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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
-DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1915.
NO. 8491
MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE AT BIG EDDY WR CELEBRATION
CEREMONY AT THE
QPEtlltIG OF CANAL
ATTRACTS THR
Celebration Fleet Passes Through
Cana! About Noon Ceremonies
at Big Eddy are Very Impressive.
the canal the waters of the rivers
that flow through the conimunltlet
given new trade opportunities by the
opening of the cutial.
BAPTISTS WIN FIRST GAME
AT OPENING OF NEW LEAGUE
BIO EDDY. Ore, May S (Special)
-It l estimated that more than 10,-; or
METHODISTS LOSE BY MORE OF
TO 2 XK.XT AMK FRI
DAY EVEMXti.
The BaptlKta last evening won the
opening name of the Twilight League
by a genre of ( to 2 but they sacri
ficed their captain In the battle.
Claude Penland, entering the game a
aick man. played to the finish and as
CHINA IS PREPARING FOR
WAR AGAINST JAPANESE
PEKIX, May 5. China expects the
appearance of Japanese troops before
Pekln. Determined not only to pro
tect the nation's integrity by refusing;
to concede the demands made by Ja
pan, but bound by treaties with
other nations to deny at least one of
the demands, China is preparing for
war. Every preparation Is being
made by the government to resist Jap
anese agression with all the strength
China can muster.
2000 .More Britons Strike.
LONDON. May 6. Two thousand
a result may be abed for two weeks ' laborers who were engaged In con-
Dream of 40 Years
is at Last Realized
in Celilo Opening
JOSEPH X. TEAL, IX ADDKKSK
BIG EDDY, PAYS TRIBITK
TO THE III 1LDEHS.
AT
BIO EDDY, Ore., May 5. (Special.)
Joseph N. Teal of Portland was the
chairman of the day at the formal ob
servance here today of the opening of
the Celilo canal. 1
FLEET Of FISHIK JMATILLA COUNTY
VESSELS BLOI u. DELEGATION HAVE
OK UNDERSEA BOAT SPLEIIOIO HEY
more. He strained hia Bide
In
, iiiviiii dvi uiiilu ii i aa aiiuu ait
000 people are here today for tho1 some manner and is now under the
ceremonies attendant upon the open- care of physicians,
lng of The Dalles-Cclllo canal. The The game was a mighty good one
ceremonies began at I o'clock this aft- considering the fact that few of the
"noon. players have had any practice for
This Is the supreme day of the Co- years. Up until the middle it was a
lumbia river basin for ns Portland nip and tuck affair with few errors
and Astoria clasped hands across thejand good pitching. . Hinderman
Celilo canal with IewlHton, Kennewlckt worked for the Methodists and had
structlng houses to accommodate the
workers at the Woolwich arsenal, the
largest In Great Britain, went on
strike. The men demand higher wages.
and Pasco, the canal was dedicated
to commerce, the Columbia was offi
cially aird formally declared the open
river. The thousands of people as
. sembled here are rejoicing that
steamers now travel In regular service
from tidewater to Lewiaton.
The celebration fleet passed through
the canal, entering at Tumwater
fulls, near Celilo, about noon.
Though there had been celebrations White to Fa Murphy
nt many points along the line, the BOSTON, May 4. Charlie White,
Big Eddy program crowned tlym all. the clever Chicago lightweight and
impressive was the ceremonial when hddle Murphy, the Boston fighter,
young women from towns of the Co
the Baptist batters pretty well fooled
until the latter part of the game.
Joe Wilcox was in the box for the
Baptists and twirled good ball
throughout.
The next game of the season will
be Friday evening when the Pres
bteil,.ii and Christian teams encounter.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
I'lilna prepares for war.
Celilo canal formally ojK-nntl.
lumbia and Us tributaries poured Into to be staged by the Atlas A. A.
Local.
I nuilllla celebrates oMnlng of Ce
lilo canal In rousing way; big crowd
Kites aboard "Annie CoinlngV' for
down-river trip.
Architect employed for library
building'. ,
John J. Hinderman passes away.
Students of manual training ami
meet In a twelve round bout at a show domestic science departments exhibit
LONDON, May 6. In a sudden
raid uonn thp Enellsh flshine fleet In
In his address, j Mr. Teal told of the the North sea, a German submarine
great advantage now to be derived with a fac simile of an Iron cross
through the completion of the big painted on the conn ng tower is
ancn and paid aj high tribute to the known to have sunk 11 trawlers and
men who have supervised the con- It Is feared that others were also de
struction and to those pioneera in the stroyed. This latest attack, designed
movement for an open river. further to strike at the food supply
Mr. Teal'a address In full wan as of Ena-lanit was mnrtp nn Monrfov Tn.
follows;
day the crews of the vessels destroyed
handiwork.
Diagram of Celilo Canal as it Looks Today
Mi.MWfl
w-r-tM
ieany ten years ago. to be exact, began to reach port after being
on the 8rd day of June, 1805, a num- picked up by other vessels. All th
ter of "open rlvtr" enthusiasts of the men of the 1 1 vessels sunk were res
northwest celebrated the completion cued and brought to port. They told
of the Oregon portage railway around thrilling stories of their struggles
the obstruction! of the Columbia while adrift In small boats,
river. The last aplke was driven home The trawlers sent to the bottom
by the governors of the three north- were the Hector. Progress, Coquett,
west states, Chamberlain of Oregon, Iolanthe, Hero, Northwards, Bob
Mead of Washington, and Gooding of Wh te, Rugby and three others yet
Idaho.- In addition to these gentle- unidentified,
men directly representing the states
concerned, Mr. V. W. Wheelwright,
Mr. w. J. Mariaer. and the speaker.
also lent their aid in tying down the
id n tnat allowed, the first locomotive,
the "C. H. Lewis," to pass over an
unbroken line of steel from Celilo to
the Big Eddy. The "Mountain
Gem," under the command of Cap
tain W. P. Gray, made the trip from
Lewlston to CeUIo loaded with men
and women, among them Senator
Heyburn. The significance of that
occasion lay quite as much in, what aerman, for many years a gardener
waa hoped for In the future as in an(1 farmer of this county, died at his
what had been accomplished. Tho ''ome In this city last night of corn
construction of a railroad nine miles locations incident to old age. The
long was not of much consequence; lueral will be held tomorrow 'after
but the spirit behind Its building car- noon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist
rled a leBson which all could under- church with Rev. C. A. Hodshlre in
stand. charge.
Today we have come together ta Deceased was a native of Switzer
celebrate the consummation of the '"nd, having been born In Canton
efforts, the hopes, the dreams of more Zurich of that country December 18,
than forty years, From the peerless 183- He came to America when 14
c:ty of Spokant-Jffrom Idaho's seaport yars old and settled first in Pcnn
Lewiston, from the twin cities of the sylvania. In 1858 he came to Ore
Columbia. Pasco and Kennewlck, from Bon and had since been a resident of
I'matilla, from Walla Walla, from tnis state. He lived at Oregon City
JOHN J, HINDERMAN, WELL
KNOWN FARM-R, IS DEAD
EXl) COMES LAST XIGIIT HtOM
COMPLICATIONS INCIDENT
TO OLD AGE.
At the age of 80 years, John J. Hln-
i enmeton, representatives of the In
land Empire have come to rejoice.
I-rom The Dalles, from Portland
from Astoria by the sea, from city and
farm in every section drained by the
mighty Columbia river, this throng
has gathered, moved by a common lm
pulse to commemorate an event of
the utmost consequence to the north
west the opening of The Dalles-Celi-lo
canal. While the completion of
this great engineering work great
even In this day of great things Is in
Itself well worthy of being celebrated
the reasons which have brought us
together lie far deeper. This mighty
work symbolizes the stern, unfalter
ing determination of the people that
our waters shall be free free to serve
the uses and purposes of their crea
tion by a divine Providence. It
means that our unyielding purpose to
secure a free river from the moun
tains to the sea will ultimately be
realized. It means the recognition by
all that throughout this vast territory
there is no division of interest. This
id a common country with a common
purpose, a common destiny; and this
stream, from its source to where it fi
nally weds the ocean and is lost In
the mighty Pacific, Is one river our
river In which we all have a com
mon share.
Tribute to Workmen.
I must record, if only In passing,
the pleasure and satisfaction it is to
a number of years and in 1874 In
that place was married to Margaret
L. Groom, To them was born six
daughters and one son. Four of the
children still survive, namely. Misses
Josephine and Alberta Hinderman
(Staff Correspondence.)
ABOARD THE ANNIE COMINGS,
May 5. The I'matilla county delega
tlon Is enjoying a splendid trip down
the Columbia today. Over two hun
dred people are aboard, the orches
tra la playing "It's a Long Way to
Tipperary" and the crowd Is singing
"It's a Long Way to Old Celilo.
There la dancing on the tower deck.
the weather is ideal and everybody'i
happy.
The "Annie Comings'' left Ctnatil-
la at 5:30 this morning, following the
"t'ndine," 'Umatilla'' and "Asotin"
ana being followed by the "J. X.
Teal" which spent the n ght at Pas
co.
At Irrlgon the people of th.at vi
clnity were massed upon the banks
end presented huge bouquets of lo
cust blossoms to the fleet. The
steamers played tango music with
their whistles and passed on their
way down the big river.
The only thing that has marred
the excursion so far is a drowning
wh'ch occurred at Pasco yesterday
off the "J. X. Teal."
PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER COUNTY HAVE
TIME AT UMATILLA
Little City Accommodates the Throng
Which Was on Hand Last Night to
Take Part in Celilo Celebration.
LOCAL ARCHITECT WILL EE
EMPLOYED ON NEW LIBRARY
RAYMOND HATCH" AXD POItT
LAND FIRM WILL DRAW IP
BlILDING PLANS.
At a meeting held last evening by
the library board, it was decided to
employ Raymond Hatch of this city
and Johnson & Mayer of Portland as
architects for the new county library
l.uildlng to be constructed just north
of the Main street bridge in Pendle
ton. The employment of the local
architect and the Portland firm as
associates was in the nature of a
compromise, some members of the
board having favored the local man
and the other prefering the Portland
ers. Now that a satisfactory settlement
has been made of the selection of an
architect, the other preliminary work
DECORATION EVERYWHERE
Community Cooperate In Providing
Program for GneMs Baseball id
One of the Feature of Ue After
noon Attack on Old Fort Is Staged
In the Evening.
and John Hinderman of this city ancT will be done with as much dispatch
Mrs. Dan McQuade of Portland. Two
grandchildren. Balfe and Sheldon
Clrich, also live in this city.
Mr. Hinderman for 35 years had
been a member of the Methodist
church. He also held membership in
the Oregon City lodge, I. O. O. F.,
having Joined there more than 40
years ago.
as possible. The first thing necessary-
is for the architects to prepare pre
liminary plans for submission to the
Carnegie corporation.
see here many of those who for mans
ears have stood manfully shoulder
to shouhler In an unselfish effort to
unshackle this river, to afford great
er opportunities to the people, to free
crmmerce from heavy burdens. I de
light to congratulate them upon the
success of their efforts And I desire; 4
also tn speak a word In memory ot i
those who are gone. When
of the years men like Dr. N.
Montenegro is Attacked.
CETT1NJE, via London, .May 5.
A Montenegrin official statement
says:
"The Austrians are showing re
newed activity along the entire Mon
tenegrin front, but we have repulsed
all their assaults. '
4
MAY WHEAT CLOSES
AT $!.! BID
CHICAGO, May 5. At the
I think close of the exchange here May
G. Bin-! was $1.61 bid; July, t 34 3-8
lock of Walla Walla and Mr. Her
man Wittenberg of Portland, as well
as others I have not time to mention,
gave to this work. I can but hope that
they are here in spirit, rejoicing with
vs.
(Continued on page two i
bid; Sept., f 1.24 bid.
PORTLAND. Ore., May 5
Bluestem was 11.28 bid and
club $1 24 bid on the Merchants'
exchange.
0
(Staff Correspondence.)
I'MATILLA. Ore., May 5. It was
a great old day for Umatilla!
Not In her whole history of some
fifty-odd years and more has the tea
rort tow n of the county seen auch a
crowd surging up and down her sandy
streets and not since the early days
when 3000 people claimed this town
as their home has such life and activ
ity been seen. The good people ot
Umatilla planned to make their day
of celebrating the completion of the
open river a memorable one and thJ.
succeeded so well that they are happy
today In spite of their weary bodies.
There was a great crowd for the
festivities. The crowd was a big one
in the morning, grew every hour dur
ing the afternoon and reached Its
maximum when the special train from
Pendleton arrived af 7:30 and un
loaded more than 200 people. Her
miston aent over almost her entire
population at one time or another
Stanfield did almost as well, Echo
sent large numbers and In fact there
was hardly a community in the coun
ty that was not well represented.
Forty or fifty automobiles rolled In
during the day, all laden with cele
bra tors. -
Right here let It be said that Uma
CHa played the part of host in a most
admirable manner. It is an easy mat
ter for a city the size of Pendleton
to put on a celebration hut the Job
the citizenship of Umatilla had on
its hands was one fraught with many
obstacles and handicaps. In the first
place her hotels and private homes
were entirely inadequate to accom
modate the people wanting to staf
overnight. Anticipating Just this sit
uation as the Pendleton people antici
pate the Round-up crowds, they had
secured a large number of cots with
tedding and none who wanted to
sleep but found a place.
The Umatillans had made their town
very attractive for the occasion, too.
by day the street", private homes and
v. aterfront fluttered with flags anl
hunting and by night strings of in
candescent lights Illumined the streets
in a very pretty way. while oriental
lanterns were hung about the princi
pal centers of festivity.
Every citizen was in on the job of
j helping the visitors have a good time.
: In fact it was only this community co.
j operation, this esprit de corps that
i made the celebration possible. No
j group of individuals In the town could
!have accomplished what was accom
j pushed by the united effort of all. At-
most eery private home took In
guests and at least one loilse. the Ma
i sonic order, held open house for all.
'Continued on page eight)
iV.ov 7PUTr-
THE DALLES-CELILO CANAL.
VI.- II i .. ..
nas Deen completed alter iu years ol work and at an expenditure
850,000 in government money.
The first work waa done in 1905 under contract. In 1910 the United States army engi
neers discontinued the contract system and completed the project with hired labor
or flf ,,argest number of men at work at one time on the canal was 1500. A force of
25 will be necessary to operate the locks. ?
Eight men were killed on the work less than one a year.
abovehThePDarile9d f waterway is at Ccli, falls and the lower at Bi? Eddy. three miles
The Celilo canal is 8 miles long, 65 feet wide and eight feet deep at low "water.
There are five locks which are 45 feet wide and 800 feet long
The canal overcomes a drop of 81 feet in the Columbia river and affords boats unin
terrupted navigation from the mouth of the Columbia to Lewiston, Idaho, 500 miles in
land on the Snake fiver.
PSaW1 Cv.ks,ar the twin chambers at Bi Eddy. These two locks lift and lower
boats 70 feet. The locks are operated by hand.
3' " ' ' 1.