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Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
AGRICULTURE in
ROCIADA VALLEY
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL As
WELL As MOST FERTILE poR.
TioNs OF NEW MEXICO.
ideal GARDEN SPOT
Grains, Fruits and Vegetables Grow In
Greatest Ahundanee.-Part Played
BY the Burro In the West.

Frank Cutler OF Rociada, a well
known citizen of San Miguel county.
has written the following sketch Of
the Rociada valley. The possibilities
of other portions Of the county have
been exploited for their agricultural
opportunities and he thinks it no more
than fair that the garden spot of the
county. where agriculture Is an assur-
ed success, be given little notice:
The Rociada valley Is one of the
most fertile as well as one Of the most
beautiful in New Mexico The annual
output is estimated at 1000 tons of
hay. 1000 tons of oats and wheat, and
500 tons of corn. Buckwheat. bar
ley. rye and peas are grown In smaller
quantities. Hay Is the principal pro.
duct. Of very fine quality. never sell
ing for less than $1,000 per ton, and
often for $500 and $1,000. Alfalfa
'is grown by few for home use. The
four made from the native wheat is
not to be excelled Apples. plums, cher.
ries, pears crab apples, currants,
gooseberries and strawberries all do
well. Potatoes can be grown in newly
cleared land. They are of fine quality
and often yield $50 bushels to the acre.
AN kinds of garden truck grows In
abundance. The timber is made into
railroad ties, piling. telegraph poles,
lumber, fence posts and firewood
Horses. cattle. hogs. sheep and goats
are bred in varying numbers; chickens,
turkeys. ducks, geese and pigeons are
very healthy and easy to raise.
"One of the most common and use
full of all the animals In this section is
the little burro, who. like the goat
will thrive on tin cans and rubbish of
all descriptions and roots in the ash
heap for bath. He really deserves
more mention than all of the rest for
the part he has played In the civilizing
OF the great west. He is gentle, will
ing. patient and friendly: abused,
starved, overwnrked and petted by
turns. often goes week without wa
ter. will eat gunny sacks, paper, bacon
rinds or anything he can find, will beg
for chew Of tobacco and never re,
fuses cigar stump nor a drink of
stale beer.
"lie winds up the mountain trail,
carrying the provisions, blankets, and
tools for the prospector, he brings
stove wood into the cities, and fruit
from the farms ON his back, and is
often hitched four abreast to heavily
loaded wagons. AS a saddle animal
he is faithful but slow. Many of our
citizens who use him for this purpose
would have to walk or stay at home II
! it were not for the little burro. He
grows IL Rociada."
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
AN ARIZONA WOMAN
IS FOUND DEAD
Was In Room In Chicago Hotei--Hus.
band Under Arrest Suspect
ed of a Crime.

Chicago, Jan. 17.-~Mrs. Maggie
Mum, formerly proprietor OF the
Hughes hoted at Bisbee. Arizona,
was found dead today In her room
In a small hotel ON the west side.
Circumstances surrounding her death
caused the police to arrest her hus-
band, Alfred Mum. although no di-
rest evidence has been found that he
was actively connected with =. her
death. r..'<.
Mum asserted that his wife died
OF pneumonia and that he had not,
been near her for a week. The body
was shockingly gnawed by rats III
is believed that she had been dead
more than twelve hours when the
death was reported. Il,
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
FORAKER Fights
FOR NEGRO TROOPS

Washington. d. G.. Jan. l"-Whea
the senate met today senator Black
burn offered an amendment IN the
Foraker Brownsville resolution. dis
claiming any intention on the part oi
the senate 20 question the president's =
right To discharge the negro troops,
Foraker opposed the amendment
and Immediately entered upon a
speech denying the presidents pow.
or. II is believed that the amend
ment win delay the final vote On the
resolution.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
ROCK BOTTOM
FOUND FOR LOCKS
Report Of Chairman MIIard is a Very
Gratifying One to the Senate
Committee.

Washington. Jan. 17.-Chairman Mil
lard of the senate committee on inter-
oceanic canals today made public the
report of the Inter-oceanic Canal COM
mission upon the boring at the Gatun
dam site which furnished in response
a request from the committee. The
report includes a cabled statement
from Chief Engineer Stevens In which
he says 1877 holes have been bored at
the site and all show that the lock
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
.LICORICE TRUST
HEAVILY FINED

New York. Jan. 1.-THE MacAn-
drews and Forbes company Of this
city was fined $4,000 and the J. 5.
Young company Of Baltimore $4,000
in the United States circuit court to-
day for combining to monopolize the
trade In licoriee paste. A stay OF
sixty days In the execution OF the
fine was granted, but a motion for a
new trial was denied.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17

trains aT@ t@a1ag h&Haa~A~*s gpeopae ts
Port AntanAo f1g sAsaseg s9xeFaa
vessels are aaso emg@eea In taking
ne0Rae TIA ar paF&a
50 far - kn@ma n0 Americans
~~Fe Allied oF injured
one regau says eight Americans
ane miSsanK
A p0Ftton Of the town a rurt Roy-
al. which sank tao eehtnTies ago il
again under water.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE shores
Of the harbor Of Kingston are sink
ina and there Is terror lest the city
slip into the sea, according to a pri'
vate dispatch received here by q
lara mercantile house from Port au
Prince. Haytl. The bed OF the har'
bor 10 said to be sinking and water
In many places 10 now one hundred
feet deep. Every wharf not destroy
ed BY fire 10 said TO have sunk into
the sea or TO have been rendered
worthless.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
THE ICE king
REIGNS SSUPREME
KANSAS, INDIAN TERRITORY AND
OKLAHOMA COVERED WITH
icE AND SNOW.
STOCK IS DAMAGED
Telephone and Telegraph Lines Down.
Railroads Hloekaded and communl.
cation Cutoff.

Kansas City. Jan. l7.-Missouri. and
practically all Of Kansas and the north.
ern half of Oklahoma and Indian Ter.
ritory are covered with sheet of Ice
and snow, according to the weather
bureau and the railroad reports receiv.
ed here this morning. Nearly an inch
of rain has fallen In the past thirty
six hours. continuing up to this morn
ing and this has been followed by
freezing weather. The principal dam.
age has been to telegraph, telephone
aud trolley wires. In Kansas City the
car service Is interrupted on many
lines, while wire communication In
all directions, principally north from
here, was impeded. The weight of the
ice carried down wires and poles by
the score. Trains from Kansas City.
aud other parts were delayed from
one to three hours. The northern half
of Missouri seems to have borne the
bruDt of the storm.
Topeka, Jan. 17.--An Kansas Ia Gov
cred with a glare Of ice and snow TO-
day. The telegraph service Is badly
crippled along the railroads, especially
on the st. Louis line of the Rock Is
land. Trains are reported blockaded
but are making slow time owing to the
slippery rails. Stock Is suffering and
heavy loss In anticipated.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
CITY OF kingston
MAY Slip into SEA


London received regarding
Kingston disaster confirm accentaale
gravity Jamaica While
this afternoon t9 official figures ot
death roll and the destruction many responsible
sources in the showing growing proper
Of catastrophe.
SIR Alfred dispatch received says
cry house Kingston destroyed
heap ashes has awakened the British public
extent that this colony
ong the most trustworthy figures In
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17

walls will rwss on f4rm ama saatahle
SgsGs Euaek. He also Gays thai sixty
thre~ torings, all extending to bed
rock have been made across the val
ley of Charges, covering the extreme
dam sige. aud perVious material vas
foana in oGly four hales Nbelow one
hundred fees- At Ptero Miguel lock
walls there hare been ten boranss. all
showing ROCK suitable for foundation.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
General unres, Of Ear,h's Crust.

General unrest OF Earth's Crust.
London, Jan. l7.-That there In q
general state Of unrest IN the esrlh,
OF which the Jamaica disturbance Is
only one instance is the belief Of Pro.
fessor Belar, the famous seismologis;
ana astronomer at Laibach Obserya.
tory. His instruments registered Ja'
maican disturbances, but gives other
proofs of teg'estriai phenomena In
the shape Of shocks elsewhere, az
well as hailstorms and rockfalls.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
DIVIDEND DECLARED
BY COPPER COMPANY

New York, Jan. 1.-THE directors
of the Amalgamated Copper eompa.
ny today declared their regular quar-
terly dividend Of Id per cent and
an extra dividend Of one-half Of one
per cent. This Is unchanged from
previous dividends.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
TEXAS Legislature TO
INVESTIGATE BAILEY
BULLETIN.

Austin, Tex. Jan. i7-The
house today voted 10 have the
attorney general present all pa
pers in connection with charges
against Senator Joseph BAILEY.
Bailey has been invited - al,
dress the house on these charg-
es and will probably avail him
self of the opportunity before
adjournment tonight.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17

land show that seismatic distnrban.
ces occurred there on Monday at
about the same time as in Jamaica,
indicating widespread unrest Of the
earth's crust.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17
Pension sllls are .n,roduesa.

Washington. Jan iT,-Delegate An
dTews has introduced hills 10 pension
John W Young. S2t. and Sylvia A.
ssaFgess. Increase Of pension 10 go.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-17

Mrs- J. H. Stout has purchased two
aots on the west frens of Seventh
street from the InEe&tmeat and
Agency corporation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20

Boise, May 2o.-with half hun
dred witnesses for prosecution on
hand and both prosecution and de.
fense compelled to use peremptory
challenges to remove from the jury
box the obnoxious veniremen. the
third week of the Haywood murder
trial promises to develop sensations.
When court reconvened today the
prosecution and the defense had six
peremptories left, and it is plain that
both sides intend to be very chary
using these.
When court reconvened the de-
fense took up the examination of t.
c. Declercq, already accepted by the
prosecution as number five.
Before the day is over Judge Wood
will excuse Juror Oric Cole, who is
eminently satisfactory to both sides,
but where physicians have filed GER
tificates that his health will unfit
him from serving.
In sporting circles bets are freely
offered by eight to five that the jury
disagrees. So far no one has offer
ed to take the short end of the wa
ger.
y personal encounter between one
of the detectives here to testify for
the prosecution and one of the de-
fense's witnesses occurred today, but
was quickly stoppd with honors even,
Declercq was subjected to severe
cross questioning by Darrow and fl
nally excused for bias. Half a dozen
veniremen were then examined un-
successfully in an effort to fill the
vacancy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20
IN INSPIRING SERMON.
Baccalaureate Address an Event TO
BE Remembered.

In the presence of an audience
which filled the First Presbyterian
church to overflowing, yesterday af-
ternoon Rev. Austin Rice Of the
Congregational church of Walla Wal
la, preached a most entertaining and
inspiring baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating classes Of Pendleton
high school and Pendleton academy.
His text was taken. from Ezra and
was as follows: "They say Zerub-
babel will not pay TOLL" and the ex-
cellent sermon dealt with the high
ways of life and the tolls exacted
from men and women Of character,
as they travel through the world.
Rev. Rice drew an allegorical pic
ture of the pathway Of life and nam
ed five toll gates through which men
and women must pass in living use
full, serviceable lives. The first is
Duty, the second Perseverance, the
third Service, the fourth Faith and
the fifth Reverence. "At every one
Of these gateways along the, road, we
must sacrifice something, we must
give UP something, we must yield
something. At every gate a prom
Use is exacted that we will give our
best labor for the world, that we will
cheerfuliy work for humankind and
that We will not become selfish, sor-
did machines, but rather serviceable,
companionable, strong workers for
the common good"
Every seat in the church was oc-
cupied and large number of peo.
pie stood during the sermon. Rev
Rice is an entertaining and forcible
young man and impressed Pendletou
people most favorably with his ap-
propriate and inspiring sermon to the
young people Of the graduating
classes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20
BAKER CITY WON MEET.
Pendlcton Team Suffered Defeat
With 81 Points.

The Baker City high school team
won the eastern Oregon high school
field meet at La Grande last Satur-
day afternoon, by a score OF A points
against 81 points for Pendleton, the
next highest team. Ora Jay. the star
Of the Pendleton team, tied with
Kellogg Of Baker City, for first place
with an individual score Of 1S points.
With laurels yet fresh from the
big interscholastic meet at Walla
Walla, the Pendleton team played at
a disadvantage at La Grande and by
skill and luck the Baker City team
won the day.
The Pendleton team returned
home Sunday morning on the delay
ed train after a most enjoyable vis-
II In the beet city. They speak high
ly of the treatment received from the
La Grande team and schools and an
ticipate future visits to that city with
much pleasure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20

Charles Taylor of Alba was run
over and instantly killed by o. R. &
N. freight train No. 55, at the Thomp-
son street crossing of the railroad in
this city about 11:30 Saturday night.
There were no witnesses to the
accident and exact details will never
be known as the unfortunate young
man was not seen by any of the
trainmen and nothing was known of
the horrible fate of Taylor until his
remains, torn into shseds, were
found scattered along the track by
r. r. Ganahl, cashier of the o. r. &
n. freight offices, as he went home
from the offices about o'clock Sum-
day morning.
Taylor was evidently struck on the
Thompson street crossing by the in
coming freight, as the first sign of
the accident was found on the rail
Just a few feet west of this crossing,
and from that point for over 200
feet west shreds of the remains were
found scattered along the track, the
body being literally ground into
pieces.
Coroner Folsom deemed it unne-
cessary to hold an inquest over the
remains, as 1t was an unavoidable
accident.
Taylor was seen by Night Police
man Fl Waters, going toward the o.
r. & N. depot shortly before the
freight train came in, but after that
there is no witness to his where
abouts.
He had been employed on the T.
G. HALEY dairy farm on Wild Horse
creek and came to the city Friday
evening. He was seen on the streets
several times during Saturday.
Taylor made his home with his
parents at Alba and was a member
Of the Eagles. The funeral was held
this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the
undertaking parlors Of Baker e
Folsom, under the auspices of PEN
dleton aerie Of Eagles.
Coroner Folsom stated today that
there was no possible sign of foul
play as the watch and money of the
unfortunate man were found in his
clothing and everything indicates an
unavoidable accident, for which no
one could be held responsible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20
SCORE WAS TEN TO -FOUR.
Walla Walla Won Ball Game OF the
Pcndleton Grounds,

In a flve-inning game, cut short
by the wind and rain storm il, the af-
ternoon, Walla Walla scalpcd the
Fen'letonians on their own reserya-
ton yesterday. At the close the
score stood 10 to 4 in favor of the
Garden City team.
In the first inning walla Walla
made a run and when Pendleton
scored four in the second inning it
locked like victory for the wearers
oil the grey However, in the next
inning the wind came on and the
Pcnileton boys. then cut, began to
drop every ball that came into their
fands. Four runs were made by
Walla wall during that inning and
the game was theirs from that time
on.
Owing to the storm the crowd
rapidly dwindled away and at the
close of the fifth inning but a few
spectators remained.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20
liquor an Issue in Assembly.

Columbus, May 20.-whether the
general assembly OF the Presbyterian
church shall indorse the effort Of the
temperance committee to organit te a
church temperance federation or shall
give its undivided support to the anti
saloon league, Is a question which will
be pressed for settlement before the
assembly at the earliest moment, prob
ably next Wednesday.
The controversy. which started
when the Inter-church Temp erance
Federation in Pennsylvania and the
Anti-saloon League disputed over tenn
perance legislation in that state. crop
ped out in the general assembly to
day when David Wells, jr., OF Pitts
burg, who had been appointed chair
man of the temperance committee, re-
signed and DIR. Henry E. Dosker of
Louisville. was appointed to succeed
him.
DIR. Wells refused TO discuss his rea-
sons for resigning, but II was said
that he did not care to be in the
thick of the fray.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
Grocery Stock and Fixture, Will BE
Sold to Other Merchants.

The Gordon Grocery company will
close out their stock and retire from
the business. is the announcement that
was made today. Mr.. Gordon, the
proprietor, lately bought out Henry
Harrison and Berkeley HALEY. the
other members of the firm, ane is now
the sole owner.
1t is his intention to sell the fix
lures to the other merchants in the
city, and some of them have already
been disposed of. The goods will be
out to the public by special sales.
The time when the sales will COM
mence has not yet ben determined,
but they will probably start on We'd
nesday or Thurs lay.
Mr.. Gordon has no, yet decided just
what occupation he will engage in,
but intends to spend the summer on
the coast enjoying a vacation after
the confinement of store life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20
MORGAN GRANTED
SALOON LICENSE
COURT RECONSTRUCTED
IT'S FIRST DECISION
First Action Taken by a Vote of Two
TO Onc-License Finally Granted by
Unanimous Vote-Commissione
Walker Favored the License From
the Beginning-Leter and Meaning
OF Statutes Involved.

Three hours after having denied
the petition for the Hermiston saloon
license presented by C. L. Morgan,
Judge Gilliland and Commissioner Lee
who had voted against the granting
Of the petition reconsidered their vote
and believing they had made the
wrong decision, they called Commits
sioner Walker, who favored the petit
ton, changed their vote and granted
the petition.
The two members who denied the
petition in the first place, stated that
is names were signed by the remon-
strators and that the remaining num-
ber on the remonstrance were names
placed there to show that the petit
TONERS for the license did not have a
majority of the voters. Under the
present law the number of petitioners
or demonstrators considered must be
based upon the number of legal voters
in the precinct at the time of present.
ing the petition. 1t being extremely
difficult to determine the number of
legal voters, the court, when the re-
monstrance came up with a large
number of names on It, was swamped
in its attempt at taking testimony to
ascertain whether each name placed
thereon was a legal voter Judge
Gilliland and Commissioner Lee final
ly decided to take the last election roll
and see II there were more remon-
strators whose names were in the last
election list than there were of the
petitioners. The number Of remon-
|strators who were registered at the last
election being greater than those in
the petition they decided to deny the
petition.
Upon reconsideration they found
that the new law read that the voters
at the time of filing the petition were
to be counted and not those at the
last election as in the old law. 1t not
being shown that the necessary num-
ber of the demonstrators were legal
voters 1t was Incumbent upon the
court to grant the petition. HAD the
demonstrators been present in such a
manner that 1t had been possible to
determine whether each signer were
a legal voter, and had It not been for
the wording Of the law which requires
a majority at the time the petition is
filed. I believe there would have teen
sufficient number to prevent the IL
cense being granted" said Judge Gill
liland on commenting on the decision.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20
100000 POUNDS
Of WOOL STORED
SALES WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK
Immense Quantity Clipped Tributary
to Pendleton Which Is Not Hauled
and VIII be Sold by Samples. E.
Smith Company Has 100000
Pounds-The Fleeces Are Lighter.
Than Last Year.

Half a million pounds of wool are
now stored in the Furnish warehouse
ready to be disposed of on wednes-
day and Thursday at the annual wool
sale should the prices offered seem
favorable to the owners
Many of the sheepmen have not
yet delivered all of their wool to the
warehouse, but each raiser who ex-
poets to offer his clip has a number
can be made.
The ]. f. Smith Livestock COM
pany will have about 100000 pounds
when II is all delivered. Seven cars
Of their wool were on the siding this
morning, having been shipped in
from their shearing plant at Barn.
hart station. A large crew of men
assisted by gasoline hosting en-
CINE is busy storing the large bags
of wool.
While there has been much talk
by the woolgrowers lately of ship
ping the wool east to a competitive
market, nevertheless, 1t is hoped by
the sellers they will receive bids from
the buyers that will justify them in
parting with their product here. The
buyers at present claim that the
price of wool will be lower this year
than last, but the owners claim that
IT should he as much as 1t was then
II not more. They believe that they
should have u higher price because
of the lightness of the fleeces, each
fleece being from two to four
pounds lighter than in the preceding
year.
Regarding the proposition to ship
east II the price is not satisfactory
on sales day, Mr.. ]. E. Smith says
that It has been frequent thing with
him heretofore to ship his wool
when the prices offered on the coast
were not satisfactory and that he has
been the gamer by this method,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20

Columbus, o.. May 20.-'rhe tenn
perance question is the principal topic
at the Presbyterian general assembly
today. sTM
delegates from the Cumberland
church.
DIR. James Wilson of Seattle, pre-
senting the report for the freedmen's
bureau, said: "The negro needs
trained Christian citizenship. Chris
tian training is the only way to solve
the problem" He said the Presbyter-
ian church now supports schools edu-
eating over $4,000 negroes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20
Wants Another Judge.

San Francisco, May 20.-District
Attorney Langdon was Saturday night
served by Mayor Schmitz's attorneys,
Metson, Campbell and Drew, and
John ]. Barrett and C. II. Fairall. with
notice of a motion for substitution of
a trial Judge on the ground that Judge
Frank H. Dunno is disqualified by
bias and prejudice. Accompanying
and supporting this motion is a
lengthy affidavit by Schmitz in which
charges of an extremely sensational
nature are made against Rudolph
Spreckles, his associates in the bribery
graft prosecution, and Judge Dunno
himself
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-05-20

no surprise to his friends. The plans
were all made long ago. He re-
quested simple burial rites.
He was successful merchant and
widely known, and had been in busi-
ness at this place about 10 years. He
leaves a widow and three children.
The funeral was held this afternoon.
1t is the second suicide in six months
In Long Creek. Leon Batting suicid-
ed six months ago by hanging him.
self.