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VOLUME XXVI.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 26. 191.
NUMBER 27
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SPOKANE WINS IN
INTERNIOUNTAIN RATE ORDERS
HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED.
Long and Short Haul Clause
of Interstate Commerce Law
Found Constitutional.
' The interstate oommeroeeommier
sion'e aooalled intermonntaio rate or
ders bave been anatained as valid by
tbe supreme court wbiah held, at the
aame time, that the long aud abort
banl olanse of the interstate oommeroe
law was constitutional. Both had
been attacked ty the tiausoontinental
railroads.
The defunot oommeroe court, pass
ing over the Constitutional question.
had annulled the orders on tbe ground
that the oom mission bad no authority
to issue "blanket" or "zone" orders
and might aot only on the reasonable
ness of specific rates. In overturning
tbat contention aud holding that tbe
commission did bave auob power, tbe
supreme court deoided a point which
lawyers and close observers of tbe in
terstate oommeroe commission's pro'
cedure say is of eqnal importance to
tbe intermoutnain rate case itself it
not greater.
Opposition to the five per cent in
crease in freight rates teing asked bv
the eastern railroads and npon wbioh
tbe interstate oommeroe commission ia
expected to annonnoe its deoision at
any day bad been based principally
npon the contention tbat tbe commis
sion did not have anthority under the
law to grant snob a "blanket" in
crease. What tbe effect, if any, of the de
oiBion npon the rate oaae may be, oan
only be tbe subject of oonjeotnre.
There are tbose among tbe well in
formed in tbe commission's prooedute,
however, who say tbe deoision o( tbe
railroad's applioation has been delayed
awaiting the supreme court's deoision
on that important point.
Aa to the intermountain rate orders
themselves, however, their effeot ia
that such western oities west of the
Kooky Mountains aa Reno, Spokane
and Phoenix, will not be foraed to pay
upon their freight from the east, tbe
regular rate through to the Pacific
ocast and then also anothei rate from
the Paoifio baok to their stations, be
oanse the railroads are competing with
water-borne traSio around Oape Horn
or through tbe Panama canal.
They will, however, pay oertain in
creases over tbe normal- rates from
oertain zones. Thug the railroads may
oharge no more than the regular rate
on shipments originating in tbe terri
tory west of a vertioal line drawn
through St. Fanl. They may, bow
ever, charge an inorease of seven per
cent on tbose originating between St.
Panl and Cbioago, not more tban 16
per cent on tbose between Chicago and
Pittsburg, and not more than 25 per
oent on tbose between Pittsburg and
the Atlantio seaboard. Tbose increas
es tbe commission prescribed as rea
sonable because of the condition of
the water competition.
As a result of tbe deoision all ques
tion is removed as to tbe rigbt of the
commission, not only to pass on the
reasonableness of a lower rate for a
baui to a more distant olty than to a
nearer one in the same direotion, bnt
to fix bow mnob the differences may
be removed.
Great Power Dam Harnessing
The Mississippi Now In Use.
:
THIS Is a general view of the great power dam harnessing tbe Mis
sissippi river, recently completed and now In use. Tbe mammoth con
crete dam extends from Keokuk, Ia., to Hamilton, III., and la nine
tenths of a mile long. It la the longest monolith of concrete In the
world. It cost $25,000,000 It furnishes 200,000 horsepower, 60,000 of which la
transmitted 137 miles to run the street can of St Louis. Tbe dam ia fifty
three feet high and baa 110 spans It not only harnesses tbe great river for
power pur! loses, but It provides deep water navigation up the river for a dis
tance of sixty-five miles.
NEW CROP AT FANCY PRICES
Julv Deliveries at Pendleton
Seventv-ono Cents,
Bring
Tbe opening of the new orop wheat
market at Pendleton springs into ex
istenoe at 71 oents for July offerings.
A number of leading farmers bave
sold at this prioe.
More tban 300,000 hushels of tbe
1014 wheat orop was sold Mondiy and
TneBday at a prioe far in advanoe of
those offered at this time last vear.
Verniers contracting for July delivery
are to reoeive 71 oenta per bnsbel,
while tbose contracting for AuguBt
delivery are to reoeive 70 oents.
Among the prominent growers oon
traoting a part or all of tbeir crops
ate George Perilnger, Tom Thompson,
Ham Thompson, Kogeis & Cuil, Mark
Butler and Joe Bagwell,
Harvest operations already bave
started in the ligbt land sections, tbe
first barley of tbe season being deliv
ered to a warehouse in Pilot Rook
Monday. This is tbe earliest date on
record in Umatilla oounty. Tbe wheat
harvest will te general tbronghout
tbe south and west part of the county
witbin two weeks. Tbe orop will be
a tout 90 per cent of normal there.
MAN AND HORSES KILLED.
Spokane Train Strikes Them Sunday
Near Endicott, Wash.
Railways Win Title.
Title of transcontinental railroads
to some $700,000,000 worth of petrol
eum land as against other private
claimants, was upheld by the supreme
oourt in a test suit brought by Ed
mund Burke of California against the
Southern Paoifio Railroad company.
At the same time Jnstioe Vandeven
ter, for the oonrt, stated that seem
ingly the government's right to attack
tbe railroad's title for frand or error
had expired in 1900 or 1901. It was
made plain, however, tbat tbe rights
of the government were not involved
in the oasa before the oonrt, and tbere
was no mention of tbe reoent suit
bronght by tbe government against
the Sonthern PaoiUo to regain the very
landa in question.
Hen Wanted on Cutoff
Tbe Pendleton Tribune reports tbat
Ross Newport, who has a oontracc
with bia father, Colonel Newport, for
part of the CoyoU ontoff construction,
left for Hermiston taking seven laborers.-
He wanted more men badlr, and
bunted high and low bnt found the un
employed all "waiting for harvest
jobs." Tbeypay 13.60 a day. Ibe
work wiU last some time yet. Despite
this faoW tbe workleas men of Pendle
ton perffirred to sit baok and wait for
harvest jobs.
Honey Order Rule Issued.
Tnflfrnnttnna raoArdini? tha Otiera
tians of tbs new postal money order
system, which goes into affect Joly 1,
were aunt Monday to nostmasters
throughout the oonntry. Under the
new uliin money order, altboogh
drAWfl nn aTuuifflful office. mBV be
cashed fit any money order postoffioe
witbin SO days of its isene, after
whinh It maT ha naid nnlv at the office
on which it was drawn or repaid at
the office of issue.
0.-W. H. & N. train No. 7. from
Spokane, struck and killed a man and
two horses at Endicott, Wash., Sun
day. The man was Isaao Ward, aged
63, of Winobester, Idaho.
Ward waa deaf and failed to bear
tba approaoblng train, though hia son,
who was driving some oattle abead of
the wagon, and who had crossed tbe
tracks a moment before vainly tried
to signal bis father, Mrs. Ward and
four ohildren who wore in a second
wagon being hanled aa a ttailer. es-
oaped without injury.
Tbe family was enroute to Okanog
an country, intending to take up a
homestead. They were in two wagons
pulled ty a six-horse team. The train
hit tbe Hrst wagon killing tbe two
wheel horses aud mangling Ward's
body. 1 he train ran a short distance
tefota it oould be stopped and then re
turned to the scene of the tragedy.
1 he train arrived in Athena 45 min
utes late.
u
IN
ONE STEPS IN DEEP HOLE OTHER
PLUNGES TO RESCUE.
Too Weak to Grasp a Rope
When Third Companion Ar
rives On the Scene.
Two Walla Walla men, Joseph
Baker, aged SS, and John Ameu, aged
, were drowned in Snake river Wed
nesday afternoon, the scene of the
drowning being about Ave miles north
of Moore, a small station. Tbe bodies
have not been reoovered.
The two men, with another named
Oarmine, were fishing and swimming
in tbe river. Amen stepped off a
shelf on which he waa standing in
shallow water, into a deep hole in
tbe swift flowing river, and Baker
wbo waa an expert swimmer, plunged
in to resoue him. Amen went under
and Oarmine ran for a rope wbioh ha
threw out to Baker, bnt he was too
weak to grasp it, and he too, finally
went down.
Oarmine then went for aid to re
cover the todies of bis companions,
bnt they oould not be found. Amen's
borne is in Walla Walla. His father,
John Ameu, ia employed on tbe ranoh
of the elder Carmine.
Mr. Carmine went to Walla Walla
Wednesday nigbt to seouie grappling
hooks and a systematic search will he
made, in hopes nf recovering tha bod
ies of tbe unfoitnnate men.
E
MEETING OF CITY SUPERINTEND
ENTS FILE REPORTS.
Provision for Classification of
Higher Study With Aim of
Gaining Efficiency.
Merchants Mar Organize.
What probably is one of tbe most
Rnles for tbe standardization of tbe
high aohoola of the state, wbioh, if -adopted,
will greatly Inorease their
efficiency, bave been submitted to
Snperintendeut of Public Inatrnotion
Chnrobill, and it is believed Ibey
will be adopted by tba State Board of
Ednoatlon, wbioh will meet in Salem
July 18. ' The rules were prepared by '
a oommlttee ooneiBtiog of w. R.
Rntberfoid, superintodent of tha Mo
Miunville schools; J, O. MoLaogbln,
superintendent of tbe - schools of
Hood River, and , George W. Hub,
piinoipal of the Eugene high school,
appointed at a meeting of the oity
superintendents at Salem in Deoem
ber. ,
The rules provide that bigb soboola
aball be classified as standard four
year schools, or accredited three-year,
two year or one-year schools, as they
shall be approved and accredited by
tbe State Board of Eduoation.
At least three teachers shall be re-
qnired to devote their entire time to
bigb sobool work nnder the rules, and
any teacher employed in a standard
bigb school of the state 'shall be a
graduate of a standard oollege or un
iversity, as defined by section, 18,
1918 edition of tbe Oregon sobool law.
These teachers shall be holders of
imporisnt atepB ever taken in met-1 life state oeitifloates or state diplomas
VARYING FORCE OF RADIUM,
Powers of the Three Different Rays-
Alpha, Beta and Gamma.
There are three kinds of so crtlled
rays having their Inciting origin In rn
dlum. The three rays nre known us
alpha, beta and gamma rays, and each
of these has characteristic peculiari
ties. The alpha rays hnve a range inside
of half an inch from tholr source, the
beta rays reach about three times as
far, and the gamma rays nre yet more
penetrating. A thin sheet of paper or
a film of tin foil or mien will effectual
ly halt the alpha rajs. A millimeter
of lead or five millimeters of alumini
um will stop the further progress of
the beta rays, but the gamma rays will
go through nineteen centimeters of iron
or seven centimeters of lend before
their original intensity Is reduced 1 per
cent.
The alpha rays consist of positively
charged atoms of helium advancing at
a velocity of 12,000 miles a second, and
the beta rays are negatively charged
bodies projected at n speed of quite
150,000 miles in the same Interval of
time. BouBhly, the beta rays nre a
hundred times more penetratlug than
the alpha rays, while the gamma rays,
In their turn, are a hundredfold as
searching as the beta rays. Exchange.
Won a Wife by His Skill.
Action was a Grecian painter of
about the time of Alexander, and he
won Ills wife by his great work. He
painted a picture called "The Nuptials
of Alexander and Itoxane," which wag
exhibited at the Olympic games. It
created such a stir that one of the
judges cried in admiration, "I reserve
crowns for the victorious athletes, but
I give my daughter in marriage to the
painter Action as a recompense for bis
picture." Action was one of the art
ists who excelled in tbe art of mixing
colors. He could not go to the nearest
store and purchase them, as artists do
today, v
Th Waning Honeymoon.
"I forgot something," said the hus
band. "Yes." pouted the wife, "yon forgot
to kiss me."
"That may be, but what I came back
for was my overshoes." '
Laborer Heir to Fortune.
William MoKenzie went io tbe
Grandview, Wash., distriot about
three weeks ago in searoh of work,
wbioh be found on tbe William Sayre
ranob. A tew days ago he went to
North Yakima to pay bis lodge dues
and was given a letter telling him tbat
be bad fallen beir to (500,000 in
Wales, A ticket to England and ex
pense money were inclosed.
obandising in the United States was
taken when George B. Hyatt, of En
terprise, before tbe Retail Merohsnts'
Association, made an addreai, explain
ing bow mercbants of the state may
co operate in buying snob staples ss
sugar, fruit jars, spool cotton, eto,
and distributing them from some cen
tral point, mnob after tbe plan of
farmers' nnious, and thus combatting
mail order houses. Tbe matter was
consideied, and a committee aopolnted
to take steps toward its realization.
Fourth at Bingham Springs.
Bingham Springs means to celebrate
tbe I'ourth of July and a live program
has been anuounoed. James A. Coo
per, tbe new proprietor, says tbe oel-
ebiation will last two days, July 4th
and 6th. Tbe events will be bronobo
busting, raoee, musio, a danoe, swim
ming, fishing, fireworks eto. Last bnt
not least, Jook Coleman, tbe Scottish
comedian, has been engaged for tbe
oelebration.
Trainmen Lose Jobs,
As a coDaeqneDCS of tbe aotivity of
"spotters," ten O-.W. R. & N. pass
enger oondnotors running out of Pen
dleton, some of tbem through Athena,
are without jobs aud it ia reported on
good authority tbat . 70 main line
brakemen aud twenty station agents
are to get dismissals from the servioe
in a few 3am
Tornado Kills Nine.
A (ornado struok Wateitown, S. 0.,
Tuesday nigbt, and tore a path
thiough tbe city four blocks wide and
18 blocks long. Nine fatalities are
reported and scores of people are in
jured. The property damage waa
many thousands.
obtained by examination before tbe
stats department. Life aertifloatea or
diplomas now In enact will be satis
factory. A standard high school shall follow
tbe state comae of study exoept In dis
tricts of the first class, whose course
mnat be approved by the State Board
of Ednoatlon. In a three-year high
sobool, two teBObers shall give full
time in tbe high school work, where
mors than four anbjeots each year are
offered; or one teacher aball give full
time and am tber at least bait time
when but four sntjeots are offered
eaoh year, no oboioe of eleotives being
given. All teaohers of tte thiee-year
aooredited high schools shall be grad
uates of a standard oollege, univer
sity or normal sobool or be tbe bolder
of a five-year state certificate in Ore
gon, or an Oregon life certificate, or
a special certllloate for speoial sub
jects issued in aocordanoe with seo
tlons 16 and 30, 1018 edition cf tbe
Oregon school laws.
In the requirements for tbe one aud
two-year oouraea, a teaober doing two
years of high school work oannot teach
in the grades. A teaober doing one
year of bigb sobool work wonld be
permitted to teaoh all of tbe work in
the seventh aud eighth grades also.
Bold Cattle Raid Fails,
James Worden, son of a well known -rsnoher
near Touohet, Wash., drove
08 head of oattle Into Pendleton Sat
urday and tried to aell tbem to buyers
tbere. Sheriff Taylor locked bim np
and before tbe owner of tbe cattle,
Albert Burna of Touohet, knew they
were missing, tbe boy confessed to
their theft. He ia now. in jail at
Walla Walla. ,
Our Dry Goods Department'
contributes bargains that no economical, well posted
shopper can possibly" afford to let pass at this time.
JUNE WHITE SALE OF TOWELS.
Bast assortment we ever had. All go at a big re
duction during our Jnne Wbite Sale.
100 band towels, June Wbite Sale - - 8o
13 l-2o band towels, June White Sale - lOo
20o band towels, June Wbite Sale - 160
25o baud towels, June White Sale - - - 19o
60o band towels, June WbiteSale , 88o
75o band towels, Jnne White Sale - - E8o
$1.00 band towels, JnneWbite Sale - 7 Do
TURKISH TOWELS.
Big, full alze, double thread, fringed and hemmed,
150 Tuikiab towels, Jnne White Sale - -. 12o
250 Torklis towels, Jnne Wbite Sale - 19o
85o Torkisb towels, Jnne Wbite Sale - -270
0o Turkish towels, June Wbite Sale - 81o
60o Turkish Towela, Jnne While Sale - 80o
TABLE LINENS,
too Table Linens, Jnne White Sale J - - 48o
75o labia Linens, June White Sale 5Bs
$1.25 Table Linens, JoneJWblte Hale - 8o
$1.75 Table Linens. June White Sale - -$1.80
$3.00 Table Linens, Jnne Wbite Sale $1.4.9
$2.60 Table Linens. June White Sale - tl.98
NAPKINS.
$1.26 doz. odd napkioa, June Wbite Bale 98o
$1.86 doz. odd napkina, June Wbite Sale - $1.09
$3.76 doz. linen napkins, Jnne Wbite Sale - $11.18
$4.50 doz. linen napkins, June White Sale $11.79
$5,00 doz. Ilnao napkins, June White Sale - $4.97
$8.00 doz. linen napkins, June Wbite Sale - $5.19
$7.60 linen napkins, JnneWbite Sale $0.87
CRASH TOWELING,
10o orash toweling, June Wbite Sale - - 8o
IS l-2o crash toweling, June White 8ale 10c
I5o orssb toweling, Jnne White Sale 12o
20o orasb toweling, June White Sale - lio
28o crash toweling, Jnne Wbite Sals 18o
' BEDDING
And honae linens, a timely UNDERPRIOED SALE
blsnksts, comfortables and bed spreads.
The Peoples Warehouse
Where it pa ys to Trade. j ' PENDLETON, OREGON. Save your TP W Stamps