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Oregon, east of Port
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day. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 24.
PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1912.
NO. 7321
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FEDERAL BLDG.
IS UP TO CITY
Must Decide On Small
Structure Now, or Larger
One Later.
MASS MEETING CALLED
Senator Bonnie Requests Citizens to
Isciihn Mutter and Advise- Him of
Wishes Ample Postoffico Means
More Delay.
Do local people want to have the
plans for the federal building revised
so as to provide for a cheaper build
ing which may be paid for out of the
funds now appropriated or would
they prefer to secure an additional
appropriation to provide for a- build
Ing such as is needed here in order
to accommodate the post office and
other federal offices?
This is the question that Is now up
to Pendleton and a special meeting of
the Commercial club has been called
for tonight to pass upon the matter.
The following tellegram was received
here yesterday from Senator Jonath
an Bourne, Jr.: -
Message from Rourne.
Washington. D. C, Jan. 12.
President Commercial Club, Pendle
ton, Oregon.
Bids on proposed federal building
far exceed appropriation made. Today
I held conference with treasury de
partment and Supervising Architect
Taylor. Situation necessitates either
endeavoring to secure $35,000 addi
tional appropriation for utilization ot
plans already drawn or redrawing
plans for smaller building than con
ditions In your city require to serve
the postal business there. Suggest
you call meeting of your association
and citizens and discuss subject. Tel
egraphically notify me whether Pen
dleton people prefer delay on expec
tation of securing larger and better
building or prefer redrawing plans to
make building come within present
appropriations. Personally. I believe
better result for government and
Pendleton would be achieved even at
cost of delay by securing additional
appropriation though I cannot guar
antee there will be a public building
built this season. Desire Information
based on meeting ot your association
and citizens. Wire reply collect.
JONATHAN BOURNE, JR.
Want Good Turnout.
In the absence of President Smythe
of the Commercial club, who Is still
In Portland. Vice President W. E
Brock has called a special melting for
8 o'clock this evening. The meeting
will be held In the club quarters and
local citizens who are not members
of the club are also invited to attend.
At the meeting the subject win be
dlscus-ed and action taken to express
the views of local people. A reply
will then be wired to Senator Bourne.
In view of the Importance of the
gathering a large attendance is desir
ed for the meeting tonight.
Tuft Accepts Bacon's Resignation.
Washington, D. C, Jan. '13. In a
letter published today President Taft
accepted the resignation of Ambassa
dor Bacon to France, who will ac
cept a fellowship at Harvard.
"OLD GUARD" LEGISLATORS ABANDON
LOSING FIGHT AGAINST STATEMENT NO. 1
With the date for the primary elec
tion only three months distant and
with the Umatilla county legislative
ticket now In the making, news of
what Is transpiring elsewhere in the
state will be of much Interest here.
A story in the Oregon Journal of
yesterday tells of the situation in
many counties and shows the aban
donment by' the old guard of Its fight
upon statement No. 1. The story Is
as follows:
From all parts of the state evidence
Is accumulating that the adherence to
Statement No. 1 will be an almost
universal doctrine among candidates
for the legislature this year. Stand
patters are stampeding Into, the
Statement No. 1 camp, preparing to
pledge their votes for the people's
choice for United States senator even
though it be Jonathan Bourne or a
democrat.
Statement No. 1 syrup ' does not
taste well to many of the standpatters
that will swallow It. But they have
reached the conclusion that they must
recognize It as aft established prescrlp
tion in Oregon. They are ready to
admit that the people cannot be in
duced to look with favor on those who
will not pledge themslve to carry
out the will of the people ln electing
a senator.
Old Guard Ijeader Therc.,
One of the leaders of the hegtra is
BODY OF N
Victim of Avalanche
Feet Beneath the
Surface
Four
Remains Brought to Pendleton Pend
ing Arrival of Relatives and Ar
rangements for Funeral.
Under only four feet of snow, the
body of John Narkam was found yes
terday after the searchers had dug
but a few moments and their fears
that he had been caught in an ava
lanche in Bobsled canyon were con
firmed. The body was frozen stiff
when discovered and Indications were
that he had been dead for several
days. It was brought to this city last
evening by Isaac Hagen and is now
in the Folsom undertaking parlors
pending the completion of funeral ar
rangements. According to Mr. Hagen, the search
ers had dug but a few moments be
fore they came across the hat of the
lost man and soon after they uncov
ered the body of the victim of the
storm. His gloved hand was held
close against his mouth but there was
no evidence of any great suffering.
Death had apparently resulted quick
ly from suffocation.
The searchers account for the es
cape of the horse from the fate of the
man by the theory that Nargaus must
have been leading the animal along
the steep hillside when the slide oc
curred and that the edge of the aval
anche caught the man but did not ex
tend far enough to carry the horse
with it.
According to the story told by Ha
gen, the mother of the young man
had felt fears for her son's safety
ever since Monday evening when he
failed to return from his search for a
cow and calf and it was she that fin
ally secured the organization of a
searching party.
The deceased young man leaves a
mother and father with whom he
made his home, a brother in Canada,
another In the east and a sister, Miss
Ida Narkaus, who teaches at Juniper.
All have been notified of the tragic
end of the young man and funeral
arrangements are postponed until
word is received from them. '
QUAKER METROPOLIS HAS
QUARTER MILLION BLLAZE
. Philadelphia, Jan. 13. Fire which
started last night in a moving picture
show on Market street and which
for hours raged in the downtown
district, was gotten under control
shortly before nine o'clock this morn
ing. The damage is estimated at a
quarter of a million dollars. It was
necessary to call out the entire fire
department.
JAPAN SOLDIERS
ARE OX U. S. SOIL
Toklo, Jan. 13. Commenting
on General Carter's assertion
that the Japanese government
has smuggled thousands of Jap
anese soldiers into Hawaii, for
eign officials today said It was
"laughable." They explained
that most of the Japanese are
soldiers, but denied that the
government had anything to do
with smuggling them in.
W. Lair Thompson, old guard assem
bly loader In the last house of repre
sentatives. He will be a candidate
for state senator from Lake and
Klamath counties this 'year, pledged
to Statement No. 1. Senator Q. H.
Merryman will not be a candidate.
J. A. Buchanan of Roseburg. anoth
er prominent member of the last
house, will be a candidate for senator
from Douglas county. He was an bs-
sembly nominee two years ago. This
year ho will take Statement No 1.
ueorge Neuner, a representative
from Douglas in the last hous, Is in
from Douglas ln the last house, Is in
dldato two years ago, he will try for
the state senate on Statement No. 1.
He nnd Buchanan both seek the place
cf Senator H. D. Norton, democrat,
who, It Is said, will not try for an
other term.
W. H. Brooke, another leader of the
old guard line In the last house, mav
bo a candidate for senator from the
district comprising Harney and Mal
heur counties. If he does. It will be
after attaching his name to Statement
No. 1.
Instead of running for the senate.
he may decide to seek the district at
torneyship ln the Ninth district,
Charles W. Parrlah, who now holds
(Continued on page five.)
PENDLETON HAS MANY
MOVEMENT FOR RELIEF SOCIETY STARTED!
To the Editoi-i "
We crave Utv courtesy of your columns to Invite the prosperous
citizens of Pendleton, those who are not in need, to assemble at tho
.rooms of the Commercial Association at two o'clock on Monday, Jan.
15, 1912, for the purpose of re-organizing the City rtflief Association
as it existed in the hard times of the nineties. It is apparent that we
have among us many worthy men and women who are in need of tem
porary nssistance, and honest work of any kind available. There Is
now no organisation, and the giving is promiscuous and unavailing. The
City Reliof. Association as t once existed -w as equipped to mako inves
tigation, .and to separate tins worthy from tho unworthy calls, and to
register the places where worli could be found. It is for the Interest
of all that such conditions be reproduced to meet the nced-j. of this
time. This Is meant f"r all people, men an 1 womon, who believe that
the religion of the century la proclaimed in the language of the Eng
lish publicist, "A union of all who love. In tho service of all who suffer."
Will the clergymen cf all the churches read this call on Sunday morn
ing. STEPHEN A. LOWELL.
C J. SMITH
LEOX COHEX
Jan. 13, 1912, Pendleton.
BANDITS DROP LOOT '
DURING DUEL WITH POSSE
One RoblH-r and Memltors of Pursu
ing Party Wounded During Terrific
Running Battle.
Xew Port, Beach. Calif., J?.n 13..
Three cracksmen th-'s morning blew
open the safe of the Eank of Xew- tr Admiral turned turt'e on Colum
port and escaped with a small sum bla river bar thortly after she had
of money atter a running battle with; been abandoned by the crew and while
citlzensduring which one of the ban-;
dits wounded Bradley Kemble, a
fisherman, perhaps fatally. Bil'.s of
large denomination were left on the
ttreets by the bandits who, fleeing, piepareu to go to tneir rescue. Cap-! number of years and had made im
dropped a bag crammed with gold and ta'n Bender and his wife and daugh-! provements to the value of $1500 on
b'lls aggregat'ng several thou;and ter are safe at Fort Stevens. They'll.
dollars.
Two poFses are now pursuing the
tl.ree bandits who escaped with 1 a
small rum. That William Hall, a sa
lconman who fought a duel with the
robbers as they escaped In a buggy,
wounded one of them, is evidenced by
great splotches of blood on the road.
The robbers had carefully plan
ned the job.
ph t oil icicnhnn.
and telegraph wires. The bag
bag of
monev thev dropped was taken In
charge by Cashier Wallace.
They robbed a general store before
they touched the bank.
3 DIE IN SNOWSLIDE anrtUSm!ad,rwesrUSh0Ut I,1,n,S
i
' Many Rio (n Xew York.
Wallace. Ida.. Jan. 13 The bodies New York Ja 13.Zero weatner
of William Pearson, Oscar Lundquist struck New York for the first time
and John Thone, miners who were tn many years today. At 6:30 o'clock
killed last night in an avalanche the temperature was five below Zero,
which struck their cabins while they At 8 o'clock it had risen three de
were at dinner, have been recovered grees. Deaths from cold and starva
and searchers are looking for two more tion are hourly reported. Even the
who are missing. The accident oc- morgues are crowded by poor people
curred at Big' Creek, five miles away, who are attempting to keep warm.
With warmer weather, the danger oi
more slides, such as killed a score of
persons in 1910, Is'great.
DUCK SEASON DOES
NOT CLOSE JAN. 15
Umatilla county hunters can con
tinue their quest of ducks until April
1, without violating the game laws
of the state, the published statement
in another newspaper that the open
season would close on the 15th of
this month to the contrary notwith
standing. The statement was evl- As an example of what a man can
den'ly prompted by stories appearing a wncn misfortune overtakes him,
In the Portland papers but the laws the record of E. F. Marks since coming
regard-ng the killing of ducks are tH Pendleton a little more than a
different for different sections of the 'ear aS stands out conspicuously. A
8tate prosperous and happy farmer in the
In' Clatsop, Columbia and Multno- c6eur d'Alene district of Idaho, in the
rnah counties the season closes on course of a few days he had seen his
January 15. but in the counties of nome- ,crl)S and a ' his material
.,' , t possessions swept away by the raging
Umatilla. Morrow-. Union, Grant Har- fore3t fires devaJta ed so
ney Malheur and Wallowa ducks re- mlles of rc , , J
main unprotected until April 1. After of 191(j
that date until September 1 It will be His land was left but he had no
unlawful not only to kill ducks but funds with which to repair the dam
to take, injure or have in possession age done and, so, without wasting
any mauara, wooa, wiageon, ieai, time in mourning his loss, he secured
spoonbill, gray, black, sprigtail, can- temporary quarters for his wife and
vas back or any other species of wild two children, bought a ticket for Pen
duck. ' dleton and arrived here with only 40
The law relating to the shooting of
ducks In this county Is to be found
in section 2290 of the fish and game
laws or Oregon.
SPECIAL MEETING TO
oiner worn, mncouniering jonn Alont
TAI If PAIR RUM HI MO eomery, the grain buyer, and noticing
Trllll UUI LUI llU the K. of P. pin which he wore, he
mado himself and his object known.
' With true fraternal spirit, Montgom-
For the purpose of discussing the cry directed him to E. P. Marshall,
proposition of a permanent fair pa- the well known farmer, who was In
villon for the Umtallla-Morrow county ineed of a rorelnan for one of hls
fair, a special mass meeting will be ranches. Although Inexperienced ln
held at the city hall next Tuesday , wheat farming, Marks accepted the
evening. The meeting has been call- j position and made good by his won-
ea oy me uifuiui lair uouru uuu
President Hurd says he Is anxious to
get a representative attendance.
"We want a permanent fair build
ing if we can get It," he says, "but we
do not want to undertake the move
If the local people who will have to
pay for It do not want it."
Members of the Commercial club,
of the Round-Up board and all local
I citizens In general are asked to at-
I tend the meeting at the city hall.
POOR AND NEEDY;
VESSEL CAPSIZES ON
COLUMBIA BAR--3 DIE
Crew or Schooner Imiral Have Hard ,
l igi't Agaln-a Angry Waves for
Several Hours.
Astoria, Ore., Jan 13. Three men
are supposed, to have been lost this
afternoon when the American schoon
being towed to shore by the tug Wal- j
x 01 ine crew on a jetty on the
bar fought for life for several hours.
The Hammond life saving crew has
lert the ship th's morning. Later
the men were rescued by a breeches
buoy.
'
PHI n ll I I o rimiTrrii
lULU KILLS EIGHTEEN
Ch'cago, Jan. 13. Eighteen deaths '
rroin the cold w thin. th last twi.ntv.iana a numoer oi paraiiei cases, in
Iour nours nave been reported, three
f' . - a-
or inese were In Chicago, two at
Hammond, Ind., three at Fargo, N.
D., two in Minnesota, one at Valley
City, N. D. and six In northwestern
Texas. At Columbus, Ind, today the!place tnelr 8on ln a Posltlon where ne
temperature is 25 degrees below zero!could establlsl hlmselWor life by use
.. O. P. Subcommittee Meets.
Chicago, 111.,- Jan. 13. Headed by
Chairman New of Indianapolis, sever
al members of the subcommittee on
arrangements are conferring here to
day regarding plans of republican na
tional convention which meets here
June 18. Among those present are
Committeeman Williams of Oregon.
BURNED-OUT THIS
MAN COMES BACK
cents In his pocket.
The day he arrived he heard of a
job on the Osborne farm, walked
I there at once and secured employ
ment for a few weeks. The money
he received was sent nt nnoo tn Mo
ifan,11y he started in search of
; nerful nerseveranee. ponrniro fnrio nf
will. He sent for his family and for
a year remained on the Marshall farm
as foreman.
Though his family suffered much
.from sickness during the year, he was
out of debt when he resigned his po
sttlon nnd now he Is installed in the
Mrs. Wiley Frazler home in the west
end of the city and Is making a good
living as a purchasing agent for a
ftock company.
ZEUSKE H I
III WIDOW'S FAVOR
Judge Phelps Decides She
is Entitled to
Homestead.
Litigation of Many Years Results To- j
duy in Court Recognizing Contract I
Made Verbally.
Circuit Judge G. W. Phelps mado
it plain today, in his findings ii the
Zeuske vs. Zeuske case that It is the
intention of his court to uphold the
rights of the widow and orphan in so
lir as his duties permit, and hence
his decision was for the plaintiff in
the case.
The case of Emma Zeuske vs. Au
gust Zeuske and wife is one well
known locally as it has been In the
ccurts for the past few years. The
pluintiff Is the widow of Edward
ants. At his death several years ago,
his Darents made an attempt through
a law suit to oust the widow and her
child from the 320 acre farm near He
lix which haj been left to them by
the deceased husband and father but
title to which was held by the elder
Zeuske.
In her defense, the widow claimed
that a verbal contract had been made
between her husband and his parental
whereby he was to have title to the
I land and In corroboration she pointed
lout that he had been in possession a
j The case appeared for trial before
Judge Bean and the Jury found for
the widow. It was appealed and the
supreme court reversed the decision
i on tne runds that it was not a law
icase and ordered it back to the local
! equity court.
Judge Phelps In his findings cites
several authorities for his decision
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1'"U'UU",B '"''""
says, "The
conclusion Is Irresistible that the facts
present a case where the father and
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less commendable impulse sought to
oi nis Knowieage as a rarmer. rnai
the son had met the expectations of
the parents and had by his industry
at the time of his death earned title
to the land. It Is unfortunate that
the same kindly impulses which
prompted the purchase of the land
for- the son in the first Instance and
(Continued on page five.)
U. OF C. INVITES
PENDLETC?! HIGH
Berkeley, Cal , Jan. 13. High
schools throughout the state, and a
number ln Oregon and Washington,
have accepted the Invitation of tho
University of California to compete
in the Second Pacific Coast Interschol
astic Meet to be held on the campus
April 26 and 27. The meet, to which
the Pendleton High school, among
others, has been invited, will undoubt
edly be the most Important event on
the coast ln the realm of high school
track athletics. This meet Is an an
nual event.
Special preparations have been
made by the Big "C" society of the
university for the entertainment and
housing of all visiting athletes dur
ing their entire stay at Berkeley. The
fraternities and house clubs have of
fered their houses for this purpose.
The above item was received at the
East Oregonian office this morning
Principal Hampton states that the lo
cal school has not yet received the in
vitation mentioned, and in case it
does come, he is not certain that it
can be. accepted owing to the distance
and the amount of time necessary for
such a trip.
LADIES OF METHODIST
Kf
3
ORGANIZE TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF POOR
S3
In order to alleviate the suffering!
of the poor during the winter months,
the ladles of the Methodist Episcopal
church are heading a charitable
movement and they are asking the
citizens to cooperate with them by
notifying them if they can contribute
clothing, food or anything else.
The ladies gave out a statement as
follows:
"There have been perhaps more
calls for help during this year than
Pendleton has experienced for many
years," said one of the ladies this
morning, "and this last cold weather
has added even more suffering and
need,
"Many families have been found In
absolute want; in many cases small
children have been found bare footed
and with very little other clothing.
"The ladles of the M. E. church
JOHN f COURT
TELLS PUR
Will
Take Long Route to
Establish Right of Local
Indians to Water.
IWILL USE STATE COURT
Enemies or Indian Rights Hope for
. Change ot Sentiment by Supreme
Court Case Now Berore State Wa
ter Hoard Awaiting nearlng.
John McCourt, United States dist
rict attorney for Oregon, will endeavor
to establish the reservation water
rights through the adjudication suita
now pending before the state water
board. He will not take the shorter
and quicker course of trying the case
before the federal courts unless In
structed to do so by the attorney gen
eral. Nor will he Join forces with
any individual and take the Case Into
the federal courts unless he is sped
ficially Instructed to do so. At thbJ.
time William Caldwell is ousted from
the federal court presumably because -
he could not make the government a -party
to the suit without the district
attorney's consent.
In an interview given an East Ore
gonian representative in Portland a
few days since McCourt explained hla -attitude
In reference to the reservation
cases. He still holds that under the
ruling of the United States supreme
court the Indians of the reservation
are entitled to use water upon their -allotments.
He advises the Indiana
to make use of the water and says he
will defend them in their right should,
they be molested. However he de
clares he will not protect renters who-
seek to use water upon rented land.
Before State Board.
Aonnrrilnir to th United States at-
,h Trw,ifln rn9es , now be-
uul """c l"jfore the state board for adjudication
because of the answer he filed to the
contest brought before-the state board
by Sophie Byers. In that answer Mc
Court sets up the right of the Indiana
to water and holds the Byers claim
to be secondary to the rights of the
Indians under the treaty.
However it will be some months be
fore the cases can be tried before the
state board as the Indian cases wIU
come up along with other adjudica
tion suits from this section. After
the water board has passed upon the-
lease it will then be subject to the
1 jurisdiction of the circuit court, of the-
state supreme court and later of the
Unlted States courts.
Asked as to why such a roundabout
course should be taken Instead of the -more
direct course of trying the mat-
ter ln the federal courts, District At
torney McCourt asserted the propriety
of trying the case before a local trib
unal, despite the fact the great point
at Issue ln the reservation cases Is a.
federal question. ( A ,
Hope for Reversal. '
Apparently there is hope ln certain
circles that some day the United
States supreme court may alter the
ruling made In the Montana Indian
cases. According to McCourt a govern
ment irrigation official told him not
(Continued on page eight)
J. W. M'AI.LLISTER IS
BEAD AT LA GRAXDE.
Word was received here to-
day of the death of J. W. McAl-
lister, state president of the
Farmers' Educational & Co-op-
eratlve Union and well known In
this city. His death occurred
yesterday at his home in La
Grande, and was the result of
an operation he underwent for
bowel trouble.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
have decided to ask that any one who
has clothing and especially bedding,
that can be spared, notify Penland
Bros., and they have agreed to bring
the contributions to the church Thurs
day afternoon, January 19, where it
will be sorted and cared for and dis
tributed to the different needy per
sons. "This department of the church. is
planning on making this a perma
nent and systematic part of Its work
and in order to perform more Intelli
gently this work, the committee
would be glad to have any one who
knows of some one In need to call at
the church any time Thursday after
noon or telephone any member of the
committee, Mrs." W. E. Waters, Mrs.
T). B. Waffle. Mrs. C. W. Goodan,
Mrs. N. Evans