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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24

News comes from Baker City of |
wholesale cheating on the part of
cruisers who have located several
hundred people from the east in the
John Day and Harney countries on
timber claims. 1t is claimed that To-
Gators have made misrepresentation
in the land office and are suspected
of selling their location rights in con-
spiracy.
In letter to the Statesman John E.
Duncan, surveyor for Grant county,
writes:
ITO my certain knowledge there are
many Idaho persons who have filed
on claims in the vicinity of Long
creek and the middle fork of the John
Day river for timber lands that have
not timbe -enough on them to build
| a respectable log cabin, and 1t is 4
mystery to parties here that are ac-
quainted with the country how so
many people can be gulled into locat-
ing lands by irresponsible cruisers
and men that are neither competent
to retrace a government survey line
nor make anything like a correct esti-
mate of the timber growing on tract.
In fact. il is the common report that
trails have been worn around good
tract of timber by cruisers and their
ilocators and the latter were made to
believe that this is the identical tract
they are locating when in fact, the
numbers given them by their cruisers
call for land on some barren and
rocky mountain side.
There are a number of good tim
Der claims to be located yet in this
county. and in places where they will
Inot interfere with any forest reserve,
but it will require more than the bold
assertion of some irresponsible and
incomnetent would-be timber cruiser
to insure a locator that he is getting
the land the latter represents it to
be-
The following clipping is from the
Baker City Democrat.
A well known Baker City man.
manager of a mine near Prairie City,
who has just returned from there, is
authority for the statement that much
excitement, confusion and fear of loss
on the part of locators has been devel-
oped within the past few days. Cou-
pied with this. he states that arrests
are threatened on the part of the To-
Gators of cruisers who cheated them
in their locations and on the part OF
the government locators who have
|, made Misrepresentation in the lanC
office and who are suspected of selling
|. their location rights in conspiracy.
The locators claim that it is high
= way robbery for the cruisers to charg'
them 500 to 5000 a location and thel
put them on the map five miles from
the ground they have to swear the!
had seen. But so far as known, ther
is no legal way to reach the cruisers
on the other hand, the government
detectives who have been on IN
ground watching proceedings and tax
ing notes claim to have evidence ina
locators are selling their rights or ha
sold them before they went into tn
timber. All locations have been stop
ped in this locality. papers Withheld
and filings declined. An investigation
II is understood, will be made at ono
and the whole affair shown up. Tn
cruisers placed many locators in til
forest reserve and these filings wei
promptly thrown out. What tile on
:; come will be is a question and man
% think a sensation is in store. Poss
bly Heney will have another job
Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
RENT HORSES FOR SOLDIERS.
Government Forced to Pay Sf.5O for
Mounts ot American Lake.

Facing a serious shortage of horses
for the army maneuvers at American
Lake, the government has been forced
to advertise that it will pay $1.5O per
day for the use only of suitable
mounts during the nine weeks of the
encampment.
A few days ago an attempt was
made to secure 100 good horses for
the use of officers and orderlies dur
ing the maneuvers. To the surprise
of the local quartermaster's depart
ment. the greatest difficulty was
found in getting a score or so of
horses. After considerable trouble 80
horses were secured by outright pur-
chase.
Now there are no more horses that
will at all answer the purpose to be
bought for anything except an exoroi-
tant price. And the government Is
forced to advertise for horses to rent
With equine mounts at s1.5O a day
for nine weeks, there will be a heavy
drain on the appropriation for the
encampment's incidental expenses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
EIGHT HOUR DAY IN YAKIMA.
The City is Considerably Affected by
Its Observance.

City Engineer A. A. Nicol today no.
titled the contractors working for the
city that the eight-hour law must be
observed otherwise he would cancel
their contracts, states the Yakima
Republic.
This action was taken by the city
engineer anent the decision of the su-
preme court relative to the eight
hour law. The court handed down
decision at Olympia Thursday that
establishes the legality of the eight
hour law. Thus the duty devolves
upon the city engineer to see that 1t
is enforced or he himself will be sub
iect to a fine of from s25 to 800.
Ths contractors in the city have
been working their men from 10 to
! IL hours a day at So per day. The
enforcement of the law, which has
been a dead letter owing to test case
from Seattle being in the courts for
settlement of the question, Will nave
the effect of losing two hours day
for each man employed on city con
tract work. This would mean bis
thing to contractors where lot o.
men are employed.
There are only two contractors II
the city whom this law will affect a
present. They are the John Gilligal
company. which is building the sewer
and ]. L. Ballenger, who is now build
ing a sidewalk on one of the street
of the west side. Mr.. Nicol said thi
afternoon that the men employed oi
the sewer have been worked 10 AM
II hours each day, but hereafter the
will have to work only eight hours
ANY infraction of the law will caus
him to cancel the contract the sewe
building company has with the city.
The law will also affect Street Com
J missioner Hickman who employs reg
ularly from five to 10 men da
, looking after the street work. Cit
Marshal Cayou will also come unde
the law when he has men whom h
. finds 1t necessary to have do time
| the streets in paying a fine.
, Before taking action today Nj
, Nicol says that he took legal advic
on the question and was informe
, that If he did not enforce the law h
could be held responsible and sui
/ iected to a heavy fine. He consulte
Attorney Englehart on the question
He says he did not care to confer wit
City Attorney Forsyth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
BETTER IRRIGATION LAWS
URGED BY ENGINEER LEWIS

bitches will be built, and the opera
is bankrupt.
I'm Utah, for instance, all rights
are determined once for all, beginning
with the streams most used. There
after no rights can be acquired with
out authority of the state. Notice of
the intended diversion is published
and protest allowed where anyone
thinks his right will be injured.
1.-The question of supply and rights
are carefully investigated and when
the permit is issued by the state II
has the same standing in law as a
patent to lands issued by the govern
ment. In an arid country the patent
to land is of Insignificant value COM
pared to the water right which is the
foundation of its value. Settlement
is therefore retarded by uncertain
water laws as now exist in this state.
"An administrative system is nee
essary. A water master or policeman
in each community would distribute
| the water in accordance with court
| decree and future acquired rights.
order of priority. AS streams fluctu-
ate during the season the poorest
rights would be shut off during the
lowest water thus protecting the older
rights without fear of annual con-
test in the courts.
Where water is stored on a stream
channel this officer measures the
same and protects 1t to the point OF
diversion and use. Appeals from the
decisions of the water master which
cost nothing can be taken to the
courts and only the person who thinks
himself aggrieved is disturbed. The
water master is subject to remova
for cause.
Considerable opposition is had t.
the change of present water law
} principally from those holding spec
, ulative rights or franchises withou
use. When these franchises becom,
of increased value they will be sold
; and not before. Fear is had lest {
) new law will create unending litiga
ton.
This has not been the experience o
other states and as pointed out we ar
assured of unending litigation unde
present laws where the limit of
streams use is reached.
. Irrigation in the Willamette vale
has been much agitated of late an
the Portland board of trade is takin
=, an active interest in plans for unitin
. all sections of the state in preparln
= a bill which will meet the needs G
each community and be supported b
>. all.
). Careful study of the new measur
q and cooperation in its support Is a
that is necessary for the solution {
: this problem upon which the futur
" oregon depends"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24

State Engineer John Fl. Lewis, who
is now in Harney county, in the in
terest of the states water right, is
enthusiastically in favor of more
modern irrigation laws for Oregon.
He hopes to interest the coming
legislative session in the passage of a
law similar to that now IN force in
Utah, by which all water in the
streams Is equitably distributed, and
by which costly litigation is practical
ly abolished.
In an interview as he went east into
Harney county, a few days ago, he
said:
1.-THE development of this state and
especially this community, Is greatly
retarded by the lack of definite wa
ter laws, and the value OF present wa
ter rights are greatly lessened for
lack of proper standing in law and
protection by the state.
"Records of stream discharges to
be of value must be kept daily and
throughout several years as the wa
ter fluctuates from day to day, also
with each season. A record of three
to five years duration is of the great
est value in designing works for the
use of water
at is next necessary to secure ar
abstract of water rights, giving the
amount of water which must be le
run to satisfy vested rights below the
proposed diversion. This can only bt
determined at present by bringing
suit against all parties claiming thu
right to the use of water from thu
stream and securing a decree of cour
as the present water laws contain M
penalty to enforce compliance.
"Only part of the vested rights hav,
posted and filed the required notic'
and many of the rights which ar
speculative in character have filet
notices which will never becom
vested but serve to cumber the it'll
to water and prevent its legitimat
use.
"a lawsuit is expo nsive and in
wolves the loss of time. As there
definite limit to which the water
of each stream can be put to bene
ficial use. investments will becom
more hazardous as this limit
reached.
"If an abstract of actual veste
, rights cannot be had careful meas
urements of stream flow will be {
, but little value in the protection {
investments.
"The only way at present is
; build your ditch, divert water an
take chances on a court decision.
, unfavorable to the ditch owner
has disturbed the peace of the con
G munity and called each user of wat
9 into court at considerable expens
n when he should have been attendir
to the irrigation of his crops.
"The decree is binding only b.
? tween the parties thereto. Ne
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24

Daily East oregonian by carrier.
snIv f6 cents a week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
THREE FACTS
For Sick Women
To Consider

FIBsT.-That almost every operation
In our hospitals performed upon women
becomes necessary through neglect of
such symptoms as backache, irregular
and painful periods. displacements
of the female organs, pain in the side,
burning sensation in the stomach,
bearing-down pains, nervousness, dig
illness and sleeplessness.
SECOND. medicine that holds
the record for the largest number of
absolute cures of female ills is Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
1t regulates, strengthens and cures
diseases of the female organism as
nothing else can.
For thirty years it has been helping
women to be strong, curing backache,
nervousness, kidney troubles, infam-
nation of the female organs, weak
ness and displacements, regulating
the periods perfectly and overcoming
their pains. 1t has also proved itself
invaluable in preparing women for
childbirth and the change Of life.
THfRD.-The great volume OF unso-
licited and grateful testimonials on file
at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass. many of which are from time to
time published by permission, give alb.
solute evidence Of the value Of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Mrs. Pinkham's advice.
Mrs. .Pinkham's Standing Invitation
oWomen.-Women suffering from any
form of female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are
received, opened. read and answered
by women only. From symptoms given,
your trouble may be located and the
quickest and surest way of recovery
advised. Mrs. Pinkham is daughter
in-law Of Lydia 4. Pinkham and for
twenty-five years under her direction
and since her decease she has been ad-
vising sick women free of fcharge. Out Of
the vast volume of experience in treat
ing female ills Mrs Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will help
your case. Surely, any woman, rich or
poor, is very foolish II she doesnot take
advantage of this generous offer Of
assistance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
DENIED BY HILL.
Says lie Is Not Attempting to Get
Control of the Milwaukee System.


Control of the Milwaukee System.
I'VE are not attempting to secure
the St. Paul railroad. and have never
ATTEMPTED IT," James ]. Hill is quoted
as saving in answer to Wall street
story that his group was negotiating
for the control of that road. There
is nothing in the story. / saw dis
match the other day that stated the
st. Paul and Hartman interests were
forming a close alliance. ! heard that
story when was in New York, and
would not be surprised If there Is
something in 1t.
"I have not paid any attention to
the o. r. & n. plan of absorbing the
charter dfferential at Portland on
foreign shipments of wheat. 1 do not
know about the suggestion that this
might conflict with the interstate
commerce commission, and II there is
ANYTHING in that contention I sup
pose they can take 1t up with the
commission.
"The new railroad rate bill prohibits
the ownership of coal mines by car
riers. do not think this act will
prevent the Northern Pacific's oper-
alton of its mines. The Northern Pa
cific uses three times as much coal on
its own lines as It produces In Its
mines. I do not think that there
would be any question raised IL the
Northern Pacific sold locally some OF
its surplus from local mines.
at would seem the Pacific Coast
company is prohibited from the opera
ton Of its coal mines. They stretch
the constitution a good deal sometimes
and maybe this is one Of them. dc
not know what the Pacific coast com
pany proposes to do, but / do mol
understand that there is any intention
Of dIsposing Of the coal fields. oi
course, there is nothing in the ACT
that prevents any of the railroads
owning coal lands from disposing of
the output within the state"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24

Satisfaction, our guarantee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
Holding Their Wool.

At the wool sales advertised to be
held here today 100000 pounds were
offered, but only 10000 pounds were
sold. The price paid was 17h cents
by Brown & Adams of Boston. The
woolgrowers will hold for better
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24

and chances of recovery; palmistry
taught; mediumistic persons Develop
ed. Satisfaction guaranteed or no fee
accepted. Dead trance crailvoyant
sittings, oral life readings in palmistry
$1.00. Parlors at the Arlington house,
Mian street. Hours, 0 a. IN. to, 8. p. m.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
Central Market
CARNEY. RAMsDELL & co.
Phone Main 33.
Her Property.

Her Property.
Ancestors. yes" said Mrs. Blugore,
inspecting Mrs. Nuritch's art gallery,
"but are they really your own"
"Sure thing!" replied Mrs. Neu-
ritch, with some spirit, "if you don't
believe It I'll show you the painters
bill receipted. Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
CHEATING CRUISERS
SWINpI.E HoMESEEKERS
BE INGENIOUS SYSTEM.

They Cruise Around and Through
Timber Covered Tracts, But the De-
scriptions Filed On Do Not Corres-
pond-They Are Also Suspected of
Selling Their Location Rights nle.
gally-lIarney County and the John
Day Country Have Been Worked by
These Inscriptions Gentry.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-07-24
CHESTERFIELD

PSychic PalInist
and Clairvoyant.
I tell your name,
your age, married
or single; also of
changes, success
es, failures, law
suits, travels, OF
absent friends, of
separations, of
deaths, diseases,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
vINEwooD SUIT APPEALED.
Action Over the Ejectment of F. A
Campbell from Park.

The yi1ewood park ejectment suit ar
rived In the supreme court today. In this
trial the title is z. ". Wilson and John
Moneypenny vs.. F. A. Campbell. F. g.
Kelley and the Topeka Railway com
pany.
It is one Of the fctions of law that
wilson should be suing the railroad Of
which he is one of the chief owners. The
man he is really after is Campbell.
This case has been thrashed out in the
Topeka city court and the Shawnee coun-
ty district court. Campbell started the
suit by suing Wilson, Kelley, Moneypenny
and the city railway He claimed that
he had been wrongfully elected from a
portion of Vinewood park which he
claimed the right to occupy under a for
mer contract. The defendants asserted
that the contract had expired and they
had the right to throw Campbell out, to-
gether with his refreshment stands and
other amusement concessions. The city
court held for the defendants but the dis
trict court jury reversed this decision
Meantime, however, the suit took such
form that Kelley and the city railway be
came technically on the other side of the
case from Wilson and Moneypenny. The
suit is appealed to the supreme court by
Wilson and Moneypenny, whose attorneys
are Ferry & DOran
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
NO ESCAPE FOR HIN.
st. John Released on Habeas Corpus
Immediately Rearrested.

Boise, Idaho. March 14-vincent St
John, president of the Miners Union at
Burke, Idaho, who was arrested February
8. charged with completely in the assassi-
nation of former Governor Frank SteU-
nenberg, was released to day on a writ of
habeas corpus granted Oy Judge George
Stewart Of the district court. Judge Stew
art held that the probast Judge ceased to
have jurisdiction over St. John after the
second of March. when his preliminary
examination should have been held.
St. John received the congratu latfons Of
his attorneys, but when he stepped from
the court room out into the corridor Sher-
If Jasper c. Nichols and Detective C.
Then met him with a warrant issued by a
justice of the peace at Caldwell, charg-
ing him with the crime of murder St
John was re-arrested and taken to the
county jail here. Tomorrow he viii be
taken to Caldwell for preliminary exami-
nation. Sheriff Rutan of Telluride, Col, is
expected to arrive at Boise this afternoon
with a warrant for st. John in connec-
ton with a murder committed in Colo
Y-1do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
lis CARS LOST.
c. A. stannard Relates His Experience
in Shipping Oil.

Kansas City, March Am the oil
hearing this afternoon Mr Monet,
attorney for the oil producers asso-
citation of Kansas, stated that the
rate on coal in Kansas was so per
cent. less than the crude oil rate, and
this was so high that dwellers upon
the great western plains cannot use
crude oil because the rate is too high.
c. A. Stannard. an oil producer of En-
poria, Kan, testified that no Kansas oil
could be sold out Of that state by inda-
pendent producers because the rate be
yond Kansas prohibited it, but II the
Kansas maximum freight rate was ex-
tended into other states. there would be
a good market for all the oil Kansas
could produce.
Mr. Stannard gave his experiences
with the railroads in shipping oil in his
own tank cars He said his cars were
side tracked lost and burst by heavy
switching. He said, however, that he
did not believe the railroad officials
sanctioned this sort Of work.
G. w. Monatt, superintendent of the
Standard Oil company's refinery at
Sugar Creek, told of the production at
that plant and of the prices secured
for the products Of oil
G. w Mayer. manager of the Stand
ard at Kansas City. was recalled, and
H. B. Scott, formerly a director Of the
Prairie Oil & Gas company, but now in
business for himself, also testified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
CoFFEYvILLE CASE IS APPEALED
Raises the Vexing Question of Color
Line in the Schools.

The supreme court has received in
structfons to prepare the necessary pa
pers for an appeal to the supreme
court of the United States in the Bud
Cartwright case from Coneyville.
Cartwright, a colored man. brought
mandamus proceedings to compel the
board of education to allow his daugh-
ter to attend school with white chill
dren. The court decided in favor of
Cartwright.
The appeal to the supreme court
will tie the thing up long enough for
the next legislature to pass law sim
liar to the Kansas City separate high
school law. which has been held to be
constitutional by the supreme court.
It IS rather q peculiar circumstance
that both of the decisions Of the Kan
sas supreme court on the question of
separate schools for whites and ne
groes will go to the supreme court. In
the Kansas City case, the right of the
board of education to proceed under
q state law and provide separate
school for coIored children was sus-
tanned; in the Coffeyville case, the
right of the board to provide separate
schools without such law was de-
MED. Both cases are to be appealed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-14
TO SELL WATER IN WICHITA.
Right Appears to Be More valuable
Than Supposed.

The right to sell water in Wichita
seems to be more valuable than has
been generally supposed Most people
have been under the impression that
water was a commodity entirely IN
known in that community, but the suit
of Taylor & Reeves vs.. Spencer, fled
in the supreme court today, indicates
otherwise.
Taylor & Reeves entered into a con-
tract with w. ". Spencer, the owner
of Gueda Springs. to supply them with
Gueda Springs water to run a tank
line" in the city of Wichita. The con-
tract was to continue five years.
Spencer refused to carry out his con-
tract, and Taylor & Reeves a1ed him
for S25,000 damages. which they esti-
mated was the value of the water they
would have sold in Wichita in five
years The jury in the district court
thought this estimate On the amount
Of water needed in Wichita was entire
~ too high, but did allow a verdict for
S2.5OO.
The jury probably figured that So
500 would be ample to buy all the
"chasers'' needed in Wichita for g
period Of five years However, SDen-
Ger the Gueda Springs man, thinks
this estimate too high, and has appeal
ed to the supreme court