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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
Woman Charged With Forgery.

Pittsburg. Dec. 22.-1t is reported
the officials are about to arrest the
wife OF an official of the Waynesburg
Farmers and Drovers' National bank,
charged with forgery of notes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
President ThWing Married.

Auburn, n. Y, Dec. 22.-Charles F.
Thwing, president of the Western Re-
serve university, of Ohio, was mar
ried here today with Miss Mary C.
Dunning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
First Baptist Church.
Suffering by Chinese Famine.

; Washington, Dec. 23.-Con-
; sui general Rodgers at Shang-
hal, cabled today: "Kiang
; famine is daily growing worse.
, Brigandage and rioting are re-
; sulting in adjacent districts.
; The government will provide
} work for all able-bodied on the
grand canal. Refugees are
fleeing to the cities where there
are poor provisions for their
care"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
DANCER SEEMS
TO Be AVERTEO
River is Falling and Must Rise
Much Higher Thar Yester-
day to Be Dangerous.
FVFTRY PRECAUTION is
EXERCISED FOR SAFETY.

Echo River Bridge Is Considerably
Damaged and Cannot Be Used
Small Barn Belonging to a Man
Named Price in the West End, Was
Washed Away-Reported That
Damage Amounting to $1,000 Has
Been Done to River Bridge at MIL
ton. Which the Town Defrays.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
Three Burned to Death.

New York. Dec. 22.-Mrs. Alice
Mcwithey and her children, Helen,
aged 6, and ELIZABETH, aged 4. were
burned to death in a fire which de-
stroyed their home at Pompton Lakes,
n. j.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
Visiting DIR. Lynn Il. Blakeslee.

w. H. Stafford and daughter Ellen.
are visiting at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Lynn X. Blakeslee for a few
days. Mr.. stafford is conductor OF
the Union Central railway, and is a
pioneer of eastern oregon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22

Thirty-two hundred dressed tur-
keys, weighing over seven tons, reach
ed Portland by one shipment for the
holiday trade from Oakland, south
ern Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
Must Show Cause for Descrtion.

Kansas City, Dec. 22.-The federal
court today ordered the sheriff to
produce Agnes Meyers and show
cause for holding her.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
1So Cases i'm One Month I'm Scranton
Pennsylvania.

Scranton, Pa. Dec. 92.-Forty-fi five
new cases of typhoid fever have de-
veloped in this city in the past "a
hours, a total of 1872 cases for the
month. Dr. Wynwright, special ply
sician to assist the city declares the
water supply is responsible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
y,ab,r Official Is Dead.

Coal CITY. ILL.,. Dec. CIV. Z.
Smith, president of the United States
Mine Workers of Illinois. is dead by
pneumonia at home in this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
Chicago Market Renorts.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-Wheat opened
Az, closed the same; corn opened
Al as, closed Al; oats opened 3S%
closed 33.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
Seventeen Orphans Left.

Breeze, ILL.,, Dec. 22.-Six
were killed in mine of the
Breeze-Trenton Coal company
this morning. The cage in which
the men were going to work ran
away and fell 400 feet. All the
victims were married and II
children are left fatherless.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
VIII BE No Rehearing.

jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 21.-The
supreme court today overruled the
motion of the attorney general for
rehearing of the Oldham race track
cases.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
King Not Improving.

Stockholm, Dec. 22.-The kings
condition is stationary. He slept well,
but recovery is slow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22

BY an explosion in Fidelity coal
mine, stone City, Kan, oliver Cote
ross and John Ross were killed and
IL other men injured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22

Judge William Galloway will plant
100 acres to English walnuts on his
ranch near McMinnville.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22

Pendleton churches will appropri-
ately celebrate tine Christmas season
with programs, services and Christ
mas trees. An of the eight churches
in the city viii observe the Christmas
anniversary either on Christmas eve
or Christmas day.
The work of preparing programs
and decorating the church buildings
is now being carried on vigorously,
and perhaps greater preparations than
ever before are being made for this
holiday observance in Pendleton.
ST. NIary's Catholic Church.
At st. Mary's Catholic church high
mass will be celebrated at midnight,
Christmas eve, followed Immediately
by Communion mass. Practically
every member of the church is ex-
pected to attend the midnight mass,
which win welcome In the happy
Christmas day and the anniversary OF
the birth of the Nazarene.
Mass wIll also be celebrated at S,
and 1880 a. m. on Christmas day
the principal service to be at 1890.
The church building will be bcau-
tifully decorated with overgreens and
the christmas cradle" or represent
tatlon Of the manger in which the
Christ was born. will be arranged by
the members of the church as part OF
the Christmas exercises.
Church of the Redeemer.
Christmas services will be held al
the Church of the Redeemer at
o'clock Christmas day, when a Christ
mas tree and exercises will be held
n short address to be delivered by
Rev. John Warren. The exercises
will be held in the church and the
Christmas tree in the parish house.
First Christian Church.
Under the auspices of the Sunday
schools and church choir, BRIEF in
teresting Christmas program VIII be
given at the First Christian church
on Christmas eve at s o'clock. a
Christmas tree will be enjoyed and
Rev. Victor Doris will give a To-
minutes talk on the Babe and the
Day" Special music will be rendered
by the choir and the exercises will be
anu
NJ. f.. Church. South.
The Christmas season will be ap-
propriately celebrated at the NJ. f.
church. south, on Christmas eve
Monday, December "a, at the brick
church on West Webb street, at 1880
p. m. An entertaining program OF
songs. recitations and a short address
by Rev f. N. Looney, presiding elder
will be the features of the evening.
After the program a Christmas tree
will be enjoyed. The program has
been prepared with much care and
promises to be excellent. All are
cordially invited to attend the serv-
ices.
M. T.. Church.
The Sunday school of the NJ. Il.
church will have charge of the
Christmas exercises which will be
held on Monday evening December
"a, at the Thompson street church.
The exercises will include brief
program and n Christmas tree, which
will be given at 1880 p. m. There will
be no sermon at the Christmas eXer-
.cises.
First Baptist Church.
"The Christmas Ship" a novel d.
version from the ordinary Christmas
exercises will he the feature of the
Christmas program at the First Bap-
tst church. The exercises will be
under the auspices of the Sunday
schools and will be held on Christ
mas eve at o'clock p. m. The ar
rangements are under the direction OF
J. NJ. Morris. assistant superintendent
of the Sunday schools. There will be
q short Interesting Christmas pro-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
Church of the RedeeIner.

Christmas services will be held al
the Church of the Redeemer at
o'clock Christmas day, when a Christ
mas tree and exercises will be held
n short address to be delivered by
Rev. John Warren. The exercises
will be held in the church and the
Christmas tree in the parish house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22
NJ. T.. Church.

The Sunday school of the NJ. Z.
church will have charge of the
Christmas exercises which will be
held on Monday evening, December
"a, at the Thompson street church.
The exercises will include n brief
program and a Christmas tree, which
will be given at 1880 p. m. There will
be no sermon at the Christmas eXer-
.cises
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-22

If YOU wish to know how to buy
what to buy, when to buy and where
to ouy holiday goods, read the East
Oregonian advertisements.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13

as all other laws concerning the fill
ing of offices, is designed for the peo-
Iple's welfare and not for the satis-
faction of individual ambitions. The
question before the people of this
state, therefore, concerns the inter-
ests of the state and does not con-
Germ, except in subordinate way
perhaps, the particular claims of the
candidates. The true question for
every voter must necessarily be what
man Of those who are to be voted for
will be best for the State of Oregon.
The candidate who shall receive tho
nomination onght to be the one who
is superior in the qualities required.
lie should have wide knowledge Of
his state, its needs and its various
industries, of its commerce, and the
waterways and transportation lines
on which that commerce depends.
He should be man whose expe-
rience has put him closely in touch
with the people and their interests
so that he, being one of them, shall
know as well as they do what those
interests are.
He should be man of presence
and commanding ability to make his
knowledge effectual, strong and firm,
and OF discreet and solid Judgment.
Neither political shrewdness or ac-
tvity, nor academic or legal learning
can fill the requirements of the sem
ator whom the people are to choose. Il
1t is not for us to guide the voters
in their choice, but to advise them
sincerely that their paramount duty
is to themselves and to the state, and
to support what we conceive to be the
essential qualities Of their choice.
Yet, looking the field over and
seeking to apply these principles we
cannot forbear to say from actual
knowledge that Honorable Il. l..
Smith, of Wasco County, in our
Judgment, meets the requirements.
No man in the state has more init
mate knowledge of its needs, none
stands higher in the esteem of the
people. none can bring more of that
actual experience to the duties of the
Office, none has more of that active
force and effective address, which a
senator ought to have.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13
generally taken a back seat. /

generally taken back seat. For
the first time they now have an op-
|portunity to express their choice for
the office, which affects the interests
of the state perhaps more than any
other. There are five candidates for
the office in the coming primaries,
four of whom are lawyers, and con-
|nected with other than agricultural
interests. One Of them, Hon. Il. L.
Smith, of Hood River, has been for
years prominent in the affairs that
affect the agricultural and horticul-
tural interests, He has served for
six years as the head of the Board
|of Horticulture, and has been not
merely nominal head, but has been
active in promoting the development
and improvement of that great in
dustry. He has also been active in
promoting irrigation and other in
|terests. He has an intimate knowl-
edge of the interests of the people at
large. His activity in the interests
of the people has not been confined
to election times. He does not need,
really, to make any declaration be-
cause his acts and life are his best
platform in this respect. y
Since he has been of such service
to the people in his private capacity.
it may be presumed that the office
would not afford him wider field for
his efforts. We believe that Oregon
has had in its whole existence but
one Senator who was not lawyer.
Some of them have. doubtless been
good, and no reflection is meant on
them, but it seems to us that it is
time for the farmers of Oregon to use
this their first opportunity to go to
their own class for a Senator.
In political matters, Mr.. Smith
has always been very prominent, not
as an Office seeker or Office holder,
but as wise leader and adviser. His
influence IN his party has been ex-
erted on that high plane which has
less reference to factional contests
and struggles for office than to the
use of his party as an instrument
for the public good. His modesty
kept him out of this field until late,
but the demands for him to stand as
a candidate have been too urgent for
him longer to resist
We make these remarks in the in
terests of the people who are our
patrons and not in the interest of
politics. Mr.. Smiths personal char
acter and his public service in pri-
vate capacity point to him as the
ideal man to represent the material
interests Of this state.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13
HON. f. L. SMITH.
Hood Rtver (Wasco co., News-
Letter.

The name of Hood Rivers hon.
ored citizen stands well at the head
of the many honorable and worthy
names of Oregon's best citizenship.
No man is better known within the
borders of our great state, and wher-
ever known his ability, his broad
experience, and his unquestioned in
tegrity are fully recognized.
For thirty years Mr.. Smith has
been resident of Hood River, and
during that time his interests have
been closely identified with the in
terests of our city and valley, as well
as the state at large. And much of
the renOwn our beautiful valley has
been so justly accorded, is attribut-
able to the fact that wherever he has
gone in the state, on his numerous
trips outside its borders, he has never
ceased speaking of its advantages and
opportunities.
For a number of years Mr.. Smith
was president of the Oregon State
Horticultural Society, and during
these years he was indefatigable in
his efforts to raise the standard of
horticulture. Mr.. Smith was presi-
dent also of the Oregon Development
League for the past two years or
more, and to his efficient services in
that capacity is due much of the
progress made by this organization.
Mr.. Smith served as representa-
tive from Wasco county for one term
and on account of his well-known
executive ability was elected speaker
of that legislative body. In fact, as
a presiding officer he stands without
a peer in the state.
In support of Mr.. Smiths candi-
dacy for United States Senator the
Newsletter takes especial pride
This paper stands unfalteringly for
Hood River, and in no way could it
more worthily honor our city and
valley than by thus lending its sup
port to one who reflects so great
credit upon our community wherever
he goes and under whatever circum-
stances he may be placed.
Oregon holds Mr.. Smith in high
esteem, the Republican party recog-
nizes fully his adherence to its prin-
ciples, and the people believe in him
and his ability to serve them to the
best possible advantage, not in an
abstract manner, but definitely and
upon a broad gauge Of statesman
ship.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13
A POPULAR CANDIDATE.
Jewish Tribune, Portland.
Jeuiish

Hon. E. L. Smiths candidacy for
the U. S. Senatorship, although late
in announcement, makes prompt APP
peal to the voters of the state. He
has been so prominent, not only in
the councils of his party, but in
many public enterprises affecting the
people at large, that he has small
need of introduction. From one end
of the state to the other he is known
for his energy in what pertains to
the public welfare. In these matters,
his activity and prominence have
had no relation to political prefer
ment. He has long appreciated the
Importance of the Columbia water
way, hence his efforts and influence
have been urgent and potent in di-
rection of that improvement. He
perceived the capabilities of Oregon
as producer of fruit and has con-
tributed greatly to the development
of that great industry. Irrigation
of arid lands is another vast field to
which he has devoted his energies.
These activities, important in them
selves, are more important still in
showing that innate and invincible
public spirit which ought to charac-
terize every aspirant to so important
position as the Senatorship. The
office would enlarge his field of oper-
ations, and give scope to the energy
and judgment that have signalizpd
his private efforts. The people need
the kind of man he is in the upper
house of Congress. He is wise in
affairs, of solid judgment, and of
ability and address to reflect credit
upon this state. We think the peo-
pie are to be congratulated that he
has consented to accept the nomina-
tion, and will do themselves both
credit and service in nominating and
electing him.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13
A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.
Madras (Crook CO.. Pioneer.

-hUuiuS NNIoOh NO.) lOHBeT.
Hon. +. l.. Smith, of Hood River.
whose friends throughout the state
urged him to run for the guberna-
torial nomination because they be-
lieved that he was pre-eminently the
man to lead the Republican forces
to victory, is going to prove an equal
ly strong candidate for the United
States Senatorship, for which office
he has announced himself. No man
in the state has been more closely
identified with the states develop
ment during the past 80 years, and
none knows better than he her pres
ent needs. In his capacity as presi-
dent of the Oregon Development
League, Mr.. Smith has been closely
in touch with the forces now direct
ed toward the exploitation and devel-
opment of the country "where rolls
the Oregon" His election to the
Senate would not only be a just re-
ward to a man who has given good
many of the best efforts of his life
to the advancement of his states in
terests, but it would place him in a
position where he could continue
those efforts to the greatest advant-
age Of his state. There would be less
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13
HON. Z. L. SMITH, OF wAsCo.
Oregon Agriculturist and Rural
Northwest, Portland.

Under the primary law the people
have a new duty, imposed by them
selves, to indicate their preference
for United States Senator in Con-
gress. The Office is an extremely
important one for it not only in
wolves the representation of Oregon
in that body where all the states are
represented, but also COM
prises the function of adviser to the
president concerning all affairs and
officers within the state.
1t may be assumed that since the
people themselves enacted this law,
they mean to observe it. There are a
number Of worthy gentlemen seeking
the nomination at the hands of the
Republican voters, and one at the
hands Of the Democratic voters. Some
Of these candidates are in various
ways bringing before the people their
merits and asserting their claims.
But the object of this article is to
present to our readers another view
of the question. The law primarily,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13
ELECTION OF SENATOR.
Bend Crook Coz Bulletin.


1t may be true that the technically
legal election of United States Sen
ator will be by the legislature, but it
will also be true that the legislature
will elect the candidate who receives
the heaviest popular vote.
The people are coming into the
habit of asserting their powers these
days. If old laws and old customs
stand in the way, disregard them.
The formal phrases, the mere husks.
of the law are not to prevent the peo-
Pile from exercising the power that
is rightly theirs. If members of the
legislature undertake to carry into
effect their superior wisdom" nom
sense by choosing senator in def
ance of the popular selection, such
legislators will 90 to political graves.
This certainly-not any set statute
is what gives force to statement
No. |. The people will rule.
Therefore the popular vote for
senator is important, and every voter
should consider seriously his vote for
this office. Our next senator should
be a clean man, a man of experience
in affairs, man of dignity and force
of character, and it would be Just as
well if he should not come from the
corporation-ridden city of Portland.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13
HON. b. l.. SMITH FOR SEN
ATOR. t
lone Morrow Coz Proclaim sr.

lone Morrow Coz Proclaimer. a
The Proclaimer is not in any sense
OF the word a political organ, believ-,
ing that the interests of our state can
best be subserved by the selection of
our best citizens to fiji our important
offices. And yet, all things being
equal, we stand for the principles Of
the Republican party.
How then can we do otherwise
than heartily espouse the cause of
Hon. +. l.. Smith for U. S. Senator?
lie is easily the first citizen of Ore
gon, a Republican to whom his party
owes an immense debt, an able and
clean man--and if our people do
their duty he will be elected.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-04-13

Mr.. Smith has been staunch Re-
publican since he cast his maiden
vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln.
He is one of the 16 surviving men,
bers of the California legislature of
1864 and 1865. On the recommen-
dation of Hon. William H. Seward
he was appointed secretary of Wash
ington territory in 1866, and took
part in the deliberations of the coun-
ell of the territory.
In 1876 Mr.. Smith established
residence at Hood River, where he
still lives. His capacity for busi-
ness organization soon made itself
manifest in Eastern Oregon, and
this, together with his devotion to
the interests of the community of
which he was a member, led the Re-
.publicans of Wasco county, in 1888,
to nominate him by unanimous vote
as representative to the state legisla-
ture. He became speaker of the
house in the session of 1889. Dur
ing that session he secured, with the
assistance of his colleague, +. O.
Mccoy, the passage of a bill through
the house appropriating 100000 for
construction of a portage road
around the rapids at Cascade Locks.
Fifteen years ago, when the organ
ization called the Columbia River
Waterway Association was founded,
composed of delegates appointed by
mayors and county courts, Mr.. Smith
was elected as president of the body
and served with eminent success for
three years. Meetings of this asso-
citation were held at Portland, Asto-
ria, Vancouver and other principal
cities throughout the state. Mr..
Smith has always taken a prominent
part in national irrigation. He at
tended the national irrigation con-
gress at Ogden, Utah, and FL Paso,
Texas, and was chosen along with
Governor Pardee, of California, Gov
ernor Morrison, of Nevada, and Sem
ator Newlands, of Nevada, to make
one Of the replies in the formal ad-
dress of welcome. He was elected
one of the vice-presidents at large
and as such was instrumental in Sc
curing the meeting Of the national
irrigation congress recently held at
Portland, where he was reelected
yice-president.
For the past five years Mr.. Smith.
has been commissioner at large and
chairman Of the Oregon state board
of horticulture. He is also president
of the Oregon Development League
and the Northwest Fruitgrowers' As
sociation, and no one man in the
State Of Oregon has done more for
horticulture in this state than Mr..
Smith. He belongs to the staid ele-
ment Of the Republican party, is one
of its most aggressive members and
eloquent speakers. At the Lincoln
Day banquet at Portland, Oregon,
April 2 of this year, his address and
that of Hon. George II. Williams
were especially noteworthy.
Mr.. Smith was one of the McKin-
ley presidential electors in 1896, and
in the campaign which followed he
delivered speeches in behalf of Pres
ident Mckinley throughout the
state.