East Oregonian : E.O., March 21, 1910, EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8

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DAILY EAST OREGONIAJf, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1910.
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ASSESSOR STRAIN
ANSWERED
CRITICS
PERSONAL
MENTION
EXPLANATIONS MADE
REGARDING ASSESSMENTS
Interested Group at Meeting Saturday
J. T. Lleuallen Assailed State Law
That Forces People to Py Taxes
on Encumbered Property.
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For Assessor Strain's meeting at the
court house Saturday a small but In
terested group was In attendance. For
several hours Assessor Strain was
kept busy answering questions and ex
plaining regarding the assessments in
various parts of the county. Appar
ently he succeeded well in his pur
pose, Judging from the general tenor
of the meeting.
At the outset of the meeting Mr.
Strain outlined his personal Ideas with
reference to his office and to public
affairs In general. He also explained
ree-ardine the basis of the assessment;
int: i cumuli u . .iic - - -
tax levy' and explained the workings
of the present state board or equal
ization. He insisted that the assessor
should not be held responsible for
hieh taxation since it is the levy and
not the assessment that makes taxes
hieher than formerly.
Among those who spoke following
Mr. Strain and asked for lower as
sessments in their districts were Da
vid Gordon of the Holdman country
Mr Rim'onds of Freewater. C. G. Rog
ers, J. T. Lleuallen, H. J. Taylor and
others.
Rllnin KtntA iJtira.
In his talk J. T. Lleuallen assailed
thA nresent state laws. He said the
farmers of his region could not com
plain as to their assessments, for tne
r pa Ron that their land is not assessed
at ereater than its actual value. How
ever, Mr. Lleuallen criticised the law
that makes it necessary for a man to
pay taxes on encumbered property. He
believes a man should oe anowea in
deronitv for bonafide indebtedness
On the other hand the man holding
a mortsraire or a note should nave to
pay taxes upon the same. Mr. Lleu
allen also spoke in favor of a state tax
to suDDort the nubile schools. He In
sisted that the present system of dis
trict and county levies for school pur
poses is not equitable. Under such a
system too much property escapes
bearing its just part of the expense.
FOCND WRONG MOR9AN.
Remrars of Rome Thoueht That J
Piernont Had Arrived.
Rome. There is a man eoing'about
Rome who swears that he would not
be J. Plerpont Morgan for all his mil
lions. One dav's exDerlence was
enough for him.
The papers announced that Mr
Morgan was at the Grand Hotel
which was ouite sufficient to bring
down an avalanche of newspaper men.
friends and aspirants for dirrerent
things in which, It was thought, Mr.
Morgan might help them. Vendors of
all kinds, from those of valuable pic
tures to lace handkerchiefs, beggars
on a large and small scale, etc., all
anked for Mr. Morgan.
There happened Just at that mo
ment to be a Morgan in the house.
To him all were referred. For some
one glance was sufficient to show the
mistake, but to the majority "Mr.
Morgan" could only be J. Plerpont
Mnrean. Protestations were Insuffi
cient. ( Of course he would deny his
Identity, and now at last mat mey
had reached his presence they were
not going to be done out of the fruits
of their Industry. ,
So the poor victim fiad to listen to
weary tales, to examine art objects
and to hear harrowing appeals for
charity. After one day he was a
wreck and made the pronouncement
that If millions entailed experiences
of that kind he could thank the Lord
that he was an obscure man. The
next dav the oursult would have gone
on, but he refused himself to high and
low.
It i to be seen whether this will
clear the decks for J. Plerpont Mor
gan, who Is expected soon, or whether
the mob, having discovered Its mis
take, will beset him also.
Will Gray made a trip to Athena
yesterday.
Ben L. Burroughs was a visitor at
Athena yesterday.
Fred Blake of Adams, spent Sun
day in Pendleton. '
C. E. Hood cf Wallowa city, Is here
to care for business Interests.
Ernest Knight has returned from a
two weeks' visit In Portland.
Mrs. C. Dudley of Evans, has been
a guest of the Hotel St. George.
H. R. Newport, mayor of Hermls-
ton, spent Sunday In this city.
A T,. Rehaefer. the Jeweler, was a
Sunday visitor In Walla Walla.
M. C. Metz. the Importer of blooded
horses, left this morning lor Heppner.
J. H. McLachlen of La Grande, is
here for the transaction of business.
W H. Shannon, a well known resi
dent of Helix, spent Sunday In Pen
dleton.
Mrs. Westgate of Pilot Rock, was
the guest of Pendleton friends yes
terday.
W. G. Love of 728 Johnson street,
was a westbound passenger on the
morning local.
City Engineer Geary Klmbrell went
to Echo this morning to do some work
in that town.
Otis McCartv and wife of Echo,
have returned home after a brief vis
it to this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Phay of Her
miston. were the guests of local
friends Sunday.
V n Reeves, wife and baby of
Hermiston, were 'over Sunday visitors
In Pendleton.
Peter O'Sulllvan left this morning
for a visit to his ranch near Ritter,
on the John Day.
Miss Bessie Thomson of Pilot Rock,
has returned home after a visit with
Pendleton friends. .
Countv Surveyor J. W. Klmbrell
went to Barnhart this morning on a
surveying contract.
Ralnh Phav cf Hermiston. was up
from that place yesterday to spend the
day with friends here.
Rnrl r.illnnders. Meacham's mer
chant prince, has been In the city to
day upon a business trip.
Mrs. L. W. James of Erwin and
Mrs. A. E. Wilson of Robinette, are
guests of the Hotel Bowman.
S. L,. Roberts. Inspector of boilers
for the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspec
tion company, is In the city.
C. E. Vest of Enterprise, Is over
from the county seat of Wallowa
county to look after business Interests.
Rov Connell. who has been in the
city for several days, left this morn
ing for the home of his parents near
Albee.
Attornev Charles H. Carter of the
irm of Carter & Smythe, left this
morning for Heppner to transact le
gal business. ,
A. H. Sunderman left this morning
for his sheen ranch on Butter creek,
after spending a few days with nis
family In this city.
i.iiss vria.c iJiuLi ui i''i- i - - -
of posfofflce employes, returned this
morning from a brief visit with
friends in Walla Walla.
W T. Thomoson. president of the
American National bank and of the
Commercial association, returned this
morning from a business trip to Boise.
H. W. Cozzens. New York sales
manager, and F. C. Van Schaick, coast
manager for the Mergenthaler Lino
type company, were Sunday visitors
in Pendleton.
A Here, foreman of the mechanical
department of the O. R. & N., at Uma
tilla, returned to that place mis
morning after a brief business visit
to Pendleton.
Judge James A. Fee and son, Alger
Fee. accompanied by E. T. Waae
went out as far as Pilot Rock this
morning on the train and then drove
from there on south into the hills.
Charles Norbv. who has been en
gineer for the O. R. & N. In the Blue
Mountain helper service, now has the
Pendleton-Umatilla part of the . run
on the Pendleton-Portland local.
Miss Juliet H. Cooper of Pendleton,
Is the guest of Mrs. William B. Scott
(Miss May Batchelor) on North Twenty-third
street. Miss Cooper Is a
Portland high school graduate and a
member of the Dlx sorority. Port
land Journal.
to the fact that the engineer shut off
thn steam and threw on the brakes
before Jumping for his life.
By means of the portable telephone
carried In the caboose, news of the
disaster was phoned to the dispatch
er's office in La Grande and then tel
egraphed to Pendleton. A special
train was immediately made up here
to take Coroner Folsom, ' Yardmaster
Hamilton, Roundhouse 1 Jtoreman
Rounds, Section Foreman Moran and
a upow nf InhnrAra tn thA flCAnA.. The
coroner held en Inquest over the re
mains of the victims and then
brought them to this city, where they
were prepared for burial.
No Responsibility Fixe
Though Engineer Risk had only
been on this run for a short time he
hud gained thA reDUtatlon of being
in the habit of running his engine at
a great rate of speea. un one occa
sion he is said to have remarked:
"Well, If anything ever happens to
me, you can tell them that I was go
ing some.
Wreck in Close Quarters,
At this nolnt where thA double
wreck occurred the railroad track af
fords the only passageway between
thA high bluff on one side and the
river on the other, so that It was Im
possible to lay a temporary track
nrniind nr transfer Dassengers.
All eastbound passenger trains were
therefore held in this city until the
trunk ttran cleared at an earlv hour
this morning, while westbound trains
were held at La Grande, Gibbon and
other points east of the wreck.
Owing to the fact that the La
Grande wrecking train was busy at
Durkee and that The Dalles wrecker
was engaged on the west end of the
lino it ma ahnut ft o'clock last eve
ning before a wrecking train arrived
on the scene. After it arriveo. uie
mnrli nf flonrlnc thA track WSS COm
paratlvely easy, since both engines
were clear of the track and the
wrecked cars smashed to pieces.
TTnndnwla visit Scene of Disaster.
.Owing to the comparative proximity
of the wreck to this city, hundreds of
citizens went out to view the results
of th disaster. ' Every conceivable
kind of conveyance was pressed Into
service. Nearly every auto In the
cltv made one or more trips while
some of the more enthusiastic rode
out on the wrecking train and walk
ed back to the cltv.
Two wreckers are on the scene this
morning and are working under the
nersonal direction of General Mana
ger M. J. Buckley and Superintendent
William Bollons. One Is from The
Dalles while the other Is the Starbuck
wrecker, considered the largest and
heat nn the svstem. After nicking up
the trucks of the wrecked box cars
and the other, debris they will under
take thn gigantic task of removing
the eight drive wheel locomotive from
the river and picking the other from
the side of the bluff.
Tlii rirnllir'n .Turv.
Those comorlsing the coroner's Jury
were C. J. Ferguson. J. F. Robinson,
M. A. Rader, J. T. Connell, James W
Dalev and C. H. Penland.
Among the first on the scene was
Major Lee Moorhouse, the photo
grapher, and good views of the wreck
are now on display In the window of
his court street office.
Troon' siav
your choice of any
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Largest Clothing Stock in County to Choose from
BASEBALL ARTISTS
ARE LIMBERING UP
CANDIDATES FOR TEAM
APPEAR FOR PRACTICE
Mannger Frazler Pleased at Calibre of
Material First Game of Schedule
Next Sunday at Pilot Rock.
SMILES AT DEATH FATE.
Youthful .Assassin of Police Inspector
Calmly Honrs sentence.
Calcutta. Blrendranath Gupta, the
Bengali vouth who- murdered the po
lice Inspector, Shamsul Alum in the
high court has been sentenced to
death by the chief Justice.
The murdered man had played a
large nart in bringing the Alipore con
spirators to justice, and two previous
attempts had been made on nis me.
The assassin Is 19 years of age, and
when arrested admitted that he had
been deputed by a society to which he
helnnged to commit the murder
Blrndranath Guvta refused legal as
sistance during his trial, and after the
sentence was pronounced he was re
moved from the dock smiling.
Notwithstanding the muddy and
rough condition of the grounds a
number of the candidates for positions
on the local baseball team showed up
for practice on the Court street
grounds yesterday. Manager Fraxler
was delighted with the showing made
by the men under the adverse condi
tions and feels that Pendleton will
have a team capable of rendering a
good account of Itself In fast com-
nanv.
Sn far there are about 16 men from
whom the nine will be picked, but It
Is possible that still others will snow
up as he is anxious that every old or
new hnllnlnver In the cltv Will report
to him for practice this week or next
Sundav. But If no more turn out
thA manager exnects to be able to se
lect nine or ten from these lb wno
will be able to wield the willow and
field the horseshoe covered sphere In
nn Antlrelv satisfactory manner.
Among the most promising players
who have reported for practice thus
far are Collins and Cronln for the
catching positions. Dickson, Hutchlns
and Williams for the slab artists, Jer-
rv King for first base, Roy Alexan
der for second. Karl Leonard and
Donald Rader for short, Dudle Devlne
and Ivan Sturdlvant for third, Frank
Hayes, C. E. Nelson, Nat Kimball, H.
H. Corby, Jack Watson and Charles
Milne for the field positions.
some of tnese are old timers, out
the greater number of them are young
players with not more than two years
of real baseball exDerlence. though all
of them have been playing from In
fancy up.
Many of the prospective members
of the team practice during the week
and especially In the evenings.
The first game of the season will
hp nlaved next Sundav afternoon on
the Matlock park grounds when the
locals will oross bats with the aggre
gation of ball tossers from Pilot Rock.
The latter team has had the advantage
of one game already.
Attention, Knights.
Damon Lodge No. 4. K. of P- WU
meet In regular session this evening.
All Knights please attend.
W. I. QADWA. C. C.
R. W. FLETCHER, K. R. S.
Ladle Soles Hewed.
With mr new machine I can mm
your soles on for 16c per pair. They
will look better ana last longer.
A. IKLUND.
A Pennsylvania man has been sen
tenced to a penitentiary for two years
for robbing another man of a dime,
10 dents, a tenth of a dollar. He
seems not to have learned that the
greater the amount stolen the less the
punishment, In many cases.
Frou Frou for the ladles, at Gray
Bros.
CASTOR I A
For Infanta and Children.
The Rind You Have Always Bongfcl
Bears the
Signature of
piiwim RnrrWI from City.
Waco, Texas. Pigeons will not be
allowed in the city limits hereafter,
according to the Ynandate of the com
missioners, who have instructed tne
ritv. murnhni to have them removed.
This action is taken at the request of
the local board of health.
A romance, like a wedding which
Is its climax, Is always "pretty.1
County Judge H. J. Bean and Court
Stenographer J. S. Beckwlth, left this
morning for Heooner. where they will
hold a brief term of the circuit court
for that county. They expect to re
turn by March 24,
Attornev Dan P. Smythe went to
Umatilla this morning from which
nnlnt he exnected to cross the river
into Washington to Investigate the
killing of 20 or 30 head or sneep py a
North Bank train.
t r T waff lo who hnn been in
th rltv for a couple of days on busl
mx. In rnnneetion with the surgical
department of the O. R. & N., left
this morning for the Qrass vauey nos
pital on the Deschutes.
J W. Messner. president ' of the
wuinm Tjind A Irrigation company
spent yesterday In Pendleton wnne
nver from his home In Baker for a
visit to the company's project In the
west end of the county.
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in Eastern Oregon
Established 1900
Rrwvlnl TyOw Courts Favored.
Geneva. For some time there has
hPAn a movement In Switzerland in fa
vor of establishing special law courts
for the trial of children, ana aiso in
favor of admitting women to sit upon
special Juries composed of experts,
especially in trade and labor disputes.
A nonular vote has lust been taken In
th Oeneva canton, and both projects
of law have been passed. The vot
ing In favor or cnuaren s courts wan
4462 for, S74 against, and In favor of
women experts the voting was 2470
for and 1780 against.
DOUBLE WRECK NEAR CAYUSE.
(Continued from page 1.)
t.i. w scattered in every direc
tion. The first one was loaded with
steel rails, some of which were hurled
n.i thrnmrh thA end of the car and
far In advance of where it stopped.
ThA next one contained sacks of ce
ment and these were scattered over
the pile of wreckage. The third and
fourth were loaded with coal while tne
fifth one contained steel rails. That
more of the cars of the freight train
were not demolished U probably due
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