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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30

ed by the people of the west end and
for the further reason that It will be
OF immense benefit to the fruitgrow-
ers of the Milton-Freewater country.
Bill Is Drawn.
At the instance of The Umatiua
county delegation District Attorney
Phelps has drafted bill for the es-
tablishment of the experiment station
on the Umatilla project The bill will
provide for an appropriation of $4,000.
sum equal to the amount set aside
by the federal government to assist
in the maintenance OF the station. The
bill has been drafted along the lines
suggested by President Kerr of the
agricultural college.
Up to this time no bill has been pre-
pared for the establishment o. dry
farming experiment station. 1t has
been suggested that the local delega-
tion also father that bill, but as it is
regarded as unreasonable to expect
that station for this county, the leg
islators are disposed to allow the Gill
liam or Sherman county men to
frame the bill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30

London, Dec. 3O.-Armies Of un-
employed throughout England, Scot
land, Ireland and Wales, the growth
Of vicios political power backed by
the liquor interests and the obstruc-
tive methods of the house of lords.
are causes that today threaten Great
Britain with the greatest political
crisis in the last rs years.
The house of commons is becoming
sclidified for action on these three
vital questions. The existent house
laws are at stake and the point of at
tack upon the upper house will be
the weakest spot in the decadance of
that aristocratic body,-hereditary
law legislation.
The liberals are gaining and are in
creasingly in the ascendency. They
have vowed to change the form of
succession to vacancies in the house
of lords from hereditary to elective.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
MILTON DISTRICT
VOTES FOR BONDS
TWO NEW SCHOOL HOUSES
FOR EAST END DISTRICT
Voters of Frecwater and Milton De-
cidcd by Overwhelming Vote to
Bond District in Sum of S35, 900
Final End TO Long Drawn Out
School Eight-One Building for
Each Town.
(Snecial CnrresnondencnA l

Milton. Dec. 30.-When the voters
of school district No. 81, comprising
Milton and Freewater went to the
polls for a special school election yes
terday afternoon they decided by the
overwhelming majority of III to 81
that ;ae district he bonded in the sum
of $4,000 for the purpose of erecting
two new school buildings.
The larger of the two will be sit
uated on the site of the present CEN
tral structure and will be built of
brick, costing in the neighborhood of
$4,000. The other building will be
erected in Freewater and when COM
plete will be one of the handsomest
buildings of its size in the state. It's
cost will approximate $4,000.
1t will be remembered that an cleo
ton was held in this district several
months ago for the purposes of ap
proving the bond issue to furnish
money for new school buildings. The
measure was lost by a small majority
after a heated campaign The oppo-
sition came principally from the north |
end of the district before, Jut at the |
polls yesterday nearly all those who
voted against the measure before ia
vored it,
Just when actual construction on |
the new school houses will be begun
can not be told, but it is likely to
as soon as the bonds are
sold and the money received.
E. H. Rollins & Col, who purchased
The city $4,000 electric light per
cent bonds. has bid in for the school
ssue. 1t is generally conceded that
his company will get the bonds, al
.hough the state has first chance at
hem. 1t has been learned. however
hat the state funds are not over plen-
-iful and on the assumption that that
institution will turn the offer down.
he Rollins people believe they will
secure the issue
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
+ : i = + : + + + T. = = + j. 4
; HUNDRED MEN ARE
IMPRISONED IN NINE ,

+ Maybury w. Va, Dec. 30
+ over hundred men are believed 4
" to have been imprisoned in the 1
+ mine Of the Lick Branch Col I
r Her company. at Lick Branch I
t. Virginia, as the result Of a cave 1
= IN yesterday. Twelve dead have I
+ been removed and five taken out !
= alive. Forty-five injured have +
T. been rescued. J.
4 -Four hundred were employed /
T. in the mine but it is estimated :
Z" tbat three hundred were home +
= when the explosion occurred. +
+ The mine officials are trying T.
y to suppress the information. At i
. noon it was admitted that thirty 4
= were buried in the debris and j.
+ are probably dead j.
4 Maybury, Dec. 80. Five more +
: bodies We're recovered this after 4
= noon, making a total of 23 4
t. known dead. The scenes about J.
= the entrance of the mine are +
+ heart-rending. 4
= i
: 4 + ! + 4 + + + 4 + + J. /. +
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
UMAT|LLA C0UNTY's LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE MEETS HERE TONIGHT

This evening the Umatilla county
legislative committee of Is will meet
for the purpose of talking over the
legislation that will be needed by the
county, The gathering will be held
at the Commercial association rooms
and in addition to this Chairman
Gwinn is also planning further enter
tainment for the members of his COM
mittee.
This morning Mr.. Gwinn rommuni-
Gated by phone with the different
members of the committee and he
states that every member but one has
promised TO be in attendance. All Of
the committeeman from the east end
will be presnt
Experiment Station First.
In speaking of the coming meeting,
NJ. b. Gwinn today declared his belief
that the logical course for the Una
tilla county delegation to take will be
to place the experiment. station for
the Umatilla project at the hear of
tie county's list Of needs. This be-
cause the station is imperatlvely need
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
PORTLAND TRAIN ROBBERS
ARE GIVEN SENTENCES

Portland, Ore, Dec. so.-Owen
Jack Hayes, alias Jack Walton, one
of the two men arrested by the police
on charge of holding up the o. R.
& ~ train recently and robbing the
express car, appeared berore Judge
Gantenbein yesterday afternoon and
pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to
10 years in the penitentiary. The
maximum sentence that could have
been imposed is 40 years and the
minimum is two years.
Hayes persistently denied his guilt
up to yesterday, Notwithstanding that
his partner, Burks, had confessed, but
finally he saw the hopelessness of his
position and changed his plea to gull
ty. The third man in the holdup.
known only as "the Swede," is still
a; large.
Burks, the other train robber, who
also pleaded guilty. was sentenced by
Judge Gantenbein to four years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
IN MOCK DUEL
WHICH RESULTS FATALLY

Santa Cruz Dec. 30.-Thomas
Richie, a student of the state univer-
sity, was shot in the heart and in
stantly killed last night by w. Yock-
yost of Oakland, fellow student, in
mock duel, according to word re-
ceived here. Both men were handling
revolvers before they retired at the
summer home of Dr. H. P. Carleton
in Oakland, where they were gusts.
They thought the guns were empty. 81,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
ATHLETE DIES
Of BROKEN HEART
HIS PAINTING CAUSED
CREW TO LOSE, RACE
Constant Worry Over Failure at Criti-
cal Moment i'm Great Yale-Harvard
Boat Race of Last Spring Trans
formed Dwight Griswold from Pow
erful Athlete TO Weakling-Body
Became Prey to Disease.

San Francisco, Calf, Dec. 3d.
With the body of her son Dwight.
stroke oar of the Yale varsity crew.
who tainted in the great race last
spring, causing his college to lose to
her old rival. Harvard, Mrs. Matthew
Griswold left here today for Erie,
Penn.
Dwight died in the German hospital
here with broken heart Worrying
constantly since his breakdown,
Dwight soon faded from a powerful
athlete to a weakling.
The death certificate says typhoid
pneumonia caused his death, but
friends say he would not have con-
tracted the disease if he had not been
sick at heart.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30

Queen Helena SwoOns.

Plermod, Italy, Dec. SO.-Queen
Helena swooned when she and the
king approached Messina today. After
being revived both wept like chill
dren.
Insane survivors fell at the feet of
the royal couple, moaning piteously.
Many tried to kiss their hands.
The queen, terror stricken. clung to
the kings arm. The victims prayed
around them as II they were saints
Horrible suffering is gradually driv-
ing those who survive insane. Days
and nights without food, in the pres
ence of death and destruction with no
possibility OF sleep or rest, the living
are as helpless as the dead
The king Is in charge of the rescue
work. Trains of supplies and volun-
teers are arriving. The queen is con-
stantly near collapse. With fifty
thousand dead and the cry in ruins
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
Morgan Gives $4,000.

Rome, Dec. 3O.-The earthquake
relief committee today received ten
thousand dollars by cable from ].
Pierpont Morgan.
New Year celebrations throughout
Italy have been abandoned. All thea
tiers and other public places of amuse-
ment are closed. Railroads and tele-
graph lines are under government
control
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
Entire City Submerged.

Cantanzaro, Italy, Dec. 3O.-Reg-
gio, with a population of thirty-fiv1
thousand, was entirely submerged by
tidal wave and less than a thou
sand escaped, according to the state
ment of the captain of a company of
carblneers. arriving here today. He
said: ''The sea rolled in a mighty
wall, sweeping over the entire city
and that not a building remains
standing. The lower part of the city
is settling and 1t is feared It will drop
into the sea-"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
BEFRIENDING STRANGER
TAKES $4,000 FOR TROUBLE

New York, Dec. 30.-Mrs. Helen NJ.
Kelly, mother-in-law Of Frank Gould,
today reported the loss of five thou
sand dollars in currency and jewell
ry, which was taken by a strange
man who escorted her to hotel after
an accident few days ago, when one
of the horses she was driving drop
ped dead. After the man departed
Mrs. Kelly discovered that only the
chain of her chateline bag remained.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
PRESIDENT CALLS ON
PERKINS FOR AID

Washington, D. c., Dec. S0-Sen-
ator Perkins, of California, announc-
ed today that he had received a letter
from Roosevelt urging him to join in
recreating an American embassy at
Pekin to replace the present legation
at the Chinese capital.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
PARODY PLEASED MIR. TAFT.
Has Sent Miss rCa-
pcnter Invitation 10 Inaugural Ball.

Chicago, Dec. Boy writing a po-
etical parody on Lochinvar in when
w. II. Taft and w. ]. Bryan appear as
the principal characters, Miss Beatrice
Gill Carpenter has so delighted the
president elect that he has sent the
young woman and her parents an in
vitation to his inaugural ball.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30

Edward f. Beals, in charge of the
weather bureau work in Oregon, Is
in the city today and he is here to
arrange for the taking of statistics re-
garding the rainfall at the head of
the streams of the county.
According to Mr.. Beals the bureau
is just now entering upon the work
of securing accurate information re-
garding the precipitation at the head
of streams that are of Importance
from an irrigation standpoint.
Owing to the immense value of the
Umatilla river in this connection he
has slected the Umatilla basin as a
place to start this line Of work in
Oregon.
In order to secure the information
needed arrangements will be made to-
day whereby people living at the head
of such streams as the Umatilla Birch
creek, Mckay creek, Meacham creek
and Dry creek will keep accurate ac-
counts of the precipitation in their re-
spective sections. Reports will be
sent to the weather office in Portland.
In order to secure the service de-
sired the government will pay a rea-
sonable amount for the work that is
to be done and Mr.. Beals is in hopes
of securing hearty assistance from
farmers and others who reside in the
places where the work is to be done.
This evening Mr.. Beals will leave
for Weston to arrange for observers at
the head of streams in that vicinity.
He will also make trip up Mckay
creek while he is in the county.
Local Weather Station.
While here Mr.. Beals also consult
ed with Senator C. ]. Smith regarding
the subject of a permanent weather
station in this city. Through the es-
of such a station does not
come under Mr.. Beals' jurisdiction, yet
he is interested in the subject. That it
would be of benefit TO the weather
service to have such station installed
ne heartily agrees. At the present
line there are stations in this state
at Portland, Baker City and Roseburg.
The proposition of securing a reg
liar weather station for Umatilla
county has already been presented to
he department at Washington and
Senator Smith, who has been inter-
asted in the movement because of his
membership on the board of health,
s hopeful that station can be Sc
ured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
+ - + + f. + + +*++++ +

4 Rome, Italy. Dec. 30.-The I
+ following is a summary tonight !
+ of the main events in the quake I
T. district: Z
+ Estimates Of the number of I
4 dead are placed as high as two I
+ hundred thousand. Ultra-con- I
f. servatives say thirty-five thou I
4 sand +
+ At feast twenty cities In South I
4 ern Italy and Sicily are burning. +
4 Another shock was felt today I
+ at Palermos, but little damage +
I. was done.
4 General DeCassato is burning +
4 bodies in the streets OF Messina +
+ to prevent a plague =
T. All wagon roads and railroads =
+ to the city have been destroyed. +
4 A volcano on the Island of +
4 Stromboli is shooting up great +
+ volumes of smoke. =
+ A hailstorm is sweeping over +
T. the wounded and unprotected +
4 on the ground. +
T. The devastated region in Cal +
+ abria and Sicily, 1t is believed, +
+ will cover six thousand square +
4 miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30

Catania, Sicily, Dec. 3O,-Risking
her life, Queen Helena rescued a
wounded child from a wrecked build
ing in Messina. The king and queen
were passing the building when the
pitiful walls of an infant attracted
the queen who rushed into the struc-
ture, despite the kings protests, and
carried the child to a relief boat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
Duel I'm Ash Pits.

Winnemucca. New, Dec. SO.-Joe
Puletti and Pete Martini, employed in
the ash pit at the Southern Pacific
yards. engaged in a duel with revolvers
yesterday which resulted in Puletti be-
ing fatally shot. The origin of the
trouble is unknown Martini is in hid
ing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
ENGLAND FACING
POLITICAL CRISIS.
| LiberaIS, Increasing in Power,
Vow They Will Change the
Existing Order of Things.
ARMIES OF UNEMPLOYED
THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM

Obstructive Methods of House of
Lords Added to- Other Conditions
May Result in Overthrow of That
Body as II Exists Today-Vacancies
Instead of Being Filled by Heredlty
as at Present May Hereafter be
Filled by Elections-Greatest Crisis
in 75 Years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
American Consul Killed.

Washington, ID. ID. Dec. 30.-The
state department today received the
following dispatch from Consul Will
lam Gale at Malta: Consul Arthur
$, Cheney and wife are both dead at
Messina. Their bodies have not been
recovered"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
Railroad Sinks.

Naples, Italy, Dec. 3O.--An official
message confirms the report thai
many miles of the Calabrian and ST.
Gillian railway has sunk under the sea.
Three submarine cables, connecting
Corfeau and Zante with ,he main
land, were silenced this afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
|TALYS DEAD MAY REACH
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
Full Extent of Greatest Disaster of Modern Times May Never
Be Known-Tweny Cities and Towns Burning

King Charge Rescuc-Qucn
o Dasling
Building Child Risk Life
Which Surround Them
Nights Midst
Res-Bodies Victims
PlagueGovernmen Takes Full
Consul
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
ROBBERS HOLD TOWN
AT BAY THREE HOURS

oklahoma, City. Oklahoma,
Dec.--After holding the resi-
dents of Wellston. Oklahoma. at
bay for three hours today. six
masked men looted the bank and
escaped with $4,000. They used
II charges of nitro -glycerine
before the safe vaults were shat
tered. They first aroused town
citizens, who gathered. but we're
held back by revolvers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
OREGON WEATHER
MAN IS IN TOWN
{, F. BeaIS Arranging for
Observers ON Headwaters
of Streams.
WOULD ASCERTAIN THE
AMOUNT OR RAINFALL

Government Would Employ Men on
Upper Umatilla, Meacham, Mckay,
Birch and Other Strains In the
COunty-GOes to Weston This Eve
ming for Same Purpose-Also Con-
sulting With State Senator G. j.
Smith Relative to Establishment of
Weather Bureau in Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
Fitz Challenges johnson.

sydney, n. S. W, Dec, 3O.-Bob
Fitzsimmons. former heavyweight
champion, and Jack (Twin) Sullivan
have issued challenges to Jack John
son, the conqueror of Tommy Burns.
for a fight for the heavyweight title.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
Little Italy" to the Rescue.

New York, Dec. 3O.-"Little italy"
the home of thousands of Italians and
Sicilians, today subscribed fund of
$4,000 for their stricken compatriots.
Tammany Hall contributed two thou
sand dollars.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
UNCLE SAM TRANSFERS
MONEY FROM MINTS

San Francisco, Dec. S0.-Uncle sam
today completed the transfer from the
local mint to Denver of s222,5O0 The
work of removing the coin was begun
last August, soon after the fleet left
for the orient.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
LANGFORD CHALLENGES
CHAMPION KETCHEIL

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. SO.-Sam
Langford, the Boston black, today
challenged Ketchell, the middleweight
champion. agreeing to stop him in
twenty rounds or forfeit the entire
purse.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30

and burning 1t is almost impossible
10 organize for relief work.
1t is feared that many are Still liv-
ing under the ruins. Practically
thousand men, women and children
are encamped on the hillsides, outside
the city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
Attell Defends Title.

New Orleans, Dec. 3O-Abe Attell
retained the featherweight champion
ship by knocking out "Biz" Mackay
in the eighth round last night before
the West Side Athletic club,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
Rcd Cross Sends Money.

Washington, d. c.. Dec. 30.-The
executive committee of the National
Red Cross at a meeting touay decided
to send the Italian Red Cross society
fifty thousand dollars, winch is the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
German Consulate Destroyed.

Berlin, Germany, Dec. 30-The
American and German consulate
buildings in Messina, were destroyed
by the quake and tidal wave, accord
ing to a telegram received by the
government, via Rome.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30

Albany, y. Y, Dec. 30.--Governor
Hughes today issued a proclamation
calling for contributions to the state
branch of the Red Cross society for
the quake victims.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-30
QUAKE DISASTER IS APPALLING

surplus on hand from contributions
to the fund for the relief of the San
Francisco quake victims.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-01-15

Columbia is not the country whence
this pest has been distributed over
the United States nor is it quarantined
against with reference to the spread
of this insect and ought not to be. In
fact we should never quarantine
against any pest that we already have.
The quarantine is more frequently in
voked to shut out competition in the
markets than to protect the fruit
grower In most cases guarantees are
absolute failures in preventing the
introduction of fruit pests. Quaran-
tines are sometimes properly invoked
but it requires care, discrimination and
freedom from the spirit of retaliation
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-01-15
0o OCCIDENTAL AVE.

issue of the Rural New Yorker that
the eminent pomOlOgist, H. E. Van
Deman takes practically the same
view of this subject. AS to which is
the better pear the Buerre d'Anjou or
the Buerre dAngouleme, l am free
to confess that l do not know. My
opinion is that people are likely to
differ in answering that question.
r. V. Harris, McMinnville, Oregon,
under date Of Dec. 9th, asks questions
as follows: Il did my first grating
last spring and had fine success in
their growth-some making a growth
of five feet four inches besides later
ais. l put in two sciOns in each stock
that was cut off about two feet from
the ground and was two inches in di-
ameter Now would you advise cut
ting out one of the gratis or would
you leave both to grow? Knowing the
scions | used last spring to be from
good bearing trees, will it be all right
to use the new growth for sciOns the
coming spring? What varieties of
apples, pears, and cherries would you
advise to plant together for successful
cross pollination? Again. Will you
please describe the size, color, quality
and shipping qualities of the Winter
Banana apple? l will be glad to see
your articles on grating. Will you
please explain the different methods
of grating and tell which you consid.
err the most successful? | like the
Ranch and your announcement that
you do not know it all emboldens me
to show my ignorance by asking the
above questions"
l would most certainly cut off one of
spring If it is not done you
will have a forked tree and that should
always be avoided. A forked tree is
very likely to split when loaded with
fruit. Never have less than three
prongs to form the top of your tree
and four or five are better. Cut out
one of the CRAFTS but do not cut back
to the point where you sawed off the
stock last spring. Leave the callused
part to help heal the wound.
The only objection to using the sci
ons from the last years graft is the
fact that your trees may not bear
quite so young. Some nurserymen
cut gratis from their young trees in
the nursery, but this is not generally
approved, but preference is given to
scions directly from bearing trees.
Just how much bearing may be de-
layed by using CRAFTS from new
growth is not accurately known, but
that there is some delay hardly adj