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VOL 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915.
NO. 8483
pjiay Emai:s Eoma:i
EIIU III HAS
750,000 SOLDIERS
01 BATTLEIFR0NT
flower of Britain's Young Manhood
on the Firing Line in Belgium
and Northern France.
MORE ARE HURRIED FORWARD
Guarded Flotilla of TranHortii Dally
Oohs ( 'limine) With Ttfoops fur
continent In the Ypreg Region
Desperate Fighting ReKirtod lie.
Iwccn ItrltWh and Germans.
LONDON, April 22 The flower of
Britain's young manhood Is now be
ing offered In bloody sacrifice upon
the already sodden battlefields of
Belgium and northern France. Thla
reallautlun was brought home force
fully to Englishmen today, following
a speech by Chancellor of the Ex
chequer Lloyd OeorKe In the house
of commons, when he announced the
British army on the continent con
sists of 36 divisions or approximately
7DS.000 men. It waa accepted that
thla la a conservative estimate of the
British strength, for, guarded by the
channel patrol, a flotilla of transports
Is constantly croWlng. pouring more
men Into French aoll to be hurried to
the front for Kltchener'i "spring
drive." How many of those mention
ed by George have fallen since the
figures were furnished him Is prob
lematic. In the region of the Ypres, the
British are locked In desperate fight
ing with the Germans. Constant at
tacks are being made by the enemy
to retake Hill (0 to the east of Ypres,
which the English took after a deter
mined struggle. The German losses
In this region since April 1? have
been between three and four thou
sand, according to a statement from
Paris. Aj the position held by the
Hermans was of great strength, K-ts
accepted that the British forces un
doubtedly suffered heavy losses In
taking It.
Preparing New Drive.
LONDON, April 22. Advices from
Dutch sources Indicate the Germans
are preparing to launch a new drive
against the main force of the new
British field army. Hallways through
out Belgium are being devoted ex
clusively to the movement of troops
and ammunition since the British cup
tured Hill 60, east of Ypres.
WAR BULLETINS
Germany Will right On.
BERLIN, via Amsterdam, April 22.
"The diplomat's pen must not spoil
what the sword has well achieved,"
was the Impassioned plea of Coun
cilor I'ussache, liberal leader and vice
president of the Reichstag, In dis
cussing the suggestions of peace
which have circulated In various
countries. Germany will never re
turn the land so thickly strewn with
erman blood, he declared.
Villages Arc Submerged.
BUCHAREST, April 22. Many
villages arc submerged and It Is fear
ed lives have been lost In the depart
ments of Fobralla and Tulcea where
the Danube Is rising in an alarming
fashion. The river Is out of Its banks
and Inundating the lowlands. Vil
lages are already under water, which
is still rising.
Romlans Quit Tarnow.
BERLIN, April 22. The evacua
tion of Tarnow, Gallcla, by the Rus
sians has been confirmed, according
to an official statement The Rua
alons were forced to withdraw by
bombardment of Austrian artillery. It
was stated.
Italian Officers Repealled.
BERNE, April 22. All Italian of
ficers sojourning at Swiss resorts
have been ordered to hold themselves
In readiness for lmedlate recall to
their regiments. This Indicated that
Italy la preparing to enter the war on
side of the allies.
French Move Forward,
PARIS, April 22. Unofficial dis
patches resulted In the greatest In
terest being manifested In the French
operations In Alsace and the Vosges
passe. Important movements art be
lieved to be under way In those sec
tions with French troops constantly
strengthening their present positions
and gradually moving forward against
the German line.
Operations' at Standstill
PETROGRAD, April 22. Opera
tions In the Carpathians between the
Russian and Austro-Germana la at a
standstill, according to an official
statement. It Is believed hostilities
will be resumed with great strength;
very soon.
$26,000 Bond Issue
Repealed and Full
Amount Authorized
ORDINANCE CALLING FOR $10,
000 FOR WATER KYKTKM
PASSED IIV t'Ol XCIL.
Kepeul of the $:'6.000 water bond
ordinance and the pumice of a sub
stitute authorizing an Issue of $40 -000,
the reading of a new petition for
the paving of West Alta street, the
fixing of the assessments for the Im-j Attacking Charles Rergman yester
provement of Tustln street, the pas- ay afternoon with a hoe, Joe Wood,
sage of an ordlnulnce providing for a hobo negro. Inflicted a bad wound
sewer extensions on the north side, ,, the atters elbow, Injuring him
und the making of preparations for painfully and perhaps permanently,
sprinkling the streets were among Upturning later In the duv to renew
the matters of business transacted tne UMrr.i. the negro was met with
by the city council last evelng. It volley of shot from an automatic
was the first meeting at which any ; revolver but It Is not believed any
notable business was transacted slnco t,,,, effect.
the filing of the mayoralty case. Uergman who is a white man,
The mayoralty case, It will be re- W11B employed at the home of Al
nirmoereu, resulted rrom me raising
of a question as to the right of John
uyer. as acting major, to sign ie
$26,000 water bonds. This so de
layed proceedings that the water
commission recently voted to refuse
the bids for the bonds and to ask
for new bids on the full 140,000 Is
sue. The ordinances last evening
were simply carrying out the wishes
Third Paving Petition.
The petition for the paving of
West Alta street rum Main to Chest
nut and Chestnut street from Alta to
Webb Is the third one presented with"
In the past few years for this pur
pose. Both of the preceding ones
were held up by 60 per cent remon
strances after a hard fight. The pe
tition last evening was signed by a
large number of property owners and
the sponsors for the movement be-
ileve that they will have a majority Some new men showed up well yes
of the property owners with them ttrday. especially Colesworthy and
thla time. I Huey who won the high Jump and
Following a report by the city en-jhigh hurdles, beating out Myers who
glneer upon the grading of Tustln was scheduled to win these two
street, an ordinance fixing the as- event s. Curl, the half mller, who
segments against the property in has been seriously 111, did not enter
the district waa passed. his favorite race but ran In the quar-
The sewer ordinance provides for ter Instead,
a sewer line from Matlock street The following Is the list of events,
west along the Walters" mlllrace to. the time made, and first, second and
Ray street and north' on Ray to! third place man:
Jackson, and also for laterals from ioo yard dash Time, 10 1-5 sec
Martin and Wilson streets to the 1st, Seibert; 2nd Gordon; third, Bow-
Jackson street sewer. These sewers
will provide connections for 'new resi
dence districts.
Councilman Cole called attention
to the fact that the streets are grow
ing dusty and, upon his motion, the
city recorder was Instructed to ad
vertise for bids, the districts to be
the same as last year. The street
committee was also Instructed to re
pair the sprinklers or buy new ones
The council last evening, passed an
ordinance establishing grades on
Jackson street from Matlock to Ray
and on Malcolm street from Raley
to Washington. . The city engineer
was also Instructed to establish the
sidewalk grade on Wilson street In
front of the new home of Walter Ad
ams. The hose house on the trlangu-;
ular piece of ground at the lntersec-1
tlon of East Court and Alta was or-(
dered moved so that the Civic Club,
may park the tract at once.
ATTORNEYS FOR FRANK TO
MM FIGHT FOR KIM
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY EXPECT
ED TO HE ASKED 1'ROM
GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR.
ATLANTA, Ga,, April 22. Leo
Frank's HtllJon lor a commutation of
the death sctiiciKv to lire imprison
ment nns Mod with tho state prison
COIIUnlNHilHI.
ATLANTA. Ga., April 22. Leo
Frank's application for executive
clemency Is hourly expected at the
state house. Attorneys for the al
leged slayer of Mary Phagan, whoss
appeal was refused by the supreme
court, said they would ask for a
commutation of the death sentence to
Imprisonment, rather than pardon.
The fight for his freedom will not be
abandoned, however, It waa said.
Publishers Moot.
NEW YORK, April 22. The annu
al banquet of the American Publish
ers' Association will be held tonight.
$1,23 ASKEO FCR SEPT,
WHEAT III CHICAGO PIT
PORTLAND PRICE TODAY FOR
CLim IS 11.25; I1LUESTEM
SELLS AT 11.82.
CHICAGO, April 22. (Special.)
For May wheat a dollar sixty and a
half was bid today. The closing price
on July waa a dollar thirty five and
three quarters. For September deliv
ery a dollar twenty three and one
eighth was asked.
Portland Market.
PORTLAND. Ore., April 22. (Spe
cial.) Club was quoted here today at
a dollar twenty five; bluestem at a
dollar thirty two.
NEGRO HOBO MAKES AnACK ON
WHITE IN 111 HE SB
PAH 111 ON AM
. Richardson, colored, on west Court an automatic revolver and fired seven
street to bund a chlrnneyt WooJ ,a,jtlmeg at him but does not think any
hoeing In the Hlchardson garden for
a meal when. It Is said, Bergman ap
proached him and asked his assist
ance in some task. The negro not
only refused, It Is said, but struck a
Junior Class of Hiqh School Wins Meet
at Kounri-Un Park
r
Yesterday at the Round-up
grounds the Junior class of the high
school ran away with the interclass
track meet, winning with seventy
points, while the seniors and sopho-
mores
led for second with sixteen
.each and the freshmen
brought up
the rear with fifteen.
man.
120 yard hurdles Time. 19 3-5
sec. 1st. Huey; 2nd, Myers; Srd,
Chlsholm.
That the grain rates by rail from
Umatilla county to Portland are far
too high compared with the rajes
prevailing for greater distances In
the middle west Is Indicated by tes.
tlmony Just given before the Inter
state Commerce Comlsslon In Chica
go by Jean Paul Muller, freight rate
expert formerly with the commission
Mr. Muller Is now appearing for the
National Council Farmers' Coopera
.ve association which Is opposing an
Increase In grain rates asked for by
4 1 western railroads.
t'ndcr a Chicago date line the story
of Mr. Muller's testimony was pub
lished today In the Portland Grego
rian, The story ln part follows:
Grain Traffic Profitable,
After reviewing ln detail the meth
ods he used ln assembling the figures
showing gross profit and operating
expenses of the railroads, Mr. Muller
said:
It Is my opinion that grain traffic
nlore profitable to these four car
rier. tne Rock iiand, the Santa Fc.
the Burlington and the St. Paul
roads, than the average of all other
traffic carried by them."
His deductions were made from re
ports and statistics furnished him by
the railroad officials.
In the review of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific operating expenses
and revenue, Mr. Muller declared.
"Tho total road cost divided by the
reported number of loaded freight
car miles, with an allowance for the
cost of empty return haul figured at
40 per cent of the loaded gives a
road movement coBt per loaded car
per mile of 6.928 cenU.
Cost $SB, Revenue 58.82 Per Car.
"The average haul, as determined
by the examination of the movement
of 8731 cars, between various west
ern states, waa 869 miles. This mile,
age, multiplied by the road haul cost
per mile, gives a total average road
haul cost on grain and grain pro
ducts of 124.87 per car. Adding te
this a total terminal movement cost
of $10.18 per car. gives a total ex
pense of $36 per car. The average
revenue li 68.32 per car.
"The net operating revenue Is,
therefore, equivalent to a gross profit
of 68.66 per cent at an operating ra
tio of 60.01 per cent, as compared
with a gross profit of 88 87 per cent
on all freight at an operating ratio
EXPERrS FIB INDICATE
UMATILLACOUNTY FARMERS PAY
EXORBITANT FREIGHT CHARGES
vicious blow at th whlteman's head,
liergman dodged aid threw up his
arm, the sharp blade of the hoe
striking his elbow,1 cutting an ugly
wound and chipped off part of the
bone. , -
The assailant made his escape and
the officers could find no trace of,
him when they were called to the
scene. Later, however, he returned
to the Richardson home where Berg
man was staying. Bergman grabbed
of the bullets took effect.
The officers have made a thorough
search for the colored man who li
described as a man between 35 and
40 years old and roughly dressed.
Yesterdav hv 70 Points
' 4 I
220 yard dash 25 flat, lat, Boy-
lert; 2nd, Latourelle; 3rd, Seibert.
Mile run Time, 4.52 1-6. 1st,
Mlnnls; 2nd, A. Reed; 3rd, Baker.
50 yard dash-Time! 5 4-6 sec. 1st,
Bowman; 2nd, Gordon; Srd, Seibert.'
440 yard dash Time, 55 3-5 sec.
1st, Boylen; 2nd, Curl; 3rd, Seibert. i
220 yard hurdled Time, 28 3-5.'
Gordon,; 2nd, Ru.ell; 3rd, Latour-
Half mile run-Time, 2 21 1-5. 1
Boylen; 2nd, A. Reed; Srd, Casey.
Relay Ceded to Juniors.
Pole vault Height, 10 feet. 1st
Osborne; 2nd, Gordon; Srd, Huey,
High Jump Height, 4 feet 11 ln.'Tj,: A, "'. ui ur IrT
1st, Colesworthy; 2nd, Chlsholm; Srd
Huey.
Discus Distance, 88 feet 4 In. 1st
Kerrick; 2nd, Ulrlch; 3rd, Brown.
Shot put Distance, 35 feet 8 In.
1st, Russell; 2ntLFrledly; Srd. Bow
man. "
Broad Jump Distance, 18 feet 2
1-2 Inches. 1st, Seibert, 2nd, Rus
sell, 3rd, Bowman.
of 72.01 per cent and a gross profit
of 33.74 per cent on all business,
both freight and passenger, at an
operating ratio of 74.77 per cent. On
grain alone the retuwis are equivalent
to a gross profit of 44.67 per cent." I
!
Applied to this section, the esti
mates given by Mr. Muller would
mean that It costs the railroad ap
proximately two cents a bushel to
haul wheat from Pendleton to Port
land whereas the rate charged Is
eight and one-third cents.
The distance to Portland Is 231
miles. Multiplying this distance by
the cost per car mile makes J16 to
which may be added 310 for termi
nal costs, making a total of $26 per
car to Portland. On this basis the
rute per bushel on an 80,000 pound
car is slightly under two cents a
bushel and on a 70.000 pound cat
amounts to two and two-tenths cents
per bushel.
According to the Muller testimony
the average charge made by the
western roads for a 369 mile haul Is
858 82 per car. This is but five;
cents a bushel on a 70,000 pound car
cents a ousnei on a .u.uuw pound car
with a haul considerably farther thaq ,
from Umatilla county points to Port
land. NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Attorneys for o Frank ask that
death penalty be commuted.
England has army of over 200.000
on the continent.
Colonel Roosevelt surprbrtngly ralm
under eross examination.
T aroma and Seattle larred bv earth.
quake.
Local.
Attorney are arguing damage salt;
to jury una evening.
111 MoRrian sueennihs to apoplexy.
Negro attacks white man with hoe;
latter alioots seven tunes.
Horse and mule raisers to organise
to nut on show.
Full $40,000 water bond issue an-
tliorlzed; petition presented asking for
.uaving of West Alia.
Farmers pay exorbitant freight
cliargea. a
FINAL
A1E
hUYM
HIIUUl
nrpin
DLuur
Attorneys Will Probably Occupy Most
of Afternoon and Case May go to
the Jury This Evening.
SPECTATORS FILL COURT-ROOM
-
,,
S,a"d,n V."" rwmlum During
Clotting Hours of Trial Judge Fee
Opens Argument for l'lalntiff-lurj
Visits Scene of Accident This Morn.
Ing Bicycle Exhibited.
With an audience of spectators that
Is crowding even the standing room
In the court room the attorneys In the
Twitchell-Thompson 130,000 damage
suit are this afternoon making their
arguments to the Jury. The argu
ments themselves will probablv re
quire all of the afternoon and It is
d""bt"" whether the jury win retire
""til evening. The reading of the In
structions by Judge Phelps will take
no "tt!e 1 me ln lt8elf- both si P-
senting voluminous instructions on the
law to the court.
The arguments began at 11 o'clock
thl ng with Judge Fee opening
wi mo piaimui ana at z:30 ne still
held the floor. He will be followed
probably by Frederick Steiwer for the
defendant leavlnz Col Rniav in !.,
for the defendant and Judge Bennett
tor the plaintiff. The arguments will
J10" 1uest'on' be one of the most
important features of the case as all
four of the attorneys have reputations
for ability In Jury addresses.
Fee opens Argument.
T'nnn trA Mtnex & U . a
their Instructions to the Judge and
I the plaintiff opened the argument to
' the Jury. He talked up until the
noon hour and resumed again at 1:30
j this afternoon. He rehearsed ln
general the full testimony of the
plaintiffs witnesses, placing particu
lar stress upon the testimony of
John Phay and on the evidence tend
ing to show that there were heavy,
burned tracks as of heavy wheels
sliding, running diagonally across tho
crown of the street, beginning within
five or six feet of the east curb. It
is apparent that Phay's testimony and
the evidence relating to these tracks
will be the important points upon
which the attorneys for the Injured
boy will make their stand.
Judge Fee opened his argument by
impressing upon the Jury the solem
nity of their duty. Seven of the 12
Jurors are owners of autos, he said,
and he urged that they do not allow
that fact to affect their Judgment.
He called attention to the fact that
automobiles are becoming so preval
en nowadays that the risk of being
upon the street is greater. The
streets were made for all without re
l ",,,7 Cn,,itlo,n' he "T
the rP's'b 1 Protecting the
young and old and helpless from
these cars rests largely upon the driv
ers. He Impressed the Jury that the
boy, according to the testimony of
the physicians, will be a cripple men
tally and physically through life, and
that he Is a boy of poor parentage.
Following these preliminary state
ments, he launched Into a discussion
of the testimony, his presentation
being strong and forceful.
It is apparent at this time that the
defendant's' attorneys will attack the
testimony of John Phay. raising a
doubt as to his witnessing the acci
dent or assisting in picking up the
injured boy as he claimed. Judge
Fee called attention to the fact that
Phay went upon the stand without
having told his story to the attorneys
of either side.
(Continued on page 4.)
urDI,,.Tn1u utt i uavt
HfcltMia 1 UN W ILL. HAVt
RURAL ROUTE MAY 17
WASHINGTON, April 22. Rural
route No. 1 will be established at
Hermiston, Ore, May 17. It will be
26 miles long and serve 142 families.
The carriers salary will be $616 and
the service will be triweekly.
Fraternal Day at ExioIUiin.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22. This
ls Fraternal Day at the Panama-Pa-
jclflc exposition. The celebration.
ne,d ln connection with Insurance
Week w as expected to be one of the
' '" events of the period given over to
fraternal and Insurance organizationa
A big parade in which uniformed
ranVs of various fraternal orders par-
tlciPated was one of the features.
Senator's Birthday.
WASHINGTON, April 22 Senator
Miles Polndexter of Washington, the
lone progressive member of the IT. 8.
senate, was today receiving congratu-
lations upon his 47th birthday annl-
versary.
1
Fat men are good natured because
good natured men are usually fat.
ver 200 Million
Will be Spent by
Belligerents Here
ESTIMATES ARK MADE t PON
' SI MS ALREADY SPFNT BY
WARRING COUNTRIES.
NEW YORK. April 22. If the
European war continues until Sep
tember, two hundred million dollars
will have been spent In this country'
by the belligerents, according to a
prominent Wall street banker, who
refused to permit the use of his nam'
because he is closely associated with
foreign Olivers. His estimate is baa
ed on figures issued by the govern
ment as to the amount expended by
the warring nations for war material
between September, 1914, and March
1915. Nearly .a hundred million dol
lars have been invested In the United
States during this period In horses,
auto trucks, cartridges, powder,
horseshoes, motorcycles, barbed wire
and explosives, according to figures.
TACOMA .
SHAKE IN
BY QUAKE
TACOMA, April 22 The severest
earthquake shock ever felt here caus
ed a near panic in the business sec
tion when buildings rocked and hun
dreds of persons rushed Into the
streets In alarm. The tremor occur
red at 10:25 and lasted five seconds.
No damage has been reported
SEATTLE, April 22 The Univer
sity of Washington's seismograph
showed no record of an earthquake.
However, a shock waa noticed by
many Seattle residents. In Mayor
Gill's office in the city hall the chan
deliers swung violently and the may
or started out of his chair ln alarm.
PHIL M'BRIAN, VETERAN
DRAYMAN, CALLED BY DEATH
STROKE OF APOPLEXY SUFFER
ED YESTERDAY WHILE AT
WORK IS FATAL.
Phil McBrian, veteran drayman of
Pendleton, died last night from the
stroke of apoplexy suffered while at
work during the forenoon. The fu
neral Is to be held at 2 o'clock to
morrow afternoon from the Brown
urdertaking chapel. The service at
the grave will be conducted by the
Odd Fellows.
Mr. McBrian was born in Jefferson
county, Illinois, July 23, 1845, ana
crossed the plains to Oregon with the
Furnish family in 1865. In 1868 he
was married to Nancy Campbell who
died In June, 1880. In 1892 he was
married to Mrs. Sarah Barr, the
wedding occurring on Christmas day
He is survived by Mrs. McBrian. by
one daughter, Mrs. Mary Vogel ot
Seattle, one step daughter, Mrs. Maj
Fisher of Portland and a step-son,
Edwtrd Barr. of this city.
At one time the deceased served
as city marshal of Pendleton.
School Alumni Meet.
SOMEKV1LLE, Mass.. April 22
The annual reunion of the omerville
High School association will be held
tonight.
BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK
BY GERMANS SAYS BERLIN
ATTEMPTED RAID ON KAISER'S
NAVAL STATION ItESlLTS
IX FAILURE.
BERLIN, April 22. One British
submarine was sunk and others are
believed to have been severely dam
aged when a raid was attempted upon
Heligoland, the German naval base,
the admiralty announced. For sever
al days reports have been received of
the activities of British submarines at
various points, the statement declar
ed. German destroyers then put out
to meet the vessels attempting an at
tack on Heligoland last night. One
submarine was sent to the bottom,
and the ethers were fired on and be
lieved seriously damaged by the Ger
mans. Efforts to reach the German
naval base were checked without
damage to the German vessels en
gaged. HEAVY RAINS ARE
SWEEPING OVER, TEXAS
DALLAS. Texas. April 22.
Railroad traffic In many sec
tions In Texas ls paralyxed as a
result of heavy ra'ns sweeping
the state for the past 48 hours.
Oklahoma has been similarly
Visited. Great damage to fruit
and grain in eastern Texas Is
reported.
T.R. REMAIflSCALM
MOST Of THE III
le sharp ri
Counsel for William Barnes Cross-
Examines Roosevelt Testimony
Mostly Covers Previous Ground.
FORMER CHARGES REPEATED
ni-PartisBn Combination Retold la
More Detail Before Croaa-Examl.
nation I Taken Up Colonel He
traces Ills IoIit(cal Career Ar
ticles Are Rend In Court.
SYRACUSE. April 22. Roosevelt
put In another "corking" session to
day as a witness ln the libel ault
brought against him by William
Barnes. He was under cross exami
nation at the hands of counsel for
Barnes. He was surprisingly calm,
but occasionally broke forth ln a vig
orous reply punctuated by sharp raps
with his fist on the witness chair.
The bi-partisan combination with
Barnes and "Chief" Murphy at the
head was gone into further before
the cross examination was taken up.
Roosevelt reiterated hta charges of
the organizationa uniting to defeat
Hughes on the primary measure, the
corporation franchise tax and the Ag-new-Hart
anti-racing bill.
During the first hour of the cross
examination Roosevelt gave little im
portant additional testimony.
Particular stress waa laid by the
colonel's counsel upon the evidence
through which they sought to show
the charges made against Barnes
were written and uttered without
malace. Newspaper and magaxlne
articles attacking Barnes were read
but Justice Andrews ruled they pre
sented no Justification for the alleg
ed libel.
The defense contended that Roose
velt believed the articles when he
read them and showed his state of
mind when he made charges against
the republican leaders. The colonel
declared the alleged libel was Issued
primarily to reach the New York
voters during the campaign last sum
mer. In cross examination Roosevelt
again retraced his early political his-'
tory and caused some surprise when
he didn't "come back" when ques
tioned regarding his eligibility ln re
lation to his residence to run for
governor in 1908.
HORSE AND MOLE RAISERS
TO ORGANIZE IN COUNTY
MEETING WILL BE HELD MAY t
SHOW TO BE HELD HERE
SOME TIME IN FALL.
With a view to holding a horse
and mule show in Pendleton some
time this fall, an organization of
L'matilla county horse and mule rais
ers is to be formed in the Immedtate
future. A call meeting is to be held
in the Commercial club rooms at 2
o'clock on the afternoon of May I.
at which time steps will be taken to
band together the breeders Into a
county organization which will be
come a subordinate part of the state
association of horse and mule raisers.
A committee consisting of Dr. t.
W. Lassen, county veterinarian, W
W. Hurrah and It. O. Earn hart.
making preliminary nrennrations tor
the meeting. They have arranged
that either Prof. Potter or Prof. Ken
nedy of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege will be here on May I to address
the meeting. Prof. Potter was here
yesterday and strongly advocated
the organization.
Umatilla county at this time la the
richest county In the state in pure
bred stallions, according to state sta
tistics. There are sixty of these stal
lions In the county besides a number
of pure-bred Jacks. In fact horse
raising on a scientific basts has
grown to big proportions over the
county and It ls believed an organiza
tion and an annual show will do
much to stimulate It further.
It 1s the Intention to hold the horse
and mule show ln thla city sometime
during the fall, probably at Round-up
Park. The show will be Independent
ot all other shows or fairs and the
stock will be Judged by outside men
who are competent to pass upon the
stock.
FAMOUS OPERA IMPRESARIO
PASSES AWAYAT PORTLAND
MARIO LAMHAKDI KTUICKEV
WITH APOPLEXY WIIILK
PUWING III I LI A It DS.
PORTLAND. Ore., April 2J Ma
rio Iimbardi. 66, the world's fsmon
grand opera Impresario, whose com
pany ls playing an engugrment her,
died of apoplexy. He was strliki-n
last nliiht nhlle playing Miliaria.