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VOL. 22.
PENDLETON, OK Eft OX, MONDAY, NOVEIUEU 29, li0!.
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WILL WORK FOR
THE EXTENSION
Executive Committee of Ten
Will Handle Campaign to
Water West Umatilla.
SATURDAY'S MEETING
WAS KXTIIL'SIASTIC
EnRliH'iir llnpson Dcelured 1-ropnsccl
Extension ViTy Meritorious Project
Hut Tlint Subject Is Entirely Willi
Secretary linlllngcr Congressman
Ellis Pledges Supxrt of Oregon
Delegation Committee Namixl
Yetfrxdny.
THE COMMITTEE.
C. J. SMITH.
WILL M. PETERSON.
T. O. MONTGOMERY.
GEORGE HARTMAN, JR.
B. F. HILL.
E. P. TJODD.
F. R. SWAYZE.
I). C. RUOWNELL.
J. W. CAMPBELL.
W. R. WALPOLE, JR.
With the nbove named men nn a
working brigade the campaign to have
trie govermont extend the Umatilla
project so ns to water the lands west
of the Vmatllla river Is now tinder
way The committee was named by
President Will Moore yesterday In
persuance to Instructions given him
by the mnss meeting held the eve
ning previous.
Medina Wns Interesting.
The meeting at the Commercial as
sociation rooms Saturday evening was
one of the most enthusiastic local
gatherings held for many weeks. A
goodly delegation 'was present from
Jlermlston. while other sections of the
Irrigated region were also represent
ed. CoocTeRKinan Fills.
At the outset of the meeting Pres
ident Moore called upon Congress W.
R. Ellis and the latter responded with
a talk in wh'ch he again pledged him
self to do everything within his power
to Induce the government to take, up
the reclamation of the lands west of
the Umatilla. He advised those pres
.ent to get to work and to press' their
claims tn the matter, saying that the
more Insistent! they were In their de
mands the better would be their
chances for success.
F.ngliicer E. O. Ilonson.
The next speaker was E. G. Hop
son, chief of the reclamation work
In the northwest, nnd he rend a paper
that constituted perhaps the most Im
portant nnd Interesting part of the
evening's program. In his paper Mr.
Hopson explained at considerable
length the work of the reclamation
service nnd touched upon the propos
ed extension of the Umatilla project.
He spoke In the highest terms of the
merits of the proposed extension, say
ing the land west of the Umatilla
furnished an excellent field for the
operations of the government. How
ever he refrained from going' Into de
tails regarding the plans of the ser
vice with respects to extension. .He
represented the matter aa being en
tirely 'n the hands of Secretary Bal
linger. Other Speakers.
Following Mr. Hopson. Oliver P.
Mnrtnn reclamation attorney, was
called upon
Other sneakers during
the evenlmr were F. B. flwnvsse. E. P.
Dodd. P. C'nrowncll. .T. W. Camp- j t il j enterday. Until the body Is raised
bell. M. Plshon. Tr C. J. Smith, Dr. 1 the sex cannot definitely be deter
W. O Cole. C. A. Barrett nnd A. C. mined, though the long hair of the
Crawford, D. Fit7 Gerald. form Indicates It Is a female. A wo-
F.very parly that spoke urged in man's belt was found nearby. The
vigorous terms the reclamation of tho well Is located in nn Isolated spot.
lnnds west of the Umatilla and at the
eniirlnsion It was decided to name nn
executive committee to take charge
of the campaign. E. P. Dodd made
a motion thnt a. committee of ten
with five from the local commercial
club and five from other places be
named to have charge of the work.
Tho motion was carried ftnd President
Monro announced he would appoint
the committee later.
STEAMER ENCOUNTERED
BAD STORM AT SEA
San Francisco, Nov. 29. With the
hatches torn away and her forecastle
shattered, the stenmer President en
tered harbor this morning twenty
hours late from Seattle. For twenty
four hours the stnmer was battered
by a terrific southeast gale off Cape
Flattery nnd the three hundred pas
sengers were panic stricken. Tho
stewardess attempted to cross tho
deck and was thrown heavily, sus
taining bad bruises. Several state
rooms were flooded and the senslck
occupants badly drenched. The doors
were wrenched from the state rooms
nnd shattered to splinters.
After rounding Capo Flattery and
turning Into the open sea, enormous
pirse for big scrap
, will be foritxe
New York, Nov. 29. With tho
day for the opening of Healed
bids for the Jeffries-Johnson
fistic battle Hearing, Gotham "
fight followers ure wagering that
the promoter securing the pugi
listic plum will have to guaran
tee a purse running into six fig
ures. The latent competitor Is
the Groat Falls. Mont, athletic
club, which is offering a $115,
000 purse and a guarantee of
non-interference. The largest
purse ever hung up will un
doubtedly be offered with James
Cwffroth, Tom McCarey, Eddie
Graney and Jack Gloason in the
field.
4
BTound swells began to roll the ship,
and within three hours she was
plunging in the teeth of a terrific gale.
Throughout the day and well into
Saturday night the storm increased,
and three times It was found neces
sary to stop the engines, to case the
propeller vibration. The ship travel
ed four knots during the nineteen
hour gale.
FATAL Dl'EL FOLLOWS
ALLEGED SOCIAL SLIGHT
Hillsboro, N. M, Nov. 29. James
B. Taylor and Isaac Futch are dead,
the result of a duel following an al
leged slight offered to Mrs. Taylor
by Futch at Falrvlew. The trouble
between the families started when
Futch recently married and failed,
to Invite Mrs. Taylor. This was con
sidered an Insult. The men met in
the street and began firing. Each
emptied his, revolver, and when the
smoke cleared away both were. mor
tally Injured and died later.
NUDE BODY FOUND
IN ISOLATED WELL
DISCOVERY IXOICATES
foi l Mi itnr:n committed
llody, Probably Tliul of Woman Has
Beon in Slush of Well Tlin-e W"oks
Iliully Iccomxscd and Features
Fnrt'i-ogiiizable.
xcde body is
that of a mai.i;
Los Angeles, Nov. 29. After
viewing the skull of the human
found In a well at the Crinklaw
ranch, Coroner Hartwood stat
ed the body was probably tv.at
of a male. The man may have
been William Davis, an escaped
patient from the county hos- t
pltal. '
Los Angeles, Nov. 29. A nude body
presumably of n female, with the
skull fractured, and jaw broken, was
discovered at the bottom of nn old
well on the Crinklaw ranch at Coyote
pass, outside of the city limits, and was
brought to the surSaee today. Indi
cations point to n murder. The nude
body had been dumped into the slush
of the well and a bonrd Jammed
against It to keep it from rising to
the surface, where It remained until
gas formation lifted It. The body has
been In the mire three weeks and Is
badly decomposed.
It will probably be Impossible to
recognize the features. The coroner
received Information that n human
! body was In n well, and search was
made but the well was not located un-
j surrounded 'by high hills, the nearest
habitation being miles distant.
LA GRANDE'S DEFUNCT BANK
WILL PAY DIVIDENDS
La Grande, Nov. 29. The proposed
ten per cent dividend to depositors of
the defunct Farmers and Trader.
bank became a reality by order of the
currency controller. This makes an
aggregate of fifty five per cent. The
present check Issue will reach deposit
ors about Christmas and If the bank
wins pending suits It will pay a third
dvldend of ten per cent. If It loses,
the remained will be a total loss.
MILLIONAIRE OIL
MAGNATE ON TRIAL
Austin, Texas, Nov. 29. Trial of
iTenry Clay Pierce, the millionaire
oil magnate, accused of perjury In
connection with the Pierce Oil com
pany dealings, was begun todny.
Pierce fought hard to avoid the trlnl
and carried the case to the supreme
court. He s one of the most promi
nent nil magnates in the country and
Is alleged to bo allied with the Stand
ard In many deals.
SEATTLE FACES TIITI IPS
ITER MINE . ARE KILLED
Case of "Water. Water Ev
erywhere, Nor Any Drop lb
Drink."
FLOODS MAY WASH '
OCT PIPE LINES
StorniH liHTc'uNin;; In Violence Cause
Washington Metropolis Much Al
arm Pipe Line Itridgo Over Celar
Itiver Expected to go Out All Riv
ers are Raging and City anil Rail
road CmMiuy Joins In Work to
Save Bridges.
Seattle, Nov. 29. With the city's
pipe line bridge oyer the Cedar river
in danger of going out, and thereby
cutting Seattle from Its water supply
and with the Cedar, Green, Black ana
Duwamlsh rivers rising hourly, threat
ening to inundate the valleys south of
Seattle, this district faces a more seri
ous flood situation than was experi
enced yesterday. The city has a force
of men, and the Chicago, Miln'&Uneu
& Puget Sound railroad has a big gang
of men reinforcing the bridge sup
ports anil another gang above the
bridge deflecting logs and trees being
washed down stream so they will not
act ns battering rams on the bridge
piers. Carloads of gravel are being
rushed to the scene. Should the bridge
wash out. the city's water supply trill
be cut off indefinitely.
Wliatcoin County Storms.
Bellinghain. Wash.. Nov. 29. Bell
ingham and Whatcom county are ex
periencing the worst storms In their
history and estimated damage runs
into the thousands. It was believed
the flood .reached the limit last week
when the Marietta bridge over the
Noogsack river was wrecked, but to
day the waters are higher and a new
record Is established. Lands every
where are flooded.
CANADIAN COMPANIES
WILL' NOT JOIN MERGER
Ottawa. Ont., Nov. 29. The Cana
dian Telegraph & Telephone com
pany wiil not be a party to the pro
posed American telegraph merger, ac
cording to an official statement. The
officers of the Caaadlnn Bell Tele
phone company denied their organiza
tion is to become a part of the com
bine. The Canadian Pacific &- North
Northwestern companies have issued
similar denials.
TERRIFIC STORM
STRIKES MIDDLE WEST
Kansas City, Nov. 29. Two thou
sand telegraph poles on the San'a Fe
line between Newtown nnd Dodge
Center are blown down by a storm
w hich Is accompanied by driving sleet
prevailing throughout the middle
west. Railroad traffic Is delayed and
telegraphic communication is dis
rupted. FIVE HESCTER FROM
DOOMED STEAMER
Baltimore. Nov. 29. Five men have
been rescued from the steamer
"Brtvster," ashore on the Diamond
shoals south of Cape Hattcras. and
the men are now aboard the light
ship. A heavy north wind Is blowing
nnd the Brewster Is In danger of be
ing battered to pieces.
At this, time tho negotiations be
tween the local committee and D.
Fitz Herald, representative of tho
Washington-Oregon traction company
arc awaiting the return of Judge
James A. Fee from Portland. He Is
expected tomorrow.
Judge Fee is a member of the local
committee and is one of the most en
thusiastic advocates of the traction
system. It Is desired to have him do
the necessary legal work in connection
with the negotiations botvoenthe lo
cal people and the traction company.
As they now stand the traction com.
pnny nnd the local people 'are In llir
to reach an amicable understanding,
yet no formal agreement has been
made. As their proposition now stands
tho traction company asks that local
i people take .$50,000 worth of stock
! In their company. In return they
offer to gunrnntee the follhwlng:
The construction of not less than
six miles of line within the city. Over
this they will at first operate gaso-
TRACTION NEGOTIATIONS
AWAIT JUDGE FEE'S RETURN
Wrck ot Work Train on
Great Northern Results Fatally.
MEX SLEEPING IX
. CAR CHISIIED TO DEATH
l i'uili ' Plunges Into Washout Engineer-
und Firemen Escape by Jump,
lug Japanese, sleeping, Meet Sud
den Deullis White Traveling Man
Seriously Injured Conductor Es
('Uhh1 Crowded Passenger Train
Hud Xurruw Icae.
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 29. Twenty
Japanese were killed and IS injured
several of them fatally, in a wreck
of a work train on the Great North
ern railway between Vancouver and
New Westminister yesterday.
One of the Injured is a white man,
George K. Kemp, a commercial trav
eler of Vancouver, who was riding on
the work train. His feet were crush
ed and he was internally injured. His
condition is serious.
The train left Vancouver at 6
o'clock in the morning on the way to
Sumas. When within a mile of the
city limits of New Westminister, the
train ran into a washed out culvert.
The engine passed nearly over a.nd
then fell. Fireman Kent and En
gineer Beattinger jumped, escaping
injury". Immediately behind the ten
der vas the bunk car in which 35 Jap
anese were sleeping. The engine set
tled, back until it stood almost on end.
The, Japanese car was caught and
smiushed between the engine and the
tender. Ha'-f the car was crushed to
kindling wood and the remained,
smashed in on the sides, slid forward
into the guiley.
Three flat cars were piled on top
of each other, while the caboose at
the rear remained on the tracks. In
It was Conductor Ellis, who escaped
injury.
How Kemp happened to be on this
train is n mystery to railway officials.
That the work train and not the
crowded Owl passenger train from
Seattle met the disaster. Is simply a
piece of luck, for the passengers of
the night express. Had the work
train not been on the line the express
from Seattle to Vancouver would not
have been held at New Westminister.
The Owl passenger train under nor
mal traffic conditions would have con
tinued through to Vancouver without
stopping and it, Instead of the work
tiain, would have plunged into the
guiley.
IMPRISONED FOR REFUSAL
TO PAY FOR FUNERAL
Denver, Nov. 29. Because she re
fused to pay her .husband's funeral
expenses, Mrs. May McClure was to
day sentenced to six months in jail
at Cripple Creek. McClure died re
cently In a mining city and according
to creditors his wife authorized ar
rangements for the funeral, after
which she came here. The creditors
caused his arre.t and prosecuted her
In local courts.
J. N. Burgess of the Cunningham
Sheep & Land company and former
president Ojf the state woolgrowers"
association, left for tin' Pilot Rock
ranch of his company this morning,
after spending Sunday with his fam
ily In this city.
i ne electric cars 'but the company
j.will guarantee to electrify their road
with power from their power site on
'the Walla Walla river, within two
years. Thry ask that $20,000 of the
jlical money be paid upon the complc
iti'.n of three miles of trackage, $20.
I 000 more upon the completion of six
miles of trackage and that the ro
ll. mining $10,000 be paid when (heir
pewer Is brought to this city. Of
j course these terms are subject to
, change ns t'iry have not been form.
: : -cpied by the committee.
It i the purpose of the traction
'company as outlined by Mr. F.tz Ger
ald to bring their power to Pendleton
and to vise It with this city ns a base.
They w ill build an liiterurban line
from this place to the west end of the
I county and nlso lines in other dl
'rectlons. Tiny will nlso establish n
i rerreation park in the. vicinity of
Pendleton and this wiil be for use al
so ns a fair ground and for athletic
contests.
CORPORATION Ojl'AUREL
CAUSES CIVIL STRIFE
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San Francisco, Nov. 29. Pri
vate Nicaragunn advices declare
the effort of two rival fruit com
panies to secure a preponder-
ance of the South American
trade are indirectly responsible
for the civil strife in that coun-
try: It Is said that the Union
Fruit company, doing business
on the Nicaraguan Atlantic coast
found itself losing ground to the
Nicaraguan Fruit company on
the Pacific coast. President
Zelaya Is reported to have fa
4 vored the latter concern, and
granted it concessions dlstaste-
ful to the Union company which
ruEhed to Estrada's aid when the
nrovlsional government was es-
tablished and aligned Itself
against its trade. It is reported
this difference had much to do
with the embroglio Inception.
WOLGAST AND POWELL
IN RING TONIGHT
San Francisco, Nov. 29. Ad Wol-
gast and Lew Powell, scheduled to
fight twenty rounds tonight are rest
ing today, both within a 133 pounds,
the scheduled weight. Both are in
excellent shape and declare the fight
will be hard from the gong tap. Pow
ell Is a ten to six favorite. ,
ANOTHER TERRIBLE MINE
DISASTER IN ILLINOIS
Marlon, Ills., Nov. 29. A disaster
similar to tlmt of the Cherry catas
trophe Is reported at a mine "ear
hero. The number of dead is un
known and reports are meager.
HOBOES ARE CHARGED
OFFICERS ARE BAFFLED
OVER MYSTERIOUS CASE
All Clows Followed Out Lead Xo Fur
ther to Solution of Crime Robbery
Is Ascribed As Motive Rabeal
Was Engineer By Trade.
There have been few developments
in the Umatilla murder mystery since
Saturday afternoon. Very little has
been learned concerning the murder
ed man. while nothing whatever has
apparently been ascertained concern
ing the identity or whereabouts of the
murderer.
The officers have come to the con
clusion that robbery was the motive
for the brutal murder and they have
about arrived at the decision that ho
hies were responsible for the crime.
The effort to follow up horse tracks
found near the scene of the tragedy
has been futile and has caused the
officers to believe they had nothing
to do with the crime and that the
real criminals have made their es
cape by taking to the railroad.
it has been discovered that Andy
Rabeal. the victim of the murder,
was an engineer by profession and
that while in this city a few days ago
he made application tor a position
as engineer for a stationary or gaso
line engine. It has been learned that
he had considerable money on his
person either In drafts or cash. It is
known that he did have drafts which
he had secured at Nampa. Idaho, but
whether or not he had these all cash
ed before meeting his untimely death
is not known and will only be as
certained as time goes on:
In the meantime the officers are
working on tho theory that unknown
hoboes are the gu.lty persons nnd
every hobo camp in the northwest
will probably be raided in an effort
to find the guilty men.
W 1 1 EREBY SAG EBRUSH
IS TURNED TO GOLD
Carson. Nevada. Nov. 29. Sage
brush h retofore considered valueless
may prove valuable if information
given the Nevada state publicity and
industrial comm ssion proves correct.
According to the report of Professor
S iv( ster Sparling of Chicago, four
thousand pounds of sagebrush pro
duces 220 gallons of distillate and fur
ther yields 350 pounds of charcoal
The distillate contains tar. wood al
cohol, acetic acid and other products.
pnospiirrs of war swells
ARMY AND NAVY RANKS
S:m Francisco. Nov. 2). The pros
pects of the United States demonstrat
ing aiainst Nicaragua hns caused tho
enlisting headquarters of the army
and navy to be flooded with applica
tions. GIRLS FIGHT DUEL
AND ONE IS DEAD
Br.idford. Ark.. Noc. 29. Nora
Owens Is dead and Miss Stella Belk
is jailed today as tho result of n knife
duel fought today on tho main street
of Alloa near here, the result of n
long-standing quarrel. A thrust over
the left breast severing an artery
caused the death of M'SS Owens
BALLIN6ER
IKES REPORT
Secretary of Interior Makes
Public Annual Statement of
His Administration.
EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS ON
CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES
Development Is Keynote of Conser
vation But Development Through
Private Enterprise Under National
Supervision States . Reclamation
Policy Wants Congress to Isen
Bonds Against Reclamation Fond
to Amount of $30,000,000 About
Alaska.
The annual report to the president
of Hon. Richard A. Ballinger, sec
retary of the Interior, has been made
public, and extracts from it are given
below:
This report covers a portion of the
time under the administration of my
predecessor, Mr. Garfield, who, by
his earnest and disinterested services,
contributed greatly to the advance
ment of the department in organiza
tion and efficiency of administration.
Public Lands.
The proper use and disposition of
the public lands have been questlona
involving no little legislative as well
as administrative dfncuity from the
beginning of their history. They
were, during the earliest administra
tions, treated at a national asset for
the liquidation of the public debt and
as a source of reward for our sol
diers and sailors. Not until the dis
covery of gold on the Pacific slope -did
the policy change for one. of ex
ploitation, by which our citizens were
encouraged to develop the mineral
and agricultural resources of the pub
lic domain on condition of receiving.
limited areas at a nominal cost. For
similar reasons, railway and wagon
road grants were liberally donated by
co:igre.-s in order to add facilities for
opening up of these almost inacces
sible regions.
The railway grants generally were
limited to nonmineral lands, except'
such as contained coal and Iron,
which later minerals were taken to be
essential to railroad construction and
operation. New states, were, when
admitted, liberally endowed with,
public lands for school and other pur
poses; so that, out of a public do
main in 1860 of 1,055,911,288 acres
(Alaska then not belonging to the
United States), we now have only
about 731,354,081 acres, confined
largely to the mountain ranges and
the arid and semiarid plains, except
lands within some of the Indian res- '
ervations and the 368.035,975 acres
of undisposed of land in Alalska.
All of the principal land statutes
were enacted over twenty-five years
ago; the homestead act, the pre-emption
and the timber-culture act, the
coal-land, and the mining acts for
the aid of the industrious prospector,
were among the earlier acts of this
nature.
Public Domain Prey of Pirates.
The liberal and rapid disposition of
the public lands under these statutes
and the lax methods of administration
which for a long time prevailed nat
urally provoked the feeling that the
public domain was legitimate prey
for the unscrupulous and that it was
no crime to violate or circumvent the
land laws. It Is to be regretted that
we. as a nation, were so tardy to real
ize the importance of preventing so
large a measure of our natural re
sources passing into the hands of land
pirates and speculators, with no view
to development looking to the natlon-
al welfare. It may be safely said that
millions of acres of timber and other
j lands have been unlawfully obtained,
i and U is a'.so tru... that actions to re
! cover such lands have In most in
j stances long since been barred by the
' statute of limitations. The principal
awakening to our wasteful course
' came under your predecessor's ad-
ministration Tho bold and vigorous
prosecutions of land frauds, through
Secretaries Hitchcock and Garfield
have restored a salutary respect for
the law. and the public mind- has
rapidly grasped the Importance of
safeguarding the further disposition
i f our natural resources in the pub
lic good as against private greed.
Notwithstanding this, it is necessary
to continue with utmost vigor, thruo'h
all available sources, the securing of
information of violations ot the pub
lic land laws and to follow such viola
tions with rit;id prosecutions.
In this present policy of conserving
the natural resources of the public
domain, while development is tho
keynote, the best thought of the day
is not that development shall be by
national agencies, but that wise utili
zation shall be secured through pri
vate enterprise under national su
pervision and control. Therefore, if
material progress is to be ma Jo' in
securing the best use of our remain
ing public lands, congress must be
i (Continued on Pago Seven.)