EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITI0I1
WEATHER REPORT,
Fair and colder tonight
and Friday.
Calling cards, wed
ding stationery, com
mercial stationery and
Job printing to order
at the East Oregouiaa.
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VOL. 23.
L'ENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY. XOVEMJJER 24, 1910.
NO 7067
WHOLE MIL
OBSERVES DAr
Wheels of Industry Stop o
Allow All Classes ti Join in
Thanksgiving.
FEWER TURKEYS ARE
SACRIFICED TODAY
Scarcity of Crop of Birds and High
Prices Cause Many Families to DIs
(pcnso With Customary Diet Cliar
(table Institutions In New York En-
. Joy Rig Dinners Many Tliousands
Attend Church American Resi
dents (n England Observe Day.
New York, Nov. 24. Good cheer,
piety, gratitude, turkey and young
beggars all figured conspicuously In
New York's observance of Thanks
giving Day. In accordance with their
usual custom, thousands of young
sters, both boys and girls, with paint
ed faces and fantastic garb, throng
ed the streets uurlng the morning
hours, begging pennies from passers
by. Owing to the scarcity of the tur
key crop and the consequent high
prices charged for Inferior birds,
there will be fewer turkeys carved
today than usual in the metropolis,
but there will be no lack of Joy and
merriment on that score.
Sumptuous Thanksgiving dinners
were served today at the various pen
al and charitable Institutions of the
elty, and the prisoners and inmates
fared better than many people on the
outside. The charitable organisa
tions, however, have ample provisions
to feed all the poor of the city, and
If any man, woman or child goes
hungry today It will not be the fault
of the philanthropists. ' .,
The president's Injunction to at
tend church and offer prayers of
thanksgiving was obeyed by many
thousands this morning, and special
services were held In religious edi
fices throughout the greater city. The
theaters nre crowded this afternoon,
and for the evening performance not
a ticket Is to be had at any box of
fice of any playhouse In the metrop
olis. Every hotel and restaurant In the
city was crowded, and even the "beef
ands" along the Bowery had special
menus, on which turkey and cran
berries were prominent.
Proupcrlty In Southwest.
St. Louis, Nov. 24. This Is a day
of real thanksgiving throughout the
southwest, as autumn of 1910 finds
thnt great section enjoying a higher
degree of prosperity than for years.
As the Jobbing center for the Mis
sissippi valley and the southwestern
states, St. Louis is sharing largely In
the general prosperity. The charit
able organizations of this city have
prepared to fee all of the poor and
unfortunate, but the demand Is less
than for many years past The foot
ball game between Syracuse and St.
Louis University will be the principal
sporting event of the day.
CliloaRnans Are Thankful.
Chicago, Nov. 24. Thanksgiving
Day services In the various churches
were largely attended this morning,
Indicating that the people of the Win
dy City are In a thankful frame of
mind. The customary distributions
of baskets of food brought good cheer
Into the homes of the poor, and a
number of dinners will provide for
the material wants of those who have
no homes. An especially attractive
program Is' attracting the holiday
crowds to the horse show, and the
"Standing Room Only" sign will
probably be displayed tonight.
Thanksgiving; Abroad.
London, Nov. 24. American resi
dents of London will, as usual, ob
serve Thanksgiving Day with a big
banquet this evening A number of
turkeys have been brought from Am
erica and gave up their lives this
morning to make a Yankee holiday.
The banquet hall has been draped
with the Stars and Stripes, and, with
the orchestra playing patriotic airs
and a typically American bill of fare,
the diners may easily imagine them
selves at home. Similar banquets
have been arranged by the American
diplomats and residents of Berlin,
Rome, Paris, St. Petersburg and oth
er continental cities.
Ran Francisco Celebrates.
San Francisco, Nov, 24. A three
day celebration of the rehabilitation
of the North Beach district was com
menced today and was the principal
feature of Thanksgiving Day In this
city. North Beach was the first thick
ly populated district of Yerba Buena,
the village which preceded San Fran
cisco, and the section was the first
to be rebuilt and rehabilitated after
the recent conflagration of IJOJ.
TaTt to Eat Turkey.
Washington, Nov. 14. Somewhat
tired and worn from the effects of
his trip to Panama and back, but
still wearing the smile that won't
come off, President Taft Is back in
Washington in time to get his share
of- the big and fat Rhode Island tur
key that will occupy the place of hon
or on the white house table at the
Thanksgiving Day feast. The pres
ident Is not at all downcast over the
result of the election, although he
does not put the democratic major
ity In the house as among the bless
ings to be thankful for.
Washington Is observing the holi
day In the usual quiet manner, with
two football games scheduled for this
afternoon to add a spice of excite
ment to an otherwise decorous day.
Washington Women Thankful.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 24. Wash
ington suffragists are celebrating to
day the recent ratification of an
amendment to the state constitution
granting the ballot to the ralr sex.
Mrs. Emma Smith Devoe. president
of the State Equal Suffrage associa
tion, Issued a proclamation setting
part today as a special and extraor
dinary day of thanksgiving for the
130,000 newly enfranchised women of
Washington, and meetings have been
arranged In nearly all the cities and
towns of the state.
FOOTBALL TAKES
FAREWELL TODAY
LAST GAMES OF SEASON
ARE BEING PLAYED
Groat Interest in Northwest Centers
In Portland and Seattle Orwron
and Washington Roth Favorites
Ilillman Meets Whitman.
With stomachs fulls of turkey and
plum pudding, thousands upon thou
sands of good Americans will today
witness the close of the football
season from coast to coast. Nearly
every university, college, high school
and club In the union has a Thanks
giving contest scheduled and, In al
most every cose,, It is the most import
ant one of the season.
Here In the northwest, interest cen
ters principally in the games at Port
land and Seattle, between the Uni
versity of Oregon and Multnomah
club and between Oregon agricultural
college and the University of Wash
ington. In these two games the state
universities are regarded as good fa
vorites because of the splendid rec
ords they have made during the sea
son. Neither team has been defeated
and Oregon has not yet been scored
upon.
Oregon Is expecting a hard game,
however. Multnomah's line Is heav
ier than Eugene's by several pounds.
Oregon Is counting upon ability to
make a place kick to a large extent,
yet Multnomah has three men to Ore
gon's one at that feature, for there are
Dudley Clark, Carl Wolff and Latour
ette. Oregon's back field will be
weakened by the loss of its quarter.
Earle Latourette, and the men will
be disconcerted by the uncertainlty of
the Judgment of Chandler or Cobb.
Latourette's knee, which was injured
In the O. A. C. game, Is out of the
cast, but it Is not yet strong enough
to allow htm to go Into the game.
Oregon, however, will win upon her
speed and concerted team action, cou
pled with her ability to outlast her
business opponents. There is a pre
vailing opinion that Oregon will be
scored against in this game for the
first time this year, for it is thought
that a place kick will be secured by
the club men. Assistant Coach Gor
don Moores of Oregon, says the score
will be 17 to 3, while Coach Pink
ham says 10 to 0, and Hunt places It
at the still closer figure of 8 to 3, all
of course, In favor of Oregon.
Washington Looks Good.
Washington's warriors are in splen
did condition, and will enter today's
battle the strongest since the Whit
man game, at the first of the sea
son. What Dobie has framed up for
this game cannot be ascertained, for
he has been a stickler this year to se
cret practices, allowing no one on the
field but his men.
For the past week light practice and
signal work has characterized the ma
neuvers of Doble. He sees the need
of great speed for the game, and
wants to have his men m the best
available shape for the struggle.
Cnptaln Grimm wants to defeat the
southern rivals by a score even a small
margin over the score reached by the
University of Oregon over the Oregon
agricultural college and his hopes
should be realized because the home
grounds are in favor of the Evergreen
team and O. A. C. is not as desirous
of defeating Washington as she was
to take Oregon's scalp and can not be
expected to fight as hard.
Practically the same team which
met the University of Oregon, on No
vember IS, will line up against the
Washlngtonlans. with the exception
of "Shrimp" Reynolds, the midget
quarterback, who sustained three
broken ribs In the Oregon game.
Whitman vs. Pullman.
There is considerable interest man
ifested too In the Pullman-Whitman
game for the cellar championship.
The records of the two teams for the
past season are about the same with
the advantage slightly on the side of
the Missionaries.
(Continued oa page eight.)
COUNCIL LEVIES
HEW CITY TAX
Finance Committee Decides
8.2 Mills Sufficient to Meet
Expenses.
LOWEST LEVY MADE
IN PAST THREE YEARS
Council Instructs City Attorney to
Draw Up Ordinance Along Lines of
Committee's Report No Discussion
Over Matter 2-10 Mill is for Li
brary Purposes and Two Mills for
Streets Other Six Mills for General
PurposesGordon Is Exonerated
lire Election Officials Named.
Pendleton's city tax levy for the
coming year is to be 8 2-10 mills, or
two mills lower than the tax levy of
last year and three mills lower than
the tax levy of three years ago.
The finance committee reported to
the council last evening that this levy
would be sufficient to meet all the
current expenses and leave a balance
of several thousands to go on, so the
city attorney was Instructed to draw
up the necessary ordinance. There
was no discussion over the matter.
The finance committee made a de
tailed report showing the current ex
penses for the year, the amount of
money now on hand and the amount
of money that the city could expect
during the year. The other members
of the council were thereby convinc
ed that an eight-mill levy would be
sufficient.
The two-tenths of a mill Is for li
brary purposes and is all the state
law will allow to be levied for that
purppse. Six mills of- the eight are
for general purposes, while the oth
er two are for street purposes.
The finance committee also recom
mended last night that a Main street
bridge fund should be started as it
was declared that the rebuilding of
the bridge across the Umatilla river
on Main street could not be delayed
more than one year at the utmost
On the present valuation a levy of
eignt mills will bring in $37,000. In
addition to this the city expects to
collect 110 000 at least from liquor li
censes and $5000 from other licenses
and fines. These two estimates are
considered very conservative. In ad
dition there Is now $17,000, approxi
mately, in the city treasury and on
this basis it is estimated that the city
will have $10,000 above expenses.
Fire Election Officials Named.
Judges and clerks for the approach
ing election of officers for the differ
ent fire companies, were named last
night by the council as follows:
Judges, Frank O'Gaxa, Wilbur Gard
ner, Charles Miller. Clerks, D B.
Waffle, Ralph Coon and Frank King.
Gordon Vindicated.
F. A. Gordon, the proprietor of the
Court street near beer saloon who was
cited to appear before the council
one week ago and show cause why his
license should not be revoked, was
vindicated last night when the charge
against him, that of keeping his sa
loon open on election day, was dis
missed. FRISCO FANS CANT CALL
NELSON-MORAN BATTLE
San Fraiclsco, Nov. 24. With but
two days In which to get a line on
the probable winner of the Moran
Nelson fight. San Francisco fans are
up in the air on the betting. Moran
Is a foxey Englishman and them in
always a question as to whether an
old boxer like Nelson "ran r,1Q
back." Therefore the money is even.
Tomorrow is to be Farmers' Day In
Pendleton and it promises to be one
of the biggest days for the tillers of
the soil eastern Oregon has ever seen.
National President C. A. Barrett of
the Farmers' Union, Is spending
Thanksgiving Day In Umatilla countv
and he will be present at the meeting
tomorrow as will also state Senator
Brooks of Tennessee. Both are elo
quent speakers, according to those re
turning last evening and this morn
ing from The Dalles, where the state
organisation of the Farmers' Educa
tional and Cooperative Union of Am
erica was perfected yesterday.
In addition to the members of the
various local unions In this county it
is expected that there will be farmers
present from the neighboring coun
ties. Preparations are therefore be
ing made to feed a large gathering at
TOMORROW IS 016 DAY
FOR TILLERS IF
WILL
FJ
SENATE
Now Practically Assured 1 hat
Portland Senator Will 6e
Elected.
ALLEN H. EATON LIKELIEST
CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER
Multnomah Delegation Pledges Its
Support to Portland Man for Presi
dent of the Senate, Dan Malarkey
Withdrawing ' For Speaker of
House, Eaton of Lane County Seems
to le hi Lead of Held Several
Oilier Candidates in Field.
Senator Ben Selling, of Multnomah
county, is to be the next president of
the state senate, says the Portland
Journal. At a meeting of the senate
delegation from this county held last
night Senator Selling was made the
unanimous choice of the delegation
for the position at the head of the
senate. This gives Senator Selling
seven votes from this county, which
added to those already pledged to him
from outside the county raises his
nucleus close to the needed majority
of 16 votes.
Now that the choice of the delega
tion has been given to Senator Selling
and both the house and senate mem
bers stand back of him, there is no
doubt about his election.
At the meeting last night Senator
Dan J. Malarkey renounced any inten
tion he might have had of being a
candidate for president of the senate
and pledging the honor for his col
league. He said that he had been a
tentative candidate, that he would
have considered it an honor had the
delegation chosen him as Its candi
date, but that he did not desire to en
U t into a contest for the place 'and
that he pledged his support to Sena
tor Selling.
Senator Nottingham Absent.
AH members of the senate delega
tion were at the meeting last night
with the exception of Senator Not
tingham, who had been detained at
home by corapanj. He had assured
Senator Selling earlier in the day,
however, that he would support him,
and again at the time of the meeting
assured the delegation that he would
work for the choice of the delegation.
The house delegation will meet
within a short time and In accordance
with its arrangement with the senate
delegation will ratify the choice of the
senators and pledge Its support in the
organization- fight to Senator Selling.
The house delegation has taken the
stand that Multnomah county should
be given the presidency of the senate
and has agreed that if this is done.
no member of the house delegation
from the county will be a candidate
for speaker. Accordingly, the organ
ization of the house is now concern
ed with the election of the senate's
president, inasmuch as the house del
egation Is Intending to use Its Influ
ence for the election of Senator Sel
ling.
Eaton for Speaker.
The most likely candidate for speak.
er of the house at this time is Allen
H. Eaton of Lane county. Mr. Eaton
has been In Portland for several days,
having left last night for his home in
Eugene. He came here with 14 votes
In his pocket, and has added two
more to that number, it is said, so
that he now has a following of 16
members of the house outside of Mult
nomah county. He hns been seeking
the support of the Multnomah dele
gation, but was given no pledge or
promise by the Multnomah men, be
cause of the agreement of the house
delegation to keep unpledged until
after the senate delegation had made
its selection and the contest for the
THE SOIL
the big noon-day banquet being pre
pared by the wives of the local far
mers. Among those returning lost evening
or this morning from The Dalles were
Charles Hill, who completed his work
as state organizer by organizing the
union at The Dalles; F. A. Sikos.
state organizer and newly elected
state secretary; County President C
C. Connor and wife; Dr. W. R. Camp
bell, H. McLean of Walla Walla and
George Carmlchael of Weston. The
newly elected president, J. W. Mc
Allister of Union, also passed through
Pendleton on his way home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Connor were ac
companied by National President
Barrett and Senator Brooks, who are
partaking of turkey dinner at the
Connor home in Helix today. They
will come in tomorrow morning for
the big meeting.,
I presidency had shaped up into some
'definite fnrm
It is known, however, that a num
ber of the Multnomah delegation fa
vor Eaton's candidacy and it seems
very probable that should Eaton be
able to assure Selling of the support
of Senators Calkins and Bean of Lane
county, he will be given the support
of the Multnomah men. If this should
happen. Eaton would then have 2x
votes, or only three less than the 31
necessary for election.
In addition to Eaton P. O. Bone
lirake of Benton, W. H. Mollis of
Washington, Henry McKinney of T,n
ker, Jerry Rusk of Wallowa, W. H.
Brooke of Malheur, W. Lair Thomp
son of Lake and J. A. Buchanan of
Douglas and Jackson are mentioned
as candidates for the speakership, but
their reported strength is small, and
they seem to have been outdistanced
by Eaton and his 16 outside votes.
Croker Is Sixty-Seven.
New York, Nov. 24. Richard Cro
ker, the former Tammany chieftain
who has Just come to this country to
spend the winter on his Florida es
tate is sixty-seven years of age today.
0. R. & N,
WITH NORTH COAST
BIG CONSOLIDATION OF
LINES IN NORTHWEST
Ifarriman Interest Formally Ack
nowledge Ownership of Strahorn
Lines Big Development Work l
Predicted.
Portland, Ore., Nov. 24. A rapid
extension of the lines of the mysteri
ous Strahorn project, the North Coast
railroad and the greater development
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho Is
predicted today following the formal
acknowledgment of Harriman inter
ests that they own the North Coast
line. A provision for the consolida
tion of the Oregon Railroad & Navi
gation company, ten of Its subsidiary
companies and the North Coast was
made in articles of Incorporation of
a holding company to be known as
Oregon & Washington Railroad and
Navigation company, with a capitali
zation of fifty million dollars. It is
stated authoritively that the consoli
dation foreshadows a new bond Issue,
the proceeds of which will be devoted
j to the construction of projected roads
', throughout the Pacific Northwest. The
! North Coast has most of its properties
;r Washington.
Concerning the North Coast, J. P.
O'Brien chief representative of the
Harriman interests in Oregon, said
there will be no changes in the pres
ent officials of the North Coast. J. D.
Farrell continues as vice president at
Seattle, and Robert Strahorn, vice
president at Spokane. Ever since the
construction of the North Coast start
ed there has been much speculation as
to whom owned the project.
BRAZILIAN OFFICERS ARE
KILLED BY MUTINEERS
London, Nov. 24. A cablegram to
the Brazilian minister here today con
firmed the report that Brazilian sail
ors mutined at Rio Janeiro and re
ported the killing of three officers of
the battleship Minas Geraes. Other
officers of the warship were ashore
and thus escaped the fate of their fel
lows. Only a few details of the mutiny
have been received. The Brazilian le
gation here announced the mutiny re
sulted from a dispute over the sail
ors' wages. In the absence of confir
mation of the report that the guns
Of the battleshin had hoAti trolno.l
on Rio Janeiro, the merchants here
uouoi me truth or the report. Reu
ters agency here today posted an an
nouncement that the mutiny was con
fined to the battleship. The Minas
Geraes is the largest vessel in the
Brazilian navy, and was recently built
in England.
ETHEL LENEVE DID NOT
SAIL FOR AMERICA
London, Nov. 24. Ethel Leneve,
who was reported aboard the liner
Majestic enroute to America, did not
sail. She said today she will not leave
for America for several months. She
said: "As executor of the estate of
Dr. Crlppen, I must remain in Eng
land until it Is settled. I will dispose
o; all his property, pay all his debts,
and this will probably require months.
Friends In America Invited me to go
there but I am afraid I won't find I
peace in the United States." Miss
Leneve displayed a telegram today
which she sent to Crlppen an hour
before the hanging, which said: "My
loving thoughts and prayers are with
you. God bless you darling. Wlfey."
She says she believes Crlppen was In
nocent. .
PENNSYLVANIA FAVORITE
OVER CORNELL ELEVEN
Philadelphia. Nov. 14. Pennsyl
vanla faces Cornell on Franklin field
this afternoon with the Quakers
three to one favorites.
During the long winter months the
department of agriculture might de
vote its efforts to discovering serum
for the cure of the end-seat hog.
Commercial Tribune.
016 MEETING
OE BOOSTERS
Some of Foremost Men in
America to Attend Oregon
Development League.
MEETS IN SALEM
NOVEMBER 28, 29, M
Every County In State Will Be Rep
resented at Salem Gathering Pres
ident Howard Elliott of Northern
Pacific to Be In Attendance Many
O tiier Prominent Publicity Mea
Will Make Addresses Salem Board
of Trade Will Entertain Visitors.
Portland. Ore, Nov. 24. Some of
America's most brilliant men In com
munity publicity are on the program
for the convention of the Oregon De
velopment League at Salem, Novem
ber 28, 29 and 30. Practically every
county in Oregon will be represented
and many prominent publicists of the
Pacific coast and the east will deliv
er addresses.
Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific railway, will remain
in the west a week longer than he ex
pected, Just to attend this convention
and deliver an address. Frank K.
Morrison, secretary of the Success
Magazine, will come direct from Nercr
York to attend. That men of suca
national fame are on the program
shows the importance of the conven
tion and Oregon people should torn
out in large numbers to reap the
benefits of the gathering. The most
progressive men In Oregon are those
engaged in boosting the Interests of
their various comunlties and the Sa
Uu. convention win be the organised '
expression of their best Ideas.
President Elliott will tell what the
Northern Pacific is doing to advance
the interests of the state by attract
ing settlers from the east. This ex
ploitation work will be explained and '
advice given on how Oregon may get
the best results.
Frank Morrison will voice the sex
tlments of the National Magazine
publishers on Pacific coast exploita
tion work. To hear him will be well
worth a trip to Salem from any point
of the state. This is the first tins
he has addressed any gathering oa
the Pacific coast.
President Theodore B. Wilcox,
head of the Development League far
six years, will preside at the sessions
of the convention. He Is probably the
most prominent business man of the
state ana what he will have to say on
Oregon's future will be listened to
with a great deal of attention.
Secretary C. C. Chapman of the
league, has probably had more ex
perience in community publicity than
any other man In Oregon actively en
gaged In it He is also manager of
the promotion committee of the Port
land Commercial club and has trav
eled all over the northwest, aldtn
In the formation of comerclal bod
ies and helping them out of diffi
culties. His Ideas have been adopt
ed quite generally by commercial
bodies with great success. He will
explain away many of the obstacles
that beset the path of the average S
commercial club.
Reilly Atkinson, secretary of the
League of Southern Idaho Commer
cial clubs, an energetic organizer,
will tell the Oregon boosters of the
experience of the Idaho chain of
clubs and Secretary J. E. Barnes of
the Southwestern Washington Devel
opment association, will give a like
history of the commercial bodies of
that region which have banded to
gether under one head.
Francis Hope, leading spirit in the
California Development board, Is one
of the prominent speakers from other
coast cities and Secretary R j Mac
lean of the Spokane Chamber or
Commerce Is another. A. L. Som
mers of the Tacoma chamber of com
merce is on the program and wll glye
an account of the City of Destiny
Publishers of Pacific const newspa
pers and magazines will speak on the
spirit of co-operation between com
mercial bodies and tb imi.l
O. C. Leiter. cltv edtnr n .- r.-
gonlan. E. H. Shepard, editor of Bet
ter Fruit; Fred Lockley. manager of
the Pacific Monthly; William B'tle
Wells manager of the northwest de
partment of Sunset Magazine; R j
Hendricks, editor of the Salem State!
man: Col. E. Hofer, editor Salem
Capital Journal; John E. Gratke ed
itor of Astoria Budget, and oth.r,
will speak along these lines.
An automobile trip to the state !a
stltutions at Salem and about the sur
rounding country will be a fe.Uur of
the convention, given by the Salom
board of trade, and the same organ
ization will give a banquet to tha vlv
Itors on Wednesday night. Novem
ber 30. On the whole the cnnVrts
convention promises to be far the
most Interesting In the history of the '.
organization, and the attendance .;u
rrobably be a record-breaker.
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