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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11

time knew not whittier to go. It was
lucky confusion they found them
selves to be in for 1t resulted in the
discovery OF gold in Griffin's Gulch.
They Immediately located a num-
ber of claims, and set to work to de-
velop their find. Captain GLIB erect
ed a cabin for the housing OF himself
and men, which, by the way. was the
first building erected in eastern Ore.
gon.
During his present visit he has gone
back over the scenes of his early eX-
periences, found the ruins of HIS old
cabin and has secured a number OF
in the construction and will have pic
ture frames made from 1t when he
returns to his home in Los Angeles,
Cal.
After locating their claims and de-
veloping their find they returned to
Portland and in so Captain Glib or
ganized party of $50 and returned
to the scenes of his early discovery.
He was then but 20 years OF age, a
seasoned miner however. for he had
been in the camps in California from
the age of IL years.
His experiences with the Indians,
the hardships OF early pioneering. the
hopes and dsappointments OF the
prospector serve to make a most in
teresting story, more of which will be
told later. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
FORCED SECRETARY TO RESIGN.
klamath Waterusers Find Fault With
Elmer |. Applegate.

The klamath Waterusers' associa-
ton has forced the resignation of Sec
retary Elmer I. Applegate, says a
klamath Falls dispatch. This action
comes as a surprise to the public. for
Mr. Appegate is considered very
competent The reason given by the
board for requesting his resignation
Is that a majority of the association
was opposed to Mr.. Applegate's meth
DDS and policies.
When Mr.. Applegate demanded
from the board the direct cause for
their action he was told that it was
because he supported the United
States reclamation service. Three Of
the strongest men of the board sup
ported Mr.. Applegate, ]. Frank Ad-
ans, Jacob Rueck and c. A. Searns,
but two-thirds of the board opposed
him.
c. A. Chastain succeeds Mr.. Apple
gate, the latter retaining his office
a month longer in order to instruct
his successor
Mr.. Applegate was instrumental in
the organization of the National
Waterusers association and was its
first secretary, and is held in high
regard by officials high in the recla-
nation service. He states that not
withstanding his time will be devoted
to his private interests, he will aid
the klamath project in every way
possible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
General.

General.
VIM. Quinn, a saloonkeeper at
Swan Lake, Idaho, and one OF the
pioneer railroad men of the west
dropped dead of heart failure at MS
home Thursday.
The Canadian Pacific at Vancou-
yer. B c., it was announced Thurs
day. had given the telegraphers In
their employ an increase of IL .
per cent in wages.
Fred Boylen, member of the Sc
ettIe Printing Pressmen's Union' NO
SO. shot and killed himself in the old
university grounds at Seattle Thurs
day. No reason for his act has been
discovered.
A special TO the Portland Oregonian
from Bellingham, Wash, states that
W. A. Dell, recently convicted on a
charge of killing Addie Roper on
January 10, last, was remanded to
the penitentiary for life.
At Tacoma an ordinance was in
troduced in the city council to pro-
hibit fortune tellers from operating
in the city. The ordinance will make
the state law effective in Tacoma,
which classes all fortune tellers as
common yagrants.
DR.. Grant Calhoun, city health Of
ficer OF Seattle, has posted an order
condemning the city Jail and order
ing it closed Official notice has been
served on the mayor and other city
officers, and something will imme-
diately be done TO improve conditions.
Street cars are to be slowed up in
Tacoma. Councilman Hawthorne
introduced an ordinance to limit the
speed Of all cars to six miles an hour
when they are passing any church,
schoolhouse or place Of amusement,
where people are coming out. A big
fine will be attached
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11

that NJ. H. Nelson of Seattle, Wash,
cabin passenger on the steamer C.
F. Tietjen, which arrived Wednesday
from Copenhagen, died of diabetes at
sea, October 4.
A three days conference of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Engineers opened Thursday
at Detroit, Mich. Nearly 1000 rail-
road men are in attendance. All the
grand officers are there.
At Cleveland, o., three men were
killed and several others seriously
injured, two of them probably ia
tally by the falling of a derrick where
bridge was being constructed over
the Cuyahoga river, Thursday.
r. N. Ford of Chadren, Ohio, was
found guilty on one count In the IN
dictment that charged him with
wrecking the bank at Burton, Ohio,
which failed four years ago for $l'-
$500 This was the third trial.
AL hl6V, huSSld, lHS pOiiNS "'
arrested a revolutionist named Krug-
likoff, alias Spransky, as an import
ant accomplice of Boris Nitkitenko,
retired naval lieutenant, in the plot
against the life of Emperor Nicholas
for which Nikitenko was accused
September 3.
The latest gossip at Newport, r. L.
regarding the marriage Of Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt to Count Szecheneyo, Of
Hungary, is that 1t will not take place
as early as expected. The wedding
will take place some time after the
first Of the year in New. York.
Dispatches from Kopenhagen re-
port that the Princess Alexandria, wife
Of Crown Prince Christian of Den
mark, has been pronounced a con
sumptive and has been ordered to a.
southern climate. The princess is a
daughter of the late Grand Duke Of
Mecklenberg-S and is only
23 years of age.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
WILL USE o. II. IS N. DEPOT.
Terminal Grounds Secured for Eagle
Valley Road to Baker.

1t has been settled that the new
Eagle Valley railroad will use the o.
r. & ~ depot as its terminal in Ba-
Ker City. says the Baker City Her
aide The right of way selected is as
follows: Entering the city in the
northeast part the line will run to
the vicinity of the natitorium where
the new company has 22 acres which
will be used for switch yards; from
there it will run down ID street to
Twelfth, thence to the o. r. & N.
station.
Earth is being moved by the grad
ers on the flat northeast of the city
and the indications point to accom-
plishment of much work before the
SHOWS of winter fall.
Before going east, Mr.. Yinson, the
promoter of the road, arranged with
the Washburn Grading company for
continuous work. On the morning
the company began work w. ]. Pat
terson, who has been one Of the faith
full workers securing the stock sub
Iscriptions, turned the first shovel
full of dirt and proclaimed the work
started.
Following the announcement that
the Eagle Valley road will be built the
company will locate here and in all
probability will shortly make known
their plans.
A tract of ground close to the city
boundaries is already under option
and will probably be used for the
erection of another large sawmill.
The company which is behind this
venture is known to be very strong
financially. Altogether, the different
enterprises which will undoubtedly
follow the Eagle Valley railroad will
make for this city large and extern
sive payroll, besides increasing the
population and otherwise making a
large city here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
THE DALLEs FRUIT OUTPUT.
Over 100000 Worth Of Crop to Be
ShiDDed.

The Dalles Optimist says Of the
fruit crop of that district this year:
We give in outline what our or
chardists, .viticulturists and gardners
have done or are doing this year, our
estimates being made by a number
of conservative men, and in the ag-
gregate we are sure the totals are be-
low rather than above the actual
facts.
The Dalles has shipped or will ship
this season, so cars Of plums and
prunes, in carload lots.
50 cars Of plums and prunes in less
than car lots.
1900 tons OF peaches.
$500 boxes of apples.
500 tons Of grapes.
500 tons If pears.
IS tons Of cherries.
5000 crates Of canteloups.
Is cars dreamed goods.
35 cars watermelons.
10000 boxes tomatoes
In addition to this there haye been
shipped many thousand crates Of po-
tatoes. celery. apricots ,nectarines,
Strawberries, beans, peas, carrots, egg
plant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
"GRAPE DAY" AT LEWISTON.
Special Feature Brought Out 10000
People.

The, Lewiston Teller says of Grape
day" at the Lewiston fair:
The appearance of Sherlock
Holmes, the wonder of the turf;
the celebration of Minnesota
and the address of Congressman Wes-
ley L. Jones of Washington; the
grape day." the first time in the his
tory of the west when the luscious
fruit of the choicest varieties has
been piled Dut by the ton for free
distribution and the attendance Of the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce were
the magnates that drew over 10000
people to the exhibition grounds of
the Lewiston-Clarkston Fair associ-
alton.
1t is the banner day in the history
of the association and to the people
of the upper Clearwater country, the
people of Camas and Nez Perce pra-
Tries and the mining and timber sec
tions of Nez Perce and Idaho coun-
ties, as well as to big Asotin county
with its hordes Of patriotic people,
must the administration of the Lewis
ton-Clarkston fair tip its hat and ex-
tend a vote Of thanks for the splen-
did patronage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
EYE WITNESS TO HAZING.
j. ID. McKennon OF La Grande, Tells
of u. A. c, Incident.

The student in o. A. C. who stab
bed and slashed three of his fellow
students in hazing bee at the Ag-
ricultural college In Corvallis recent
ly has left for his home in Prairie
City. ]. d. McKennon returned today
from Corvallis where he was a spec
tator of the annual ,hazing stunts and
today is that the boys who were
slashed got what they deserved, says
the La Grande Observer.
The boy in question is a poor fell
low who has but one suit of clothes,
and is working his way through COL
lege. When approached and told that
he must be dipped" in the pond, he
did not display the customary spirit
and a fight 1nsued in which the timid
youth was thoroughly frightened
and was soon fighting for what he
considered MS life. Had he taken
his medicine" as others do the fight
would. OF course not have happened
But after he was scared and imagin-
ed that he was going to suffer bodily
harm his tormentors lost all sense OF
manhood and in the heat of the con-
flict one of the aggressors struck hin
a heavy blo%, telling him to the
ground. When the boy from Pra'ri'
City gained his feet he had knife
in his hand and when four student!
tried to remove it, three of then
were badly cut and another slightly
hurt.
Mr.. McKennon reports that the boy
injured are recovering and that the
faculty has promised prompt expn,
sion as soon as they recover.
The boy who did the knitting lef
Corvallis for his home at Prairie CITY
the morning following the assault
The faculty ard citizens of Corvallis
agree that the aggressors are to blame
and should have left him alone wher
they learned that he was obstinate
and utterly scared out of his wits.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
For Sale. 1eO-Acre Ranch.

Ranch of 100 acres, on easy terms;
fully equipped; 3 u miles from town
Call at this office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11

I Since there are a number of chill
dren who are not attending school
and have no good reason for not at
tending, the following review of the
truancy law, prepared by school Of
ficers, will be of interest to the read
ers of the East Oregonian:
School directors, superintendent,
principals or teachers in the public
schools are liable to be arrested, TAX
en- into the courts and fined If in any
manner they are negligent in aiding
the enforcement of the state school
law providing for the compulsory at
tendance of children between the
age of '6 and IA years in school.
Directors, superintendents, princi-
pals and teachers are held equally
culpable as parents or guardians, pro-
viding they negligently or willfully
refrain from assisting the truant Of
ficer in the performance of his du-
ties. The law is plain. It says:
"It shall be the duty of all school
Officers, superintendents, teachers
and other persons on whom duty
is placed by this act, to render such
assistance and furnish such informa-
ton as they may have at their COM
mand to aid such truant officers in
the performance of their official du-
ty. And should any board, officer,
I principal, school clerk, teacher or
person upon whom a duty is placed
by this act, neglect to perform any
duty or duties that are so imposed up
on him, any taxpayer or person hav-
ing parental relation to any child or
children, in the district may make a
complaint against such board, Off
Ger, principal, teacher or person be-
fore a justice of the peace, and said
justice of the peace shall issue a
warrant upon said complain and shall
proceed to hear and determine the
same in the same manner as is pro-
vided in the statute for other cases
under his jurisdiction, and in case
of conviction, teacher or other per-
son for a violation of this act, said
officer, principal, teacher or other
person shall be finer not less than
IS nor more than $40 for each Of
fense."
Every parent or guardian of a child
between the ages of and IA years
who is physically and mentally able
must send their children to school
during the entire term of school, or
they will be subjected to arrest and
fine. A child may be taught in a pa
rochial or private school or by pri-
vate tutor.
The truant officer is given author
ity to look into all cases of truancy
and shall notify all parties concerned
If the law is not obeyed the truant
officer may take such steps as are
necessary to compel the attendance OF
the truant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11

The estimated value Of, all such
products. free on board the cars at
The Dalles, being over 100000.
These figures will no doubt aston
ish many of our own residents, who
do not get up early enough in the
morning, or remain up late enough at
night to see the immense loads OF
stuff being daily sent away by boats
and trains.
And in looking at these figures we
must bear in mind that we have
about 10000 young trees to come in
to bearing 1ext year, and that we
have set out. or will set out.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11

Walla Walla, oct. 1.-THE county
tax levy, as agreed upon by the coun-
t. commissioners at the session yes
terday afternoon for next year will be
5.s mills, just one mill higher than
this years taxes, while the state tax
levy will be 1.5 mills higher than last
year, making total Of 2A mills
more that viii have to be paid to
the county treasurer in 1908. above
the levy for 1907. The total levy for
both state and county for 1908 has
been fixed at 1875 mills as against
10 mills for this year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
NOrfhMaaf.

Plans that viii convert Valparaiso,
Chile, into the largest and best port
in the world have been accepted by
committee appointed by the presi-
dent The work will take nine years.
The British steamer Fitzpatrick
has arrived in San Francisco Thurs
day from Newport News, Va. with
3S42 tons Of coal or the United
States war vessels now on the coast.
A dispatch from New York says
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
FIRST GOLD IN BAKER.
Pioneer Dlscovcrer Returns on 46th
Anniversary.

Full Of the "reminiscences Of the
days that tried mems souls Captain
Robert B. Gibb is in the city and ia,
vored the Democrat with narration
Of early experiences in this, then
wild and woody west says the Baker
City Democrat.
on the 10th day of October, 1861,
he. as the leade and guide of party
Of explorers in search Of gold, dis
covered that they were lost, and for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
Resldence property for sale.

Nice eight-room house, all modern
conveniences. Address A. Kunkel,
South 121 Monroe street, Spokane,
Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
Notice.

Charles Lane & Son have an expert
sign writer in their employ. See them
about signs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11

A wife can manage a husband jus
as long as she can keep him from
knowing that she is doing 1t.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-11
THE TRUANT LAW
TO Be ENFORCED
MANY OREGON CHILDREN
ARE OUT OF SCHOOL

Directors, Teachers, Superintendents
and Truant Children Are Liable TO
Arrest for Nom Enforcement of the
Law-Every Child Between and
IL Must Attend School Unless They
Have Good Excuse.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-03-30

atives in Congress to the PROPOSE
ton, and have them urge the
proposition of using some of the
reclamation fund money on this
project. The railroad people, it
seems, would be only too glad to
join in bringing about such ac-
ton and their influence would be
considerable in our behalf.
The government, in taking hold
of the matter, could recompense
Mr.. Hickey for the money he has
already put into the enterprise,
and pay him literally for the hold
ings of land he would necessarily
have to let go of.
This is matter of considerable
Importance to the two valleys in
Lyon county, and the sooner it is
taken up and disposed of the bet
ter for all concerned. 1t will be
the only way to effectually quiet
title to water rights and forever
dispense with lawsuits.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-03-30
A NEW ERA

1t is now an assured fact that
Mason Valley is to have line of
railroad running from the main
line at Wabuska south to Ante
lope Valley, through Smith Val
ley. 1t is a much needed improve
ment and ought to, and will work
wonders for this great agricultural
and mining section. True it is
that the incentive to this line is
the mining business that is now in
sight and which will greatly in
crease in the next year or two,
but the fact must not be lost sight
of that we have in Mason Valley
and Smith Valley something like
100000 acres of as fine agricul-
tural land as lies out doors in any
State. This land, now in large
tracts, will be cut up into small
farms some day in the no distant
future, and the advent of the rail
road will be to hurry along this
condition. A railroad looks to
this kind of country with view
OF helping development work and
the population of the country.
Naturally they want the business
from as thickly populated Sec
ton as can be made, and are will
ing to help attain such conditions.
The more small farms the greater
the number of people and the
higher the state of cultivation of
the farms; the more people and
the greater the crops the greater
the transportation business.
Apropos, the railroad people
will endeavor to place things in
condition in this section which
will build up the country tribu-
tary to their line. This particular
company is in position to help
in many ways the solving of the
complex water question. They
have already become aware of the
fact that there is a chance to Sc
cure one of the finest water stor-
age and irrigation systems for this
great tract of land that ever ex-
listed anywhere. The conditions
are natural. At the upper end of
the West Walker River, above
Smith Valley, lies Alkali Lake, a
natural storage reservoir, which
can be made to retain sufficient
water to irrigate every acre of our
100000 in the dryest season we
might have. At the present time
the Alkali Lake is being convert
ed into a reservoir by T. B. Hickey
with the view of supplying water
to the farmers in Smith Valley and
Mason Valley when the natural
flow of the river is insufficient.
Whether or not the work being
done by Mr.. Hickey is on a scale
large enough to supply water for
all the land needing it is not
known, but should the govern
ment take hold of this project it
would undoubtedly be handled on
a scale which would assure water
to all when the work was COM
pleted.
1t seems to US that there would
be better feeling amongst our
farmers if the government was do
ing the reclamation work in this
section instead of private indi-
vidual 1t is more than likely,
also, that the government would
be able to complete the entire sys-
tenn of storage dams and irrigation
canals for this valley and Smith
Valley at shorter notice than any
private corporation. To be sue
cessful such a system must be
complete. 1t must include, be-
sides the conserving reservoir. a
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-03-30
WESTERN NEVADA COPPER

A New York dispatch of the 23d saws
that M. M. Johnson, manager of the
Western Nevada Copper Company's
properties at Yerington, was in the city
few days last week and reported the
main tunnel advancing rapidly to con-
meet with the main ore bearing channels,
and that everything is favorable to early
results. He reports much work in pro-
gress on the property of the Mason Val
ley Mining Company, of which the Gug-
genheim Exploration Company acquired
an interest, while the campaign Of de-
velopment at Captain DeLamar's Blue
stone group is adding daily to its re-
sources.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-03-30
Villages of Concrete

When the National Homecroft
bill shall have become law and
the government shall have entered
on the new era whose sign is to
be the Homecroft Village, it will
be found that its expression will
be mainly seen in structures of
concrete. The perfection and
adoption of this material to all the
purpose of building, just in adj
vance of the Inauguration of the
Homecroft movement. is signifi-
cant coincidence. 1t com pensates
for the growing deficiency of tim
Der, and affords material at once
plastic, easily manipulated, fire.
proof, durable and amenable to all
the requirements of utility and
beauty.
For concrete is no longer limited
in color, without the application of
paint, to dull, prison-like gray.
1t is no longer necessarily absorb
ent of water and therefore damp.
The forms in which it can be
nodded are as various as those of
plaster of Paris. Reinforced, at
little cost, with wire or light iron
rods, it becomes as serviceable for
horizontal construction - floor
beams, rafters and the like-as
timber or iron. You can build
your house, now. of concrete col
ored, or faced with colored mater
ial closely incorporated with the
body of the blocks. of any tint de-
sired. The concrete village will
afford examples both of harmony
and contrast III color as we'll as of
endless variety in architectural
shapes, to the delight of all lovers
of beauty.
And then the material of which
the Portland cement can be made,
which is the basis of modern con-
crete, is so universally abundant.
According to the Geological Sur
vey, it is found in some form in
almost every county in the United
States. Twenty per cent of the
nations area is underlaid with the
limestone, chalks, etc. from which
it is made. 1t can never be con-
trolled by trust
Tools and molds have been de-
vised, of steel, by which bill
of concrete" in shapes and dimen-
sions suitable for any house can
be supplied as bill of lumber"
is now supplied the builder. And
the concrete is put together with
less waste. Or it can be nodded
into the building directly, by the
use of different system of steel
molds. These can be used for
thousands of buildings successive
ly. so that the cost on each house,
where series of villages is to be
erected, will be very slight.-Max-
wells Talisman.