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G72T OFFICIAL PAPER.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 22.
TENDLETON, )lE(i()N, Til UHSDAY, !NO VEMJJEH 2o, 11M)!.
NO. G755
SPEED I ICS
All DOOMED
I
New York Police Commis
sioners Start Crusade;
Against Reckless Drivers, j
LAWS MUST HE
MORK STRINGENT
Death of Alice Motion by Touring '
,
Cur and UrutalUy of Driver, In-
cluw Conimlsloners to Action '
Mas Meeting of Citizen Culled to
Urge Legislation Autos Restricted
, , ,
Less Than Donkey Engine and
Steum Hollers. .
New York. Nov. 25,-Angered by
the continued disregard for human
life by drivers of automobiles In New
York the police commissioners have
issued a call for a mass meeting to
. . .....
urge legislative action, ine parucu-
lar case to arouse the Ire of the corn-
mlssloners was that of Alice Mohen,
who was struck down by a touring
car, and when the driver found the
body clogged his wheels, stopped long
enough to Jolt his machine free, and
then sped away at great beed. The
statement of Commissioner Baker
snys: "It in time there is a radical
change In the laws regarding speed
of New
ing. It is time for citizens
York to bold a mass meeting to pro
test to the legislature against man
slaughter. The engineer who runs a
harmless donkey engine In this city
gets a license from the police depart
ment. If an uccldent occurs he Is re
sponsible and the license Is revoked.
Why, even with asphalt rollers the law
requires a man to go ahead of one of
them to wave a danger signal, but
sixty horse power automobiles can run
wild through the streets."
FATAL TENEMEXT EI HE.
Six Dead and Many Injured as Result
of Disastrous Illaie.
Brooklyn, Nov. 25. Six persons,
two women, one man and three chil
dren, were burned to death and ten
Inured, one fatally, and one woman
Is missing as a result of a tenement
house fire In Havens Place yesterday.
Ruins are being searched to ascer
tain if any other bodies are In the
ashes. The building was occupied
by etgnt tamities aunoug niy -
tended to house four'. When the
blaze started the lodgers becamo
frightened, and firing revolvers from
the windows started a panic, many
Jumping from the window. Scores
were rescued by firemen. Mrs. Roso
Caravalla was rescued but afterward
rushed Into the house for her two
children. Her body was found later.
There were a hundred In the building
when the fire broke out.
STANDARD OH. RETURN'S
TO ITS NATIVE GROUND
Hakersfleld. Calif., .Nov.
25- A
million barrels of oil, the property of
the Standard Oil company, Is being
lost by seepage and Is slowly finding
Its way back into the sands from
which It was extracted. The oil was
stored In earthen tanks nnd It was
some time before officers became
nwnre that a vast amount was being one ticket in the field. City politics
lost through lenkngn and the sides of are usually not very strenuously con
thc enrthern reservoirs are being tested, and the citizens believe that
drilled In a vain search for the cause, the retiring councllmen should be re
It Is believed the lost oil has moved elected on account of the fact that
down through to water sand. Own- under their regime the city was
crs of adjacent property are making launched Into the proposition of st
preparations to sink a number of curing municipal ownership of water,
wells In the hope of locating pools of niil for which the city voted JP0.000
the 'missing oil. bonds nt a recent election.
EUGENE S MAYOR ADOPTS
At a recent congregation of expon-
cnls of a dry town nt Wolser, Idaho,
20 of the prominent citizens of that
. .. ! 1 . . . .1 unnn n nlnnn nnd H
piace Mimiiiiim t'" i"-- -
total fund of $27,200 was raised to
be used In fighting for the suppres-
sion of "blind pigs" nnd bootleggers,
This was the Information conveyed
by Howard Miller, subscription agent
oi the Portland Journal, who has been
traveling in that section. Mr. Miller
also tells of an amusing Incident which
transpired on the train as he was en
route to this city. With several other
passengers he becamo Involved in
a friendly dispute on the relative mer
its and evils of a dry anil a we. town
The wordy battle waxed long nnd loud
and the wet clement was gradually
getting the better of tho argument.
when n new champion of prohibition . feat Into victory, presented the men
threw himself Into the fray. Ho was with his card. They read and under
nn elderly gentleman, with a mild ex- stood. It said: "J. D. Matlock, Mayor
pressloned face, but withal a deter- of Eugene."
SEASON'S AVERAGE :
NOW NFAHLY AS
INCH OVF.R NORMAL
Toial Precipitation for Season IH 1.51
Iuchc Normal In 3.5(1 -October
Rainfall Makes Vp September De
ficiency. I ;
I Pendleton's rainfall for the months
of September, October and Novem- 1
j ber, Is now nearly an Inch greater :
thnn thrt nnrinnl Hll1 with four more
days left In the month It is not al-.,
together Improbable that the excess i
r thls tl?er'0!. t,hlg e" i J
be as great as the deficiency for the ,
Hame perl()d lagt year j
The total amount of rainfall for the
wet season thus far is 4:61 Inches, j
T"e normal prccrpitatlon tor tne same
period Is 3.59, leaving a balance in
fayor Qf tn,g year of 92 or but 01 of ,
an inch less than the total amount '
-r last year. I
l" precipiimum
rnonlx In 1908 was but 3 21 of an Inch
the difference in the rainfall for the
two seasons is 2.22 of an Inch. Wi h-
in nlmont nn Inch of the normal rain-
i
fall for the three months.
.The following table shows the rain-I
" ;
Normal.
1909.
.62
122
2.67
1908
.84
1.44
.93
September 94
October Ml
.November 1-48
It will be seen from this table that
the precipitation for September of
this year was far below the average
but wlth tne rfrrlva of tne month:rrom Atlantic to
prevailed during the pfiKt two sonant j
Mint time there has been a steady In- I
crease In the amount of rainfall un
1
til the present month Is far ahead
of the average.
The table also shows that last year's
wet season started off well. Sep- 1
(ember was only one-tenth of an Inen
below the average while for Oct. the j
Avnr.ua it-ac f 7 It will Vtn rPinpmViprorl ;
l.mvever fhnt ihe month of October'
practically ended the wet season, as
there was no further precipitation un- i
til the heavy snow in January. ,
Therefore with the pretent excrs? ,
in moisture and the prospects exceed
ingly bright for more, it would seem ,
that the farmers of Umatilla county j
are amply justified In looking for a ;
bumper crop next season.
STORM PILES VESSELS
OX BEACH IX HARBOR j
!
on A Mcy thrm moutn !
sohoonpr 1(g nme unknown. Is ashore!
at Stevens Flat in this harbor, and j
the lives of the crew nrethreatened
Every boat excepting'two in the har-,
bor has been piled on the beaCh nnd !
some are badly shattered as the re- i
suit of the worst storm In years.
SHERIFF ASKS TROOPS
TO ASSIST HIM
tndlnpnpolls. Nov 25. Governor
Marshall has received a request from I
Sheriff Todd of Lawrence county fori
troops to be sent to Red ford. He stat-
ed that conditions were bad as a re- I
suit of a quarrymen's strike and th:it i
tho present force of deputies Is lnsuf-
f0ent to maintain order.
tine Ticket at Hood River. . . .
Hood River, Nov. 25. The Hood
River city election will be held Tues- j
dHy, December 7. There will be but I
ROLE Of BLACK KNIGHT
mined set to his jaw. Hut he Im
mediately lost all passiveness and as
sumed the leadership of the dry
torces. tne nrinKing advocates eon-
......... ...
ccniraieii an tneir rorces on this new
foe but ho proved their equal. He
I was a whole army in himself, infantry,
cavalry and artillery nnd the way he
unlluibcred his guns and exploded his
shells made the enemy gasp, He
seemed to be surcharged with argu
ments and counter-arguments. Sta
tistics from all over the nation flowed
like fountnin water from his lips. He i
piled up proof and evidence of his
statements until the opposing forces
were silenced by suffocation, nnd
when It was nil over, nnd the last
! feeble utterances of the liquor men
i bud subsided, this modern Bine
. Knight who had turned threatened de-
PKF.SIRICXT TAIT'S THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
"By tlie president of the l'n!'."1 States of America. A procla
mation: "The season of the year has arrived when, in accordance with the
revered custom established by our fori fathers, the people of the Unit
ed States are wont to meet In their usual places of worship on a day
of thanksgiving appointed by the civil magistrate to return thanks to
God for the great mercies and benefits which they have enjoyed.
"During this past year we have been highly blessed. No great cal
amities or flood or tempest or epidemic of sickness has befallen us.
We have lived in quietness, undistrubed by wars or rumors of wars,
Pence anil the plenty of bounteous crops and of great Industrial pro
duction animate a cheerful and resolute people to all the renewed en
ergies of beneficial Industry and material and moral progress. It U
altogether fitting that we should humbly and gratefully acknowledge
the divine-source of these blessings.
"Therefore, I hereby appoint Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of
November, as a day of general thanks, anil I call upon the people on
that day, laying aside their usual vocations, to repair to their churches
"d unite in appropriate service of
mighty. God.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington this fifteenth day of November,
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of
the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty.
j lourm.
(Signed)
. ..By tne PrcBincnti
P. C. KNOX, Secretary of State.
.
1ST
...
Pacific
Ppop'fc of America Render
Thanks for Prosperity.
XEW YORK FEEDS ITS
COIXTI.F.SS I'OOR
Thousands In Gotliam
Are Made Hupy by TYec Ilm'
Children of Proletntliit Heap Har
vets by Ileggliiff Tons of Turkeys
Consumed in Philadelphia Kiuo-IH-ans
(Vlolirale Taft Delugtl
Willi Delicneies.
WHOLE TION
NFUL
New York, Nov. 25. "Please, Mis- Washingtoni D. C., Nov. 25. In his
ter, give me something for Thanks- I ,
siVj,,K j :'nnual message to congress it Is ex-
Thls appeal with which smutty- petted that President Taft will recom
faced boys and girls clad In outland- i mend the establishment cT a new
ish costumes, greeted New Yorkers
.., . !.. !-,..
,itv todav. was as sure a sign as the .
prevalence of turkey that the holiday
had arrived.
From early morning children in all
kinds of costumes, with faces either
blackened or painted in ra'nbok
hues, besieged passersby or sang in
doorways and in courtyards of apart-! with cabinet officers and a preju
l.ii. nt buildings. Many were the pen- dice exists in congress against in
liies, nickels and dimes that the ; creasing that number. Once a depart
Thnnkscivini? snirit drew from the n...nt 1 rrp.ited lis field of useful-
purseg of men ari(1 wolmn and placed
in the youngsters' grimy hands.
,t ,s a rcH, Thlink!Klvingi and
most everybody has something for
(Continued on page 5.)
I itj
, thi: ;or.i5Li i: s requiem.
HIS SUN OF LIFE IS SKTTtNfl FAST.
THE GRINDSTONE SOUNDS HIS DOOM,
HIS. BODY SOON WILL PR INTERRED
WITHIN A HUMAN TOMB.
HE DIES NOT WITH A BROKEN HEART
NOR BY DISEASE. HIS FALL
BUT SADLY YIELDS HIS FLESH AND BONES
TO GRACE A BANQUET HALL.
,vI, 4"
praise and thanksgiving to Al
"WILLIAM TAFT.
Agitation for Creation of De
partment of Public Health
in Cabinet.
RESIDENT TAFT EXPECTED
TO TAKE SOME ACTION
Increasing Complexity of Health
Problems Demands That at Ieast
Bureau He Created Supervision
Now Diffused Through Several De
partments Much Aversion to In
erensiiis Size of Cabinet Enforee
iiMflit of Pure Food Law Accom
plishes Much.
bureau or department of fuDIlc
TJialtl. If n Rilf f intent Rtlnn'inff is
made he will recommend the creation
j of a "department" the head of which
j will be a cabinet officer. Otherwise
'be will probably cojitent himself with
j recommending a "bureau" under one
j of the departments now existing,
There are already nine departments
I ness, and Incidentally the number of
employes and expense of conducting
it, seems to increase by leaps and
bounds. On the other hand, those
(Continued on page S.)
MAY BE H
DEPARTMENT
LOCAL GLADIATORS
T
HIGH SCHOOL AND
ACADEMY ARE OPPOSED
City C1mnu.lonshlp Is at Stake Cup
. tain Devlnc Will lie Out ami His
Absence Equalizes Chances Con
test Will Ho An Oix-i) Game.
With the city championship at
stake the football elevens of the high
school and academy are battling on
the Court street gridiron this after
noon. The two teams . have lined up
for practice scrimmages several times
before this year, but this is the first
time they have lined up for a real
championship struggle.
Always before the high school has
the better of the scrimmages, but
always before the eleven from the
school on the hill has had the mighty
Devlne in at fullback. ' Today the
captain with a Wdly wrenched knee
will be compelled to stay on the side
lines, while the team will be weaken
ed by his absence and the general
shift of players made necessary there
by. Manager Hawley Bean, who has
been playing a strong game at half
all season, has been shifted to the
fullback position w-h!le Nat Kimball,
the speediest man on the team has
been taken from quarter to fill
Bean's place at half. Carrol, an un
tried man In a regular game, will go
In at quarter.
Another advantage which the acad
emy players will have Is that they
know every single play the high
school team has worked or tried to
work durlnir the Reason. Manv of the
signals are familiar to them and they
will be able to tell in many Instan-
ces just which way the play of their
opponents is roing. Knowing the
trickery of the high school players j notes ana my instruments, when I
with the forward pass, they will also j recover them, will, of course, be avail
be looking for this and it is doubtful ' ab,e for examination by the National-
if it can be worked as successfully as
It has been in the past.
Roth teams are coached to play
the new game as well as the old and
the contest will no doubt prove to be
an interesting exhibition of the mod.
em game. The contest was to be
called at S o'clock so as to give the
turkey dinners i chance to digest.
Mark Moorhou will referee.
JAPAN TO MAKE
INCREASE IX ARMY
Tokio, Nov. 25. Supported by a
patriotic sentiment which grips the
heart of the empire, following the
successful conclusion of the autumn
maneuvers, the m'litary council is
preparing plans for an Increase in the
army which will add fifty regiments
of Infantry to the imperial force, ac
cording to confidential Information.
The wave of resentment which swept
over the empire during the past sum
mer when scores , of soldiers suc
cumbed to sunstroke as a consequence
of e::'.-. bi'.ion drills and maneuvers
held at that time has been succeeded
by an awakening military spirit s nce
the autumn maneuvers has brought
the national realiztion that an army
is being perfected for an inevitable
struggle with the Russians.
And sometimes a man gets married
in ori'..:- to get some one to believe
his talk.
Through the gd work .'f Night
Officer John Kearney at an early
hour tills morning, lie not only pre-
DFHEEH KEARNEY PREVENTS
A SOLD BIGHT ROBBERY
vented a bold burglary but caught Uu younger, being about 23 or 24. The
i two would-be burglars in the act and two men had room 12 In the Colum
j has fneni iau ied s.ifely in jail. bia lodging house and the'r coats and
I Rend tiros." store en Main street ; hats were found at the top of the
was the place to bo bursur:;:o.l anl
2:30 was the hour set for the cr me.
M. R. Stickney and Mike O'Connor
arc th.' men Kearney says he caught
in the act and they are the o.irs now
lodged in the city jail.
K- .iniey was on Alta street when he
heard the sound of crashing glass in
ho rear of the Bond brothers store
in the John Sehmidt block. Rush ng
to the t'.ir.d alley which extends be- ;
twern the city "hall and the Schmidt
building ho saw a man .n his shir!
sleeves, standing just behind the Bond :
brothers store. At the same instant ,
thi fellow was joined by a second. ,
both in their shirt sleeves. They ap -
poured to be startied about some
thing and immediately started for the
back stair.- of the Colunib.a lodging
llolle.
N t l.i ins able t pass through the,
alley from Aita street to the rear of ,
the store, because the way is intei-i
crpted by the fencing of iron bar-. ,
the officer hastily made a detour
around the city hall and started Into ,
t.t. ii ., r. ay leading up to the Co-i
loinbla rooming house. Here he
f. uii,l the two men crouching in the
shadow of n doorway, nnd immediate-
ly placed them under arrest.
SENDS DATA
TO DENMARK
Dr. Frederick Cook Will Prove
His Claim to Discovery of
North Pole.
UNIVERSITY OF COPEXIIAGEN
WIIX PASS OX RECORDS
All polar Data of Explorer Leaves on
Steamer Today Sends , Analyst
Which Will Obviate Necessity of
Personal Presence Will Submit
All Records and Instruments to Xa
tional Geographic Society Under
Conditions.
New York, Nov. 25. Among the
passengers on the Scandanavlan-Am-erican
liner United States, sallinc
from New York today, waa a special
messenger bearing the polar record
of Dr. Frederick A. Cook to Copen
hagen. In addition to the original
data, Dr. Cook is sending an analysis
which, he hopes, will render It un
necessary for him to appear personal
ly before the experts of the University
of Copenhagen, who will pass upon
his claims of the discovery of the
north pole. In regard to the matter,.
Dr. Cook said:
"The object of accompanying rajr
originai fielibooks with a comprehen-
Blve detail of my Journey to the pole
, ' to explain all questions which In
j m' Belief. I could explain if I were
Personally present before the Danish
scientists. My unaltered original field
, eograpnic society, upon tne conai-
tion that Commander Peary agree t
submit his original data and instru
ments for examination at the Uni
versity of Copenhagen.
"An expedition will be organized
I b to -reeniana next spring ror tne
two Esqulmos who accompanied me to
the pole and to recover the instru
ments which Mr. Whitney left at
Etah. I will ask Dr. Thomas S. Ded
rick of Washington, N. J., who waa
surgeon on a former Peary expedi
tion; Knud Rasmussen, the Danish
explorer, and Roscoe Mitchell, a per
sonal friend of New York, to go on
this expedition, which will start from
St. Johns. N. F., the latter part of
next May."
PRICE OF CIIIi AGO
TURKEY TAKES SOAR
Chicago, Nov. 23. The price of
Thanksgiving turkey in Chicago has
again been advanced. In 1907 it
could be bought for 25 cents a pound.
In 190S It climbed a little higher,
selling at 26 and 27 cents. This year
it costs from 2S to 30 cents a pound.
Ten years ago a Chicago department
store advertised the following bill of
fare for $1.95:
Nine pound turkey.
Enough plum pudding for three
pies.
Bunch of celery.
Turkey seasoning.
Pound of pasley.
. St'.ckmy, th, elder of the two men,
must be past 40 years of age and Is
nearly bald O'Connor is much
stairs. '1 he younger of the two had
his shoes off when caught.
When seen this morning by a re
porter the two men said they had
been about rendieton, working on
farms, for several days. Stiikney was
the spokesman of the two but he fail
ed to name any of the fanners for
j whom he had been working. He said
they were just getting ready to go to
bed when they heard the noise of
breaking glass in the alley almost un
der their room and stilted down to
investigate, thinking it as a fight.
They said that Just as they started to
go out the door the officer came in
;'and placed them under arrest.
As this is a holiday the accused ni 'u
will not be given a hearing until to
rn. Trow.
i;oi..i brothers are not only con
gratulating themselves on their nar
. -cap, :r. in bavinK their store
i a ... .... I. 1 ut tiny nre also giving
high praise to Officer Kearney for his
prompt action and for the fearless
manner in which he took after the
fleeing men. Had he stopped to hesi-
j tate or consider the danger of runn ng
t In onto two strong men In n dark
j doorway, they would probably h.ive
made g I their escape.