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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
OREGON HISTORY
GEORGE ii. HINES TELLS
PIONEER "REMINISCENCES.
When Boy of II Years OF Age He
Camped Nenr Present Site of City
of Pendleton-Immigran Train
Turned North Here and Went Di-
rect TO Puget Sound-Early Rivalry
Between Settlements of the William
cite Valley and the Sound.

'Fifty7one years ago last August,
when a boy of IL years of age, in
company with my parents and an
immigrant train of SO wagons and 14O
people, from Indiana. Illinois and
Missouri, l camped near the present
site of the city of Pendleton." said
George H. Hines. field secretary and
curator of the oregon Historical So
ciety. to the East Oregonian. today.
Mr.. Hines. who carries more
Northwest history in his memory and
on his tongue than perhaps any other
living man, is in the city today in the
interest of the society. He has just
attended the Hood River fruit fair,
gathered historical data at that place
and at The Dalles. and is now visiting
Umatilla county to enrich his fund
of pioneer history and meet members
of the society who reside in this city
and county.
Our train was the very first to
be diverted from the Willamette val
ley to the Puget Sound country" said
Mr.. Hines. AT the Grand Ronde
valley we met a courier from the Pu-
get sound settlement who induced us
to start northwest from Pendleton on
a direct route to the sound.
We turned north from Swift's sta
tion. crossed the Columbia at wallula,
crossed over into the Yakima, crossed
the Yakima river eight times
passed over on to the Nahchess. and
| followed an Indian trail, crossing that
Z
of the Cascades we dropped our wag-
ons down the precipices with ropes
to the west slope.
I'VE were induced to take this
route by the courier who told us OF
good roads and flourishing settle.
ment on the sound. That was the be-
ginning OF the rivalry between the
settlements Of the Willamette and the
Puget sound.
what is tSe most remarkable feat
ure of our little party, is that mem
bers of our train introduced three o
the leading and most vital industries
into the territory north of the Colum
bia. My father, Tyrus Hines, was {
boot and shoe maker; James Biles
principal captain OF our company
was tanner. and Mrs. Frazier wa
a milliner and dress maker, and thes'
three people introduced these thre'
great Industries into the territor.
north of the Columbia river.
; "Fifty-one years ago tonight, Octo
Der 21, 1853. we slept under ROOT
for the first time after leaving tn
5 settlements of the Central state. w
settled in a cabin five miles east o
r Olympia. our first home in the West.
. Mr.. Hines is enthusiastic in tn
e work of collecting pioneer relics an
n history, and will spend several day
in this city and vicinity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
GUARD THE RATES
FREIGHT INSPECTOR SAVES
MONEY FOR RAILROADS.
NJ. b. Behring, of the Transcontinen-
tai Freight Bureau, Located in
Duties-Freight Shipments Must
Be Closely Watched to Prevent
Billing ut Less Than the Regular
Rate for the Commodity Being
Shipped.

An agent of the Trans-Continental
Freight Bureau has duties to perform
that are exacting in the last degree,
that require alertness, impartiality.
and an Indifference to criticism and
censure that cast-iron image might
be supposed to have. incidentally, to
do full justice by the bureau and his
duties he must be proof against blan'
dishments and bribery.
> NJ. H. Behrenz, the agent stationed
at this point, with long distance con-
signments from Pendleton to all
points this side of walla Walla and
of Portland, states that violations Of
the rules governing the classification
of freight are continually found
these things are not occasional, ac-
cidental and Incidental, but are of
daily occurrence, and affect nearly
all classes of goods.
Z An exemption or almost an ex-
emption. is groceries. Attempts to
defeat the schedule in this class OF
goods is extremely rare. and when II
does occur it is usually in the en-
deavor to get cereal food products
through as mill feed. The difference
in the rate is 40 per cent.
Shipments Are Closely Watched.
Mr.. Behrenz said with a laugh. e
never yet saw a shipment of wrought
iron pipe; that is. of pipe that wa
consigned as such. of course, i'm
mense quantities of wrought-iron pip
is consigned. but it is always billed a
cast-iron. the difference in favor o
the latter being 10 per cent. On
carload of from 10000 to 1000
pounds the difference is considerable
from $50 to $50.
The fact that very nearly all tn
errors are in. favor of the shippers
that it is extremely seldom that a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
$50 HEAD OF HOGS.
b. r. McElroy Has Great Faith In
This as a Hog Country.

B. F. McElroy a few days ago sold
a carload of fat hogs to the Sound
market. The price realized could not
be learned. Mr. McElroy is feeding
230 head of hogs. of which number
100 will be put on full feed during the
latter part of the winter. All are now
being fed ond stubble for growth.
The majority are Poland-Chinas.
Mr.. McElroy is not the corn en-
thusiast that so many are in connec-
ton with the growing and fattening
of hogs, believing that corn is not so
essential as it is generally considered.
He claims that as fine pork can be
grown from wheat, mill feed and peas
as from corn, and as cheaply.
He has an abiding faith in this as
a hog country. He has upon his res
ervation farm 10 brood sows-thTee
Poland Chinas and seven Chester
White grades. upon which he depends
fer his most choice young hogs o!
next year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Great Savings EfHected.
SDlints Taken Off.

The splints have been taken off the
leg of Jesse Failing. VINO is in a
hospital in Portland. The limb is
entirely helpless, although it is sup
posed that the fracture has been en-
tirely corrected by nature. On ac-
count of his age and from lying help
less so many months, both Mr.. ss..-
ing's knees are too stiffened to bend,
and the muscles of both limbs are
nearly useless, being in measure
atrophied. With the splints and
bandages removed and systematic ef-
fort being made to correct the muscu-
lar and flexular disorders, It is believ-
ed that he will recover measurably
rapid.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
HIGH SCHOOL WON.
"Once Was Its" scalped by Score of
2S to 0.

26 10 U.
Ages long was the agonizing foot
ball game played yesterday afternoon
between the Pendleton high school
and the "Once Was Its" The school
boys won the game by score of rs
to o. To say that the "Once Was Its"
played football, is to prevaricate.
They upheld the honor of their name
and that was all. AS to the high
school. that team has nothing to
boast of in the manner of winning
the game. A few individual players
won the contest, but the eleven lacks
team work.
Possibly two of the "Once Was It's"
showed up well in the game. George
GRAY. an old walla walla high school
PLAYER, put up all there was In him,
which is saying a great deal, but
then football is not one mans game.
With a few more George Bowneys, he
might have succeeded in carrying the
4 pigskin over the goal.
II was the first game of the season
and the high school boys appear to
have some good men among them
who will come out well before the
season is ended. BY series OF line
bucks and end runs they made theii
gains and perhaps II a stronger team
had been against them, better bal
would have been played by the entire
eleven.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21

man, DR. Vincent. Dr. T. H. White
F. W. Waite and DIR. Fulton OF MIL
ton. A little later the preserve is ex-
peoted to swarm with wild fowl of all
the kinds usually found in this coun-
try during the fall. The migration
is slow this fall on account of the
open. clear weather.
The association regards the enter
prise as a great success in every re-
spect and sure TO develop into one OF
the best game preserve enterprises III
the entire West
As many birds have been lost In
the dense tulies after being shot the
association is having from seven to 10
acres of the tulies cut away TO af-
ford an open space in which to shoot
and recover.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Fnrmerly Of Pendleton.

q. A. Collett has arrived from
Homewood. Texas, and is visiting
with j. Albert Smith and family, of
the east end while awaiting the ar
rival of his family from Portland.
They will go to Spokane, where Mr..
Collett has employment with the
street railway company. The Collects
lived in Pendleton for a time about
five years ago, leaving here to go to
Oakland, Cal, where Mr.. Collett was
employed for about a year with the
Southern Pacific.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
successsu, Meeting Last Night.

The United Evangelical ministers
Revs. Lowell and Phelps-held quite
successful street meetings last night,
adjourning from the street to the
Congregational church. Last night
was one of the most successful ses-
sions these gentlemen have had in
Pendleton. The audience was large
and the interest great. Rev. Phelps
will preach in the Congregation
church twice next Sunday. There will
be no services there tomorrow night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
VIII Build Residence.

Purl Bowman expects to build a
large residence-one of about IL
rooms-next year on his lots on West
Court street. where now stands the
residence he now occupies, which he
owns with the ore adjacent to it on
the westward. These buildings he
will move away and the new resi-
dence will occupy the entire suite OF
lots. which extend back to the levee
and front the northern end of Will
low street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Bndly Broken Foot.

C. H. Allen of Weston. was in town
yesterday taking X-ray treatment for
broken foot. The second day of
last May he fell from his wagon, the
team ran away and the right foot was
badly crushed-just how, he does not
know. 1t has been entirely helpless
ever since, several bones being dis
placed and broken. He contemplates
having the member operated upon to
effect the readjustment, into their
proper relative positions, of the bones
of the foot.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Happy Holdnlan.

Ora Holdman this morning took
out to Holdman load of dry goods
with which to replenish the stock of
Robert Patchen's store at Holdman
Mr.. Holdman reports that business
conditions in general are good around
Holdman-at least as good as a year
ago. The general health is good.
There is probably less sickness there
than in any country neighborhood in
the county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Gone to MontesanO.

Ellis Waldo went west this morn
ing with the intention of going to
Montesano, Wash. where his broth
er Samuel resides who formerly
lived in Milton. The former has
spent the summer on the Grant coun-
ty range and helped drive cattle
through about three weeks ago, since
which time he has been visiting
around Milton and Freewater
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Idaho Odd Fellows.

About so delegates to the Idaho
Grand Lodge of the l. o. o. F. and
Rebekahs came in on the early train
last night from the east and went
north this morning. They comprised
the delegations from the northern
part of the state. en- route home from
Nampa, where the grand lodge has
been in session all this week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Looking for Investments.

Mrs. L. A. witte, of Mapleton, KAN
by her uncle, John
Crist, arrived last night. Mrs. Witte
will visit for the winter with her
brother, n. j. Thomas, near Dale.
Mr.. Crist will look over this country
including the irrigated districts OF the
northern part of the county, with a
view to investing in the spring.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Will Look Before Deciding.

H. C. winans, of Junction City,
Kan, arrived a few days ago and
rather expects to invest in this town
and perhaps in farming lands in the
vicinity. He has not definitely con-
cluded to do so, and will look the
country over for several months.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
TI,o,ourbbred Irish setter.

Dr. T. H. White recently purchased
of McNabb, the veterinarian, thor
oughbred Irish setter. 3 1-2 years OF
age. that is undoubtedly one of the
finest in his class. He was bred and
raised in Ohio, where he was the
property OF wealthy physician.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
Corload Furniture burned.

Last Saturday a carload of furni-
ture from the East to Portland via.
Spokane. was entirely destroyed by
fire between Tekoa and Umatilla.
The loss is estimated at $4,000 The
fire is supposed to have been caused
by sparks from the engine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
DR.. withycombe for Governor.

In casting over the available can
didates for governor of Oregon at the
1906 election. several Western Oregon
papers have made favorable mention
of DIR. James Withycombe, as a suit
able man for that place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21

article is billed in class upon which
the rate is higher than the product
warrants-does not deter Mr.. Behrenz
from good-naturedly declaring that
at least 90 per cent of the errcrs in
classification are due to ignorance.
not to wilful desire to get lower
rate than the character of the goods
warrants.
MIR. Behrenz mentions passing iudg-
ment once upon car billed as four
carloads of "alum" when as u mat
ter of fact every ounce of the stuff
was sulpha1e OF alumnia. while the
difference in the rate amounted TO
100 per cent, or S175.
A car billed as lumber" once had
five tons of bridge iron disposed so
it would be covered by the lumber.
There was economy in this undertake
ing, as the lumber covering the iron
had 10 cent rate. while the rate
on the iron was 60 cents.
Mr.. Behrenz adds, Picture frames
are always billed as unglazed. and
are always glazed. The rate on the
| former is much less than on the lat
ter
Barrels of paint and cement are
often mixed in a consignment and
then all are listed as cement. the rate
upon cement being much lower than
on the lumber.
4 Sheet iron is always billed as bar
iron. and the rate on the latter is 10
cents lower per hundred pounds than
on the former. on a carload weigh
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 pounds the
difference is considerable.
'1ncandescent bulbs are always
billed as glassware simply, and the
difference i'm the rate is 200 per cent.
Great Savings Enected.
In the coast states. that is west OF
the line north from FL PasO. there are
so men employed in the business,
said Mr.. Behrenz, ''and dnring the
past month of July they discovered
I discrepancies which saved to the
/ freight companies S11S,000.
During the first week of the
present month of October the dis.
crepancies discovered from my of
flee on stuff billed to PendletoD anC
as far north as the first station thii
side of Walla Walla, and as far ives
as the first station this side OF Port
land, amounted to s675."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21
pnEsERvE A SUCCESS.
A Association VIII Cut Away Ten Acres
OF Tulies.

Though the migratory season is not
10, omen. 46 ducks and 15 snipe were
killed ON the Hot Lake preserve last
sunday by A. ID. Stillman, II. j. stiii-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-10-21

Women should
not wonder at
their failin &
health as long
as they contin-
ue to suffer from
monthly irreg-
ularities. The
Bitters SIS the
best remedy in
snch cases. 1t
always cures
Backache
Vomiting,
faintiag SPELLS
SIeeuIe6soess.
Indigestion or
Dyspepsia.
Try one bottle,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-13
In Police Court.

You Chong, NJ. Souza and NJ. Vierra
We're up in Police Court yesterday
morning, charged with selling liquor
without license. You Chong pleaded
guilty and was fined 800 and costs.
The cases of the other two will be
heard tomorrow. Kamai, charged with
violating Section rs. Penal Laws, had
his lase nolle pressed. Ben Amino,
charged with assault and battery on
day. PAX Chez, who alleges false i'm
prisonment, will have his case heard
tomorrow.
The list of drunks was swelled by a
number from the transport. Among
those present. who We're fined SO and
costs each, We're J. Conway. Herbren,
NJ. Neil, Ed Ryan, Kahanu No. 2. Sam
Mecandless, Pila Mona, Tony Torres.
Pete Sweeney and II. Trever,
oleaka (w) had his charge nolle
pressed also,
The charges OF drunkenness against
Lyons and Smith We're nole pressed.
w. Kahanu, who is UP for assault and
battery on his wife. will be tried to-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-13
WILL IMPROVE
FAR OUT SUBURBS

An improvement Association Tor Kali
mukai Poiolo aud waialae suburbs Ia
to be organized Tho following call for
meeting has been lssued
You are urgently requested to at.
tend meeting at the Merchants As
ISOLATION Hall, Young Building. at Z
m. Wednesday afternoon. Sept. 1lth
for the purpose Of organizing an Im-
provement club for the Kaimuki Pa
lolo and walaiae district. The cali ia
signed by A. f. Clark. c. T. Day. c. NJ.
v Forster, Paul II. Isenberg, Jno. A.
Templeton, u. II. Maconachie, 7. Nc
Giants Stewart. s I. shaw. W. L. How
ard. S. l.. Damon. Royal u. Mead. w.
NJ. Minton, zeno X Myers Il. A. Nc
Inerny. DR.. w. @. Rogers Geo. p. THE
len, Fred. Harrison, A. " Gear, John
b. Frietas.
The purpose of this meeting is to get
the property owners of the district to-
gether to work for mutual interests In
improving the surroundings of the SUI
burban district. Planting trees along
the streets and seeing that proper rec
ognition is obtained from the Govern
ment for whatever Is deemed to be the
share of tits district. The plan fol-
lows the general lines of Improvement
Associations that have proved such
success In mainland cities and towns.
1t is believed great deal can be ac-
by property owners and
residents working together,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-13
ACT OF BRAVERY REWARDED
BY A GRATEFUL CITIZEN

The gift of a handsome gold medal
yesterday to Harry Mossman, chief
clerk in the office of Deputy Sheriff
Chillingworth, from Lee Chu, one of
the wealthy members of the Chinese
colony, is the reward for an act of
bravery by young Mossman on the
night of June 22, 1904, when he wrested
a revolver from the hand of Chinese
murderer and placed him under arrest.
preventing him from killing the donor
of the medal.
The medal is in the form of shield
and bears the following inscription;
Presented TO II. c. Mossman by Lee
Chu as token of appreciation and es-
TEEN. Honolulu, June %, 1904" The
following letter accompanied the gift:
Honolulu, September II, 1904.
II. c. Mossman. ESD, Honolulu. oahu.
My Dear Sir: / take the liberty of
you herewith token of my
Of your services 10 me on
the night OF June 90, 1904.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-13

James. Another expedition took him &c
Palestine and Egypt. India, Java
China and Japan, occupied another
tour, and another trip was to Alaska.
In fact Mr.. Alexander was a tireless
traveller and there were few countries
he had not visited.
$. T. Alexander was the son of Rev.
William p. Alexander and Mary Ann
Mckinney Alexander, who arrived in
Honolulu as missionaries on May IL,
1882 The deceased was born at Waioli,
Kauai. October 20, 1896. His father
came from Paris, Kentucky, and his
mother from Harrisburg, Pa, the for
mer dying here August 10. 1884, and the
latter June 20, 1885, The deceased was
one of nine children, and of these he
leaves surviving him Prof. w. ID. Alex
ander. of Honolulu; Mary j. Alexander,
of Oakland, Cal; Rev. James M. Alex
ander. of East Oakland Cal; Mrs. Lot
tie A. Ferreri, of Palermo, Sicily; Mrs.
II. p. Baldwin, of Puunene, Maui; Mrs.
c. H. Dickey, of Honolulu; Henry M.
Alexander, of Redding, Cal.
S. Il. Alexander married Martha e.
Cooke, sister of C. NJ. Cooke, of Ho-
nolulu, on January 26, 1864 who sur
wives him, and leaves also four chill
dren, Julia, Annie, Wallace and Mar
tina.
Mr.. Alexander took a college course
at Williams College, and went to the
gold fields of California in the early SOS.
to Hawaii he became overseer
and finally manager of Waihee Planta-
ton. He was afterwards manager OF
Haiku plantation and became a partner
with II. p Baldwin in the development
Of Paia plantation about 1869. He was
an incorporation with II. p. Baldwin In
plantation. In time he be-
came the senior member of the firm
Of Alexander & Baldwin and was an
officer and large stakeholder in the Ha-
waiian Commercial & Sugar Company
Of Maui.
Mr.. Alexander was one of the pioneers
who developed the old crude, wasteful
methods of making sugar into the mod
ern, economical plantation, creating a
great and paying industry in the Ha-
waiian Islands. To his energy and
optimism the great success in later
years of the sugar industry in the Is
ands is measurably due.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-13
THE NEW TENTH
PRECINCT ORCAN| zERS

The new Tenth Precinct Republican
Club of the Fourth District was or
ganized last evening at the residence
| of 7. p. Cummins, Pawaa. The new
precinct takes in all that portion of the
old first precinct mauka of King street
and Waialae road and Waikiki of Pu-
nahou street, including the suburbs of
Manoa, College Hills and Moiliili. Lor-
rim Andrews opened the meeting and
the following officers We're then elected:
President, w. w. Harris; first vice.
president, S. +. Chillingworth; second
vice-president Jack Kuamoo; secre-
tary, e. Buffandeau; assistant secre-
tary, l.. A. c. Parish; treasurer, w. w.
Chamberlain.
Executive Committee-W. II. Char
lock, L. G. Keen, Ed. Towse, X. Keka-
hio, c. L. Hopkins.
Judges of Election-E. Buffandeau l..
A. C. Parish, Sam Chillingworth, Jr.
Delegate to District Central Commit
tee-W. w. Chamberlain.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-13

On that occasion you bravely, unarm.
ed and alone, grappled with and secur-
ed a desperate man, armed with a re-
volver, who had just committed a foul
murder, and was on his way to make
a second victim of me, and by your con-
duct you rescued me. as i believe. from
a horrible death.
1t may be that your action I'm the
matter was actuated by a sense of pub
lie duty, but l believe that under the
circumstances many men would have
shrunk from the performance of such a
duty, involving as it did, great danger
to your own life. and / therefore feel
that an expression OF my esteem for
your brave conduct is fitting and
proper.
Please accept the little token sent
herewith, and believe me always to be,
Yours gratefully,
LEE CHU.
on the night OF June 22. 1904. Llu
Lock, a ChInaman who wanted money
and had threatened bodily harm to Lam
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-13
PROGRESS OF THE
ROYAL SCHOOL

Miss Dawson. the school agent, met
the Royal school teachers yesterday
and discussed plans for making the
school stiil more efficient. The teach-
ers will move into the new building as
soon as It Is ready. 80 as to allow the
old buildings TO be removed and the
grounds benutiied. Mrs. Tucker clas-
sihed the pupils yesterday for music
classes. The Royal-schoo will be the
largest public school on the islands by
waiian voices It should take the lead in
music.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-13

READY FOR
CAMPAIGN
Executive Committee
To Open On
Sept. "a.

The executive committee of the Bo-
publican Territorial Central Committee
last evening adopted the suggestion OF
the central Committee TO have the cam-
phiEn open on the evening OF Saturday.
september q, at the Orpheum theater.
The speakers will be the candidates for
election to the Senate and House OF
Representatives., who are to be selected
at the conventions of the Fourth and
Firth districts. separately and jointly.
II was originally planned to have the
conventions meet on Saturday next. but
owing To that day falling on Regatta
Day, II IL probable that they will be held
on Friday evening, September 16. The
Fourth District has already signified its
to change the date so that
Regatta Day aftermath may not be In
terfered with.
j. j. Fern. who was believed to be a
strong Senatorial possibility in the
Fifth District, has withdrawn from the
race. This Will leave the way open
to II. r. Adams. John Lane is not
likely to change his preference for the
lower house, he believing that he can
serve the party better in that section of
the Legislature.