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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
PENDLETON, OK BOON. MONDAY, DECEMIJEK MHO.
NO." TOSS
VOL. ti.i.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. P -
HDJE IS
PRESIDENT
Heppner Man Heads Umatilla
Morrow County Poultry As
sociation, JAM ICS W. BROWN IS ,
NAMED AS SECRETARY
AverlU Refuses to Take Haiiagcment
of Association for Third Year
Fancy Birds Are En Houto to Sev-
Home Judiro Gliulia Will
Spend Several Days In County Do-
lug Private Scoring Foultrymen
Return Home.
D. C. Ourdane of Heppner, the man
of Barred Plymouth Rock fame, la to
head the Umatilla-Morrow County
Poultry association for unother year,
He wai aelected for the third time at
the annual meeting held In the ar
mory Saturday evening at the close
of the show. James W. urown, un
dertaker at the Baker furniture atore
And a chicken fancier of the first wa
ter, was chosen secretary after B. F.
AverlU had positively refused to take
a third term. '
The other officers chosen were Leon
Cohen, first vice president; R. w.
Fletcher, treasurer; and the following1
vice presidents from the different
sections of the district: Mrs. B. F.
Williams, Milton; F. M. Curtis, Her-1
miston; Dr. J. K, Cromb, Stanfield; U
W. Briggs. Heppner; J. L. Smith, Ir
rigon; J. E. Duke, Pendleton; R.
R. Alexander, Pendleton.
The date of the next show waa left
with the executve committee, but it
is almost an assured fact that it will
be held In January, 1912, during eith
er the second or fourth weeks.
Birds Sent Home.
The last of the fancy birds which
have been on display In the city dur
ing the week were sent home this
morning and piece and quiet once
more reign In armory hall.
Judge Elmer Uimlln went to Stan
field this morning, where he will
spend a couple of days In scoring
birds for breeders who were unable
to get their flocks to the show. He
will return to Pendleton for a day or
two of private scoring and then will
go to Milton and Freewater on the
same mission. When he la through
with tho east end of the county he
will come to Pendleton again and will
go from here to Boise where he is to
place the awards In the big poultry
show next week.
"Iady Rob" In Stanficld.
"Lady Bob," the famous 97-polnt
pullet owned by Dr. J. R. Cromb of
Stiinfleld, was taken home this morn
ing by the doctor and his wife. They
also took with them the finest cup
ever awarded at a poultry show'in
the northwest, being tho one present
ed, being the one presented by the
Peoples Warehouse for the best pen
of Wyandottes In the show.
I'oultrj iiwii Return Home,
Earl A. Williams of Milton, the
brooder of Columbian Plymouth
Rocks, who acted as superintendent
of the show during the week, returns
home this evening.
President D. C. Gurdane of Hepp
ner will return home tomorrow, tak
ing with him the cup won with his
pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Mrs. B. F. Williams of Milton, who
was to be found throughout the week
In front of tho coops containing the
famous "Maples" strain of Buff Rocks,
left for home yesterday morning. Her
husband followed her last night.
L. W. Brlggs of Heppner, winner
of the most of the Rhode Island Red
prizes, has returned to his home In
Morrow county.
Uev. J. D. Bird of Milton, who was
a visitor at the poultry show during
the week, has returned home.
Principal I. E. Young of the Milton
high school, came down yesterday
morning to have a final look at the
show and to see how his birds that
won two silver cups were being treat
ed. He returned home last evening.
F. M. Curtis, proprietor of the Cur
tis Poultry ranch at Hermlston, spent
two days at the show during the week.
C. F. Williams, editor of the North
west Poultry Journal, who has been
In Pendleton to attend the poultry
how, left last evening for Pomeroy,
Washington, to attend the show thero
this week.
C. A. Hasen, an enthualaatlo pooV
tryman of Stanfleld, was among the
FIRE DRILL SAVED MVBS
MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN'.
Boise, Idaho, Dee., II. With
six hundred pupils at their desks
a fire this morning destroyed
the school house at Rexburg.
The perfection In the fir drill
) probably saved many students. '
All escaped.
'
L. S. Dunham thinks that fast freight
No. C5, which arrived In Pendleton
late yesterday afternoon 'Is an un
lucky one.' Mr. Dunham Is a breeder
of Shropshire sheep with headquar
ters at Concord,' Mich., but for the
last year and a half has been located
at Meridian, Idaho. He left his home
lost Thursday with a carload of his
fancy sheep en route to Harrlsburg
In Lane county. On Friday night
while a local passenger train was
making a switch at Owyhee, the oth
er side of Nampa, his train collided
with the local, resulting In tho death
of Tim Donugan, who has been road
master at Owyhee for twenty years
and who was asleep In the caboose at
the time the trains struck.
Yesterday No. 65 stopped at Gib
bon and Mr. Dunham started to walk
forward to look after his sheep. He
knows nothing that happened -thereafter
until ho regained consciousness
on tho train Just before pulling into
Pendleton. The trainmen found him
lying prostrate across the track Just
behind the wheels of the caboose. He
thinks he must have had an attack of
tho heart. He was taken off the train
here and medical aid was secured and
with the exception of a lame back
and a sore head, he Is all right today
but will stay here until completely re
covered. Mr. Dunham will attend the Nation
al Woolgrowers' conventlo at Port
land and will probably act as one of
the Judges at the Mld-wlnter Sheep
show.
ISLAND SINKS AFTER
BIG EARTHQUAKE
TWO HUNDRED DROWNED
AS ISLAND GOES DOWN
III Fated Island Located in Llnnango
Lagoon, Near Salvador Seventy
Families Rctddcd on Same Few
Escaped Other Islands AlsofPono.
Port Limon, Costa Rica, Dec. 19.
Seventy families consisting of 200 per
sons were drowned when the island on
which they lived was swallowed up
by tho sea during an earthquake Sat
urday. The sunken Island was five
miles long and wits In the center of
the Llopano Lagoon southeast city of
Salvador. W,ord of the calamity was
received early today. Some of the
Inhabitants escaped by boats, but fear
ed to venture back to rescue their
friends as the sea became rough
from the subterranean actions.
Shocks nro Subsiding.
Colon, Dec. 19. The earthquake
shocks which have shaken the West
Indies Islands since Saturday are re
ported as subsided today. The offici
al list of the drowned In the sinking
of the Island In the Llapango Lngoon
is placed at 200. Additional advices
say several smaller uninhabited Is
lands are sunk, and that tho Inhabi
tants know for hours the Island was
submerging.
C. C. ORDERS PULLMAN
COMPANY TO REDUCE RATES
Washington, D. C, Dec. 19. The
interstate commerce commission to
day ordered that upper berths In Pull
mans be reduced on a basis of eighty
per cent of the price of lowers.
The commission tentatively approv
ed of the Pullman company's new
schedule of rates reducing the rate for
lower berths to a maxim of two dol
lars for a twelve hour ride.
The new schedule becomes effec
tive January 20. Every lino over which
Pullmans are operated In the United
States save two will be affected.
SOCIALIST PREDICTS THEY
WILL ELECT PRESIDENT 1916
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 19. Charles
Russet, socialist candidate for gover
nor "of New York In the recent election
today predicted the socialists will el
ect the president In 1916. He said:
"We now have two great political par.
ties both putrid with corruption. One
has been on trial for years and has
betrayed the people. The other will
have It's Inning In 1911 we believe. It
will make a horrible mesa of thing
and then the socialists will have their
Innings."
EDWARD DOUGLAS WHITE
IS NOW CHIEF JUSTICE
Washington, D. C, Dec 19. Ed
ward Douglas White today took the
oath of office as chief Justice of the
supreme court of the United States.
The Induction took place at 11: SO.
White was sworn In In the roMng
room. When the Justices of the court
appeared on the bench, Justice Har
lan announced the appointment of
White.
Andrew Rood, a well known young
stockman of Morrow county, left for
hie home in Heppner this morning af
ter spending a few days In the city
visiting friends.
DIAZ A DESPOT
Revolutionist Under Arrest at
Washington Describes Situ
ation in Mexico.
TRl'ST LEADERS ARE
BLEEDING THE PEOPLE
Having Given Up Hope of Securln;
Freo Election Revolutionists Arc
Out to Overthrow Diaz Dynasty
Swindling Charge Apalnst Coma
Vw Trumpted Vp Would Shoot
Him If Returned.
Washington. D. C, Dec. 19. In an
article copyrighted by the" United
Press today Jpan Sanches Az Cona, a
Mexican revolutionist, who was ar
rested here on complaint of Mexican
authorities, and . charged with swin
dling, charges that the Mexican gov
ernment wants to shoot him because
he Is a revolutionist. He. says this
government Is being made a tool of
by the Mexican government. He said
If the people of the United States
could realize what their own govern
ment had done to Mexicans in the
last twenty years that they would
withdraw the American protection
"which Is keeping Diaz on the throne"
UIIU ll UttUtJ lit U, WCCIVO O. iic rv
r 1
s.v,.v..v vum 7 "7'7
K Tin, Ua I
; said tne entire aissausiacuuu in
leo Is caused by the people's distrust
official oppression, and the rule of
the country for the fnanclal gain of a
few heads of trusts.
Ax Cona said: "I charge two mem
bers of the Diaz cabinet, Corral and
Llmantour, with being personally re
sponsible for much of the, present
trouble. Both are powerful members
of Mexican trusts. Both hope to
succeed Diaz as president and It Is
believed Diaz cannot live many
months longer. It Is due to them
I am exiled. It is because of things
they represent that I am a revolution
ist. The revolutionists want to see
Mexico a republic In ract. They want
every man to have a chance to attain
the presidency as against this one
man regime. For years they hoped
tn bring this about by the ballot, but
the bnllot Is a farce In Mexico. I am
Innocent of the charge against me.
They will shoot me as soon as I am
extradited, If I am extradited. All
Mexico knows I am innocent."
MEXICAN REBELS
INTERRUPT TRAFFIC
El PaBo, Dec. 19. Insurgents have
stopped all Mexican northwestern
trains at Pedernales today and order
ed them to return. The telegraph and
telephone lines beyond Pedernales are
cut. It is rumored a oattle Is pro
gressing near there. The action of
the insurgents Interfering with the
railroad's traffic has caused much in
dignation. Scores of American sol
diers of fortune have started for the
scene and some offered to take the
trains beyond Pedernales.
J. C. Pendergrast of Juniper, was
an Incoming passenger on the X. P.
this morning.
That the settlers on McKay creek
have not abandoned their project to
water the 5000 acres of land In the
McKay creek basin and cut it up into
five, ten and twenty acre tracts was
made evident Saturday when John T.
Whistler the engineer who built the
Umatilla project arrived in this city
and immediately drove out to he
Home school house to hold a consul
tation with the chief promoters of the
proposition.
The project as proposed would
comprise between five and six thou
sand acres of land, two thousand
acres of which Is bottom land and
approximately 3700 acres hill land.
Judge Stephen A. Lowell, who has
been acting as legal adviser of the
settlers. Is of the opinion that the
realization of such a project would be
more beneficial to Pendleton than
any other project which has been un
dertaken, the Sturgls project except
ed. "The whole country along McKay
creek," he said when Interviewed this
afternoon, "la - directly tributary to
this city and the project would mean
that these 1000 acres would be cut up
WHISTLER HER
WITH M KAY
DYNAMITE GAR
CAUSES DEATH
Explosion of Carluad of Ex
plosives Shakes City of
New'iYork.
TWELVE ANE DEAD, EIGHT
MISSING, FIFTY INJURED
Siark from "Third Hall" Fires Tank
of Acetylene, Gas, Which Explodes
Dynamite in Central Milk Depot.
Street Cars Block Way, Wrecked,
and Two Passengers Killed Pub
lic Buildings, Schools and Hospital
Wrecked Children n Panic.
New York, X. Y., Dec. 19 Twelve
are dead, eight missing and fifty in
jured as the result of the explosion
of a car of dynamite that was set off
by the minor explosion or a tank of
acetylene gas In the " New York cen
tral railroad milk depot this morn
ing. The dead are Mrs. Mary Poke,
C. M. Morrow, Patrick Jordan, Frank
Page, W. B. Livermore and three un
identified. A cursory Investigation gave rise to
the theory that the tank was fired
by a spark from the third rail of the
New Haven and Hartford railroad
I which passed near the depot. The
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some of the Injured will die. Win-
dows were shattered for blocks.
The explosion occurred at 8:15 this
morning. A southbound Lexington
avenue car, a block away, was lifted
from the tracks and tipped over on
an automobile.- Two passengers In
the car were killed. Public buildings,
a grammar school, a hospital, freight
sheds and other 'structures were dam
aged by the force of the explosion.
Within a few minutes the police re
serves, firemen and ambulances were
on the scene.
Five hundred children, patients In
a children's mercy hospital, were
thrown Into 5. panic and many were
hurt in the wild rush for the doors.
The panic was checked before any
were seriously hurt.
-The pa -ochlal school of St. Pat
rick's cathedral at 4 9th street and
Lexington avenut, was badly damaged
and several children were hurt in the
splintered glass.
Patrolman Kelly, one of the men
most severely injured is being treated
at the Flower hospital and gave the
following account of his experience:
"I was standing in the rear of the
Lexington avenue car looking toward
the milk depot when the explosion oc
cured. I saw a flash, a puff of smoke
then I was hurled from the car. I
pulled one dead woman from the car
and then another who appeared to be
dying, then I fainted." Three victims
in the Flower hospital will probably
die.
Dead Xnmlier Twelve.
(Later) Twelve are dead, among
them being Edith Ossman, secretary
of the Cosmopolitan magazine; Jack
Ryan of the Cosmopolitan magazine;
William Postaske and Thomas Stagg.
To Attend Superintendent's Meeting.
County School Superintendent
Frank K. Welles, accompanied by his
wife, left on the local this morning
for Portland, where he will attend a
meeting of the county school super
intendents of the state. He will re
turn to Pendleton the latter part of
the week.
E TO MEET
into small tracts affording means of
livelihood for hundreds of families.
The advantage to this city of such a
result Is too obvious to need men
tion. There Is a natural reservoir at
the forks of McKay creek which the
farmers want to utilise. If the city
would co-operate with the settlers and
arrange to secure the municipal wa
ter supply from this source also, It
would mean, not only pure water for
the people of Pendleton, but also the
development of the whole country. It
has been estimated that the city could
secure a water supply from this source
sufficient for 10,000 people at an ap
proximate coat of $150,000 and the
benefits to be derived from such an
undertaking are such that the propo
sition deserves consideration from the
city water commission."
J. T. Brown, who Is a member of
the water commission, when question
ed as to whether the commission
would consider such a proposition de
clared that thet that body had already
consulted with the settlers on McKay
creek and that the undertaking had
been found unfeasible. He said the
commission Is now having surveys
made In the Thorn Hollow district.
T T
EW STORE STARTS
HERE MARCH FIRST
With the intention of establishing
a general merchandise store in this
city J. C. Penney & Company of Salt
Lake have leased the vacant room in
the Smith-Crawford building for a
term of three years, the lease to be
gin March 1- Penny & Co. maintain
19 stores in various parts of the west
and they are intending to establish
two additional houses one in Pen
dleton and one in an eastern Wash
Igton town.
The room leased for the new store
Is the one formerly used by the Fair
store and later by the firm of Cook
& Perry,
ENGINEERS MAY GO ON
STRIKE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Chicago, 111., Dec. 19. In his en
deavor to prevent the strike of 33,000
engineers on the western lines In ar
bitrating differences, Commissioner of
Labor Neill today conferred with the
officials of the railroads and this af
ternoon talks to representatives of
the brotherhood of locomotive engi
neers. President Stone of the engi
neers says there will be a strike order
ed before Christmas unless the men
get an Increase. They want an ad
vance of 15 per cent. The railroads
offer nine.
Stone has Issued a statement say
ing the railroads have to grant an In
crease before the end of the week or
a 6trike is sure, on fifteen minutes no.
tice.
WILL 0. R. & N.
BUILD TO CLARKSTON?
RIGHT OF WAY DEAL
CAUSES SUCH RUMORS
Head of Lcwlston-Clarkston Improve
ment Association Admits Negotla
tions on But Makes no Definite
Statement.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 19. That the
O. R. & X. company is planning to
build into Clarkston, Washington,
soon, is believed from the fact that
there have been negotiations on for
some time between the company's
right of way man ana E. II. Libby,
president of the Lewiston-Clarkston
Improvement company, who arrived
in Portland today from Clarkston.
While not denying his visit had some
thing to do with the reported nego
tiations for terminals at Clarkston,
Libby said he is not in a position to
discuss the matter. He said: "The
O. R. & X. had a right of way into
Clarkston ten years ago. I presume
they have been figuring on getting In
to Clarkston across the Snake river
from Lewiston. I have nothing to say
that could throw any light on the
matter now."
POPULAR HELIX WOMAN
WAS BURIED YESTERDAY
One of the largest attended funer
als ever held In Helix was that for
the late Mrs. J. C. Pendergrast, held
at 2:30 yesterday and conducted by
Rev. Xathan Evans of this city. Mrs.
Pendergrast died December 15 from
pneumonia.
The deceased was a native of Ire
land and was 39 years of age at the
time of her death. Her maiden name
was Nellie Mills. She came to America
in 1894 and to Oregon In 1902. In
1908 she was married to Mr. Pender
grast and two children were born to
them. Aside from her husband and
two children other relatives In this
section are two brothers, William and
Jchn Mills who now live at Tlgard,
Oregon. Both formerly resided in
this county and were present for the
funeral yesterday.
MODEL SCHOOL LUNCHEON
AT LEWISTON NORSLVL
A luncheon, which was given this
week, by the young women of the ru
ral school training course, at the Lew
Iston state normal school, would go
very far toward disapproving the
statement that living Is high In these
days.
The luncheon, which consisted of
chill rice, cabbage salad with cream
dressing, biscuits, tea, cooklee and
apple sauce, were served at a cost of
10 cents for each person.
It Is quite evident that the young
women at the state normal, who are
taking this course in domestlo sol
ence, are learning, not only how to
cook, but how to economise.
SENATE POSTPONES ACTION
UPON DIRECT PRIMARY
Washington, Dec. 19. The senate
committee on Judiciary today post
poned until after the Christmas holi
days all action on the resolution look
lng toward a election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
Edward F. Sinclair of L Grande,
came over from the Union county seat
yesterday and le registered at the Ho
tel Bt, Oeorge.
ITER RIGHTS
ADJUD GATED
Famous East End Cases Are
Finally Settled by Decision
of Judge Bean.
PREFERENCE SHOWN FOR
OLDEST WATERUSERS
Suit Has Been on for Five Years and
Four Hundred Defendants Were
Affcclod Judge Bean Decides All
Matters at Issue and Litigation Is
at An End.
By a decision handed down by
Judge H. J. Bean in the circuit court
this morning, the famous water suits.
Involving 400 defendants in the MU-ton-Freewater
section of the county,
which have been m the courts for the
past five years, were finally settled
and all water rights adjudicated.
There were two district suits, the lit
tle Walla Walla Irrigation Union vs.
the Finis Ditch company, and the
Peacock Mill company vs. the City of
MUton et al, but as both involved the
same matters they were consolidated
for the purpose of taking testimony.
The decision, rendered this morn
ing, gives to the Peacock Mill com
pany 2000 inches of water from the
Walla Walla river for the first ap
propriation of 1888, TSO additional
inches for the appropriation of 1898
and 850 additional inches for the ap-
proprlatlon of 1904, with the provl-'
slon that under no circumstances
shall the company divert more than
50 per cent of the water contained
in the river at the point of diversion,
not Including the water In the Miller-Brown
mill races, thereby pro
viding that the people on the Tumalunx
branch shall have one-half of the wa
ter, after deducting the amount in
the Miller-Brown mill races, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
Irrigate land now irrigated by the
said Tumalum and for domestic and
stock watering purposes. As all of
the water used by the mill can be
used again by the irrigators, this
grant of 50 per cent of the water In
the river to the milling company Is
not unproportlonate as it would seem
on first reading.
The Irrigators who were the de
fendants In the suit are allowed an
inch and a half of water for all or
chard lands with an additional half
inch for garden or small fruit land.
Fractions of acres are allowed less
than this amount. All rights of ten
years or more of age are to be sup
plied on this basis and rights under
ten years of age are to be supplied
according to priority of use, which
priority is determined by the date of
appropriation. This simply means
that In case of low water, the young
est rights are to be cut off first.
By a provision In the decree, all
ditches must be kept In good repair,
the land irrigated must be cultivated
and kept free from weeds so that the
most possible benefit can be obtained
from the use of the water.
The plaintiff in the suits' were rep
resented by C. M. Rader of Walla.
Walla, while the defendants were rep
resented by a number of attorneys,
among them being Sharpsteln &
Sharpsteln of Walla Walla, S. D. Pe
terson of Milton, C. T. Godwin of Ba
ker City, Frank Crow of Walla Wal
la. Fee & Slater, Raley & Raley.
Phelps & Steiwer, Peterson & Wilson
of Pendleton. All of the law firms in
volved were represented in court this.
morning.
VASHON ACADEMY BURNED
TO GROUND THIS MORNING
Tacoma, Dec. 19. Vashon military
academy, a four story building on
Vashon island, was totally destroyed
by fire this morning. Flfteeen boys
in the dormitory escaped. The loss
amounts to several thousand. The
school is controlled by the Baptist
church.
SENATOR ALDRICn WILL
NOT RUN AGAIN'
Providence. R. I- Dec. 19. Senator
Aldrlch unequlvocably declined to
run for another term today. He an
nounced he would not allow his name
to be considered even If the legisla
ture became hopelessly deadlocked
on other candldatee.
ANOTHER MINE EXPLOSION
FTVE REPORTED DEAD
Fairmont, W. Va., Deo. II.
Five miners are reported hav-
tng been killed and nearly to
burned In an explosion In the
Consolidated Coal company's
mine at Chlefton today. There
were fifty men In the mine at
the time of the explosion. It si
believed a premature blast cans-
ed the disaster.
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