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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05

Glenn Bushee, the well known local
buckaroo, has received a letter from
the management of the Lewis and
Clark fair asking him to make rec
concentrations for program for a
wild West" day and also to take
charge of the arrangements for that
occasion. No date has yet been set
for the occasion, and the matter is as
yet in an embryonic state.
In his reply Mr.. Bushee has stated
his willingness to act in the position
offered him, and he has also asked
the fair management to take up the
proposition of forming a wild west
company to perform during the eX-
position. Such a company has al
ready been partly formed, and Mr..
Bushee, acting as an agent for the
organizer, has already engaged a
number of Indians from the reserva-
tion, and some half dozen good bron-
cho twisters of Nlstern Oregon have
been secured for the enterprise. How
ever, the head promoter of the affair,
who is the same who had charge of
the wild west show at st. Louis, has
but recently been sentenced to serve
three years term in a penitentiary
and as a result has been compelled
to cancel his business engagements.
Those who are interested in the af-
fair and have intended taking part,
do not wish to see the show fall
through, and in their behalf Mr..
Bushee wrote the fair management
asking them to consider making the
show a regular attraction. There is
large tract of land adjoining the
exposition grounds which Ii is said
can be secured and would be an ideal
place for camp.
Should the show be organized, 1t
would consist of two camps, one of
| Indians and one of cowboys. Exhi-
bitions in broncho riding, rope throw
ing branding. etc, would be given,
fights with Indians, and war dances
would be carried out and specimens
of the gentle art of stage coach rob-
bing and similar frontier pastimes,
would be shown for the benefit of the
sightseers.
Among those who have been engag-
ed for the show, should it be formed
are Glenn Bushee, Jack Ireland
Stone, of Idaho, Melvin Buck, Gus
Hill, the Walker sisters of the John
Day country, Wild Bill. of the reser-
walton, and about a dozen other In
dians.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
sUNIPTER VALLEY EXTENSION.
Narrow Guage Road Will Be Built
Into Austin, a Distance of Eight
Miles, This Season.

]. H. Barton, general manager of
the Sumpter Valley railway, passed
through the city this morning from
Baker City to Chicago, where he
goes to attend the graduating exer-
cises at Bennett Medical college, at
which his eldest son will graduate
next week.
Mr.. Barton says the Sumpter VAL
ley railway will be extended from
Upton to Austin, a distance Of eight
miles this season. This new track
will penetrate a very good section of
country and while tbe traffic will not
make the road self-supporting, it will
give the oregon Lumber company at
Baker City access to vast areas of
pine timber, which will be shipped
to the mills at Baker.
A new 12-stall round house is be-
ing built at the terminal at Baker
City, also a new paint shop and new
machine shop. Rails for the extern
sion have been received and work on
the grade will soon begin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
New Clerks at Two Hotels.

Joseph Kimmery, who has been
day clerk at Hotel st. George for the
past two years, has resigned his posi-
ton to accept a like position with
Hotel Pendleton. Will H. Dart, a we'll
known newspaper man of Portland,
has accepted the position of day clerk
at Hotel st. George in place of Mr..
Kimmery. Mr.. Dart arrived from
Portland this morning and assumed
his duties today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
PORTAGE FUND NOT RAISED.
Whitman County Fails to Collect 1t
$4,000 Pro Rata.

Whitman county will be unable to
comply with its original request made
by the directors Of the Open River
association whereby the county was
asked for $4,000 toward the construc-
tion of the portage railroad to con-
meet steamers above and below Cello
falls on the Columbia river.
On account of the numerous re-
quests for large appropriations for
various purposes within the past few
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
LETTERS OF INQUIRY.
Addressed to School Directors In Ref
erence to Teachers.

County School Superintendent
Frank K. welles yesterday mailed
circular letters to all of the school
directors of this county in reference
to the employment of teachers for
the coming school year.
Points recommended in the letter
are that they should be employed
early; without waiting for applica-
tions; that they should be employed
for the entire school year; that 1t Is
better to have short term with &
good teacher, at good pay, than &
long term with a poor teacher; ant
that teachers should be employed
from this county whenever such a
possible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
PALoUsE IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Great interest Taken in Washington
Government Project.


DIR. n. G. Blalock and ex-senator O..
T. Cornwell both returned to the city
yesterday from Connell, Wash, to
which point they went to attend a
mass meeting called in the interest
of the Palouse irrigation scheme,
says the Union.
There were over 800 interested
persons present, including Congress-
man Jones, and T. A. Noble of the
United States geological survey and
reclamation department Pasco and
Kennewick turned out with one hum
dred of their prominent residents,
among the number being several who
were conspicuous members Of the
gentler sex.
An excellent brass band headed the
Pasco and Kennewick delegation.
There were also people present from
Kahlotus, Washtucna, Ritzville and
Spokane, and various other centers
whose citizens are interested in the
project.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
REMAINS TO COLFAX.
Large Delegation Of Elks Accompany
Fred Waite's Body to Last Home.


The remains of Fred Waite were
taken to Colfax this morning for in
terment beside his wife, the following
members of the Elks' lodge accom-
panying the remains: Frank Frazier,
George A. Hartman, Sr., Charles E.
Bean, Will Moore, Orville Coffman,
william j. Clarke, Thomas Thomp-
son, r. Alexander, DR.. F. w. Vincent
and T. w. Ayres.
w. w. Waite, father of the de-
ceased, also accompanied the remains
and will return here tomorrow even
ing on his way home in Portland.
A large number of friends accom-
panied the remains to the train this
morning and the esteem in which
Fred Waite was held was manifested
in the general expression of regret
heard on every hand.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
New WESTERN union Cable.

Tim Donovan, Western Union and
o. r. & N. lineman, is in the city
from La Grande making improve
ments in the Western Union lines in
this city. He is now placing a new
Western Union cable on higher poles,
near the hospital, where the electric
light wires cross the telegraph wires,
to prevent interference and difficulty
by wires coming in contact.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
Real Estate Transfers.

Alexander Kinney and wife to ].
r. King, for Is acres in section %,
in township 4, north of range S5, e.
w. NJ. Consideration. $500.
Eva E. Hartman and G. A. Hart
man to Joseph v. Tallman for tract
of land in block 90, Of Pendleton be-
longing to the estate of I. c. Discs
way. Consideration. $500.
Milo NJ. Ransour to Frank L. Blair
for lot in block 13, of the town OF
Weston. Consideration, $500.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
Car Wheels Deralled.

AS eastbound passenger train No.
2 was passing the tunnel near Meach-
am last night, a pair of wheels were
derailed on the sharp curve on the
temporary track at the that place.
The curve on this new track is of
more than IS degrees curvature. the
sharpest on the entire o. r. & N.
system.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
Ball Game at Huntington.

A series of baseball games will be
played each Thursday at Huntington
between a town team and railroad
team. The game yesterday was won
by the railroad men by a score of
Z to s. Every business house closes
for these games and the day is made
a legal holiday in Huntington.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
Baseball at Echo.

At the picnic to be held at Echo to-
morrow there will be ball game be-
tween the Echo nine, and one made
up from Pendleton. The team from
here is being made up by George
Strand and will probably be as fol-
lows: Penland, Knapp, Leonard.
Strand. King. Hayes. Small. Cronin
and Dickson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
FROST IN GRAND RoNDE.
Slight Damage to Orchards and Late
Grain in Many Localities.

The slight frost which visited Grand
Ronde valley Sunday night did very
little damage, except to early cher
ries and late grain in low ground.
1t is said to have thinned out the
apple crop somewhat. but not enough
to make any difference in the output
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
SCHOOL BOARD
WILL MEET
PENDLETON TEACHERS
MAY BE CHOSEN TONIGHT.

But -Four of the Present Force of
Teachers Have Signified q Desire
Not to Remain Here Next Year
Four Principals VIII Be Elected
Superintendent Traver VIII Not
Engage Directly in Teaching Next
Year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
Frost Damaged Fruit.

H. H. Gilbert, the we'll known
Pilot Rock farmer, is here today up
on a short business trip. He reports
that the recent frost did great deal
of damage to the fruit in that vicin-
ity, and that light crop will be had
as a result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
BOYS SAID TO THROW SWITCH.
Dangerous Practice by Youngsters on
East Webb.

Residents of East Webb street say
that they have frequently observed
boys playing with the switch at the
spur which runs from the w. & c. R.
track to the mills, and also that they
have been seen to throw the switch,
which is ground throw, and is not
locked. Such tricks they say are
liable to result in an accident some
time, in which case 1t would go hard
with the boys
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
WILD DWEST"SHOW
EXPOSITION MANAGERS
CORRESPOND WITH BUSHEF

There Has Been Unexpected Interfer-
ence With Plans by Circumstances,
But il Is Proposed TO Yet Have q
Wild West Day at the Fair, Char
acterized by BrOncho Busting,
Stage RObbing and All the Other
Distinctive Features of Such Enter
tainments.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05
McCawleH-Temnleton.

John E. Templeton and Miss Pear
McCawley both of Umatilla county,
were married May 4, Rev. M. v. How
ard officiating at the NJ. E. South
parsonage in Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-05

The ninth infantry, colored, and
one squadron OF the seventh cavalry
sailed May from San Francisco for
the Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23
Holiday Greens.

Whether Christmas be white or not, what
ever the weather next Monday, it will be
possible for every householder to simulate
the wintry aspect which is usually assocf-
ated with the great day of the Christian
year by trimming his rooms with wreaths
and festoons. There is no more beautiful
aspect of the holidays than the bringing of
nature into the homes. The air becomes
charged with the resinous odor of the pine
and spruce and fir and hemlock The bright
crispness of the holly cheers the eye. The
humblest home becomes a bower, however
meager the decorations.
These festoons and wreaths are symbolic
of the everlasting character of the faith
founded upon the event celebrated by
Christmas ceremonies. The house thus dec
Grated must partake in Its atmosphere of
the true spirit of the season. 1t is impos-
sible to look upon the tokens of the merry
making brought from forest and field with
out realizing the humanizing. softening.
helpful influence of Christianity.
Nature replaces the growths taken for
home decoration If man Is in tie least de-
gree willing Ruthless cutting, without care
for the smaller sapiings. viii. Of cAurse. de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23

man as citizen without any knowledge of
his fitness. and he assumes the duties OF
citizenship without any knowiedge as to
what they are. The privileges OF American
citizenship are so great and Its duties SO
grave that we may well insist upon good
knowledge of every person applying for
citizenship. and q good knowledge by him
of our institutions. We should not cease to
be hospitable to immigration, but we should
cease to be careless as to the character OF
it."
And yet. sixteen years later, here we are,
with the same criticism applying, and the
evil grown to greater proportions by the
long neglect and the increasing attractions
of our universally advertised country. AS
the President In his message last month
pointed out, there came to this country In
the year ending June 30. 1905, greater
number of people than came here during
the 100 years of our colonial life which In
tervened between the first landing at
jamestown and the Declaration of INDIE
pendence.'
That something should be done all are
agreed. That whatever is done should be
framed as well with regard to our record
of hospitality toward worthy people seeking
a new home as toward putting an end to
fragrant abuses is beyond all question. But
still nothing is done. The flood of talk is
almost as great as the flood of immigra-
tion and there It ends. Good luck to Mr..
Wiley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23
"Leslie's" HALF Century.

Fifty years ago December Is the first
number of Frank Leslies illustrated News
paper was issued, the pioneer of pictorial
journalism in the United States. The pres
ent publishers of Leslies Weekly, the lineal
defendants of the original Frank Lesle's
have celebrated the birth of the parent Pc
riodical by. issuing an attractive semi-cen-
tennial number, which not only appropri-
ately marks the passing of the first half
century but reviyes recollections of the orig
inal "Leslie's" and affords opportunities for
discussions relative to the remarkable
changes which have occurred in American
Journalism during these fifty years.
Charles NJ. Harvey contributes an espe-
cially interesting chapter on American
Journalisms Most Wonderful Half Cen
tury,' in the course of which he notes the
remarkable changes which have been
wrought by the mechanical improvements
of these fifty years and the development of
a new spirit of impotence for the latest
tidings from the worlds news centers Some
of the figures Mr.. Harvey cites are indica-
tive Of the great strides journalism has
taken in this country. He says:
THE 1900 daily and weekly newspapers
and the periodicals of all sorts which ap-
peared then $3.50 have grown to "a 900
now. OF this number 2, 800 are dailies, II 900
are weeklies and the remainder are tri-
weeklies, semi-weeklies. monthlies and
quarterlies. In the half century In
which the population of the United States
has tripled the newspapers and periodicals
have Occupied. Moreover the increase in
number has been exceeded scores of times
by the expansion in circulation. New York
city's newspapers and periodicals are print
ing more copies in the month of December,
1905, than the whole of those of the United
States did in the twelve months of 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23
Local Manufacturing DEVELOPMENT

Inc announcement that a large steel plant
Is to be erected soon at Giesboro Point
south OF the city, is a welcome Christmas
present to the capital. Progressive Wash
Hgtonlans have always claimed that there
are good reasons for the establishment in
this neighborhood of certain industries.
mere or less related to the necessities of
the government and the decision of the
f1rth-Sterllng Company to remove from
Mcheesport to Washington is a vertical
ton of this judgment. The company has
large dealings with the United States and
1t has figured out & profit in the move
which will doubtless cause other mann
facturers who do business with the gov
erLment to consider similar changes.
Washington does not aspire to be a great
manufacturing center, in the sense that
Pittsburg has developed. 1t realizes that
Its chief business will always be the con-
duct of the affairs of the government, and
II aspireS to become the ideal capital with
appropriate surroundings. But at the same
time 1t feels that it's municipal health will
BE- strengthened by having a certain infu-
sion of industrialism, rendering a larger
percentage of the population less directly
dependent upon the public service for sup
port. True, in the case of the Firth-Ster-
ling plant, the works will be operated
largely TO supply certain needs of the mill
tary service, but it is altogether probable
that other lines of business will develop
and that the number of Westinghouse en-
gagged in private works of all kinds will be
materially increased in consequence of this
removal.
With the water power productive by the
Potomac at Great Falls properly harnessed
to use there is a wide opportunity for in
dustrial development. For many years this
has been the dream of the enterprising peo-
pie of the capital, but complicating cir
cumstances have prevented Its accomplish
ment. Perhaps in the near future a de-
u4and will arise for power for factory pur-
poses which must be met by the removal of
the difficulties in the way of setting the
waters of the river to work. When that
time comes industrial Washington will be
@ thriving plant, and the prosperity of the
community will be decidedly increased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23
Mr.. Bryan in the Philippines.

Mr.. Bryan is to be congratulated on his
Philippine program. as announced.
He declined to be the guest of the Off
Gals while in Manila. Their invitation was
thoughtful and most creditable on their
part. but as Mr.. Bryan was not himself in
Office he felt that as a traveller and sight
seer he would be more at ease while in
town If free from the obligations of formal
fly. He is doing some newspaper work as
he goes along, and this will be the better
for the course which will make him in
large measure the master of his own time
He will not talk politics while in the
country. A good and wise resolution. And
let us not forget that in this there is sac
riice on both sides. Mr.. Bryan abstains
for fortnight from a topic which has be-
come his intellectual meat and drink. and
the Filipinos, many of them, are all but
bursting with curiosity to hear from him
on the subject. But Mr.. Bryan's opinions
about the archipelago. its present and its
future state, while freely enough expressed
at home would add nothing of helpful
character to the execution of the national
task if expressed there; and so while pres
ent he holds his peace. The Filipinos will
hear from him later either through the
medium of his newspaper correspondence,
or his deliverances on the stump after his
return home and he has gotten into his
stride again.
HIS stay in the islands Will be short.
fortnight will not tire him. Every day will
bring its novelties and fresh excitements.
The bloom of his engaging personality will
not wear off, and the people will remember
him wildly in every one of his most effect
i've poses. The orator, easily carrying the
crowd with him, the guest of honor, calm
and collected in the midst of roof lifting
manifestations of admira ton and approval
and the gracious handshaker, making every
palm Jingle with pleasure, will figure in
Filipino recollections for a long time to
come.
Meanwhile the Hearst League-called for
short the Independent Leagues hard at
work in the United States, and by the time
Mr.. Bryan returns home may have some-
thing of interest to show to a gentleman
whose thoughts are of 1908 and its great
and glittering prize
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23
The Holiday Feeling.
From the Philadelpb,a Ledger

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
wise Chinaman. who occupied an i'm.
portant official position in this country sew
eral years ago, when asked what custom,
habit, characteristic or social phenomenon
OF the western civilization and world ex-
cited his greatest wonder, said that the
Christmas holiday season impressed him
most deeply. He had noticed among his
many acquaintance, consisting of all man
ner of people, that at the holiday season
even the curmudgeons-there were cur
mudgeons in America, though he politely
declared that there were few to the square
mile-even the stingy. close. selfish people.
who ordinarily gave themselves slight con-
Germ about the happiness OF comfort of 9TH
ers, began, as Christmas approached, to
devise schemes to make other people happy.
The observation is a just one The infiu-
ence of the Christmas feeling searches out
the most remote hooks and crannies of hu-
man nature in our national life and exer-
cises a magic power of cheerfulness, of
generosity, of brightness, charity, love and
unselfishness. The observance of the Christ
mas holiday is almost universal among all
kinds and conditions of men, and the ideas
Of amity, good feeling, cheeriness and hap
piness, and especially the ideas which give
rise to plans for the happiness of others,
permeate the very air SO thoroughly that 1t
is impossible to escape the spirit which anil
mates the whole population.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23
Mcclellan and Cleveland.

Mayor Mcclellan Will spend the holidays
at Princeton. And thereby may hang a
tale.
The time approaches when the mayor
must announce the appointments for his
new administration. He is greatly beset
on the subject, and one can approve of his
choice of quiet place for a final prayerful
consideration of the slate. On the one
hand is Tammany, not objecting to any
change at all, but insisting that where
member of the organization now in oftce
is displaced, another member, approved by
the organization, shall succeed him. On
the other hand are the reformers who
supported Mr.. Mcclellan, insisting that he
divorce himself from the Tammany influ-
ence altogether, and fill the offices ait his
disposal, one and all, with men above the
grade of the Tammany leaders. The mayor
Is likely to choose a middle path, but the
treaoing of even that will be difficult.
Now, 1t is at this university town that
Mr.. Cleveland resides, and the relations
between him and Mr.. Mcclellan are very
cordial. The elder man regards the younger
man with much favor, and in the mayor
atty race last fall, while many of his
friends went over to Mr.. WINS as pro-
test against Tammany the ex-President
threw his name by open letter into the scale
for the Tammany candidate. 1t was a tes-
timonial which, we may be sure, Mr.. Nc
Clellan will not soon forget. He had a
close shave. and every word Of praise and
comfort proved of value.
VIII Mr. Mcclellan confer about his diff
cufties with Mr.. Cleveland during this visit?
1t would be a wise step. The ex-President
Is not only an experienced politician In
matters in general, but he has had Tam
many on his hands more than once In the
matter of patronage, and knows how to
feed the Tiger. In 1885, and again In 1893,
although Tammany had given him grudg-
ing support at the polls. he felt obliged to
do something for the organization. and did
something. The problem annoyed him, and
he solved it with difficulty. He must have
some pointers which Mr.. Mcclellan could
utilize in his difficulty.
Not unlikely, therefore, the new slate will
reflect Mr.. Clevelands judgment as well as
the mayors. But will that fact prove sooth-
ing to Tammany in any disappointments
the slate may bring It?