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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-15

In the vicinity of Helix are some of
the largest single farms in the north
west. One-section farms are common
there. but the largest of these whose
possession give to their owners the
just title of wheat kings" are COM
posed of two three four and even five
sections of land.
One man in the vicinity of Helix in
the year 1906 farmed over $500 acres.
Twenty men and 100 horses were en-
ployed in plowing on this farm at one
time.
Wheat shipping season is the busy
season in Helix. From July Is to De-
cember /, "miles of teams" so to
speak. may be seen coming in from
the rich country tributary to the He
lix warehouses, laden with the bulging
sacks which have been gathered from
the trail of the monster combined
harvesters.
The Puget Sound Warehouse COM
pany and the Interior Warehouse
company have large warehouses here
which handle the enormous crop Of
the Helix district. The town is stu
dteu on tne w. % y. ". railway, IL
branch OF the Northern Pacific, which
runs a train both ways each day, Civ
ing Helix communication with Pen
dleton on the south and outside points
on the north. A branch of the w. &
C. r. also connects Helix with Athena
on the Walla Walla branch of the q.
r. & y. system.
Helix Business Interests.
The business firms and industries
Of Helix are as follows: Interior
Warehouse company, Puget Sound
Warehouse company, Ideal Weeder
company, owned by d. B. Richardson;
f. L. Morrison, general merchandise;
]. S. Norvel and company, hardware
and Implements Smith & McEachern,
lumber yard; DR.. F. A. Lieuallen,
drugs: w. II. Albee, butcher shop;
Clyde f. Bott, amusement parlors;
Helix bank; L. d. Smith, woodwork
ing and blacksmithing; p. d. Mann,
blacksmithing; a. SondO, harness and
saddles; Helix Hotel, Grimes & Miller,
proprietors; Helix Herald, NJ. A. Fer
guson, proprietor; Henry Bayne, gro
ceries; DR.. Griswold, physician and
surgeon; c. stanton, chop mill; p. o.
Martin. livery stable; Martin Ander-
son and Sam Starr, saloons. Captain
5. r Isaacs, who is mayor Of the town,
has been postmaster for number OF
years, and is one of the most highly
respected pioneers of Umatilla coun-
ty
The list OF city officials is as fol-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-15

Nestled among her hills, in the
heart OF the wheat belt OF northern
Umatilla county, IS miles north Of
Pendleton. lies Helix, one OF the chief
wheat shipping points of the entire
northwest
The word Helix" is Spanish, and
means a spre. The town is 26 years
old, its first settler being Orange
Switzer, who settled on "A tract Of rich
wheat land there in 1880. He had no
thought of founding a town. but as
other settlers clustered about him, the
necessity of trading point and post
office near them became more and
more urgent, and Helix was born.
1t is strictly wheat town. Wheat
farming. wheat harvesting, wheat
shipping and wheat marketing being
the chief and practically only occu-
iness in Helix is dependent upon this
one prime industry for its support and
existence.
The soil I'm the vicinity of Helix Is
said To be from 20 to 30 feet In depth,
a light porous volcanic ash incapable
of exhaustion or diminution of
strength. Soil from the bottom OF
wells so and 80 feet deep has been
thrown upon the surface and In char
acter, formation and appearance was
found to be like that upon the farms
in that vicinity which produce from
35 TO 45 bushels Of wheat per acre
year after year.
Upon analysis the soil in this vicin-
ity was found to be OF the same char
acter and formation as that OF Sicily,
which has produced enormous wheat
crops for the past 1000 years without
interruption or failure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-15
VACANT LAND LEFT.
Almost 1000. 900 Acres Yet to BE En-
tered In Ia Grandc Land Office
District

tered In Ia Grandc Land Office
District.
There are almost 1000 900 acres of
vacant land left subject to entry in
the La Grande land office district, as
will be shown in the following statis-
tical table just prepared from the
report of the la Grande land office.
This land consists of foothill.
range and timber land. with a large
amount of arid land in Umatilla and
Morrow counties, which will be re-
claimed under some of the private
national irrigation projects now in
course Of construction.
The following table shows the
amount of surveyed and unsurveye d
land now subject to entry in each of
the counties embraced within the La
Grande land office district:
Baker, surveyed. 725,769: unsur-
veyed, 1912; total 743,SS1. Grant
Surveyed, 359,965; unsurveyed, u.s.
951; total, 3S5,916. Morrow, surveyed
1,72o. Umatilla, surveyed, 1855;
unsurveyed, $500: total, 143,O94
Union. surveyed, 22.112; unsurveyed
1888; total, 4O,470. Wallowa sur
veyed, 333,955; unsurveyed, 263.O74;
total, 597,629. The grand total in the
district is as follows: Surveyed land
1921, ,076; unsurveyed, 331,634: total
subject to, entry, 1.952,710.
Wallowa county shows the greatest
amount of land subject to entry OF
any county in the district, but most
of this is high mountains and is not
available for homes. while large
proportion of that vacant in Umatilla
county is land which can be reclaimed
and which is now perhaps included
in some of the mnay irrigation pro-
jects under consideration.
This raw land is now worth but lit
tie, If anything, but with water upon
it, 1t Immediately becomes very
valuable, ranging in price from SAC
to 800 per acre, where water is
plentiful.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-15

Pendleton POstoffice.

Pendleton postoffice en-
ployes IL people, including :
Postmaster Brown, and handles :
the largest volume of mail of :
any postoffice In the state out :
side of Portland. Because of :
the railroad facilities of PEN :
dleton the mail business is very :
: heavy. Beside the main line :
: trains of the o. r. & N, PEN :
} dleton handles mail from the :
Spokane branch OF that system,
} and also from the w. & C. r. :
The stage lines centering in this :
city also make a heavy volume
of country business, as the stage I
; drivers leave mail all along their :
routes, making the stage lines :
practically rural routes.
Those employed in Pendleton I
; postoffice, with their official :
; titles are as follows: Post :
; master, j. T. Brown; first as I
; sistant, II. b. Rees: mailing :
: clerk, Ralph C. Rowland; stam- I
pers, Lester Cronin, Clyde I
Finch and Karl Leonard; gem :
eral delivery clerks, Winnie Z
; Privett and Luella MARBLE;
: carriers, route /, w. f. Clark;
; route 2, L. w. Elder and route I
: 3, Clarence Roach.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-15

American hops have for many years
commanded the best price in foreign
markets, especially in England. The
average price in 1905 was $0.1S16 per
pound. All this is very comforting to
American hop producers, especially to
Oregon growers, who produce the best
hops in this country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-15
THE TOWN OF HELIX
CENTER OF WHEAT
FARMING DISTRICT.

Founded by Orange Swiizcr In 1850
Chief Occupation is Wheat Farm
ing. Wheat Harvesting and Wheat
Marketing-Land is Rich and Pro-
ductive-Many Large Farms Are
Owned Near There by Umatilla
Wheat Kings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
BOSTON WONT GET
DETROIT PLAYERS
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
Although the Boston American club is
willing and eager to give big money for
seasoned players. 1t has no hope of landing
any of the Detroit stars, for the very good
reason that President Yorkey Of the Detroit
club is one of the wealthiest young men in
that city, and he never did figure on making
money in that city out Of the game. He Is a
great lover of base ball, and Is a hard man
to console when his team hits a losing
streak He Is out for purchasing the best
players and not for selling his good men
much to Boston's disappointment.
Manager Armour of the Detroit club mas
a way of wiring to the Detroit papers after
each defeat. claiming the umpires nave
robbed his club of the game. These contin-
ual complaints worked on Mr.. Yorkey until
he called President johnson up over the
long-distance phone from New York last
Wednesday night and said his club was re-
ceiying a fearful roast from the umpires,
which accounted for their poor showing on
the trip.
President Johnson sent word that ne
would be in Detroit yesterday to thrash out
matters with the Detroit magnate, and ne
went prepared to show the Detroit presi-
dent that the umpires were treating all
clubs alike and that the trouble with the
team lay in the fact that Manager Ar
mour is not holding his players down TO
the strict rules OF discipline while Off the
field.
Detroit must remain in the American
League for the next six years. according
to agreement with all other base ball COM
binations, even though the league runs the
club. which Is not very likely to happen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
{ 0NGN00D'S BIG
TENNIS TOURNEY


LONGWOOD. Mass. July 2S-Two
matches In singles and three In doubles
were pfavexa in the r ,nnrwool tenn,s tourna-
,,.,,. -. ss.,,, 4. :,
. .na eiie eAi'eeeeu "affs''0'
"a eacn contest Inc SURVIVORS IN the oou-
bles. H. Hackett and F. B. Alexander of
New York. win meet w ]. CSlotfier OF
pb,y. a.,r,,,s. 80 NJ ! $500, - o,,rs...,.
N. j.. for the eastern championship today
The former pair won year ago at Long
wood.
In the singles tournament for the LONG,
wood cup W. = clothier and Mar, n Rebr
OF New Haven .rs 'iset - 49, g. 81
nonor OF cnaiienging w A Larned. the
be played Monday owing tn Mr. C,iothiarss
engagement in the doubles, The chalIense
match win be played Tuesday
CIotnier was the only one who had diff
,r,tn = "a "a ,Hnlns yeseeruay: IN ms maich
Art =. a noi - ..le iAteer capturea the
r,st see aIser 1ourteen-game contest
narh,,rs. tooA .ne second witnout aiiowinx
-e+s ,rara ,.,s,5 sa.. ne tnrIu ana iour,n
sets were wen Iought but Dcwhurst could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
GETTING NEXT
TO THE GAME

NEW YORK. July 2S.-'I have found just
one difference between playing base ball in
the National League and In the American
Association" said Frank Jude. the Gin
cinnatfs clever redskin. land that is that
the big league pitchers have so much bet
ter control fact which gives a batsman
more confidence and keeps him from do
ing a lot of footwork. In the American
Association l batted against lot of pitch
ers who were continually making you feel
that on the next ball pitched you were
liable to lose foot or your scalp They
had you lodging, side-stepping and twisting
all the time, so that before you had played
many games you could go through ali the
contortions of a professional acrobat.
The little experience l have had in the
leaguers are superior to the minors. The
want it. and while they don't drive you
away from the plate. except on rare oc-
casions, they always are doing the uuex-
pected by putting the ball where you're
not looking for it. l guess I've batted
against some of the best pitchers In the
business now, having faced Mathewson
McGinnity, Dorner, Young and several
others, and l have yet to see where 1t Is
harder to stand UP before them than 1t is
before minors.
In the fielding department of the game
there Is much more science and skill dis
played In the big leagues and that's where
the superiority of the class largely Hes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
GRAVE CHARGES
AGAINST UMPIRE OWENS

MINNEAPOLIS. July 2s-Formal charges
that Umpire Owens placed bets on the Min
neapolis- Columbus games the latter to win.
for the benefit of a gambling combine In
which he was Interested. have been pre-
ferred by Secretary Lidiard of the Minne-
apolis base ball club This Is the result
of decisions which provoked riotous demon
STATIONS at American Association games
here last week
The Minneapolis management has been
working on the case ever since and has
now secured affidavits from three we'll
known gamblers that they had an under
standing with the umpire whereby they adj
visedly bet on Columbus. One affdayit
states that on the occasion of the game
OF July Is he put up money and paid a
commission of % per cent to the umpire
TWO other atlantis swear that they put
up 500 OF Owens money, who gave them
commission of 25 per cent for placing 1t.
The atlantis make strong case in sup
port of the charges made by the secretary
of the local club
Duplicate copies of the charges and affi-
davits have been mailed to President ].
ID. O'Brien of the American Association
but the matter has been placed for action
In the hands of August Hermann of Gin
cinuati. chairman of the national base ball
commission. By appealing directly to the
highest authority in the sport the Mime
apolis association expects prompt and de-
cisive action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
SCORES OF OTHER GAMES.
Virginia League.

Virginia League.
Roanoke. o; Portsmouth. O. Called 18th.
darkness.)
Lynchburg- Richmond-Rain.
Norfolk, 9; Danville. o.
Eastern League.
At MontreaI-Buffalo. 5: Montreal, l.
At Jersey City-Jersey City, z; FroVi-
At Toronto-Toronto. 3; Rochester, den
Al Ba1timore-Baltimore- Newark game
called on account OF rain
South Atlantic League.
At Savannah-Savannah. |: Columbia, ..
At ksonyille-Jacksonviile, 2; Angus
At Macon-Macon, 8; Charleston, l.
New York State League.
At Standardization, 2; Syracuse, L.
At Utica-Troy, A: Utica. g. .,.,,-
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o; Wilkes
barre. 2.
At Johnstown-A. J. & G.. 4: Albany l.
American Association.
At Observation-Disclosures 2: Sc Paul,
At Columbus Columbus. 7; Louisville. 1.
At Observation-Disclosures, 2; Indianapolis,
At Kansas city-Kansas City. 8; Mil
waukee. 8.
Hudson River League.
AT neutrality-suspicious. I; Hudson. o.
AT Observation-Disclosures. 5: Newburgh. L.
New England League.
At worcester-worcester, 2: Lowell. l.
At Haverhiil-Lynn. A; Haverhill. g.
At Iawrence-Lawrence, 3; New Bedford,
At Observation-Disclosures 4: Fall Rty-
er, 8.
Southern League.
~ n
A. AtIanta-AtIanta, 8; New Orleans. q
At Montgomery II; Little
Rock. T. s
At Birrningham- Birmingham. L; Shreve-
port, o.
Western League.
At Omaha-Denver, 4; Omaha, 1.
At sioux City-Sioux City. s.: Pueblo. 4.
All Iincoln-Des Moines. 2: Lincoln, 0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
NEW YORK YANKEES
ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC

NEW YORK. July 25.-Thursday was an
off day for the Highlanders. They were
on their way to Cleveland, where they
open a series of four games with Napoi-
con Lajole's boys today.
Their double victory over the Tigers added
strength to their determination to float the
pennant from the hilltop Flagstaff.
II they win a majority of the games
they play on this trip their chances for
capturing the rag will indeed be rosy, IN
fact almost a certainty.
In this Griff will not be satisfied. for he
wants to order new uniforms with the
words Worlds Champions across the
front of the shirts. Farrell Is carried away
with the same idea and will spend a small
fortune to gather new material for the
team. as he wants a star aggregation when
his boys line up for the championship with
this years winners in the National League
race. So
II sincerely. hope the Giants win out, for
1t is my ambition to play them series.
and IL they can beat the Highlanders they
can break me-" said Farrell. That Is the
feeling of every member Of the Highlander
band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
GOOD STORY TOLD
ON CATCHER PETIT

BOSTON, Mass. July 2S.-The McGinnity-
Peitz battle created much discussion among
the Chicago Nationals. While 1t was
pleasing to them In a way as indicative OF
the irritableness of the Giants under de-
feat, lessening their chances for recov-
cry. they depiore the fight because of its
effect on the public. Several players al
lowed they had been expecting Peitz would
provoke some player beyond the limit for
some time. Incidentally, there came to
light q verbal contest between Peitx and
Manager Chance early this season on the
West Side, which Is the only case on
record in which Heine got the worst of 1t.
Peitz was coaching at first and began
kidding Chance to rattle him. Say, /
see you're real manager now, Frank.
How did you work it?' and other remarks
of similar nature were hurled at Chance
between Peitx's stereotyped bits OF advice to
the batter to make It be good. look him
over" etc Chance apparently heard none
of the gfbes and said nothing until he
walked over toward his base while foul
was being recovered. when he looked up at
Heine in felgned surprise and said. Why.
hello. Heine. are you stili with the Pitts
burg team? Dreyfuss was asking for
waivers on you few days ago.. Peitz
shut up like clam for the rest of the
day and spent his time wondering II
Chance was kidding or. being club man
ager. telling the truth.
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Pounds.
TURF AND TRACK NOTES.

Tyron the cheapest winner on the fiat of
the eastern season. made his tally for the
Brighton Beach two races won yesterday,
and increased the total of the $175 horses
earnings in three races to about 5000.
D. c. Johnson. owner of Roseben when
that great Splinter earned his chief fame,
made another of his many temperatures on
the turf as a skyrocket plunger at the
Brighton Beach track yesterday, when he
backed several winners. and won a sum
said in the gossip of the betting ring to be
about $4,000 on the success of Red Friar
The weights for the Glen Cove handicap.
six furiongs, for three-year- olds. to be run
Monday at the Brighton Beach track. were
announced yesterday. with the high weights
fixed as follows: Sir Huron. 130 pounds;
Halifax. 1913: Accountant. Us: Security.
125: Kings Daughter 124; Inquisitor, 122;
Ttptoe, 40: Heaslip, 11S; Bulls Eye, III;
Disobedient, III, and Minnie Adams, liz.
Incarnation, bred by James r. Keane and
frequent and good winner for Andrew
Miller. and now owned by E. w. Laggeroth,
was tipped as the real good thing" in the
selling sprint at Brighton Beach yesterday
and with Jockey Miller up was heavily
backed She earned only sentence to the
schooling list and suspension from racing
until her behavior becomes better. for be-
cause of her antics she broke last and
never was contender.
The stewards OF the bTlSntcH beacu futtt-
ing yesterday called up Jockey Walter Mil
Ter, after the finish of the race Ia which he
rode Revenue and was beaten out IN the
last strides and questioned him about his
efforts at the finish. Revenue, after max
ing the pace, was firing fast at The end,
and Miller stated that she was stopping In
such manner that he could do 10 more
with her than he did In finishing second.
The explanation was accepted by the stew
ards as satisfactory. though there had been
criticism In the crowd of the Jockeys tall
ure to whip out the exhausted fliy.
The stewards of the National Steeplechase
and Hunt Association, at meeting held In
the Climb rooms In the Windsor Arcade. New
York, to act on applications for trainers
and Jockeys licenses considered the COM
nlainfs that have been frequent of late con-
cernfng foul and rough riding tactics in
cross-country races It was agreed that
FOR the future stewards acting at all meet
fnes under the associations jurisdiction
shall deal with reckless riders by suspend
inr their licenses. The sentiment against
foul ana rough riding WAS SO strong that it
Is practically settled that offenders In the
future win lose their licenses for the sea-
son and perhaps for longer period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-28
SPICY CRITICISMS
FROM ST. LOUIS PAPER

From the St. Louis Stsr-Chronfcie
Counting the calls that were made to
Chicago and Detroit before the march east
was made. the Browns INDUCED in twenty
games on the trip. Exactly half of them
came this way.
Here's the dope"
One out OF four in Chicago.
One out of one In Detroit
-Four out of four in Boston
Two out Of four in New York
Two out OF four in Philadelphia.
None out of three in Washington.
It's pity that these three defeats came
IN STAMFORD The Browns record up to
the time OF invading the nations capital
s It Yves confidently expected that two, II
not three, victories were coming there Then
on the return to Sportsman's Park. Boston
and Washington. the easiest things In the
american League; were to be met one after
the other.
A cleanup IN Washington, followed by a
row of wins over the families of Collins and
Stahl here. meant fourth place sure, not
third. Detroit and Chicago are falling
each team lost two games Wednesday-and
the Browns would be very much in the race
II they had not got theirs" from Falken-
berg, Smith and Patten.
Jimmy McAIeer remarked when at home
a month ago that the White Sox were the
luckdeSt team he ever saw.
They scratch all their victories" remark
ed the boss Of the Browns. when they
need a base on balls the pitcher gives them
one. When they require an error, one comes.
don't think Chicago Is good team, but
do know that 1t Is hard one to beat
That's because It Is SO fearfully lucky"
McAleer's crack has brought forth this
statement from Geo. Davis, the White Sox's
veteran short STOP the star of the outfit:
It's not all luck that wins games for
Chicago. We make more of our chances
than some other clubs that try to squeeze
out their short comfngs by finding fault with
US for being lucky.
1T Is not our fault il opposing pitchers
give us bases on balls that we are clever
enough to turn into runs nor can we help
1t II the fieders juggle the ball at critical
moments.
THE members of the Chicago team are
no faster on the average than other teams,
and they have the same chances we nave
to profit by our mistakes. We carry no bag
of horseshoes with US.
every opening. and thus make up for our
inability to hit as heavily as some of the
other clubs do"
Harry Howell, the Browns great pitcher.
has just got through saying this to Jake
Morse, the veteran Boston critic:
II think we are not seeing as good Dali
as we used to in days gone by. do not see
teams of the Boston and Baltimore style
Not such players as Herman Long ana
Hugh Jennings-men of the break-neck
style after everything, getting everything
no such base runners, no such catchers, no
such batsmen."
A few days after Howell delivered himself
running team scored three runs on three
hits, and Altizer and Stanley. two one-year
men made circus plays that hung the
crepe on Howell and the Browns