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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
COMMITTEES ARE
NAMED FOR FAIR
GOOD MEETING OF STATE
FAIR BOARD HELD.
Six Committees to Have Charge Of
1908 Fair Appointed-Stake Of
$4,000 for FOals Was Accepted and
Gate Restaurant Privilege Was
Granted-Future Stakes for Years
1910 and 1911 Also Accepted.

Salem, Feb 1.-THE state board
of agriculture at its meeting In the
capitol yesterday appointed six COM
mittees, receiving and accepting q
$4,000 stake for 1908 foals, granted
Secretary Welch a stenographer and
attended to many other matters of
Importance, and then adjourned to
meet again this afternoon.
The committees, which 1t Is ex-
pected will be able to cover all mat
ters which may come before the
board, are made up as follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING, Hulburt,
Matlock, Wilson, Lee, Secretary
Welch.
Transportation Matlock, Wis
dom. Lee.
Program-Lee, Matlock, Welch.
Premium Matlock, Wisdom,
Downing, Welch.
Speed-Matlock, Wisdom, Down
ing Welch.
NJ. d. Wisdom, of Portland, then
offered a stake of $4,000 for foals
of 1908, which are to be run in 1910
and 1911. The offer was accepted
and filed
The matter Of stenographer to
assist Secretary Welch was then
brought UP. A majority were strong
ly in favor of assisting the secretary
who had done such good work dur
ing the year. and they carried the
motion.
In structions were issued by the
board ordering all persons not en-
gagged in the actual care OF horses
or grounds, who have been living on
the grounds during the entire year,
to vacate. An order was also made
that no horses, other han those be-
ing trained, should be kept on the
grounds during the year, other than
at fair time.
E. M. Law was granted the gate
restaurant privilege, for which he Is
to pay $125 per month. Those per-
sons who have been living on the
grounds during the entire year and
running restaurants during the fair
week, will be ordered to pay for the
privilege IL they desire to retain it.
The matter OF rates for other res
taurants will be left with Secretary
Welch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
Mrs. ooffman's Funeral Today.

The funeral of Mrs. Diana Coff-
man, the aged pioneer who died yes
terday morning was held at the NJ.
f. church this afternoon at 2 o'clock,
Rev. w. T. custer conducting the
services. Bushee chapter Of the Or
der Of Eastern Star, also took part
in the services, Mrs. Coffman having
been a faithful member ON that or
der. The funeral was largely attend:
ed and was very impressive. A num-
ber of her favorite hymns were sung
by the choir and the remains were
followed by large procession to
Olney cemetery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
county Jail this morning by Judge
Wolverton.

county Jail this morning by Judge
Wolverton.
II was while stating the case against
the Indian that United States District
Attorney w. c. Bristol mentioned the
good times the other offenders had
been having at the expense OF the
government In the Umatilla county
Jail. Consequently. Mr.. Bristol rec
ommepded to the court that In the fu-
ture Indians from the reservation
should serve their sentences in the
Multnomah county Jail.
Whitney looked surprised when he
heard the order OF the court. His
friends on the reservation whom he
had entertained with whlskey and
carousals, had been preparing an en-
tertainment for him during his term
In jail But now Whitney will spend
his so days In Portland, away from
his Indian friends and without the
good things to eat from the reserva-
ton which the other Indian prison.
ers have become accustomed 20 at
Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
OPEN MILLION ACRES.
Big Tract Of Washington Land VIII
Be Ready for Settlement.

One million, one hundred and for
ty-five thousand acres of land will
soon be opened for settlement in this
state, according to the report of the
commissioner of the general land Of
flee, which was received by Regis
ter ellis today. Another million
acres will be opened next year, Ida
no will have $4,000 acres ready for
settlement soon, South Dakota, $780,
600 and Montana, 100000 says the
walla Walla Statesman.
Uncle Sam disposed Of 20,997566
acres of land last year, an increase
of more than a million over the year
before. For this was received some
S11,553,1S7, an increase Of SO per
cent over last year. For aid to rail-
roads, 794,173 acres were donated
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
After Wenaha Range.

Bert Smith and William Slusher
went to Walla Walla this afternoon
to consult with Ranger Schmitz re.
garding allotments in the Wenaha re-
serve. No general allotment meeting
is being held this year, but applica-
tions for range are made individual
ly by the different stockmen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
up.To.Thc.TImes MagazIne.

The February issue OF the Up-to'
the-Times magazine published ir
Walla Walla, Is an excellent number
and contains large amount of ex'
cellent reading matter concerning the
inland empire and its industries ant
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14

Twenty boys In a New York cor
rectional institution engaged In
general fight yesterday and as re.
suit one boy is dead and three fatally
injured from stab wounds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
Martie Baby Died.

The six months old child of Rob-
ert Martie, son-in-law Of Elmer Sny-
der. died this morning at the family
home on Stonewall Jackson street.
Definite funeral arrangements have
not yet been made.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
EDITOR GLOVER is DEAD.

Associate Editor OF the Union Re
publican Succumbs TO Attack Of
Pneumonia.
When recovery seemed certain, and
he had apparently rallied from very
acute attack of pneumonia, Editor
Glover, of the Union Republican. died
at his home in Union at o'clock this
morning, says the La Grande OBJ
server. Mr.. Glover was associate ed
itor of the Union Republican.
Last Sunday night he rallied from
an attack that had given his family
and friends extreme worry. On Mon
day he continued to improve, but
took relapse last evening, dying this
morning.
No funeral arrangements have been
made, as his relatives in Union are
awaiting instructions from his mother
in Colorado.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
WOULD HAVE WOMEN VOTE.
Indiana Dairymen Pass Suffrage Res
OlutiOns.

Indiana Dairymen Pass Suffrage KeS-
olutions.
The following resolution was adopt
ed by the Indiana state Dairy associa-
ton few days ago:
Whereas In the development of
the resources of the middle west, wo-
men have borne equal burdens with
men, and
Whereas, In the industry for
which this association stands, women
represent an equal share of its labor,
and
Whereas, In our state university
the dairy courses are shared equal
ly by men and women, therefore, be
II
Resolved, That the State Dairy
association, in convention assembled,
endorses the movement for equal po-
litical rights for women, and hereby
urges the state legislature at its next
session; to adopt resolution request
ing the congress of the United States
to submit to the various state legis-
latures for ratification an amendment
to the United States constitution pro-
hlbiting Acknowledgement on account
of sex.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
SALE
SEEMS ASSURED
BIG FIRM BUYING
UMATILLA LAND.

Pool of 10000 Acres Held by o. r. &
N. Employees at In Grande Being
Purchased by Pacific Coast and
Michigan Lumber Company-Tract
Is Tributary to Proposed Extension
OF Pilot Rock Road.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
LAND NEAR MILTON
BRINGS 5000 PER ACRE.

. That diversified farming land
. in Umatilla county is worth
. money is shown by a transfer
. that was filed here today. 1t
. was a deed for 10 acres Of land
. in the Milton country, for which
. the price of $4,000 was paid.
. The land which sold FOR 5000
. per acre is situated in section
. 23. township 6 north OF range
. 35. 1t was sold by Samuel J.
. Babcock to Boaz Atherton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14
TWENTY YOUNG
LADIES WILL HELP
SEAT SALE FOR MILITARY
EXTRAVAGANZA TOMORROW

The Oregon Is in Good shape for the
Show - High School Chorus VIII
Re Feature Of the Big Entertain
ment - Twenty Popular Young
Ladies viii Furnish Number on
Program-Rehearsals Are i'm Pro-
gress-Dress Rehearsal on Mon
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14

Champ Clark, Missouri representa-
tive, declares his wish that Roosevelt
will quit forever after March 4, 1909.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-14

At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
seats for company LIS coming enter
tainment will be placed on sale at
the Pendleton Drug company and
there is every ind cation that they
will be in brisk demand No travel
ing troupes have been here this year
and that fact will doubtless work to
the advantage of the guardsmen. An
other point in their favor is the fact
that the theater is now in condition
for use. II is provided with two
stairways from the gallery and from
fire standpoint is pronounced en-
tirely satisfactory.
In addition TO being safe the thea
ter is now a comfortable and attrac-
tive playhouse. With the new seem
cry, curtain and kalsomine, the place
bears but little resemblance to the
old Frazer and during the Streeter-
Bryan regime the greatest care ha:
been taken to keep the theater clear
and we'll ventilated.
High School Chorus.
OF the different numbers on the
program that will be given Tuesday
night there is one that will prove
a winner without fail. 1t Is the sing
ing and dancing number hv the 20
= young ladies. The girls are mostly
high school students and they con-
stitute one of the most popular
. punches Of young people this city
has ever had. They are all talented
as well as pretty and with Morrie B.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
SOLD SAME JOB MANY TIMES;
NOW SUE EMPLOYMENT MEN

From sworn allegations made in
three civil suits filed yesterday aft
ernOOn in Justice Suckers court,
it appears that the defendants, G.
D. Jones and C. H. Archer, COM
prising the Empire Employment
agency, used a certain job with an
extra gang on the o. r. & N. at
Conan, Wash, for all that it was
worth.
The suits filed yesterday were
prepared by Tustin & Moore, the
law firm that recently opened war
on the employment agencies The
three actions are based on the
same job, which was sold to IS
men, not one of whom. according
to the complaint landed the work
contracted. The court is asked to
compel the firm to make restitu-
ton of the SIS and pay the costs
of the three suits.
The allegations in the three
cases are identically the same,
with the exception of the names
Of the plaintiffs. In the first case
Mike Crotwick and Al others on
November Is paid the Empire EN-
ployment agency SAP and were
given an order for jobs with the
o. r. & N. at Conan and told to
report at the depot of the COM
pany in Spokane at 445 the next
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
PRESSMEN MAKE
GREAT PROGRESS

An unusually encouraging report
of progress by the International
Printing Pressmen & Assistants
union was made last night by
President Berry in an address to
the Spokane union. He said that
but 500 men out of a membership
of $4,000 are still on strike for the
eight hour day and by the first Of
the year, when number of local
agreements will be replaced by the
eight hour rule, the fight will be
thing of the past.
In spite of the strike and tight
times the union has gained 700
members in the past IS months
and was never in more prosperous
condition. The eight hour strug-
gle does not affect the west, as
that scale already prevails here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
FROM DECK SWABBER TO BOSS
OF WHOLE UNITED STA TES NAVY
BY gibson GARDNER.

Special Correspondence to The Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The
real story of how Truman H. New
berry came to be secretary of the
navy is herewith published for the
first time.
Although business man en-
gagged in the manufacture of steel
car springs. Newberry was always
an enthusiastic boatman. He liked
the water and spent good deal OF
time on the waters about Detroit.
AS soon as he could afford it he
bought yacht and he took the
regular examinations and held a
commission as lake captain and
pilot. He could sail his own yacht
as well as command it.
But his great enthusiasm was
the naval militia. AS soon as this
organization was started in Detroit
Newberry enlisted as common
seamon; and it was as such that
he was first presented to Theodore
Roosevelt 1t happened this way:
Mr.. Roosevelt. then assistant sec
rotary of the navy, came to Michi-
gan to inspect the naval militia.
He was stamping around in the Vi
entity of the old Yantic and coming
upon a militiaman swabbink the
deck, he asked him a few cues
tons. Among other things, Secre-
tary Roosevelt inquired:
Whose fine yacht is that lying
over there?"
Mine, sir replied the deck
swabber, touching his cap. The
deck swabber was Newberry.
The incident made a strong i'm
preston upon the president. He
learned upon inquiry that New
berry was man of wealth, both by
inheritance and by his personal eff
forts. After graduating from Yale
he had found job-not in his
fathers office-but in that of an
other man, and had served as a
clerk for several years in his eff
forts to learn business methods.
Then he had started the steel car
spring business and had become
interested in numerous other enter
prises.
"A man with such an enthusiasm
for naval affairs is the kind of
man | want in my administration,
concluded Roosevelt. And he kept
in touch with him from that time.
In 1904, when he became president
in his own right, one of his first
acts was to write to Newberry and
offer him the position as assistant
secretary of the navy. Newberry
came that fall and since has been
working at the job. The express
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
THUG ROBS
WOMAN
Mrs. Maxwell Victim of a
Brutal Attack on
Dean Avenue.

A holdup about $3.50 O'Clock last
evening choked Mrs. ]. E. Mark
well, wife of the president of the
Columbia Realty Co., into insensi-
bility, dragged her onto the lawn
in front of w. ]. Whites residence,
2416 Dean avenue, and robbed her
of purse containing SO and $40
check.
After the thug fed Mrs. Mark
well went to the White residence
and the police were called.
The assailant crept up behind
Mrs. Maxwell and grabbed her by
the throat before she could cry out
for assistance. Then the victim
lost consciousness and awoke on
the lawn with her face buried in
the grass.
The stolen check was on the
Northwest Loan & Trust Co. and
signed by L. w. Long. The police
have no clew.
Mrs. Maxwell did not see her
assailant distinctly. She heard his
voice, however, and would be able
to recognize it. When he loosened
his grip on her throat he asked her
where her money was, then telling
her If she screamed he would kill
her, searched for the muff contain
ing the purse which was dropped
in the scufflffe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24

morning. The receipt for the
money and contract for the jobs
issued by the agency is set out in
full in the complaint.
Crotwick recites that he and his
fellow workmen appeared the fol
lowing morning at the o. r. & N.
depot, but were told by repre-
sentative of the company that
there was no work for them at
Conan; that the company had all
the men it needed there, and that
the defendants Jones and Archer
were not, and never had been, au-
thoriZd to employ men for the o.
r. & N.
A further condition of the con-
tract was that the o. R. e N.
would furnish stoves and dishes
for the men to board themselves.
Phe plaintiff says he was Informed
that the o. r. & N. never did fur
nish such supplies. The scale of
wages agreed upon with the use of
the stoves and dishes thrown in
was 10 cents per hour.
On the following day it appears
from the complaint on record that
Nick Tinter and 25 others went
against the same game with like
results. The third case is that of
Milo Vokovich and nine others. All
three cases have been set for No
yember 30.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
YEARS SALARY ONLY
TWO CENTS

BAY CITY, Mich, Nov. a.
James La France, late postmaster
at Stewart, has received payment
in full from Uncle Sam for his
years services, in the amount OF
two cents.
According to the department
register, the postmaster at Stew
art draws SO year, but the de-
partment officials, in view OF
Jim's peculiar services, could not
figure out that Uncle Sam owed
him for more than the few days
after he received his first supplies,
and sent him check for two
cents. I
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
To CHECK UP
EXPERTS BILL

The bill for S70315 which Le-
Master & Cannon submitted to the
board of public works for payment
of their investigation of city
books, was not allowed by the
finance committee at its meeting
yesterday. Instead it was re-
ferred back to the board of public
works to be iteplized.
1t is expected that these experts
will later submit proposition to
install new bookkeeping system
at the city hall, to be uniform in
all departments.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
DEMAND BOOZE AND SHOOT.

LA GRANDE, Ore, Nov. "a
Charged with shooting Charles An
derson, proprietor of a confection-
cry store, two boys, Elem Gabhart
and one named Curtiss, were ar
rested. Anderson says they enter
ed his place and when their de-
mand for whisky was not satisfied,
they fired upon him. The young
men say the police have the wrong
parties. Anderson was not seri-
ously hurt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
TERRIBLY BURNED BY
MATCH

YORK, Pa, Nov. 24.-While play
ing with matches, Emma Fackler,
5 years old, was set afire by her
4 year old companion, William
Seiple, and probably fatally burned.
1t is said that the little boy, in
fun, threw a lighted match on the
girls dress to see the blaze. She
was soon enveloped in flames and
ran home, where her mother tore
the burning clothes from her body.
The mother was badly burned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
SUES FOR RIGHT OF WAY

The North Coast railroad is
prosecuting a vigorous campaign
for it's right of way through the
rural districts of Spokane county
and has begun proceedings in a
number of cases in the superior
court in the past week to condemn
right of way where people have
been unwilling to accept its terms.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
WHITE GIRL MARRIes cHlNk

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. u
Frank Len, a Chinese groceryman
from Chicago, and Maudie Smith,
white, also of that city, were mar
ried here by Justice Doty. Len,
who was in a jolly mood, insisted
upon distributing handfuls OF
lychee nuts and other celestial
dainties among the Office clerks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24

The plaintiff claims to have been
inveigled into the purchase of 800
acres of land in Stevens county
which did not develop as the de-
PENDANT represented. He Is asking
for damages of approximately $4,000
because of the deal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24

l think the star you were born
under was a comet. 1t must have
been a sure enough comet at that,
and not falling star. Although
fond of flying, you are not what
might be called tightly. While
capable of great concentration OF
thought you are apt to skim over
the surface of things; but you
know your aeroplane duty. and do
it. . From a modest maker Of BIZ
cycles you have risen to higher
things. You have a brother with
the same tendency, but his lucky
days are not strung together
without a break. Your own ups
and downs will be many, and you
want to be careful that the pro-
peller blades don't get bent, or
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
LAND CASE BEFORE JURY.

The Krug-Michaels alleged fraud
ulent land deal has been on trial
before a jury in Judge Remnants
court for two days and will be sub
mitted for verdict this evening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24

searching the vicinity of the muir
der for clews.
Detective McDermott, who ar
rested Lockovitch, was taken sick
early in the evening and went
home, without giving his testi-
mony.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
DROPS DEAD IN THEATER

WENATCHEE, Wash, Nov. "a.
Kane, age So, fell over
dead upon the shoulders of his
daughter as they sat looking at a
moving picture show. He came
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24

here recently from Ballard. His
death was not noticed until the
girl got up from her seat, when
he fell to the floor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24

waiter, get me a newspaper SO
! can hide my yawns; this concert
is SO stupid" Eyes, miss; I'll bring
the largest / can find
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24

sion is used advisedly. He has
not merely worn the honors of the
office, but has worked harder than
any man connected with the de-
partment. Every summer he has
been at his office all summer. The
brief vacation which he has taken
was only taken after all the other
officers had enjoyed their leave
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
BRING THE FAMILY

To look over the styles of wall
paper at the Spokane Paint & OIL
Co. Phone 60, Madison st. and N.
p. Ry. - e 49,.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24

and had escaped the tortures of a
Washington summer.
President Roosevelt has come to
lean upon Newberrys more and
more in matters of navy admins
tration, and for some time Mr.. Met
calf has had the honors without
the offices of the position.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-02

ures, because he gives plenty of
warning and does not desire to at
tack or to be attacked. He is best
eaten after he has been dried and
cured, much after the manner of
Goldfish. In the south there is a fine
way of smoking rattlesnake flesh.
with the result that when you eat
him there is a sort of smoky, gamy
"je ne sails quot" flavor that is at
least notwithstanding when
you find out what you have been
eating.
The snake is not a favorite with
civilized man because of a prejudice
that seems to have lasted a long
time. But it is only a prejudice so
far as the table is concerned. Rat
tlesnake stew is one of the things
that adds to the Joy of life There is
an aristocracy about the rattlesnake
that all will appreciate after they
have eaten him. 1t is mere low-down
and ignoble prejudice that leads peo-
pie to imagine that this sort of flesh
is discomfOrting Let us rise above
things that grow out of superstition;
let us eXterminate the rattlesnake
by eating him.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-09-02
WOODS FULL OF CANDIDATES.
They Are Still Holding Elections in
Calhoun County.

They are still talking politics and
voting down in Calhoun county. The
democratic executive committee has
called a primary election for Sep
TENDER 9th to nominate a candidate
for clerk of the superior court to
fill the vacancy in that Office caused
by the death of S. T. Clayton; to
nominate a candidate for coroner,
the gentleman who was nominated
in the last primary declining to ac-
cept; to nominate a candidate for
surveyor, no one having run for that
office the in the former election, and
to nominate five candidates for cOun-
ty commissioners, the Legislature at
it's last session having increased the
number of commissioners from three
to five and providing for the cleo
ton of a new board.
There are four announced candf-
dates for the Office of clerk.