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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
2OOO-FOOT OH WE'LL
TO COST So PER FOOT
Duftu oil Company Lets Contract on
Petroleum Prospect.

At recent meeting of the Dufur
OIL company, which owns about 1000
acres Of land bearing oil indications
near Dufur, a contract was let to
John Farrell, veteran driller, TO
sink a well. Farrell is to go 1000
feet il necessary and will receive pay
at the rate Of So a foot, providing
he strikes oil or goes the required
1000 feet, says an item from The
Dalles If oil should be found i'm less
than that distance he will receive
pay equal to that for the whole dis
tance
The company has had considerable
difficulty getting a well sunk, as the
former contractor failed to make
good and lost his drill i'm the well. The
old hole is to be abandoned and the
new one drilled about a half-mile
distant Experts have pronounced the
indications for petroleum excellent in
this section.
Among the new members of the
board of directors chosen Saturday is
Captain f. Spencer of Portland. Sew
eral Portland capitalists have stock
in the company and among the Port
land men who attended the meeting
were O. Winningstead, Captain
Spencer, j. w. Joseph, T. H. Mori-
arity and George Beavis
Three cars of tools for the new well
have arrived at Bufur, and another is
expected so that work may be begun
by Saturday. 1t is the intention of
the contractor to work a night and
a day crew.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
COMMERCIAL SHOW POSTPONED
Gymnasium Entertainment Will Not
BE Ready for Date Set.

Owing to the need of further time
in which to prepare the Commercial
association entertainment the date
for the show has once more been post
poned. 1t was the intention to have
the entertainment Thursday evening
of this week, but it is now the inten-
ton to wait until some time inMay.
The Streeter-Bryan company will
return here May l and an effort will
be made to secure the theater some
night while they are playing roper
toire.
Half of the coming entertainment
is to consist of a musical eXtravagan-
"a directed by Mrs. Anna Selkirk-
Norton and the other half will con-
sst of speciaties.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
BALL GAME AT THE DAM.
Greeks Celebrated Easter Last Sun
day in Interesting Way.

Hermiston, April 29-In a game
Of base ball played Sunday afternoon
at the dam of the Umatilla project
by the dam" team and the team of
Echo. the dam" boys won by score
of 3 to 10. The game was. a good
one. and was witnessed by "A large
number of Hermiston and Echo peo-
pie.
The Greeks employed at the dam
of the project celebrated Easter last
Sunday There are over hundred
Greeks employed there. They held a
big barbecue and danced the serpen-
tine and fire dance all during the af-
ternoon, which was witnessed by a
number of people who went out to
the dam for this purpose and to see
the ball game.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
BALI TEAM OFF FOR DOUBLE CAME

When the Pendleton ball team goes
up against the La Grande tossers to-
morrow they will confront different
nine from the one that Jack O'Brien
had here a week ago. From different
sources it has been learned during the
past few days that O'Brien has great
ly strengthened his team Of late.
For the games to be played tomor-
row and Thursday La Grande has
borrowed several players from Se-
attle and but recently new battery
was secured by O'Brien. In view Of
these things there Is little doubt but
that Lorimer's bunch of heavy hitters
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

will have some ball to play tomorrow
and the next day
The team leaves for La Grande on
No. this evening and Lorimer will
take with him new twirler In the
person of Talifero, who pitched for
The Dalles last year He will pitch
i'm the second game with La Grande.
Parkes will pitch IN the game to.
morrow, while the remainder Of the
lineup will he as follows: Conrad.
catcher: Collins first; Shockley. sec
ond; Van Houten, third; Lee. short:
Gray center field; Baker right field
and King left field. Kehm Is now
out of the team
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

A bootless robbery executed with
much skill and daring was pulled off
at the o. r. & N. depot last night dur
ing the temporary absence of Night
Operator and Ticket Clerk Alfred
Moth. The would-be robber entered
the office through the trainmen's
register window in the small room
off from the main office and after
prying the empty cash drawer from
its fastenings, escaped and left no
trace whatever.
The robbery was committed while
Night Operator Moth was absent for
80 minutes between 1880 and mid
night at his lunch Before leaving
the office, however, he had taken the
precaution to put all the money that
was in the drawer in the safe and to
this measure of precautlon is due the
failure Of the robber to secure con-
siderable booty.
The work of the robbers showed
that they were not amateurs and it
IS believed that two men We're en-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
TRAIN 'WRECKERS
CAUSE DEATHS
frisco EMPRESS GOES
over AN EMBANKMENT
Txyo Passengers Fatally Injured and
Twenty three Others Badly Bruised
and Cut-Accident Happened on
level stretch of Road and Evil
dcnCr of Human Effort-Pullman
Sleeper aud Two Coaches Leave the
Rails.

Paris, Tex, April 2S,-Westbound
lraln No. ON the Frisco road has
been wrecked "a short distance this
eide Of Stanley, Oklahoma, and two
passengers have been fatally in
jured TWenty-three others were
badly bruised and cut.
The Pullman sleeper and two day
coaches were hurled down an en-
kankment.
There is evidence Of train wreck
ers as the accident occurred on a
straight piece of track.
Those expected to die are j. S.
Maxwell, Lowell, Ark. and J, Adams,
Of Francis, oklahoma.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
Ruef Jury Nearly Ready.

San Francisco, April 2S.-The jury
viii probably be secured m the Ruef
trial in which the former boss is ac-
cused of bribing the supervisors to
pass the Parkside street railway fran
chise. Nine permanent jurors have
been sworn in and the box is filled
with an additional three tentative ju-
rors. As each side has but one per-
emptory left, hope is expressed that
the work of getting the jury will be
completed before adqjaurnmentvbgk
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

SON-IN-LAW INTIMAPBS
TEDDY MIGHT RUN.

Plttsburg, April 28.--Today
. Congressman Nicholas Long
worth intimated that Roosevelt
might accept the nomination If
the convention stampeded and
forced Il upon him.
II ana sure said Bongworth,
. that the president does not
. want another term, bat do not
know what his attitude would
be II 1t was forced upon him."
. Longworth rs here to deliver an
. address before the American
. club.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
Mint Officer Testifies.

San Francisco, April 2S.-The
reading of the testimony of Frank
Leach, superintendent of the United
States mint, marked the trial of Tirey
L. Ford, charged with bribery of su-
pervisors in the overhead trolley
franchise case, yesterday.
of,,er mint officials testified that
Ford made two visits to the mint in
July, 1906, where he exchanged $780,
O00 in gold for bills Of smaller de-
nominations.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
Stirs Hornets Nest.

Boston, April 2S.--ln making refer
ence TO the scandal in the collusive
bidding by certain contractors on
supplies in Boston, the president stir
red up "a hornets nest. The con-
tractors declare that the president has
done Them an injustice.
President Smith of the Smith-Low-
ell Co. denied that his concern was
named in the message in connection
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

with what j. known as the Boston
agreement" and said he had never
been concerned in any deal involving
city contrGots. Smith declared that
his company had been made to act as
scapegoat for the higher ups"
other contractors also denounoe the
president for usirg their names.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

Pierre, S. D., April 2S.-Bids will
be opened today by the government
land officers for the leasing of over
a million acres of Sioux Indian lands
for pasturage. These pastures are on
the Cheyenne river reservation and
contain from 214,OOO to $1,000 acres
each.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
Believe RaislIli Dead.

Parls, April 2S.--News of the death
of the bandit Raisuli is not confirmed
but It is generally believed here.
Stories of renewed Moslem outbreaks
have caused the government great
concern. An effort is being made to
get exact information.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
LABOR ONIONS
ME STUNNED
President Roosevelt Hands
Out a Genuine Surprise in
Brief Message.
DECLA,Es BOYCOTT Is
UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT

Bold. .1eclaration on Eve Of fiPresiden-
dial Campaign and Nominating
Convention May Cost Taft Some
Vo,es-secretary Already Consider
ed Unfriendly TO Organized Labor
President Declares Power OF In
iunctlon should be Linked But
Not Discarded-Strikes" at Monopo-
dies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
.RASEBAIL SCORES.
American League.

At Nesv York-New Yoark, L. Bos-
ron, 0.
At st. Louis--Chicago, 6; 81 ,nouis,
8.
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., q;
Washington, /.
At Clecelausd--Clevelan q; De-
rroit, Z.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
BOOST MEETING
FLAT FAILURE
People, Talk and Enthusiasm
in Abundance but Money Is
a Minus Quantity
FUTILE EFFORT MADE TO
START PUBLICITY BUREAU.

Representative Business Men and
Property Owners From City and
COunty-AH Wait for Pendleton
Holders of Real Estate TO Take Ini-
tiauve and These Will Not-Hot
Shot Poured Into Local Townsmen
by Tom Richardson and Represen-
tatyes From Outside TOwns-Few
Act.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
Charged With Wife Murder

Louisville, Ky, April 2S.-The case
Of c. J. Livering, charged with caus-
ing the death of his wife by strych-
nine It set for trial today in the Grim
lnal court.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
Anarchist Dies.

New York, April 2S.-After llnger-
ling month, Selig Silverstein, the
young anarchist who tossed the bomb
at the police. March 2S, terribly
wounding himself and killing a stand
erby, died today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
National IcagMc.

At BrooKlyn-Philadelphia, 6;
Brooklyn, s.
At Cincinrati-st. Louis, y; Cincin-
matt, 2.
At Boston-New York, 3; Boston, 0.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
Pilot Rock Principal Reelected.

p. NJ. Nash, principal of the school
Mt Pilot Rock, has been re-employed
for another year at an advance of $40
per month in salary. He will hereaf-
ter receive $S5 per month instead of
SIS, being paid at present.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

Construction work has been resum-
ed on the LewistOn-Sweetwate reser-
voir dam. The dam when complete
will contain approximately 100000
yards of dirt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
.L|LLEY MAY Be
TURNED OUT
Failure Of Committee to Sub.
stantiate Charges May Re-
suit in Expulsion.
CONGREssMAN's ATTORNEY
is GIVEN A SHOCK,

Representative Himself Is Suffering
From Nervous Collapse as Result
of His Failure to Produce Date
Necessary TO Prove His Allegations
Physicians VIII Not Allow Him
to Attend Any More Of the Commit
tee Meetings-He Believes Data Is
i'm Existence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

A strange reluctance towards sub
scribing money with which to carry on
a publicity campaign marked the
meeting held at the court house last.
evening and from a standpoint of i'm
mediate results the meeting was de-
clared a failure by Tom Richardson.
Though the representative business
men and property owners of the city
were present, but a half dozen or so
were willing to help finance a public
ity bureau. OF these one was bank
er, while the others were merchants
From those who own buildings and
other property about the city from
which they receive high rents, not
cent could be secured for the develop
ment of the city and county
At the opening of the meeting Tom
Richardson was introduced by Presi-
dent Alexander of the Commercial as
sociation, who expressed qualification
that the audience was composed or
representatives, from all portions OF
the county
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

Athena, Heppner and The Dalles
will hold their first market days Sat
urday,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

Northwest League.
Al Seattie-Butte, I; Seattle, /.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
IS
CRY OF JAPAN
ut4Is Brown Merchants COm-
pEain of Their English Allies
and Vice Versa.
BRITISH COMMERCIAL
INTERESTS MAY SURFER.

japanese Threaten 10 Absorb Eng
lands Indian and Australian Trade
-BritOns Openly Sympatbise With
the Chinese Boycott Against Japan
cse and Charge MilSado's Subjects
With Dishonesty in Trade Relations.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
Matlock Responds Not.

MOllOck lc-llOHuS Nol.
"Mr. Matlock." said he, addressing
W. T. Matlock. who was in the audi
ence. won't You start this list with
$25 per month subscription
But Mr. Matlock replied not. and
for a time it looked as though there
was no one to start the ball rolling.
Finally NJ. b. Gwinn volunteered S25
per month in behalf Of the Pendleton
savings bank and the crowd cheered-
After trying in vain to secure more
S25 offers the limit was reduced to
SIS and finally to $40 per month. At
the latter rate r. Alexander. the Peo-
pies Warehouse, Koeppen Bros, R.
H. Wilcox and E. ]. Murphy all sub
scribed. But no other offers were
forthcoming and the effort was given.
up in disgust.
Richardson Was Disappointed.
"Fellow citizens, this is the first
time such a thing as this has happen
ed in Oregon since I have been here"
said Tom Richardson, when he saw
that his appeal had been In vain.
"This movement so far has been a
failure It is not for me to say what
you people shall give and can only
leave it to you"
Later on in the evening James Johns
reused the ire of the visitor by saying
that Portland seemed to look upon,
eastern Oregon solely as a land Of
sagebrush and jack rabbits. Coming
back into the fray Mr. Richardson
classed the remark as an insult and
then took occasion to pour few hot
shots into the local business camp. -.
Hot Shot for SIothful.
"T know what Is the matter here,
Continued on Page S.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28
The Value OF Publicity.

Inca very interesting half hours
talk Mr.. Richardson explained the
nature of the work being done by
the Portland Commercial clrb. He
also told of the development work at
New Orleans. where he was located
before coming to oregon, and of the
movements that are now on at Eu-
gene Medford. Ashland, La Grande
and other places throughout the.
state.
He argued that Pendleton and the
other important towns of the state
should maintain a publicity bureau.
To do this he declared would require
money and popular subscription Of
fered the only means of securing the
same.
Turning to the immediate work of
raising funds he asked for offers of
S25 per month towards a publicity
bureau,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-04-28

After you have read
the ads, you are ready
to go shopping. Pen
dleton's best bargain
giving stores are rep
resented in this paper.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-15
Backed By Governor Who Will
See Counties Are Kept DRY"
According To Their Vote.
LAW WILL Be ENFORCED
Sheriffs and Other Officers Must Do
Their Duty and Close Up Saloons
AS People Demand.

Officers of the law in those counties
which have adopted local option will
be expected to keep their bailiwicks
ready. declares Gov. Warner, in an
swer to question. He says that he
will not tolerate any laxity. in en-
forcing the law if he receives COM
plants Under the authority vested
in him relative to prosecuting attor-
neys and sheriffs, the governor can
make considerable trouble for officials
who fail to do their duty.
When asked whether he had an
ticipated that any requests would
come from any of the dry counties for
assistance in enforcing the prohibitory
law. he replied:
Il have already received one letter
relative to this matter and can only
state at this time that the people cer-
tainly have a right to expect the
officials of the counties to see that the
liquor law is enforced. When the
majority of the people of any county
have voted to do away with the sell
ling lof liquor, they are entitled to
have the support of the officers of
the.law in seeing to il that the wishes
are carried. into effect in every way. -
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-15
AN INTERESTING CASE.

An interesting case came before
Justice John D. Spinney at Alma,
Michigan on April B, in relation TO
the rights of Telephone Companies.
being the first case in which the Union
Telephone Company has made COM
plant and arrested anyone for injury
and molesting their wires 1t seems
that Clarence Clark in the village of
Ashley owned barn and in moving
it, James Wocsson and Henry Hull
Jr. to help him along tried to get the
wires of the company out of the way
so that the barn could get by i'm
doing so the Company's property was
damaged
A civil action WAS started against
the said three persons by the COM
pany's attorney. VIM. A. Bahlke
based upon the decision rendered by
our Super me Court March 5th, 1908
in the case of Kibbie Telephone Com
pany, VS. Lamphere ct al, which held
that under Section 6691 of the Com
piled laws of 1897. giving Telephone
Companies rights in streets, Provided
that the same shall not injuriously
interfere with other public uses of the
said places The use of the street TO
move building was not ''such other
public uses" contemplated by the stat
ute and complainant's rights were par
amount to defendants rights.
At the time of the starting of the
civil case, the secretary of the tele-
phone company-made complaint against
the two persons that had interfered
with the wires under Section 66g3 OF
the Complied Laws of 1897.
The whole matter was amicably sd-
justed by a settlement of the damages
ana costs in the civil case. and a plea
of guilty entered in the criminal case
and a suspension of sentence under
motion of the prosecuting attorney
and discharge of the respondents.
If telephone wires in the streets have
to be molested on account of rights of
the public il becomes necessary for the
Company to be fully advised and
become personally responsible
for the expense of cutting and replac-
ing of the wires before II can be done,
when the company will do the work
Of cutting and replacing the wires
Ignorance of the law excuses no one
and the Supreme Court opinion
above' cited sustains this position.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-15
PROBATE COURT

Monday, April 9th. was the hearing
on the determination of heirs in the
matter of the estate of Mary Medlar.
deceased .Bins Slingluff, daughter
and only child of said deceased, was
determined the sole heir of the estate
of said deceased.
Tuesday, April 9Th, was the hear
ing on the probate of will in the mat
ter of the estate of Ruth Anna Par
kerr deceased. The said will was
proved and admitted to probate, and
the administration granted to Ed
ward Bensinger.
On the same day Frank Hawkins.
insane, was examined by Drs W.
ID. Scott and F. McCandless and
committed to the Northern Michigan
Asylum.
Wednesday, April sth, Epenetus
Salter, insane, was examined by Drs.
K "A. Bagley and j. f. Suydam and
committed TO the Northern Michigan
Asylum.
On the same day William S. Wilson,
insane, was examined by Drs ii. f.
Kilbourn and b. G. Hall. and COM
mitted to the Northern Michigan As
ylum.
Friday, April 10th. petition was
hled for the probate of will in the mat
ter of the estate of william I. Nichols.
deceased Hearing set for May 12.
A petition was also fled for the ap-
pointment of a special administrator.
Elias G. Phillips was appointed special
of said estate.
Saturday. April 1lth, petition
was fled for the appointment of an
in the matter of the
estate of Fred Tompkins. deceased
Monday. April 18th. petition was
called for the determinations of heirs
In the matter OF the estate of James
II. Bailey. deceased. Hearing set for
May 13.
On the same day a petition was filed
'or the determination of heirs in the
natter of the estate of Morris Davi- /
'on deceased Hearing set for May l8.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-15
POLLASKY FIRE SALE.

That it is an i'll wind that blows no
one good is an old saying that has
proved true many time and the
people of Alma and vicinity. who
have visited the Pollasky fire sale are
again experiencing the truth of the
saying. In response TO instructions
from the insurance adiusters Mr.. Pol
lasky last Saturday opened the doors
of his store rooms and offered his en-
tire stock of dry goods carpets, suits,
rugs as we'll as every dollsr's worth
of shoes in the shoe departm ent for
sale at prices ranging from 25 to 75
cents on the dollar. AS soon as the doors
were opened the store was thronged
with people anxious to avail them
selves of the prices offered and al
though Mr.. Pollssky haa provided 90
sales-people for the day they were un-
able to keep pace with the demands of
the crowd. The goods in most cases
were only slightly damaged and in
many instances not at all yet the
same cut was made throughout the
stock by the insurance adjusters. The
sale will continue during the month of
April or until the stock is closed out
If you need boots, shoes or dry goods
the best that the market affords You
can make one dollar go as far as two.
by attending this sale. All salee
cash.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-04-15
ANN ARBOR MAKES GOOD TINE

The Ann Arbor railroad employees
cut off forty-five minutes from their best
previous time In running a -four train
through from Frankfort to Toledo
Monday night and Tuesday The time
of fourteen hours and FIVE minuets is
still an hour and ten minutes behind
the best time made on the q. II. & 1.
The train left Frankfort Monday night
at $40, reaching Cadillac at IO:07. 1t
left Cadillac at 1923 and reached
Owosso at 3 AS a. m.
When a train was sent through pre-
viously there was some criticism in
Cadillac because il was so long delayed
at Owosso. This time the criticism
is coming to Cadillac where the last
train was delayed thirty-one minutes
as against three minutes in Owosso
The Ann Arbor employees believe the
they can improve on their record and
the rivalry with the q. X. & /. is not
abated a jot.