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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
UMAT|LA INDIAN CUSTOMS REVIEWED

hand down the knots can relate glib
ly, surely and swiftly. events that hap
pcned wears before. Mr.. Cole said
that this practice among the Indians
attending the trials made one of the
most interesting features,
One of the Indians on trial testified
to events concerning the Whitman
massacre in 1S47. Others narrated
events that happened so and IS years
ago. while one or two went back fur
ther than that and told of things that
occurred before white men took the
land from the Indians.
Attorney Cole spent most of his
time while in the eastern part of the
state at Pendleton near the Umatilla
reservation, but tried one case at Ba-
ker. There are 10 cases in all. Each
is the suit of heirs trying to obtain
land which they claim by heritage
from TIE government. One of the
cases has been brought by an illegiti-
mate son of Clara Gale. the daughter
of one Of the territorial governors of
Oregon. This plaintiff claims that he
Is the only heir of the deceased, al
though the husband still resides on
the land which was allotted TO Miss
Gale, who was part Indian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
DRY FARMING PAYS.
MontanT Profits by Experiments on
Arid Lands.

According TO an unofficial report
the dry land farming experiments
carried on at two places in Montana
cate that the system can be followed
with profit in some parts of this state,
says the Helena Independent.
Three sub-station farms were plan
ned, orc At Billings, one NJ Forsyth
and one at Glendivc. At Billings d-
rections were not followed, and there
We're no results.
From the other two excellent re-
suits were obtained. The average
yield in bushels per acre for the diff
rerrnt crops attempted were as fol-
lows: Spring wheat, %; oats, 46.2;
barley, eel spring rye, 2O.5 fall rye,
SS.j' flax, 20l. 1t is believed that
these figures give what may fairly he
expected as the annual yield.
The general impression that this
wear had lE unusually large amount
of rainfall is not confirmed by tho
weather bGreau reports at Helena,
which show for both Glcndive and
Forsyth olly fraction Of an inch of
rainfall above the average for the
past year This slight excess seems to
have occurred i'm August when it was
too late to affect the crops material
| y.
The experiments We're carried on
under the direction of the governmo mt
evpcrlment station at Eozeman, the
state and the NortherH Pacific -ail.
read cooperating.
AS = result of the success of the
| experiments the railway officials will
probably open up tn sale and settle
inert at once about 100000 acres OF
land along the Missouri north OF Glen
dive. INC farm unit will probably be
made about $50 acres and not more
than one farm will be sold to one
man.
In order to secure a deed to thc
land it will be necessary to live on Il
and Improve it, and no land will bt
sold except to bona fide settlers. Tho
railway expects to make its require
ments more stringent than the govern
ment rules governing homesteads il
order. IL possible, to keep speculator
out of the lands. The tracts the.
offer are regarded by the station eX
pert" as valuable farming land,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
HERE FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Fred IL. Drake Speaks of The City's
Growth.

Fred II. Drake of San Francisco,
who came up to attend the funeral Of
his mother, Mrs. j. \. Drake, which
occurred yesterday, speaks entertain
ingly of the progress of San Francisco.
He says all of the larger firms are
now in very good temporary quarters
and that building of immense struc-
lures is progressing as rapidly as the
scarcity of labor viii permit.
Extraordinary records have been
made in building in many cases, the
clerks, teamsters and other employees
of the large stores taking part in the
construction of the new quarters for
their employers. In the case of the
firm with which Mr.. Drake is EN-
ployed, the Bruner Furniture COM
pany, the employees built a temporary
structure throughout and the firm
was one of the very first to occupy
temporary quarters after the fire.
In regard to the japanese question
in san Francisco Mr.. Drake says 1t Is
very serious and that riots are expect
ed daily. The number of Japanese Is
increasing rapidly in the city and the
| feeling against them is strong,
Because of the impossibility of se'
curing building material and labor
with which to rebuild in a permanent
manner, many firms are sending mil
lions of dollars east for investment
until the congestion is relieved an'
material can be secured. The city Il
being rebuilt on more magnificen
scale than before. Steel is beinl
largely used in an the larger building
and every precaution will be taken t.
prevent serious damage from futur
| 'nuakes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08

GENERAL NEWS.
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American Minister Graves at Stock
hoIrr Sweden, telegraphs announcing
the death of Prof. Norman Hutchin-
son. OF California, secretary of the
American legation there.
The New Mexican convention To
draft constitution for its coming
state organization, convened January
:. Its first action was To pass a reso-
luton asking for immediate admis-
sion.
At Providence, II. l.. Alvin r.
Rhodes. ieal estate broker, shot and
killed his mother at their apartments
at hotel and then shot himself. dy-
ing almost instantly. 1t is believed
the man was mentally unbalanced.
At san Francisco, Emit Radley
shot and killed Mrs. Martin Kruger.
wife Of Herman Kruger, a bartender.
and her sister, Elizabeth Kelly, aged
1e. The tragedy occurred on Bdchan-
an street, near the jefferson square
refugee camp.
For the first time in its history,
Sunday closing went into effect at
|
police court case was reported Mon
| day morning, which fact in itself also
broke the record for that city of TO-
600 inhabitants.
The oklahoma constitutional con-
vcntion is now taking steps to author
ize the ownership by the state of all
segregated coal and asphalt lands
within the state, having appointed a
committee TO appraise the same and
look after the preliminaries.
During 1aO6 there We're 216O vic.
lent deaths in New York city: 6S
deaths in tunnels, $40 murders, l2S
killed hv street cars, "a by automo-
biles. SaS suicides, lis by alcoholism.
The balance were killed by falls, eN'
plosions, collapses, blasts and falling
walls rock. and timber.
], c. Hillman, steward at the state
prison at Walla Walla. has resigned
Warden Kincaid says the vacancy vii
be filled by appointment of j. w. OH
yer, a former guard at the institution
who originally came from Tacoma. i
is believed this is to be followed by
several other changes in the near fu
ture.
Companies A and II, First Califor
mia infantry and troop A of the Firs
squadron of cavalry, are in body dis
missed from the National Guard serv
ice by the adjutant general of Call
fornia, for inefficiency, insubordina
ton and general disgraceful conduc
at and during the weeks they were ol
duty at san Francisco following tn
earthquake and fire.
DR.. T. II. McCrea. chairman of tn
Chinese relief committee at Chian
kiang, telegraphs as follows to tn
Christian Herald, New York: "Vice
roy Tuan Fong estimates 100000
destitute Missionaries confirm. Are
affected nearly equal to New Yor
state. Winter on. Crisis unpreceden'
ed, Suffering intense. Deaths begir
ming. Five months to harvest"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08

Read the East Oregonian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
FUEL FAMINE
MAY Be WORSE
O. u. x y. TERRITORY
Is NOT YET RELIEVED.
Robert Burns, General Freight Agent,
Tells of Situation on tile Systcm-
Company l. Running short of Coal
for Its LocOmotiyeS-Niines ON Fire
and Other MisfOrtunes Prevent
Movement of Coal.


That the worst in the fuel shortage
has not come yet, is shown by a
statement made by Robert Burns, gen.
-cral district freight agent for the o.
r. 6 \. at Walla Wal!a. yesterday
afternoon.
The Walla Walla Bulletin in review
ing the fuel shortage and the serious
situation which confronts the inland
empire, says:
@. r. n. District Freight Agent
Robert Burns stated today that he had
Just been advised by the officials at
Starbuck that the company was near
~ oUt Of coal and We're using every
pound as sparingly as possible. THE
shortage is so stringent" said Mr..
Burns, that an order TO set in some
cars at Alto station, few miles'this
side of Starbuck, had to be counter
manded.
THE men said they did not have
enough coal on hands TO use except
for passenger engines and for regular
freight business, which may be tied
up at any time if the cold spell con-
tinues, and there is not supply Of
coal received. The fuel situation is
the most serious it has been at any
time yet and there is apparently no
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08

While most OF the indian customs
reviewed by the East Oregonlan from
time to time, the following sketch
from the Oregon Sunday Journal will
be found highly interesting:
Tales of the whitman massacre,
stories of Oregon life decades ego,
when the only people in the state were
Indians and the time was reckoned by
SHOWS, moons and days; when the ma
tive Americans roamed the great
country unmolested by the prying
whites; when the days of long ago
were of savagery, polygamy and quaint
costumes that render them still
quaintcr to the goth century mind
when narrated by Indians who actu-
ally lived that life more than 100
years age, says the Journal.
Such is the story told by James
Cole, assistant United States district
attorney, who has just returned from
a three weeks trip to eastern Oregon,
where ne took testimony i'm indian
land allotment cases for the govern
ment
S.V''ai VI 90. e, "'," -, -, ,,aro
ny mr' No'e 'es'ii'ou nc, ~ iii
H'"re 'ia" NV 'e'iS % e
many more, with wrinkled faces and
withcred. bnny hands which betoken-
e1 great age, swcre that they were so
Gu 'fat 'huS "au u.s." 49,. -.
act 'gr' me i"ui"" "'S "Do a.
hiuv" reS''u i'' 'i''S
truth dcc"''HiA " vi -, ,,,'
tre'tS " III "o'u' INV '''''e
on manner
one "i ule necessary '''','s' w."
ed 10 set''e tle cases ""S W ~ Jan
INTO the ancestry ol many Vi 'ie pi'in
u'is me oiu 'uS'""i Vi an i''o''', ~
marrying squ"" Wy 9'i'l"E eo''e ~
I'VE WIN ier anu VI se,u' ms
Vorce pH the sli'PlcI i'e'''uu vi
ing her ana gong u I'VE WIN a''o."e'
Wornat'' was 'oui" uPo" eN'''''
TO rave peeh pu'Su"u " Tue eN''e''''
nirl' oI 'he h"' VI i"''ei,
ohe Witness eAaH'ii'e" s'o"eu '''"' ms
ancestor hau as many as ii,e WV,
anc had heirs from eac" ol 'ie"'' al,
OF whom were cohtesting lot 'he laho
WHICH the fdllo'ee hdu "i' "e'"'O
Wheh ne went Oh ms iohs I'"' "''
10 the happy huh'ihs sIou"u'
lheir 'ah'i'N i"s'"rS'
In another case II was ~
go PACK as iar as 'he s'e"' Ei"'u'
father p'iore common ROOT Vi '"'
contestants was iounh'
Ihe lnd'hh hle'h"u "i heeP''S Wv
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08

This Is all 70 the volume thal c0n-
tains the history of the family The
rest is contained in the minds of the
Indians. The custom of handing down
the tale. or life story, OF the person
represented by knot in this curious
family record. makes /, possible for
an Indiar to take one ot the thongs
I'm his hand and by running his other
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
GIRL BABY'S
AWFUL ECZEMA
Sight Of Eye Destroyed by Disease
Tried Five Doctors but Grew
Worse In Agony Eight Months
Parents Discouraged, Until
They Tried Cuticura Remedies
IN ONE WEEK ALL
SORES DISAPPEARED

"Our little girl, one year and hall
old was taken with eczema or that was
what the doctor said it was. We called
in the family doctor and he gave some
tablets and said she would be all right
in a few days. The eczema grew worse
and we called in doctor No. 2. He
said she was teething, as soon as the
teeth were through she would be all
right But she still grew worse. DOC
tor No 3 said it was eczema. BY TINS
time she was nothing but a yellow,
help her, so we let him try it about
a week. One morning we discovered
a little yellow pimple on one OF her
eyes. OF course we phoned Tor doctor
No. 3. He came over and looked her
over and said that he could not do any
thing more for her, that we had better
take her to some eye specialist, since 1t
was an ulcer. So we went to Oswego
TO doctor No. 4, and he said the eye
sight was gone, but that he could help u.
We thought we would try doctor NO. D.
Well, that proved the same, only ne
charged so more than doctor NO. 4.
we were nearly discouraged. saw
one of the Cuticura advertisements IN
the paper and thought we would try
the Cuticura Treatment, so / went and
purchased q set of Cuticura Remedies,
which cost me 81, and in three days
! orr daughter, who had been sick about
eight months, showed great improve
mont. and in one week all sores had dis
anpeared. OF course il could not re-
store the eyesight, but If We had used
Cuticura in time ] am confident that
Il would have saved the eye. We think
there is no remedy so good for any skin
trouble or impurity of the blood as
Cuticura. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Abbott,
r. +. d. No. 0, Fulton,. Oswego Co.,
N. Y, August II, 1906
complctc External and Internal Treatment tcr
Every Humor OF Infants Children. ano Au9,e W.
ain. Cs,ticura Ointment t50c.l 70 Heal ne skin
and tutcura Resoycnt oc ,hs iorm r,Y Sr GnofS 80
Flood. Sold throughout the world lou. irouer Drus
a Chem Corp. Sole Props. Boston. MAS
- Mailed Free. On Humon OF SKIN ano sca'p'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
Refrigerator Car Service.

Effective at once the o. r. & N.
company will inaugurate a weekly
refrigerator car service from Port
land. The refrigerator cars will leave
Portland every Tuesday and will han
die perishable stuff for all points
east OF rrmatilla, A similar servive
will be operated on the Washington
division.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
How to Cure ChiIblains.

ITO enjoy freedom from chill
blains," writes John Kemp. East OTIS
field, Me-, 81 apply Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. Have also used 1t for salt
rheum with excellent results" Guar
anteed to cure fever sores, indolent
ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost
bites and skin diseases. 25c at Tall
man & Co.'s drug store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-08
Make a note now to get Elys crear

Make note now to get Ely's Cream
Balm If you are troubled with nasal
catarrh, hay fever or cold in the head.
It Is purifying and soothing to the
sensitive membranes that line the air
passages. II is made to cure the dis
ease, not to fool the patient by n short
deceptive relief. There is no cocaine
nor mercury ir It. Do not be talked
into taking a substitute for Ely's
Cream Balm. All druggists sell 1t.
Price soc. Mailed by Ely Bros. Sc
Warren street, New York.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-08
RACE OF TORPEDO BOATS
Six DestrOyers Start on a Run of 24O
Miles-Time They Are Ex-
pected to Make.

New York, June six torpedo
boat destroyers have started on a 24O-
mile race from the Scotland light ship
to Cape Henry, Va. They were the
flagship Whipple and the Truxton,
Worden. Stewart, Hull and Hopkins.
composing the second torpedo fiotilla.
The weather was fairly favorable for
fast run when the swift craft
ranged behind the starting line. The
wind was fresh and the sea lumpy.
With the signal the six destroyers
made for the line at full speed. Within
a mile the Worden, Stewart and Hop
kins had pushed ahead of the others
Naval officers expect the destrOyers to
make about twenty-fOur knots an
hour. At the finish of the race the de-
strOyers will proceed to Hampton
roads. to be at the Jamestown EXPOSE
ton Georgia day, June 10.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-08
SCORES ON THE DIAMONDS

Chicago, June z. = Following are
the base ball scores:
League: At Pittsburg = Boston o,
Pittsburg 6; at st. LOuis-Philadel-
phia 4. st. Louis 2; at Cincinnati =
Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati - fifteen in
nings. darkness; at Chicago = New
York 2. Chicago 3.
American: AT New York = Cleve-
land 3, New York O; at Washington
st. Louis ), Washington 2; at Phila-
delphia - Chicago 0, Philadelphia 5;
at Boston-Detroit 6, Boston 2.
Association: At Toledo = Mime
apolis /, Toledo s; at Louisville-Mil-
waukee O, Louisville u; at Indianapo-
lis-Kansas City 0, indianapolis 5; at
Columbus-St Paul 0, Columbus Z:
Second game st. Paul 3, Columbus 4.
Western: At Omaha, Sioux City and
LIucoln-Weather.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-08
turned the witness over to the de.
Tense.
RICHARDSON A RAPID FIRER
Asks Questions Too Fast for Orchard
to Answer Them.

Richardson was the rOSS-eXaminer.
He devoted himself to bringing out tie
features of the career of Orchard be-
fore he became acquainted with the
w. f. NJ. leaders. He brought out the
fact that Orchard was born in Cam
ada; that his parents are both dead;
that he has one brother and six sis
tiers, whom he named and whose
whereabouts he gave; that he married
in Canada and had one child; that
that mother and child are both living;
that he deserted his wife and elOped
with a married woman, one Hattie
Simpson, going to Nelson, B. c., where
the woman left him after awhile and
went back to her home.
He later married a woman in Colo
RADIO. Richardson was very aggressive
with the witness, hurting his questions
at him in fast flying volleys and in
tones harsh and rasping. The ques-
tons asked were evidently supplied by
Pettibone. Orchard admitted that he
had gone by the name of Little at one
time, and assumed the name of Or
chard at Spokane. Richardson asked
him about things he had told Petit
bone," some of which Orchard said
were not true.
He had told Pettibone that he had
burned a cheese factory in Canada and
collected the insurance; that he had
stolen the cheese and sold it prior to
the fire. that he had row with his
brother at Utica. N. Y, and "pitch-
forked" him. Richardson's questions
came so fast that one question was
asked before the other was answered,
and the prosecution objected and
Judge Wood cautioned Richardson to
let the witness complete his reply.
While he was firing questions about
what Orchard had told Pettibone there
came an interruption. Hold on Just
a moment" said Senator Borah. "NIr.
Orchard, please tell us the date of this
conversation with Pettibone so we can
connect it up with him.
The attorneys for the defense were
silent, evidently taken aback by the
sudden move. "It was in 1904" said
Orchard. Orchard said he had never
as a matter of fact had any trouble
before leaving Canada and never had
been in or near Utica.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-08
Mackay School of Mines.

Reno, New, June THE Mackay
School of Mines is the name given to
the department of the University Of
Nevada that IS being constructed with
funds supplied by the president of the
Postal Telegraph company. Besides
donating the money for the mining
building. Mackay will establish a fund
Of $4,000, the interest of which will
be used to pay the mining faculty. He
will also pay the cost of identifying
the grounds of the university here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-08
DEATH OF FRANK sTEUNENBERG
Prisoner Tells How He Watched for
His MurderOus Opportunity.

In telling of the murder of eX-Gov-
ernor Steunenberg Orchard said he
and Simpkins, had watched for the eX-
governor at Caldwell and at Boise:
they had fixed the bomb under the
sidewalk near Steunenberg's home one
night, but nothing happened and they
went out and got the bomb. Then
Simpkins said that he had seen sever.
al persons at Caldwell who knew him,
and that he had better get away and
leave Orchard TO finish the job alone.
Simpkins at this time was a member
of the w. +. NJ. executive board.
After Simpkins left Orchard tried
to get a chance to plant the bomb
again; also tried to get ali opportunity
to shoot him at night when he was
going home. He took with him on
these occasions a sawed-off shotgun,
given him, he said, by Pettibone. But
all his efforts failed until one night
he saw Steunenberg sitting in the Sal
ratoga hotel at Caldwell. Said Or
chard: Il went up to my room and
got the bomb ana hurried out to the
Steunenberg house and planted the
bomb by the gate. / then started back
to the hotel, and when about two
blocks away met Steunenberg on his
way home.
'T ran as fast as could toward the
hotel, but had not reached it when the
explosion took place. 1 went to my
room to do up some acid and giant
caps and things ia a package. AS
was doing so a giant cap in my pocket
exploded and tore one side of my coat
out. I was afraid everybody in the
hotel had heard the explosion. wait
ed awhile. but there was no indication
that any one heard what had occurred
in my room. l went downstairs and
remained at the hotel until Monday,
when was arrested"
After his arrest he received a tele-
gram which he destroyed. The de-
tense objected to his telling who the
dispatch was from, saying that it
would be the best evidence itself. The
state said it would produce the tele-
gram, but that it was unsigned. Or
chard said he had received a letter
which to the best of his belief was
written by Pettibone. The defense OBJ
jected, but the objection was over
ruled, Orchard testified that Hay
wood had told him that he had sent
Steve Adams and Ed Munster to Cali
fornia to kill Fred Bradley and a mine
superintendent whose name Orchard
did not remember. Then the state
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-08
Argentina Wants a Definition.

BuenOs Ayres, June. 7.-Argentina's
authorities contemplate calling a con-
ference at BuenOs independent of The
Hague. The main object will be to
define the citizenship of the children
of foreign parents in Argentina. Ac-
cording to Argentine law they are Ar
gentines, but according to the laws Of
Europe they retain the citizenship of
their parents. The differences in the
laws has given rise to conflicts of au-
thOrity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-08
JAN Strikers Raise Cain.

Toxic, June 7.-Reports from Mat
suyama state that the situation at the
Besshi copper mine is grave. Telegraph
lie communication having been cut, de-
tails are not known further than that
striking employees to the number of
1000 are using dynamite and gunpow-
der freely. The telephone station has
been destroyed and a clerk was burned
to death. 1t is reported that the strik-
ers are determined to destroy the mine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-08
Miners Get the Eight Hour Dov

Deadwood, S. d.. June THE strike
Of miners which has practically tied
up business in the Black Hills for over
five months has been settled at meet
ing of the Terry Peak miners union.
This strike was called Jan. l upon
the refusal of the mine operators to
grant the eight-hOur day to their en-
ployes. The proposition made by the
operators that the eight-hour day be
conceded, but that the miners consent
to a reduction of % cents per day for
a period of three months. was accepted