East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-04

That Pendleton is permeated with
an epidemic of mature fakery" of
that particular type that makes a
man claim ne has done stunts he has
never really performed seems evident
from disclosures that have been made
| within the past few days. Since yes
terday afternoon especially, rumors
upon the subject have been extreme
| ly prevalent and they touch men who
are "high up" in the walks of life
and whose regulations have hereto
| fore been above reproach. So COM
mon has the taking" become, If half
the reports are true, that it is impos-
sible to believe any of the hunting
stories that are brought in from the
mountains, and there is material
enough to keep the muck rake work.
ing overtime.
A Mutton Deer.
Charles H. Carter, noted counsellor
at law, formerly of Virginia, has been
the immediate cause of story that
broke over the city this morning.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Carter and
Dan p. Smythe returned from the
mountains near Bingham and with
them they brought in a sack of
something which they represented to
be the carcass of a buck deer, killed
Sunday by Mr.. Carter. According to
the story narrated by Mr.. Smyythe the
buck was a big one, and he himself
assisted in "scaring him up" though
Mr. Carter was the fortunate sports
man who brought down the game,
The story was a good one and for a
time Mr.. Carter enjoyed that high
esteem which all men accord to him
who has the ability to bring down
big game.
But today the bubble is bursted and
the deer story looks worse than a
sailor hat after the crown has been
kicked in and the lid has been chew
ed by a small dog. According to the
sworn testimony Of men who say they
know, the "deer" brought in by the
two sportsmen had formerly been q
sheep, and it was taken from one OF
Smythe's bands by a herder who
caught it at his employers request
and slew it with knife. That this
is the true genesis of the Garter
deer" is declared by parties close tC
that gentleman, but whose names arr
withheld for the reason that the!
themselves have not been above sus
! picion.
Col. Raley, Also.
But Mr.. Carter has not been thu
only one to whom has been attribut
ed prowess that was not his due, foi
the evidence now shows that his for
mer law partner, Col. ]. H. Raley
has been even more guilty than he
Sometime ago it was reported from
the breaks of upper Mckay that Col
Raley had slain three bucks and tina
he had done so with premeditatiol
and in defiance of the anti-deer kill
ing law as interpreted by District At
torney Phelps. For several days pas
it has been known to those on the in
side that credit for the three dee
had not been placed where credit wa
. due. This morning a full confession
was made by Col. Raley himself, an
in the same he admitted that tn
three deer and another had been sho
' by his side partner instead of by him
self.
= RAIDERS Six-POint Buck.
. Gaping the climax of the sensa
> ton that has just been produce
comes the story this afternoon tina
i the big buck recently killed in tn
south end of the county by NJ. A. Ra
der was also a mature fake" thong
the case of Mr.. RAIDER is different 1
that he at least had something to d
with the killing of his deer Fror
the story as told 1t seems that Nj