EVENING EDITION
EVENING EDITION
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight; Tuesduy
rain or snow.
TO ADVKUTISERS.
The I'.ast Oregiinlan has
the largest paid circulation
of any paper In Oregon, east
of Portland and nearly
twice the circulation In
Pendleton of any other
newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOIL 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1912.
NO. 7345
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BUILDING
IS
Business Blocks, Public Bui
ldings and Residences
Being Constructed.
YEAR '12 PROMISES BOOM
Work on Now lllh School to Com
mence Immediately ami Good
Weather Means Employment ol
More Men nt Asylum.
If present activities continue
through the twelvemonths, the year
1912 promises to be much more note
worthy from a building standpoint
than any,6f Us immediate predeces
sors. With but a month and a half
gone, a number of business houses
and residences have been begun or
projected and a number of others are
being considered.
Down In the west end of the city
on Hazel street a structure Is nearing
completion which will house the
most up-to-date and largest abatolr
in the 'Inland empire outside of Spo
kane. The Pendleton Meat company,
which is a corporation comprised of
several local butchers, has had a
force of men at work on the build
ing for several weeks ana within a
short time the modern machinery
will be installed and the institution
opened for business. It Is being con
structed of concrete and will cost In
the neighborhood of J 15,000. Besides
the regular slaughter house equip
ment an Ice and cold storage plant
will be included in the building and
the sewer which Is now being ex
tended to the site will make for clean,
llness and sanitation.
New Residences.
Among the new residences being
constructed are the Herman Peters
residence on west Webb street and
two cottages on Willow street on loU
owned by J. A. Horn. The Peters !
residence when completed will bo a
commodious and handsome dwelling
and will be a great addition to the
west end residential section. The
Horn cottages are located just to the
rear of the home of Mrs. Aura Raley.
Each will contain five rooms, a
laundry basement and all modern
conveniences. The excavation .is al
ready under way and
work will soon start.
construction
Mr. Horn 13 !
building the houses for rent and so '
great Is the demand for modern
dwellings that on was engaged be
fore work was commenced.
Will McKlnney, teller at the Am
erican National Rank, has just com
pleted a five room bungalow on
Washington street and has moved
into It.
School Work Soon to ne-rln.
Within a few days actual work will
UNDER WAY
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he begun toward erecting the hand-j co-operation with other members of
some new homo of the high school, i slate boards whereby wo have suc
The old building and outhouses with cceded In placing our state Institutions
tho exception of the gymnasium have on a more economical basis and
been completely torn away In readl- i higher plnne of efficiency,
ncss for operations of the contracting I Since taxpayers' pocketbooks are
company which is to construct the ! vitally affected by the conduct of this
new edifice. Today is the date up- office, which disburses $2,500,000
on which tho contractors had expect- yearly, I shall continue 'to apply the
ieu io oe on me ground but they have
not yot arrived. However, according
me scnooi authorities, they will
tic here within a few days and rush
the work.
Renewal or Asylum Activities.
Work on the branch asvium Just
west of the city is proceeding rather
slowly with about twenty-five men on
the job but as soon as all danger of
iit-czmg weatner Is past, Olson &
Johnson, the contractors, will take on
a great forcn and push tho work with
all possible haste. It Is probable that
a night shift will be put on so that
operations will proceed continuously.
Tho sub-contractors for heating
plumbing, and electrical work already
have men on the ground making pre
parations to keep their work apace
with the growth of tho buildings.
The announcement was made Sat
urday that W. F. Matlock will tear
away his old brick buildings on Court
street between Main and Garden pre
paratory to constructing a modern
concrete garage for R F. Trombley
and this means that the upbuilding
of another block In tho business sec
tion will be completed.
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LILTTAV RUSSELL RENIE
REPORT OF MOXEY PEMAXD
Now- York, Feb. 12. Lillian Russel,
the actress, todnv denied a report she
had notified Alexander Moore, the
Keefe. after conferring with business
burg Leader, her fiance, that he must
show her a $60,000 annual Income be
fore she would marry him.
ARRESTS OP InORITES
MAY OCCUR TODAY
Indianapolis, pef 12. Authorities
here are awaiting tho receipt of tele
grams announcing the arrival of the
federal grand Jury Indictments In the
dynamiting cases at the various des
, tinatlon and arrests will probably be
ordered this afternoon or tomorrow.
YOUTH KILLS HIS FATHER
Claims Parent Threatened lives of
Knllro Family
Seattle, Feb. 12. To save the llvee
of his mother and slHter, according
to his statement, John Clark, age
19, shot and' killed his father, John
Clark, Sr., In their small farmhouse
on the old Military road this morn
ing. The old man had been separated
from his family, who were cultivat
ing a small truck garden. Crazed
with drink, the eider man arrived at
the home this morning and threat
ened to kill all the family.
Young Clark sprang out of bed,
grabbed his shot gun and fired its
contents into his parent's body. The
son was arrested and 'brought here.
SECRETARY OLCOTT
HAS LOCAL SUPPORT
Former Salemites Back Him
As Clean and Capable
Official
Petitions for the renomination of
Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott are
being curculated here today and are
meeting with good favor. Among lo
cal former Salemites the secretary
of state is highly regarded and he
U classed as a clean, clear minded,
aggressive young republican. He Is
said to be exceptionally well fitted
for his present position through reas
on of his business experience.
Olcott's platform as given out by
REN W. OLCOTT.
storretniv f Kt.itt Whom M.inv Would
T.ikn t.- H Ko-elerteil.
himself sets forth his views
us fol
lows:
If nominated and elected I will,
during my term of office
Continue to give close personal at
tention to the duties of the office of
secretary, of state for which I nm
equipped by long training and wide
experience as a public accountant.
Continue active and harmonious
acid test to all claims against the
nubile funis.
I request that the following words
be placed after my name on tho of
ficial nominating ballot:
Results talk. My record" Is before
you.- Believe In the Oregon system.
GRANTS' PASS AFTER
LOWER LIGHT RATES
Grants Pass, Or., Feb. 12. At an
adjourned meeting or the city coun
cil Saturday evening an ordinance
was Introduced which, Is passed, will
greatly reduce the present high rate
charged for electricity. The com
pany sells electricity to Ashland at a
greatly reduced price. The ordi
nance, if passed, will practically cut
tho present water rate In half. A
resolution was adopted by the city
council which will annul the present
contract between the Rogue River
Electric company and city of Grants
Pass for lighting the city. t
An amendment to tho city charter
was introduced which will provide for
the Issuance of bonds by the city up to
$400,000 for tho purpose of construct
ing water and electric power plants,
also for lighting purposes. The
thought Is prevalent throughout the
city that both the water and electric
light rates are grossly excessive and
there is an active interest In the de
mand for municipal plants, both for
lighting and water purposes.
Well Governor Wilson had a right
to change his mind about some things;
it Is said that only a fool never
changes his mind.
When a fel'ovv is afraid he can't
live without a certain girl, he might
marry her and find out how easy It
1 It.
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1. 1 AGREES TO
MAKE A SPEECH
Will Probably Outline Poli
cies Before Ohio State
Convention.
DECLARES IT IS HIS DUTY
Acting Governor of California Snys
Strenuous One I Salvation of pro
gressive Movoiuent Joint Hcsoltt
tlon to Endorse Third Term.
New York, Feb. 12. That Col.
Roosevelt will outline his policies in
his speech at Columbus when he ad
dresses the constitutional convention
February 21st Is the belief of poli
ticians. It is expected he will outline
the lines ulion which he will make the
presidential race, In -the event he is
nominated.
Colonel Roosevelt will address mem
btrs of the convention In the fore
noon and then return to New York
in the afternoon.
In writing to Secretary Galbraith,
Colonel Roosevelt said:
"I have been declining invitations
to speak, but this seems not so much
an invitation to speak as a request to
help the representatives of a great
state that Is engaged in a great fun
damental piece of governmental
work, in behalf of the citizens of the
state. Under such circumstances it is
both a pleasure and my duty to ac
cept." Salvation of Progressives.
Sacramento, Feb. 12. "Colonel
Roosevelt is the salvation of tho re
publican progressive movement," Act
ing Governor Wallace declared to
day. "I believe hew:!! tndnin; Vis
candidacy and it will mean ei
official or, unofficial withdr:
ither the
ravval of
Senator La Follette."
Would Endorse Third Term.
Washington, Feb. 12. Senator Reed
today introduced a joint resolution,
making anyone eligible to the presi
dency of the United States who has
served two terms or one and a part
of another. He proposes a constitu
tional amendment fo this effect.
Primary Ijivv for Michigan.
Lansing, Mich, Fob. 12. Chiefly
to consider the presidential primary
law. Governor Osborn today called a
special session of the legislature for
February 26.
OF RECLAMATION ENGINEERS ON WEST
EXTENSION OE UMATILLA PROJECT IS READY
Within a short time tine report of
the engineering board upon the sub
ject of tho West Extension will be
filed with the director at Washington
and a public announcement as to
whether or not tho work will be car
r'ed out may be expected.
As to what the report of the en
gineering board 'will set forth noth
ing Is known but It is significant that
Chief Engineer Davis states that the
board found the majority of the people
In this county to be strongly In favor
of the plan. With many this is ta
ken as indicating the report will fa
vor the project.
Tho following story relating to the
investigating board and Its work ap
peared in the Sunday Oregonian:
Having completed their Investiga
tion of tho feasibility and practicabil
ity of tho proposed west extension of
the Umatilla reclamation project, the
board of government engineers au
thorized to make the Investigation
returned to Portland yesterday. None
of the members of the investigating
party would discuss their report or
the recommendations it contains. The
report was forwarded last night to
the director of the reclamation ser
vlco at Washington. The members of
tho party making tho Investigation
were: D. C. Henny, consulting engi
neer; E. G. Hopson, supervising engi
neer; H. D. Newell, In charge of the
Umatilla project. Oliver P. Morton,
examiner, and Arthur P. Davis, chief
engineer.
Upon the findings of tho board of
engineers will depend tho action of
the reclamation service In respect to
the west extension of the Umatilla
project.
Many Vrg Extension.
The extension was urged by a great
many citizens of Umatl'la county, par
ticularly the Commercial cl.b of Pen
dleton. Vigorous opposition was also
presented by other residents of the
same county on the ground that the
proposed extension was not practi
cable and did not warrant the ex
penditure of the large amount of
money that would be required to com
plete the project. It was to ascertain
the facts that the engineers were di-
rected to visit Umatilla county and
lANCHU RULE
FORMALLY ENDS
Premier Yuan Issues Edict,
Announcing Abdication of
Imperial Family.
THREATENED BY LOYALS
Dethronement of Clan Releases Four
Hundred Million Chinese
Pondage for First Time in
Centuries. .
from
Many
Peking, Feb. 12. Premier Yuan
today formally Issued an edict an
nouncing the abdication of the Man
chu dynasty. He withheld the ver
dict a week to enable him to collect
sufficient troops here to protect the
royal family from other Manchus who
threaten them with death for abdi
cating; The word "abdicate," admitted the
edict, means the throne decided to
discontinue its governmental pow
ers, by confining its future efforts to
pp:ritu:ii matters.
Ry the abdication, four hundred
million Chinese are released from
practical bondage.
It means the ending of a dynasty
which has ruled since 1644.
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MACADAM WANTED BY
JACKSON ST. OWNERS
Indications that the ag old
dreams of north side dwellers are
about to be realized were had this
morning when a petition asking tho
council to macadamize Jackson ftreet
and signed by the majority of the
property owners along that thorough
fare. The petition will be presented
to the council at the regular meeting
Wednesday night, and, according to
Will Moore, one of the principal ad
vocates of the improvement, it will
contain the signatures of practically
every owner of property along the
street. All but three had signified
their approval of the step up until
noon today, he declared.
The petition calls only for the im
provement of Jackson street from
Main street to the city limits, a dlsr
tance of eight blocks. There is con
siderable agitation for the improve
ment of Raley street also but a re-
(Contlnued on page five.)
conduct hearings in order to ascer
tain the actual conditions and more
particularly the feasibility of the un
dertaking. The engineers went to Hermiston
January 29 and devoted the greater
part of 12 days to the investigation,
which consisted of formal hearings
at Hermiston, Pendleton, Arlington
and Stanfield. At tne Pendleton
hearing settlers on the Birch and
McKay creeks, who desire to make
further diversions from those trili"
t.irics of the Umatilla, presented their
case. On another day the engineers
visited these streams and made a de
tailed examination as to their flow
and whether or not tho additional ap
propriation should be permitted. At
Arlington the engineers Interviewed
settlers regarding the proposed John
Day project.
"Until the report of the board
reaches the director of the reclama
tion service at Washington, I am not
permitted to disclose Its contents,
particularly the recommendations we
have made to tho department," said
Mr. Davis, yesterday. "I will say,
however, that although the proposed
west extension of tho Umatilla pro
ject is opposod by a great many peo
ple, a majority of those attending tho
hearings conducted by the board were
in favor of tho extension.
"I was particularly impressed with
the broad-minded attitude taken ot
the situation by a great many Pen
dleton people, particularly by the
members of the Commercial club of
that city. They wero strongly In fa
vor of the extension, although the
project if carried out, would sub
merge a considerable acreage imme
diately tributary to Pendleton before
the water could be diverted for the
irrigation of acreage many miles re
moved from Pendleton, and much of
it In another county altogether.
"Those who appeared before the
board In advocacy of the extension
disclaimed any desire to urge upon
the government the expenditure of
any money In this or any other pro
ject in which from an engineering
and business standpoint the scheme
was not deemed entirely wise and
feasible."
tIES STEEL QUIZ
Leaves X.ashiiigton Without Testify
ing Reforo Committee.
Washington, Feb. 12. J. J. Hill,
the railroad magnate, was not called
before the Stanley investigating com
mittee, which Is probing the steel
trust, today. It was announced that
he left Washington with the under
standing that he will return later to
testify.
James Oakley, president of the
Alabama convict board, testified that
for several years the Tennessee Coal
& Iron company had employed 200
convicts, "leasing" them from the
state.
The Pratt Consolidated Coal com
pany has them now, because the ri
val company delayed too long In re
newing the1 contract. The Tennessee
Coal .company, he said, tried then to
have the other corporation's contract
cancelled.
ELECTRIC C0MPANYIS
AFTER NEW CONTRACT
City Pays Corporation Ap
proximately $8,000 Per
Annum For Juice
The street lighting contract be
tween the city and the Pacific Power
& Light company expires the first of
March and negotiations for a new
contract have been on for some time
between the electric company man
ager and members of the council.
Meanwhile an investigation of rates
charged in other cjties has heen car
ried on by Recorder Thomas Fitz
Gerald under the instructions of the
council.
At the present -time the city pays
the electric company the price of $7.24
per month for each of the 43 arcs In
use. The incandescent lamps used
are computed as equal to three arcs
and the city pays for 43 arcs per
monin, maKing tne total bill per
month for street lighting about $330
per month, or slightly under the sum
ot J '100. per annum.
At the present time Walla Wal'.a
gets arc li;;ht-' for tho sum of $3.50
per mom.'i. or ct a price $1.74 per
are a month cheaper than does Pen
aieton. However the arcs used at
Walla Walla are said to be smaller
than those In use in Pendleton. It
is understood the electric company is
now willing to grant Pendleton the
some rate that is given Walla Walla,
to-vvit. $5.50 per arc.
Aside from paying the Pacific Pow
er & Light company approximately
S4000 per year for street lights the
city also pays the company the sum
of $3500 per annum for pumping wa
ter at the city water works and close
to $300 a year for lights for the local
school houses. Thus making the to
tal amount paid the company by the
city an amount close to $8000 per
year.
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LOCAL MEN URGED TO
BID FOR ASYLUM JOB
The state Is now ready to proceed
with the letting of a contract for lay
ing the sewer line for the branch hos
pital and Superintendent C. A. Mur
phy has blue prints showing the
course of the sewer line from the
asylum to the river. The sewer line
will extend from the rear of the asy
lum power house and extend due
west for a distance of 2500 feet. A 12
inch pipe Is to be used.
Bids upon the work of construct
ing the sewer main are being asked
for by the state board and the con
i tract for the work will be let after
the bids to be submitted have been
rassed upon. Local men are being
urged to corete for the work Inas
much p.s they should be able to do
the work to better advantage than
can outside firms.
tup contract for the asylum sewer
Is a matter entirely separate from the
plumbing contract. The plumbing
contract was let some time ago to tho
Appling-Griggs company of Tacoma.
FRANK JONES HAS
AUTO TIRE FILLER
Frank, B. Jones, former Pendleton
boy and son of the late Madison
Jones, is in line to become a pluto
crat If an invention in which he has
taken an Interest continues to meet
with the success accorded it hus far.
The R. R. Never Puncture Auto
Tire Filler is the name of the Inven
tion and it Is now being turned out
at tho company's headquarters at
126 16th street, Portland. Through
use of the auto tire filler autolsts are
freed from the dream of bursted tires
and s might be expected the thing Is
proving popular. Th company has
been given $30,000 for the Califor
nia rights and young Jones himself
has already been given several flat
tering offers for his interest In the
Invention. However he is of the be
lief it is a good thing and he has re
fused to sell.
You don't have to be an athlete to
throw bouquets at yourself.
HP
IWADERO WILL
BE DICTATOR
Decides Diaz Plan is Only
Way to Maintain Peace In
Restless Mexico.
JUAREZ FEARS AN ATTACK
Citizen Rushing Preparation to Re
sist Army or Five Hundred United
States Resents Inflanratory Re
marks of Act big Governor.
Mexico City. Mex., Feb. 12. Presi
dent Francisco Madero, elevated to
the highest office In Mexico through
the support given him by the people
who rebelled against the dictatorship
of former President Diaz, has decid
ed that democracy is not tho thing
for his country and has established
himself as dictator along the same
lines employed by the man whom he
overthrew. It Is today declared that
Madero now admits that the Diaz
method of ruling the country is the
only way to restore peace in the
troubled country.
As a part of the program for es
tablishing himself, President Madero
will force the resignation of Minister
of War Salas and substitute Geronl
mo Trevino. This report was unof
ficially confired and Is given full
credence generally.
Juarez Threatened.
El Paso, Texas., Feb. 12. Juarez
today is In a foment and citizens of
all classes are feverishly rushing
preparations to resist Colonel Rohas,
who is leading an insurgent army of
five hundred men and who threatens
to attack Juarez tonight.
As no loyal troops have been sta
tioned at Juarez since the recent
mutiny the town is without organized
means of defense and it is up to the
citizens to protect their property and
lives from the invaders.
Acting Governor Gonzales has left
here and Is expected to arrive at Chi
huahua tonight or tomorrow. Before
leaving he stated that he was confi
dent that he would be able to adjust
the difficulties that have arisen in
the state.
It Is reported that a large number
of men are lying in wait for him and
will effect his capture before he
reaches his destination.
U. S. Sliovvs Resentment.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 12. The
United States government today offi
cially authorized the announcement
of a statement that a demand will be
made on President Madero to sum
marily discipline Acting Governor
Gonzales, of the state of Chihuahua,
for tho inflamatory remark he Is de
clared to have made against the Am
erican government.
His alleged remark was: -"The
United States Is crushing Mexico un
der military force."
'GOODWIN' IS NAME
OF ASYLUM STATION
Goodwin Is to be the name by
which the station at the branch asy
lum site Is to bo known in railroad
circles, the name having been chosen
by the officials in honor of M. E.
Goodwin, the father of Pendleton.
Recently Jack O'Neil, traveling
passenger agent of the O.-W. R. &
N. company was in the city and asked
Secretary Keefe of the Commercial
association for suggestions for a
name to be used by the railroad for
the asylum station, and Secrtary
Kefe, after confering with business
people of the city, submitted the
names, "Goodwin" and "Chinook."
Mr. O'Neil In turn sent the names to
headquarters and the former was of
ficially chosen.
Because of the significant part
which M. E. Goodwin plays in the
history of this city and because
practically nothing has been done to
honor and perpetuate his name, tho
choice is meeting with general ap
proval by the townspeople.
It was in 1S69, according to history,
that Goodwin and his wife, who is
row Mrs. Aura Raley, donated a part
of their homestead as a townsito for
a new county seat when a wide-spread
dissatisfaction with the location of
the county offices at Umatilla de
manded a change. The Goodwins at
that time own"d and conducted a
roadhouse where now stands the Ho
tel Pendleton and also a toll bridge
where now the new $33,000 steel
structure connects the north and south
side of the city.
The name Is made more appropri
ate too by reason of the fact that the
asylum site was formerly known as
Swift's station nnd as such played a
part in the history .of the county,
having for a few short months serve 1
as the county seat.
Don't always discount the man who
knows It all. He may really know a
little something, after all.