scored Its land that Is open for reclamation. At first victory when the court resolved one time the land was withdrawn to hold Deputy Trosecutor Pelletier from entry by the government. But for contempt on the charge of taking It has since been restored to entrv stenographic notes of the testimony and consequently a private irrigation In tne grand Jury room. Attorneys for concern may enter tho field should it M. J. Gordon, who yesterday were desire to do so. Indicted charged with embezzling' $9200 from the Great Northern as l- 4 counsel, was appointed by the court to prosecute Pellletier. but the affi-1 davit In the case Is faulty. ! if EX -SENATOR OK NEVADA WILLIAM M. STEWART DIES Washington. April ?3 William M. Mcwart. a former Nevada senator. died this morning at the Georgetown hospital. A fortnight ago he under went an operation for the removal of enlarged glands. He suffered a re- lapse on Wednesday. GO ON ROAD TO SELL PRISON" GRAIN It VGS Olympla. April "2. Gov. I My. after consulting the mem bers of the state boar I of ,-nn-tr.M, directed Sup. Reed and state cterk Mcltaltum to sfnrt as traveling men to dispose of the three million grain brig--ma ie nt the state peni-emiiry. '