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THE ECHO REGISTER, ECHO, OltEGOX FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24, IOO9 lA(iE SIX Perfect Time i J.F.KENLY PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER t PENDLETON, OREGON t : A. L. SCHAEFER Successor to Louis Bunziker. Jeweler and Optician Expert Watch Repairing Pendleton, : : : Oregon TIIK French Restaurant BOVf R a MID. Prop. Strictly First Class " F.lrtfiintly r'timiehwl Rooms in Connection. I'riv i)e ltiniijf Par lor. RKST MKAI, IN TIIK CITV. 631 Miin Street PlNf-llION, ORfGON GEO. KNAGGS J Blacksmith J 9 Wagon Maker a llurNhilioplii(; iiikI (aenrrul ' Itiuir Work 5 ..Nut Infliction tJuurunteed.. Solicit Hliurc of your J 9 tutroiiH;n g Iliieklcy Street, Kelio, Ore. 5 DRAYAGE We Haul Anything l'ltm. it Attention Given to All Order SllBBBBaSBsajSBaBJBBaBaaaBaS)SSHjaMSBMBBSBaaaajBIMBBaBB Two Wagons 1 onutantly at N ork 0. G. THORNTON The Echo Dravman 60 YEARS' r vrr uipwr.p U Trade Mark 7lH Cofvhichts Ac 4mu ? '" (n r lMojtlH I f- S t I r Uoti' tltf if H.it U Tat-" tuatt ll roti, tH H fl., I f"i itil' s i-trt. Hi tti Scientific Jinurlcra. A hand!?!'? !lnfM wrv si r rn:iii"i -i n' f f ' ' " f s-ir: r-'tr t...'.i tl., tL p-.j lj .i na Co Wsw Ycrk UiwKb t .n.o. T U WmJiu.,icii, I). U E.W. GATES, Contractor ind Builder Estimates Furnished Jobbing atul Koivitrltn; At tit Hotel Echo Echo, Oregon PORTLAND - " l a tw k k ln 1 AUK'l I Frank Okamaur, Prop. Monls served fit nil hours during tho day. Board by the week $5.00 We will always try to five our customers the Best the market affords. TWL TOO ETHER FOR ECHO. UXX TOO ETHER FOR ECHO. TAFT STRONG FOR POSTAL BANKS Declares All Republicans Bound by Plank In Parly Platform. President Says Although No Socialist, This Government Hat Reachsd the Stage Where It Must Be More Than Mere Police Force Points to Success in Canada. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 18. Presi dent Taft devoted his principal address in Milwaukee at the State Fair grounds, yesterday, to the subject of postal savings banks, which he strong ly endorsed before a large and enthusi astic gathering that overflowed the grandstand. The president said that the postal savings bank plank in the Republican platform bound everybody who called himself a Republican. 'If they do not like a plank in a platform," said Mr. Taft. "or if they don't like the platform itself, they cease to be Republicans or they are Republicans with an exception, and that indicates it free and enlightened and discriminating people. 15ut I am here to uphold the doctrine of "postal savings banks because I believe they will fill a long-felt want in this coun try. In the first place it is said the MM)tal savings bank is a very paternal institution; that it has a leaning to ward Socialism state Socialism and that it purposes to take the banking business out of the bands of private persons and put it into those of the government. No, I am not a Socialist, and I am net a paternalist., and I am not in favor of having the government do anything that private citizens can do as well or better; but there are con ditions. We have passed beyond the time of what they called the 'Laissez Faire school, which believed that the government ou'it to do nothing but run the police force, and we do not rec ognize the necessity for the interfere net of the government because it has Kreat power and great resources be hind it, and lucaune BometinieH it can Htand the lack of an immediate return on capital to help out. We did it in our I'acific railroads. We have done it in a great many different wayn, and in thin particular postal savings bank business the government is especially fitted to do what any system of private bankers can dc. "The great usefulness of the postal savings banks lies in the great encour agement to thrift on the part of those who are just wavering in the balance whether they shall save the money or use it tw cause they don't know where they ran put it safely. "Canada has the postal savings bank, and what is the result along the border in the Northwest You And Americans going up to the border and making de posits in those savings banks. Why. Because they have theguarantee of the Canadian government." President Taft said the government had issued upward of ITOO.OOO.Ono 2 pr cent bonds of the United States and floated them at par, at 'i per cent or a little more. "We did it hy getting the banks into a corner so they had to have, under the law, some government Security, and so they were obliged to buy thone 2 per cent bonds," he said. Inclosing, Pres ident Taft said: "We are looking forward, I hoie with confidence, to a readjustment of our whole financial syatem. Certainly it needs it, and it has been suggested ti.at the savings hank might well await that. I am bound to say that I don't aee the neceNftity for involving them. It seems to me that one system can utand by itself, ami if -e adopt the Having banks they will easily be work ed into a general system of banking, because the savings banks will furnish us five or six hundred millions of dol lars, and that is a very tidy pile to have around for the government to use le gitimately in order to carry on any financial operations." Old Kindness Rewarded. Methuen, Mans., Sept. IS. One of thse strange legacies bobbed up in Methuen tlay when it became known that Mrs. (leorge Bramer had received from attorneys in the Scilly islands the information that G. Ribstofk, a man whom sh? and her mother befriended ! in Hermuda, had willed her about $1,- ooo.tmo in railroad stacks and bonds. When Mrs. liramtr met Kibstock in Hermuda she then was unmarried, and with her mother did many little kind nesses for him in his old age. He was SO years old at the time. Germans On Water Wagon. Berlin, Sept. 18. A temperance campaign which promises to have a ' marfcea efleci cn me consumption 01 1 ' alcohol in Grrmanf. has been begun as a result of a resolution adopted at tne Socialist convention at Leipsic. The resolution requires that members of the party organisation, which numbers 600,000, shall abstain from brandy and other high alcoholic beverages and shall try to diminish the consumption by their companions. Harriman's Property Estimated. New York, Sept 18. According to a Wall street publication, "it can be stated on the highost authority" that Mr. Harriman's property amounted to between 176,000,000 and $100,000,000. JURY TAMPERING FOUND. Chicago Investigations Promise Huge bcandal in County Affairs. Chicago, Sept, 20. A gigantic con spiracy for the fixing" of grand jurifj of Cook county, extending back over a year anil culminating in the fraudulent certification of names for the October grand jury, was revealed today, when State's Attorney Waymuu -eeurvd bench warrants for John J. Holland, Mccretary of the Cook county jury comiiiimion; Jury Coinmisnionor Willis J. Ituyburn; and Nicholas A. Mar tiu, Alderman Michael Keuna's secre tary, on a charge of tampering with jurymen. J lie warrants were issued todav hv Judgo Jesso A. lialdwiii, of the circuit court. The charge ngaiimt the three is that they conspired to draw names of grand jurors in a manner other than that re quired by law. lomuig at the height or the trial of lmtiieetor Mi'Canu for alleged grafting. the iiryis of the action based on alleged tampering with the jury lists caused great excitement in legal and political circles. Tho complaints on which the warrants wero issued were drawn up hy a special agent of the state's attor ney, who has been investigating tup jury drawing methods for weeks. t inier the state law the names of irtHiiTtivc grand jurors are selected at random from a seali-d box contain ing the names of 1.100 citizens who iave been examined for jury service iy the jury commissioners nnd t heir litiiCHM cirt;ficd. A similar method is proscribed for petit jury lists. NEW DUTIES HURT. French Lace Manufacturers Hard Hit by American Tariff. Paris, Sept. 20. What France thinks of America's new tariff schedule is be ing evidenced in no uncertain fashion these days, and the attitude of French manufacturers generally is correctly ex pn-tsed by lace and tullemukvrs of l alais. which lias thrived for genera tions on Us 11 1 in v products, with the women of the United States its be customers. As a direct result of the 70 per cent InrilT on laces and tulles, which the re cently Mlo!ted tariff law of the United States has marked mi on this class of manufactures, Calais is threatened with I the loss of many inhabitants. Former ireat prosperity of this city lias dwindled almost to the vanishing point. Conditions have finally become m nggravatcd that long established bus iness men are abandoning their estab lishments nnd moving away from the city. I "eel in if runs high in Calais a gainst employers. AMERICAN SURGEONS LEAD. Doctor Says Foolish to Go Abroad for Treatment. New YurU, Sept. 20. Ir. Lewis Liv ingston Seaman, one of the delegates to the recent international medical con gress nt Budapest, arrived on the steamer Campania from Liverpool, nnd sxikc encouragingly on the showing made by America and the success of the congress, "The Americans are far ahead of other nations in many branches of sur lier y and medicine," said lr. Seaman, "as shown hv the testimony and the exhibits at the congress. This is par ticularly true in the case of appendi citis, where we excel both in the treat ment of the disease and the technique of the operation." Speiiking generally. r. Seaman said it was the height of insanity for Ameri cans to go abroad for treatment lv foreign specialists when tin-re are phy sicians at home who could "walk all around" the Kuropeaa medical men. Japanese May Soon Fly. SHANGHAI. Sept. 20 The interest ing announcement is made that a so ciety for aeronautic research lias been formed in Japan, under the title of the Tempurary Military Italloon Investiga tion Society. It is to con-is? of 20 members, selected from ollicers on the active list of the army an I navy, and from men of science in general. The selection of the pr sident an I members will be made by the minister of w ir. with the approval of he c-ibi- , Noth ing is definitely stated as ,, -he pro-vi-ion of funds, but apparently the duty of financing the cnterprse w !1 devolve upon the departments of war and navy. French Surgeon Studies Tuberculosis Marysville. Cal.. Sept. L'o. Ir. Arn old le Fnl.vse, it Trench surgeon, who is circling the g!ole on foot : the ex pense of the Ftench g- or: ':.ont for the purpose of s-l iving fi' rculosis an. I to give a U ice to do tims of 'he disease, is in the citv. lie will leave today for San Franc -co. :-i.d from here he will walk to Seattle. Pr. Ie Kalai-c was formerly a surge, .-i in the French army. In l'M t 1. t Paris, ami since then V raversed i'l of Ku rope, and has toured S !er i. South America. Africa au-1 North A icriea. Steamer Ohio to Junk. Seattle, Sept. '. The sat- of the wrecked steamship Ohio was brought down from Victoria on the Iro.piois. It had previously been taken to Victoria by the Canadian salvage ve, ! Salvor, and it now rests at the Co'man dock hen1. The safe an, i-s con'e-.ts we intact, and there wis a large sum of money in it when one.l. T!. fig.ires given are 1(1..0im. The wreck of the Ohio itss-lf will prehah'v be broken up for junk. Mexican Floods Raging. Mexico Citv, Sept. 10. A special dis patch from the town of Taxapaa, sear the port of Tamnieo. navs: The river snddenlr roe last night, and the west ern part of the city is inundated. The water is rising hourly. Reports from outlying ranches are most alarming. Water six feet deep is reported front some sect ions. Losses to stock aaA crops will be great. PLANT BURNS AT LOSS OF $425,000 Buildings of Portland flouring Mills Company Swept Away. T. B. Wilcox Announces Concern Wilt Rebuild Without Delay and on a Larger Scale Insurance Amounts to $325,000 Spontaneous Com bustion Causa or Fire. Portland, Sept. 16. Spontaneous combustion and subsequent explosion of flour dust on the fourth floor of the local mill of the Portland Flouring Mills company, set fire to the plant at 8:40 o'clock yesterday morning and al most completely destroyed the machin ery and buildings. The loss ia esti mated at about $4115,000 on machinery, structures and grain, with insurance amounting to $325,000. The boiler room, main engine, warehouse and content were saved. Customers of the Portland Flouring Mills company will not suffer aa a re sult of the disastrous conflagration of yesterday. Receipts of grain wi.l not be lessened and busim ss of the company will be bandied as usual. In addition to the mill destroyed, the company op erates 14 others, and it is the intention to divert a portion of the product of these mills to Portland for the purpose of protecting customers in this district. Oriental orders now on hand, and orders for shipment to California will be promptly filled. Work of rebuilding the plant will begin as soon as possible. As soon as the insurance adjusters complete their work, the process of tearing down the wreck will commence. The new plant will be larger, and modern in every respect. Two fireman were severely injured and a Japanese killed during the pro gress of the fire. RUSSIA SENDS TROOPS. Czar Is Massing Great Army in Si- berian Territory. Victoria, B. C, Sept 16. Russia is massing a great army in Siberia, four or five barracks are being built and extensive fortifications made and spec ulation as to a second war with Japan is a common topic of conversation among the Russian military men, said A. B. Denbigh, a Russian who re turned from Siberia and Mongolia by the steamer Kaga Maru today. "I was told that there were at least 500,000 troops in Siberia." said Mr. Denbigh. "Troops aro quartered ev erywhere. The number of troops are from four to five times the number in Siberia before the war. At Vladivos tok, before I left, there was a review of 55,000 troops and not one man was taken from the fortifications. I sup pose at least as many more could have been prepared." Denbigh brought news of a rich gold strike by Russians in Mongolia, aboat 50 or 60 miles distant from Kiskta. the big walled city which has been for cen turies one of the stopping places of the tea caravans from China. PRESIDENT OIAZ AGED 79. Mexican Ruler Celebrates Workmen Move Him to Tears. Mexico City, Sept. 16. General Por Brio Diaz, president of Mexico, cele brated his 79th birthday anniversary yesterday. He received greetings from many foreign countries. The diplomatic corps and consular body were early at the palace. United States Ambassador Thompson and Con sul General Drier, of Sweden, congrat ulated the president. Diaz, who is in splendid health, feelingly answered these salutations. A body of work men expressed the hope that Dial might yet rule Mexico for many years, and their enthusiasm moved the presi dent to tears. President Diaz has oc cupied his t ffice for 32 years. He has been renominated for the term com mencing in 1910 and ending six years later. Governor Johnson Serious. Rochester, Minn.. Sept. 16. Gov ernor John A. Johnson, who was oper ated on in St. Mary's hospital her yesterday fur an intestinal abscess. was somewhat improved late last night and bis physicians said that he would survive the night. Dr. C. F. McN'evin, house physician, issued the following bulletin: ' Governor Johnson has taken a turn for the better, His pulse is better, being down to 140. His ab dominal pains have been relieved by vomiting and he has apparently passed the first crisis of the shock." Eight Killed in Wreck. Nashville. Tenn., Sept. 16. As the result of a head-on collision between passenger train No. 4 and fast freight No. 51, on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railway, one mile west of Pegram station, tenn , today, eight trainmen and mail clerks were killed. on seriously injured and a number of passengers reported more or less hurt. No passengers wero killed. Tho cars caught fire and several of the victims wero cremated. Lovetl Chairman of S. P. New York. Sept 16. The board of directors of the boutbera facinc rati H todav elected Jodgo Robert S. tytvatt chairman of tho executive com mittee of tho board. Jacob Sen iff and William Rockefeller wero elected moo bora of tho directorate and also mom- bora of tho executive eoamittoa. WHAT Better opportunity do you want to make money? Did you ever stop to think that you can buy a piece of the Famous Umatilla Ranch at the right price and on good terms, and that it is sure to make money? Come in and let's talk it over. E. P. CROARKIN, Agt. Echo, Oregon r3sW aajlK I SSVSSVSVVSSSVS J. B. BAYLOR. Pnsmlent 11. N.HTANHF.I.H. Vice President It. .fT.KIKI.Ii. Cashier NONA UoCbLK. AuUunt Cahler BANK OF ECHO ECHO, CAPITAL STOCK $25,000 FULLY PAID UP Ve sell New York Exchange paynble at any place In the United States. We solicit the Banking Business of this Locality. The Louvre Near Beer, Soft Drinks, Cigars, Tobacco, Tropic al Fruits, Nuts, Etc. oooooooo A Share of Patronage Solicited. Cert LcajeaecLcr, Pr:?. Corner Kila aad Cc;ont Streets 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 Hotel Echo Restaurant M. II. GILLETTE, Prop. 5 THE BEST THE 0 ALWAYS OX O 0 0 0 Give me Oeo o o oe oo Q v v v v v v v vrf w 0 v When in Pendleton don't fail to stop in at the NISSEN IMPLEMENT CO. r On Main Street, and see the New ALAMO GASOLINE ENGINE It avDMsoVanythint that Berlin Cleaning and Dye Works W. r. COBLf. Pre. Pendleton, Oregon Send your clothing to the Berlin Cleaning and Dye Works. Only ex perienced help employed, and the best of work and satisfaction guaranteed. Orders sent by express will receive prompt and careful attention. 303 fast Court St. PhM Main 4S .1. B.8AYLOR H V. MTANKIEL.D Directors W. H. IIOYI) I r KAN K NI.UA 71 THE OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 r 0 0 0 0 0 MARKET AFFORDS THE TABLE a trial 0 ao oo 00 ofo oft) oo afo o"o 0 0 v v j v w '-i v v v v v has ever hern put on the market