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VOL. 24
PEXDLETOX, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1911.
NO. 7295
COUNTY OFFICIAL SS!iXs . CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
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PENDLETON COMMERCIAL CLUB ENTHUSIASTICALLY
ENDORSES PROPOSED WEST UmATILLA EXTEnSjON
Urges Expenditure of Reclamation Funds in Oregon and Full Protection of
Water Rights of Upper River Users
Belief is Now.That Satisfactory
Bitter and Historic Controversy Dr. Coe's Offer of Second Filing is Not
Accepted By Organization as Effect Would Be Unchanged
Tlo President Notified.
Following the adjournment of
the Commercial club meeting
last night copies of the resolu
tions adopted, signed by Presi
dent Smytho and Secretary
Keefo, were wired to President
Taft. As representative of the
l'ort and Commercial club, C
C. Chapman wired the resolu
tions to the secretary of the in
terior, the Oregon delegation
and to J. N. Teal at Washing
ton. With a deafening roar of "ayes" the
members of tho Pendleton Commer
cial club made known their senti
ments regarding the West Umatilla
extenn at a epecial meeting last
night and there was but one solitary
vote cast against tho endorsement of
the extension and against two other
resolutions that were presented, one
calling for tho expendture of federal
reclamation funds In Oregon and the
other upholding tho right and wel
fare of the wutorusers of the upper
Umatilla, and tributary streams.
It was a decisive ending of a con
troversy that will go Into tho history
of eastern Oregon. It came at 10
o'clock last evening after the club
members had li-toned In patience to
ablo d'scUHsjon of the resolution and
of an additional resolution that was
submitted but was rejected.
The Members Were There.
Members of tho Commercial club
did not hun their duty last evening
but turned out almost en masse to
participate In the meeting. When tho
special set-s'on was called to order at
8 o'clock by President Smytho the
club quarters were paokodand every
seat ai taken, this despite the fact
.hat benches had been brought in
from tho gallery of the gymnasium.
Three Resolutions.
Immediately after the meeting had
been ca led to order E. B. Aldrlch
gained tho floor and presented three
resolutions. lie asked that they be
read and In explanation said they had
been drafted by a group of men who
favored the west extension and who
also favored protecting the welfare of
the seniors of tho upper river.
After the three resolutions had been
read by .Secretary Jack Kecfe, Roscoe
It. Johnson moved tho adoption of the
same and took up the fight on tho
floor. In a brief but abl argument
he set forth that the resolutions fur
nished a proper solution of the ques
tion before It. Ho repeated some of
his arguments of tho night before in
favor of tho extension nnd of govern
ment Irrigation In preference to Irri
gation by private enterprise.
D sou sine tho first resolution, fa
voring the: granting to Oregon of rec
lamation money to which the state is
Justly entitled, he declared that Ore
gon's hope of securing reclamation
money rests upon the fate of tho ex
tension. Ho pointed out that tho state
1ST BASKETBALL
GAME FRIDAY NIGHT
The basketball Benson will open
with a rush In Pendleton Friday night
when tho high school will hold two
Inter-class games. The seniors will
meet tho Juniors, nnd the sophomores
will clash with tho freshmen. Thero
Is much rivalry between the teams
and the game will bo stubbornly
contested.
The senior five will bo composed of
Chapman, Strain, Houser, Hampton
and Feo. Their junior opponents will
bo composed of somo old timers, In
cluding "Spider" McDonald, "Cluta-
wa" Thompson, "Hull" Jordan, "Dea
con." Flnnell and "turdy" Sturdi
vant.
Among the sophomores and fresh
men who will appear on the floor are
A. Ferguson, Brock, Hamley, Krebbs
Dorscy, Hock. Rugg, Russell, O. Fer
guson, K rkpatrlck. The games will
be played In tho high school gymna
slum nnd will begin promptly at 8
o'clock.
Tro poc's for a good team are
bright and under tho coaching of
Jack Keefe, tho school hopes to hnve
a championship quintet. Actlvo train
ing will beg'n Monday, when a largo
number of candidates will be out to
try for pos lions on the team.
Solution Has Been Found
should unite in tupport of the pro
ject and explained the weakness of a
congressional delegation when Us
home people are in controversy as to
what should be done.
Protection for Settlers.
The third resolution, contended Mr.
John.-on, embodied everything that
could possibly be done by Pendleton
people towards protecting the rights
of the settlers of the upper river. He
showed that the resolution calls for
allowing settlers on the upper river
to water their lands and asks the gov-
rnment to reassure them In their
rights and to subserve their welfare
n carylng out its reclamation work.
Ir, Coe's Offer.
As to Dr. Coe's offer to transfer the
Andrew C. Smith filing to the Com
nnycial club fur use for the benefit
of all the wateruers on the river, Mr.
Johnson declared that such a pro-
ceding wou'd constitute an aban
donment of the filing and would al
ow any person who desired to do so
o make the same identical filing
again and thus bottle up the waters
of the river just as if the Smith fil-
ng had been continued. The speak
er declared his belief that other law
yers would uphold him in this view
nnl none of the attorneys present had
anything to Fay in dissent.
Stelwer Had Substitute.
t the conclusion of It. R. John-
sons discussion, Frederick stelwer
said he had prepared a resolution
... i
which he would Introduce for adop-;
ion in the event the other resolutions!
were defeated. Later he changed his
ourse to the extent that he asked
merely that his resolution be added to
hose already submitted.
Though longer than tho other reso
lutions submitted the Stelwer resolu
tion differed from them mainly In
that his resolution denounced the gov-
rnment severe'y for the adjudication
suits and demanded that they be
abandoned. In upholding his resolu
t'on Stelwer declared himself against
he west extension but said he would
not oppose it, confining his efforts to
his resolution, which contained an en
dorsement of the extension. .
J. Hoy Haley also came to the sup
lort of tho Pteiwer amendment and
presented in Its behalf arguments
along' the same line as those of Mr.
Stelwer, though tho city attorney de-
lared himself to be favorable to the
west extension.
Johnson Is Champion.
The attempt to pass tho Stelwer
resolution as an addition to those or
iginally introduced brought R. R.
Johnson to the floor and a vigorous
defense of the government's action.
In detail Mr. Johnson told of the con
ditions prior to the passage of the
Oregon water code and of the status
of affairs since that time. He upheld
the adjudication of water righ's and
'nsisted the government had acted
properly In bringing tho Umatilla
culls. He argued that because the
complaint states that 2. a acre feet Is
sufficient for local needs it does not
follow the courts w'll adopt that am
ount of water as a standard.
To have tho adjudication suits dis
missed would bo merely to return to
chaos nnd force private users to bring
such suits.
For over nn hour the Slolwer am
endment was warmly debated with
Messrs. Stelwer nnd Raley supporting
It and Mr. Johnson opposing. J. P.
Winter also dipped Into the fray at
critical times and C. It. Carter once I
rose to ask of Mr. Stelwer what mem-
ber of the water board was charged
with dishonesty. In reply Ste'wcr
disclaimed ll' purposo of assailing
any member of the board.
Amendment Rejected.
When the long debnto had been con
cluded, President Smythe announced
that a written ballot would be taken
upon tho adoption of the amendment.
Sam R. Thompson and O. I. Ladow
were named as tellers and the vote
was taken. The amendment lost by a
vote of 44 to 26, there being but 70
members present when the ballot was
taken owing to tho fact that many
had left feeling that the fight for the
extension had been won and that the
fight was over a question of proced
ure. After the Stelwer amendment hnd
been voted down, J. R. Rnley moved
that a vlve voco vote be tnken upon
tho three resolutions then upon tho
table. When the vote wns taken a
storm of ayes resounded nnd but one
man, James Johns voted in tho noga
tivo.
For Reclamation Money.
Wo unqualifiedly nnd unre orMly
go on record In Joining with the ono
I
For Eastern
Oregon's Most
O
A RESUME.
4
I illclon Commercial club
look up fight for west exton ion
two years ago, at request of
west end IeoIe.
Support of Portland influenc-
es Mviired through agency of
local roinm'tuv.
Vigorous fight nuidc by en-
tire mute, for build 111 of ex-
ten -ion project by the covcrn-
inent.
OpiXKllion to extension sliown
by Xplo of StanflcM and In
vicinity. 4
I'PIHt river water users in-
diicctl to J'in forces with Stan-
field folic In opposes extension.
Question brought before Pen-
dleion Commercial club Tues-
day, IMvcnilH'r 5. when club
was n-ked to reverse itself and
oppose project.
Tuesday, December 12 set as
i!ate for hearing arguments 4
from nil sides relative to merits
of Hie extension.
Meeting at Oregon theater
DeeemlM'r 12 addressed by able
speakers representing all .. fac-
Hons In controversy.
Sixv'ul meeting of Pcndlo.
ton Commercial club Inst eve-
ni-ng to tuko action regarding
the extension.
Commercial club reaffirms
endorsement of vpt extension,
asks that more reclamation
money lie exM,iuled in Oregon
and urges protection of rights
and welfare of upper river wu-
ler users.
hundred and nine other commercial
organizations of this state, members
of the Oregon Development League,
in the appeal made to the United
States government for Justice to Ore
gon In the allotment of reclamation
funds, .to the end that something like
a fair proportion of the fees collect
ed frnm thio nliito ho f n.niltft with-
.-.. , .,
ill in utuunn i-i 11 1 iaimu mm uu- 1
yelopmont on any of the numerous
feeble and meritorious projects
available in Oregon.
The West Extension. j
The following Is the resolution cn-
dorsing the west extension: j
The wet extension of the Umatilla
irr'gation project hns been approved
by the United States reclamation ser-j
vice and Is one of the most attractive,
desirable nnd beneficent of all the ex-
ist'ng projects of the government. We ternoon sessions great progress is be
aro Informed there are and will be ing made.
funds which may be allotted by the .
government for the construction of
said west extension in the immediate
future, nnd that this is the only rec
lamation work for which funds can
be allotted to Oregon.
The Pendleton Commercial associa
tion several years ago became tho
prime mover in a state-wide cam- Omaha, Dec. 14. Declaring tho
paign for the completion of the Uma- Pinchot conservation policy is sense
tilla project, including the west ex- le-e, erratic and ruinous to the sheep
ten.-lon and continuously since has and wool industry. President tlooding
been the champion of this great of tho National Wool Growers' asso
cause. j ciation, in convention here, today
At a hearing beforo this associa- : criticized the former chief forester in
t'on yes;erday, December 13. at h s annual address.
which large and substantial delega
tions wero present representing Pi
lot Rock, McKay and Birch creeks,
tlie Um.it 11a Indian reservation. Echo,
Stanfield, Hermlston, Umatilla, Irrl
gon, lleppner, Blalock, Arlington,
Portland nnd other towns, districts
md interests directly and Indirectly
interested in this project tho entire
subject was again considered, so as
to pass upon new phases of this ques
tion recently placed before tho asso
ciation. After careful consideration the
rcndleton association reaffirms Its
faith in the west extension of the
Umatilla project and recommends and
urges Its early approval by the pres
ident and the socretary of the Inter
ior to tho end that actual construc
tion mny be Initiated, In the Immedi
ate future and bo rapidly carried for
ward to completion. Wo respectfully
urge thnt the decls'on re'atlve to the
undertaking of this extension be an
nounced nt an early date so as to dis
pel uncertainty, and In tho event the
decision Is favorable that the govern
ment make prompt and ndequato pay
ment to settlers nnd land owners for
lands to bo covered by th? reservoir or
damaged by virtue of Its con-truc-tion.
Upper River Rights.
This Is tho rosolut on favoring tho
Russia Waliin
Washington, Doe. 14. Early
recognition by Russia, of Amerl-
can Jews' rights, for the pur-
pose of avoiding abrogation of
her treaty with the United
States, Is expected an a result of
the adoption f Congr&ssman
Sulzor's resolution In the house.
It is understood that President
Taft tipped off the Russian di-
plomats that he wont sign the
resolution until diplomatic ne-
gotiations, now progressing with
Russia, are concluded.
TWO LABOR LEADERS
WILL BE INDICTED
Frisco Men Said to Be Re
sponsible for Times ,
Explosion
While Authorities Keep Names Secret,
They Search for Tvietmorc and
Johannsen Who Arc Still Missing.
I Los Angeles, Dec. 14. Two Indict
ments will be returned by the federal
grand jury Saturday, against two
. prominent labor leaders of San Fran
cisco. It is said they were respon
sible for the order which caused James
McNamnra to dynamite the Times.
! Two other San Francisco laborites
are likely to be Indicted also.
The names of the men are already
In Ihe hands of the United States
marshal and bench warrants for their
arrests will be Issued Saturday.
District Attorney Ford announced
' that the arrests of Caplan and
Schmidtz, for complicity In the Times
explosion will be only a matter of
time.
Sill Svk IiCiulers.
Sn Francisco, Dec. 14. It is be
lieved that Olaf Tvlemoe, secretary of
the San Francisco Building Trades
council and Antone Johannsen, his
companion, who have been missing
two weeks will soon be found by fed
eral authorities who want them to tes.
tiiy before the federal grand lurv at
I .os Angeles. It is expecte-t that
Johannsen will appear as his little
daughter, Loretta, died suddenly at
their home at Corte Middera. Tvlet
inoc's attorneys say he'll be here
I Christmas.
Imllaiuipolis Prolx- Regius.
Indianapolis, Dec. 14. Secret in
vestigations by a United States grand
Jury began here today, of the dyna
miting plots, In which the McNamaras
participated. None except govern
ment employes were allowed to ap
proach within three hundred feet of
the jury room. Detective Burns will
!"" among
the first witnesses called.
, Goos t( jn.iiaimpolis.
Angeles. Dec. 14. Under heavy
guard Ortie McManlgal. star govern-
nlent witness will likely leave here for
Indianapolis Monday. A request that
i,e be sent as soon as possible has
u.en received hero and preparations
for his departure started today.
Although "the federal grand jury
probing the California end of the dy
namiting eases are holding onlv nf-
GOODING RAPS FREE
WOOL AND PINCHOT
He declared Pinclrot did his best to
ruin the s-heep and wool Industry of
the west by his conservation policies
and chargod that these policies wero
indirectly responsible for the big
Idaho forest fires which he said
could have been prevented largely had
beep nnd cattle been allowed to graze
through tho forests.
He demanded an honest revision of
the tariff, asserting that a free wool
measure would kill the wool industry
of the United States.
rights and welfare of tho settlers on
the Upper Umatilla and tributary
streams.
At the hearing before Ihe Pendlo
ton Commercial association relative
to the endorsement of tho west ex
ension of M U.nai! 'a pro'e-; 'hre
was expressed a fear of damage and
possible ruhi of reputable pioneer
residents of Umat'lla county possess
ing vested r'ghts In waters of the
Umatilla river nnd its tributaries
above tho site of the proposed reser-
vot for tho west exten-lon; many of
thoso settlers apprehended that they
were to bo deprived of thoir rights
:in.l fruits of th'r lnhnr diirlno lonir
,v, of g.ruv in mak tig homes
in th's region. We feel that such
opposition as developed In tho west
(Continued on pago ciflht.)
M I FATALLY
1
Kamela Hill Scene of Midnight Railroad Disaster
in Which O.-VV. R. & N.' Freight is Wrecked
HELPER ENGINE IS HURLED THROUGH CABOOSE
Nebraska Stockman's Death Instantaneous, La Grande
Conductor Cannot Survive, Brakeman Dangerously
and Fireman Slightly Injured.
W. D. McKinley, a stockman of
Nebraska, was instantly killed. Con
ductor B. T. Hancock was fatally in
jured and Brakeman Perrlr.a received
injuries from which he will probably
die as the result of the blowing up
of freight engine No. 382 at Glover
on the Kamela hill of the O.-W. R. &
N. R. R. at midnight last night.
The wreck occurred as freight
train Extra Xo. 55 westbound was
climbing the steep hill. Engine No.
507 and 615. with Engineers Brown
and Parker and Firemen Forester and
Culbertson, were hauling the heavy
train up the grade. The wrecked en
gine was acting as a helper and was
attached to the rear of the train.
The accident occurred when the
crown sheet of the rear engine fell
down, causing an explosion of the
boiler. Instead of the force of the
explosion going backwards ps it usu
ally does, it went forward, throwing
much of the engine into the rear end
of tho caboose. The caboose was to
tallv wrecked, more than half of the
car being blown into small pieces.
Mr. McKinley was asleep in the ca-
J. HASE DROPS DEAD IN
ST. GEORGE HOTEL LOBBY
SiiiM'rhitcndcnt of Coo Reservoir Sud
denly Succumbs to Ilenrt Disease
Search for Relatives.
The Furnish Ditch company is to
day without a superintendent at its
Coe reservoir due to the sudden death
in the Hotel St. George lobby last
night of John Hase. At 7:30 he
walked to a chair, sat down.
sudden-
ly stiffened and the spark of life had
departed. Death was due to
failure.
neart
Mr. Hase came to Pendleton two
days ago and consulted Dr. R. E. R'n
go about his heart and was Informed
that that organ was extremely weak.
Treatment was prescribed for him
but it came too late, for within a few
hours he lay dead from the cause of
which he had been warned.
Mr. Hase has been with the Furnish
Ditch company for the past two years,'
having first been sent over by the
reclamation service at North Yakima
to act as Inspector wh'le the Coe
dam was being constructed. At the '
conclusion of that piece of work he
was retained as superintendent of tho
dam and reservoir, which position he
hehl at the time of his death.
His death is felt deeply by the Fur
nish company as he had proved an ex
tremely valuable man to it. E. P.
Marshall, general manager of the
company, stated this morning that
Superintendent Hase was the most ef
ficient, practical and resourceful man
which the company has ever had In
its employ nnd that his position would.
be a hard one to fill.
His former associates in tho rec
lamation serv ce at North Yakima
have been notified of his death and an
effort is being made to locate a sister
in Indiana. Pending the result of
these queries, tho body of the dead
man Is being held at the Folsoni un
dertaking parlors.
WOULD PKXSIOX LOST
C.U Si: YI.TKRAXS ALSO
Washington, Doc. 14.
Senator John
D. Works of California, In the senate
today emphasized the obligations of
the government to Civil war veterans
and recommended that both Union
and Confederate veterans be cared
for. This, he said, would be the pro
per means of obliterating sectional
lilies and make good will, between the
North and South permanent.
Delhi Doomed.
Gibraltar, Dec. 14. Tugs are try
ing to reach the wrecked steamer Del
hi which has nuii's and $1 000,000,
mostly In bullion, aboard. The gale
Is yet raging and it is feared the ship
will go to pieces.
Accept Pnnnnui Tower Plans.
San Francisco, Dec. 14. Plans
were accepted today for tho memo
rial tower of the Panama Pacific ex
position of 1915, which w:ll be S"i0
feet hist, tho tallest buiding in the
worlil except the 1'arU Eiffel tower.
The structure w U bo permanent and
revert to tho city after trie exposition.
EXPLDSO
boose when the explosion came and
his body was blown out of the car
and about 20 feet up onto the bank.
The body was badly mangled and
indications are that he never knew
what killed him. The bedding on
which he was resting was sent about
100 feet into the air and was found
on top of the telegraph wires. Trees
for a distance of 200 yards showed
the effect of the explosion, large
branches on the nearest ones being
broken and shattered by the flying
pieces of metal and timber.
One of the peculiarities of the acci
dent is the escape of Engineer Chand
ler, who, was on the wrecked engine,
without a scratch. Fireman Sparks
was burned by the fire from the fur
nace, but was not seriously injured.
Such explosions usually throw their
force backward, ca,tching'the engineer
and fireman, but this time It went the
opposite way, wrecking the caboose.
Conductor Hancock was so badly
injured that It Is not thought possible
that he could live through the day.
He was Immediately taken to La
Grande where medical attention was
given him. At the time of the ex
plosion he was making out his report,
sitting at his desk. His lungs were
perforated by his ribs and the top of
his head blown off, either Injury be
ing sufficient to cause death. He re
sides in La Grande, where he has a
family.
It is also feared that Brakeman
Perrine will die, as he was badly hurt
although it is Impossible to tell the
extent of his injuries. His hands, face
1 and back were Injured and bruised
Lnd it is believe(1 that he s aiso suf.
fering from Internal lnurles.
A special was sent out from La
Grande and the injured men were
! eiven all relief that medicine could
I afford. They were taken to the hos
pital where their wounds were dress
ed and where they now are.
The force of the explosion was so
great that the entire engine was lift
ed from the rails and thrown from
the track, making it necessary for the
wrecking crew to be called to clear
the track. Traffic was delayed until
noon today.
The train was making Its way up
the steep hill and had reached Glover,
which is about half way to tho sum
mit, when the engine exploded Only
the engine and caboose were wreck-
D.l M .1.1 Iha . 1 -1 A Vi 1 AnrvinAB n.m.M
,0 hau, thp rm pf the ral
to a noarby
I J
RAMROD BOB TRIES
FOR WALKING RECORD
"Ramrod Boh," aspirant for honors
""""I'"'" i-'si wamer 01 tne
mmiau-M, ur.iM-rs x-cnuui"ii tomorrow
morning for Spokane and return. He
goes afoot with a heavy walking stick
and .1 2il cent box of crackers as his
only equipment. H. will spend two
days in Spokane and return to Pen
dleton bv December 30 or know the
reason why.
According to "Ramrod Bob." who
by the way says lie will tell his rent
name when he returns, says he will
walk 10 hours each day. Ho has a
little money with him and expects to
i lH' aMt ' ',av his wa' so as not to
IV delayed through the necessity of
working for his meals.
"Ramrod Bob" has promised to
writo the East Oregonian each day
he is enroute to Spokane telling of his
progress and whereabouts.
.Tack Changes Mind.
Liverpool, Dec. 14 After announc
ing broadcast his indention of sailing.
Jack Johnson, champion heavyweight,
suddenly chanced his plans nnd hur
ried to Paris where he is negotiating
to reenter the fight game.
Scouts Kill li Outlaw.
Lanao. Mindina. P. I, Dec. 14. .
News of the death of forty-two more
outlaws In a battle with a detach
ment of American scouts ha been re
ported. The Americans wero unhurt.
Deposed Sultan Pylnif.
Berlin. Doc. II Abdul llitull, de-pos-l
Turkish sultan, is r- po-t-'d crit
ically ill at Constantino; 1 .: with Uttlo
hope for recovery.