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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL I'APEk
VOL 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
NO. 8740
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HARVESTER FACTORY IN SIGHT
BLEWETT MACHINES WILL
KAISER AT VERDUN
FRONT SAYS CITY
MUST BECAPTURED
Victory Will Open Way for Drive on Paris
Germans Capture Several Outlying Cities, the
French Retiring Under Heavy Attacks-ln
Other Sections German Forces are Repulsed
Both Sides Lose Heavily-French Capital is
Only 130 Miles Away.
LONDON, Feb. M. Under the
ea of tin- Kaiser, tlif Crown
Prince, uho ims been appointed
'Tmmnndf of tin- armies In Al-
nwv ami the Rouse, has forced
tils n within tun range of Ui-
fortress of Verdoa. Itorlln olalm-
rd the capture or towns within
-u miica from tin' northern Out
skirts of the fortress.
i-si-s on IhiiIi aldea probabi)
hare amounted to no.ooo since
the prince liegun his on-luuglit.
The oombai Is -illl raging al
oag a IS uille front north of
Verdun, with no sign of weaken-
In.
OP1 N II IQKN, Feb. M. The
kaiser arriwit MMbU on the Verdun
Iront Ui enrouragv bin nicn. Hi ud-dn-il
tlicm. urging Uu'lii to iiin
iiier Verdun ut any coat.
lil III. IS. Feb. 21. Headquarters ;
annonnood UM minure of Brabant snr1
Mow. Hauinoiii Woods, Samo'neani.
Jndd and Herbs and also a wooded
li-triet nirt-tliwesi of Beaumont,
nme Ullages are within a radius ol
-'ien mill's of Verdun, the foltt
nvalnst which Hie drlic is dlns ted. I
r tins. Feb,
i i aenatiil snr
21 The
Mouse
IVcm-h liavc
eltfht miles
north of erdiin under ii Iii'uvi ultui'k.
txxnm unique admitted. I he I'reueli
alsi, lost a Kirtloii of tin' Caitn-s
Council Members
Are in Favor of
Good Roads Plan
INFORMAL EXPRESSIONS s(t
TIIKV I.I, PROBABLY BACK
BOND issi-e.
Informal expression from members;
if th city council last evening Indl
. ales that, with hardly an exception. !
they are for the building of good, per-
rnanant roads in Umatilla county and
will probably favor the proposed bond
Issue.
At the conclusion of Mie regular
business, Councilman E J, Murphy
brought up the matter of the propos
ed $980,000 bond issue atatlng It
would be Interesting to xnow the .'it
'll ude of the council upon the sub
Jed. lie himself made an opening
expression strongly in favor of ths
proposition.
The Idea of 15 year serial bonds
meets with BIS unqualified approval,''
ii
itatcd It means tnat we win nut
, Hie entire Indebtedness to be
I for by a future generation while
get the benefits, l'nder the plan
will take UP a certain amount ot
bond! Bach year A two mill levy,
same that Is now made for roads
the
the
purposes, would be sufficient to take
. are of the bonds and even If an ad
ditional mill were necessary for the
(Continued on Page Eight.)
BUT NONE INJURED
PLACED IN FURNACE BI T FA1L
1,11 TO WORK PROPERLY
FIRE EXTINGUISHED,
LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. 24. A four
foot bomb, enclosed In a steel casing,
exploded In a furnnre used for burn
ing waste at the stntc cnjdto last
night. Only a portion of the bomb
exploded. It was thrown from the
furnace against n stone wnll. scatter
ing the flames. The Janitor put out
toe fire with an extinguisher.
I Wood, east of lirahant. Elsewhere
! the Germane were repnlaed.
PA US, Feb. 24.- After capturing
Brabant the Qermam ware repulsed
In storming Sumvgneuux, six miles
from Verdun. Botb Hides lout heavily.
I The Herman center made fresh at
i tack on Heauniont seven mlleti north
east of Verdun and was repulsed, a
I I ommunlque said.
Infantry night attacks are traqnanl
I along an eight mile front from Hru
I Nun to Beaumont Artillery is active
on a 2,'i mile front. French airmen j foad
I raided Metz and set fire to a gasl1'"11"
UO.VDON, Feb 24. The Crown
Prince's offensive at Verdun is the
beginning of a renewed drive toward
Pl 1 Amsterdam advices from Her-i
Ill, I. .due indlcled ll is l.laoneH to I
wreck the fortress, then burin
smash toward I'arls. Ill miles away I
Berlin rei.otled the belief that the
til
f V.rdun Would mark th
he-
KinuiiiK of the end of the war. Half;''0 una " "T mao ;irs
a million men are enaaged In th,1 evpr. it has never lieen turned over
fctruggle in the WOOdl north and;1" lh, county and the court refuses
luirtlieast
f the fortress The Teu-
I , Vinsterd:.!,, r rte.l h,.v.
n the largest in five months
I'arls dispatch, i
portanca of the
mphaatl ng the
I in-
th
conflict, said
tremendous Oent.an losses ussurei!
Ihe 1
. ctoi
fice,
if the Verdun campaign. 1
ivolves too great a sacri-
SENATE MAKES CHANGE
IN APPROPRIATION FOR
RESERVATION BRIDGES
Owing tn the fail the senate
has amended Hie appropriation
for the Mission anil Thorn Hollow
bridge i us to require I maulla
count) to ita.v one hair the oist
there Is a isisslhllit, f a hold.
up between the count) and the
government.
In the senate the Nil was am
ended at the munimcnriation of
the Indian hiienu. IYeioul,
the bill as it passed the house
iisl,is: tlie County to Is-nr hut one
tlilrd tlie exMiLse. The Indian
bureau had prevtonil) endowed
the slnnott inMisnl.
If the hill iMLssrs the setUUe as
amended hy the oninmlttee It will
then be up to the count) court
to accept or n'Jis't the propositi.
Pennsylvania.
largest
U. S. Battleship Leaves for Speed Trials
I MjbV ''liiiW. .. vTlgftWfi.. ;yAtov .w-w.s. .- W vm.tNWW,
i The uhotuKrnph shows the IT. S. K wswO In the American
Central Allies
may Begin War
Upon Portugal;
Sl l.l lit: OF GERM WD Ms.
Till Mill's M V II ESI I I
IN llosllllllls
LI H BOX, Feb, 24.- Austria
Germany art- expected to declai
and
war
u on Portugal immediately us. a re
sult pf thi Portuguese seizure of 36
Austrian and Herman steamers in.
turned In Um Tagtu river. The foreign
minister announced Ihe vessels were
confiscated because Portugal needed
transports and feared they would at
tempt to escape to the Atlantis: to raid
entente ships.
Question of Road
Will be Taken up
With U. S. Bureau
INIHWs TBVIXG Ki BLOCK
I I N l oll ( ol I V (UN ITU i,
in mission HIGHWAY.
Because the Indians of the i'mu
tilla reservation are seeking to block'
Ihe move to pace the Mission-McKay
under the Jurisdiction of the
county conn, the Commercial asso
ciation will take the matter up with
the bureau of Indian affairs directly.
This was decided upon at the spec al
meeting last evening at the request
of farmers Interested In having th
county do work on the road.
The toad, about 10 miles In lent'th
from
Mission past the ranches I
of John and Claude Crow and Duve
H..m and up McKa creek to the post.
omoe, i ne roiiu nas ncen esiaonsn-
lo l'"11 in one 7 on roaas not in meir
Jurisdiction. The cnsent of all of
the ind'gng along the road had leea !
secured for the transfer but the tribe
as a whole refused to sanction it.
The objections of the Indians are
that they are amply able to look after
their own roads and that the county
b.is not spent much money on the
reservation roads already under their
Jurisdiction. The farmers contend
that the Indians themselves do but
little work upon their roads, leaving
them to the white renters.
Supt. Swartzlander has recommen
ded the transfer of the road to the
Indian department and has pointed
out the advantages of such a trans
fer. The Commercial association will
also emphasize the need of having the
Count) do work upon this road.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Kaiser on Verdun front tells troops
ill) must be captured at any cost.
Central allies mav doilare war on
Portugal.
LoraL
Pendleton to is-come borne of Blew
ett harvester.
I'. S. senate w-iiuld hare isunt pn
half costs of new rmenailnn hrtdirisi.
(Vuincllmen strongly In. favor of
lermanent mail work.
More eontrahatul liquor destroyed,
leuvlng
her trial trips off the coast at
MR r 1 1 H
NO WARNING TO
BE ISSUED OVER
ARMED VESSELS
! Congress Will Suppress Resolution
i Proposed to Keep Americans from
Sailing on Belligerent Ships.
WILSON WINS 1ST SKIRMISH
win Not in- sernn for the prcsl
dent to Appear Itelnro ( uiisns- a-
Predicted yesterday ui Present 1
German-American situation IPtI'ii
Remaining silent
WASHINGTON, Feb, 24.
OngTeaa met. indications were
Wilson had won the first skirmish In
his flirht against the proposed eon
tTttalor 'I warning of Americans re
avoid armed ships. The effort to ad
opt the resolution will be suppressed
It will not he necessary for Wilson to
appear before concress with a mes
sage on the German-American situa
tion, as authorities predicted. Repre
sentative Flood declared the hous a
committee would not report the warn
ing resolution. Senator Stone, having
avoided the opportunity for consid-1
eratlon of the warnum question, need. ;
ed only to guard against oratory.
Bernstorff had not received instruc-
Hons from Berlin about the Herman
I course toward the American refusal to
j concur in the Teuton proclamation of
j war against armed ships.
Senator Brandegee objected to Gore
speaking in favor of the bill to pre
vent Americans traveling on armd
ships. A unanimous consent was ne
cessary. Despite the fact the rup-
ture prevented a discussion of the bill
(Continued on page flve.l
Pendleton High to
Make Great Effort
to Beat La Grande
sT I DKNTN Will. Tl'ltN
OI'T TO-1
MORROW NltaiT TO ROOT
I tilt HOMF, TFtM
Tomorrow night will see the clos-j
ing game of the 1915-16 season for the!
local high school. At this time th
La Grande high school quintet will
Invade Pendleton for the ch.tmpln-'
ship of eastern Oregon.
This game is expected to be one ot
the fastest and best games ever play-i
ect on tne local noor. most certaini) 1
the best of the present season. Roth
teams are in their prime of condi-
tlon. Last Thursday night
their
own floor. La Grande defeated Pen
dleton 33 to 23, hut this score In no
way proves the inferiority of the lo-
cal team. In fact It merely stimul.ir.
ed enough fight in the local lads th it
they are determined to win from the
visitors.
In the last two weeks the blgb
school students have taken 011 si
much enthusiasm that they are :,;
going to be on the side lint
I Rockland. Me. The Pennsylvania is
considered by naval experts to be the
most powerful fighting vessel afloat.
FOti :ENDLETON;
BE MADE IN CITY,
Water Sales Are
$500 Below Those
MadeDuringWMi
DIFFERENCE IS ICCOFNTED FOR
I ATI; si PPLV u mwrii
CONSUMERS.
Water sales by the Pendleton water
department during the year lilt
yielded ths department a revenue of
$30,958 05, according to the annual
report of Supt. F B. Hayes, submitted
to the city council last evening. This
Is about $500 less than the receipts
from water sales during 1914.
This difference is easily accounted
for by the fact that consumers last
summer were given 1000 gallons more
water at the minimum rate than be
fore. Alao for several months the
department followed the practice ot
ai -ceptlng half charges for leakace.
The total receipts for the year from
all sources including $40,604 39 from
I the sale of bonds, was $91,404.81.
When I From meter rentals $864.05 was re
tha: I cived. from the sale of livestock
$1 ,8 90. from registered warrants
I12.012.5ii and from miscellaneous
sources $6,786.90.
The total disbursements, includim;
$22,667.78 paid on the pipe line con
tract. $4700 balance on the conduit
contract and $2549 on the reservoirs
contract, was $86,174.90, leaving a
cash balance on Jan. 1 of $1,090.1 1.
Some of the other items of expense
are as follows: office, 11110.77; city
maintenance. $368.41; city better -
ments. $690.99: meters $1 000: super-
vision. llo'i8; replacement. $8620 05
interest. $16,863.56; lawsuit expense
$1944.33: reistered warrants. $12.01?..
50; reservoir repair $617.77; gravi:
operating. $766.31; bills receivable
I&00.
sinking Fund Account.
The statement of the sinking fund
(Continued on page eigju.)
j More conf seated liquor was de
stroyed today by the officers in front
of the office of Justice of the Peace
Joe H. Parkes. The liquor consisted
I of .'4 pints and 12 quarts of Chant!
I Wine, seized in the room of Claude
Prlvett, former bartender, during the
laid conducted by the county officers.
It has been held since while the of
ficers attempted to locate Prlvett who
1 ft the city two days before the raid.
Prlvett is said to be In Montana now
and. through his attorney, claimed the
wine and gave permission for the law
to take Its course. However, the two
cases of Cordon gin found in his
room he declared belonged to an.
other party. The officers are still
holding it and. unless someone makes
I showing that it was hem stored in
Prlvett'a room for private use. It, too.
will be destroyed Deputy Sheriffs J.
. Blakelv and J. H. Estes destroyed
,hp w)np ,da. at npon
'
PRIZE SHIP IS SENT TO
BOTTOM BY GERMAN GREW
LONDON Feb. 24 - Taking no
cn.incc of a seizure of their prize, the
1 ritish steamer Westburn. the Ger
man crew dashed to sea this mornlnl
from Santa Cruz in the Canaries,
scuttled ihe ship, and then escaped in
boats. Before the vessel sunk.
Rnglish prisoners aboard were
safely ashore.
ITALIAN TRANSPORT SUNK
BY AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE
VIENNA, Feb 21 An Austrian
teroplane sank an Italian transport
carrying troops from Albania in Du
rtunto harbor. :t was announced today.
Austrians Attack Munition
Train in Yards at Tacoma;
2 Are Placed Under Arrest
TACOMA. Wash.
Austrians attacked 1
the Great Northern In the local
freight Minis today. After a fight With jahlptled to Vladivostok for the Runsi
trainmen, two were captured The.' 1 an government It was detuured
gave their names as Sam Russky gad I from Spokane v a Portland becauss
( John ltoss. The) arc held in solltarv
New Industry to Employ 25 Men at
Outset, Turning Out 27 Threshers
This Season-Machine Has Been
Made for Six Years-Many Sold in
Umatilla County-Factory is to be
Moved Here From Spokane.
The establishment In Pendleton
the Blewett Harvester Co., with
plant giving permanent
to 25 or more workmen
out a combine harvester that has
oeen in successful use for six years
is promised the city provided a sm;ll
amount of unsold stocg :s taken by lo
cal people.
consideration of this subject was
the occasion for the special Commer-
cial Club meeting last evening and
the meeting became an enthusiastic
booster meeting for the new industry.
Last evening only $11,500 In stock re
mained to be disposed of out of a
$1011,000 'capitalization and after the
club had officially endorsed the enter
prise President Tallman was author
ized to name a committee of three to
aid in disposing of this stock
Prior to the meeting last
McCook & Bentley, agents
evening
Blewett machine
had subscribed for;
$10,000 in stock and the sum of $500
each had been pledged by W. L.
Thompson. F. E. Judd. H. D. Gray, J
F. Robinson The Fast Oreironlan pur,
u - n. Hiev a. n.i.v- v
der. It is believed tnnt the remaining
stock can be quickly disposed of here
and thus the enterprise assured.
To Build at once.
The company has been investigating
local sites and when the financial ar
rangements are completed will pro
ceed at once to the construction of
buildings and the assembling of ma
chinery and other equipment It is
the expectation of the company to
turn out 2 7 machine this year ana
orders have already been received for
a portion of this output Next year
II machine will be built.
The Blewett harvester has been
built in Spokane for the past six
years. For five years It was manu
factured by the Northwest Harvester
Co., a subsidiary of the Holt company,
and A. R. Blewett was the manager o
the company. Last year the machine!
was built in Spokane by the Blewetts
acting on an independent basis. All
told there are 160 Blewett harvesters
In use and of this number 37 are own-1
ed in Umatilla county, six
of that
number having been sold here last
year. The harvester Is highly praised
as a practical and successful machine.
The company desires to locate in
Pendleton because of closer proximity
to the wheat section wnere the mar
ket for harvesters Is found. There
Wheat Continues on
DownwardTendency
CHICAG
May $1
3-8, $1.14
Feb.
I, $1.17
asked.
(Special 1 1
July $1.19
Portland.
'. Feb. 24,
!'i IRTLANI
$104 asked.
Liverpool.
OU Feb
UVSRP
Spot No. 2
No. spot
III America
for spot X
23. Wheat
new. 13s 10.
1 the marke
iverpool prii
per bushel.
is 11.11
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 21 All
grades of local flour drops 20 cents
.1 barrel tomorrow in sympathy with
the decline In wheat, which dropped
two to four cents.
CHICAGO. Feb. 24. Due to ner
vousness over the German diplomatic
Situation, May wheat dropped six
ci nts. to $1.17 1-2.
Mil
free night schools for the benefit
5f
the general public. Half the cost for,'""'!' H
teachers and equipment is pnid by the Publicans
province and half by the citv
Feb. 24 Six I confinement. The train carried au
munttion train tomobiles, ammunition and mixed
; freight, consigned to Seattle to be
.wshdes in the mountains.
IS PLAN
Is alao an advantage In freight rate
over the Spokane location and a 'ur-
employmer.t ther advantage In the fact the com
and turning pany will be able to secure consider-
able repair and foundry work here
The Blewett Co. make two hanreet.
ers. The Blewett 20-30. 12 and 14
foot cut. and the Blewett 30-42, with
II and 20 foot cuts. The especial
merit of the machines Is said
light draft and various other
t'loHCty Invextigatnri.
Messrs. A. R. Blewett and H. C.
Blewett. president and secretary of
the company, have been here for sev
eral weeks on business connected
with locating the plant here The
subject was first taken before the
trade extension committee of the
Commercial Club, G. M. Rice, chair
man. Thla committee after consider -
able study of the subject, reported fa-
for thelvorably on the scheme to the board
of managers. The managing hoard
then appointed a special committe
consistlng of Col. J. H. Raley. O. M
Rice. W. L Thompson. H. D Orav
and W. E. Brock to make a further
Investigation. This committee also re
ported favorably and suggested a plan
of procedure for the reorganization
of the company and the establish
ment of Its plant here. The manag
ing board then officially endorsed the
enterprise and last evening the en
tire Commercial Club took action
along the same line
A Boon to Pendleton.
A. R. Blewett is to be president Mad.
manager of the company and will re
side in Pendleton, looking after the
manufacturing end. Hla brother, H.
C Blewett. will have headquarters In
Spokane and will be the representa
tive in the eastern Washington terri
tory. McCook A Bentley will contin
ue as selling agents here.
The Blewett harvester is now In
successful use in Washington Ore
gon. Idaho, Montana and Utah Last
year the output was unequal to the
demand and it was necessary for the.
company to reject orders received "or
i 15 machines.
With the plant once established in
Pendleton It is the belief of A R
Blewett. manager, that the output
can be Increased from year to yetr
until a substantial sized factor)- la in
operation here, giving employment to
a large number of men. The Holt
factory at Stockton employes $00 peo
ple. ;UfJge Malonev
QonMent msQn
Will he Reelected
SFVTIMFNT I sTROX. FOR
PRFSKNT XIIINsTRTloN
IN CAUFORNl..
"President WUa
p t oilcans w ho
to handle the.
It w- 11 t,e par
nation's affairs saf
ticularly easy for the president to 00
; reelected if Roosevelt shou.d s. , .
the republican nomination "
The foregoing is the riew 1 !s
1. W. Maloney who has been spend-
ing the winter in California and has
'Just returned to the est) Front
Diego.
According to the judge re heard
'politics d amused on man s
heard mnny different re
often men ,.f :o . .
saing thin will f. r hire H
heard no democrats talking gainst
Wilson and uvs 11 i- eel read that
while Hrvan will f iku the prepared-
r.ess program he will b found -n-thuaiaatlc
for Wilson reelection when
the time comes He heard aninerotM
republicans denouncing Itoos.. hi,
and he believes that the .r' will
again be split ir RnoswTsH sOioiid ,-
come the nominee
Judge Malani) was In Mm : i
during the big Hand there and Hga
immense damage was ,l..ne thoitsh fbs
less of life was lens mail reported.
The water fl !-.! the principal part
of the rl and according to th 1 olge
the street In front of the place whera
he roomed was so badly washed gnj
that It would have ' held a hoi r