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The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17
CRUESOME CLAIM
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San Francisco, Aug. 17.-Damage
to carpet by blood and brains. SIS.
Damage to wall by bullet and
brains, S5.
For removing contents from room
and some cleaning, IS.
Total, S25. n
A judgment rendered by Judge
Graham of the superior court and
Public Administrator NJ. ]. Hynes in
the matter of the estate of NJ. n. Mel
son brought to light one of the most
peculiar claims ever allowed in a
probate department of this city.
Nelfon, the decedent. committed
suicide last June in a hotel conduct
ed by J. j. Donovan. When Nelson's
estate was brought into the probate
court Donovan presented claim con-
tanning the grewsome items.
The claim, approved by the public
administrator, was duly allowed by
the court.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

Jay Smith and Miss Eva May IN
lery left last night for Glenwood
Springs, and as they boarded the
train they We're showered with rice.
While the report is circulated that
the rice shower bore a greater sig
nificance than just practical joke,
as to whether or not there is any
foundation for the rumor we cannot
say. At any rate, we wish them an
enjoyable trip.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17
WRECK DELAYS TRAIN.

No. 3 was delayed seven hours
yesterday on account cf IA freight
wreck between Castle Ro~i. and Pal
mer Lake.
The tender of the freight train was
dcrailed and buried under several box
cars, which so completely blockaded
the right of way that il was neces-
sary for the train to return clear to
Denver and leave on the Santa Fc
tracks, upon which they ran from
Denver to Colorado Springs.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

Next Sunday evening at the Meth
odist church Sankey memorial pro-
gram will be rendered out of respect
to the memory of the worlds great
est singing evangelist whose death
was announced by The Sentinel Sat
urday. The program will consist of
number of Sankey's most beautiful
songs and a sketch of his life will be
read. 1t will be a very interesting
and inspiring program.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17
TAFT TO FISH
IBy Associated Press. !

Hot Springs, Va, Aug. 17.-Can-
dfdate Taft and party will leave Vir-
ginia Hot Springs Friday, August
2S, for a weeks fishing in Lake Erie,
at the end of which time he will go
to Cincinnati September 5 or 6 to
remain until election day.
This announcement of the timer
airy which is to conclude the candi-
dates pre-campaign vacation was
made yesterday.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17
5000 ON STRIKE
IBy Associated Press. /

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. Ire
ports from the bituminous coal fields
today indicate that the number of
striking miners is about 5000 out of
the 10000 of the district.
1t is feared that the strike will be
long one.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

Today an order was made in the
estate of Mary Peters, deceased, con-
firming the sale by Judge Marsh, ad-
ministrator. of lot l in block IL to
David Peters. Consideration. $500.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17
WOULD Be AUDITOR
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Denver, Aug. 17.-Warren S. Dam
iels, who has been in the auditors
office of the state house so long that
he knows the status of every account
carried under the name of the state
of Colorado, has announced himself
candidate for state auditor.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17
AFTER A FlEND
lBy Associated Press }

Baton Rouge. La. Aug. 17.-Sev-
eral bloodhounds have been sent
from here to Burton, La, where a
posse is in pursuit of negro who at
tempted to criminally assault a 12-
year-old white girl.
If captured, the negro will proba-
bly, be lynched.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

Today b. f. Jay and Rodney Jay
sold to Rev. George A. Munro Il
tract of land for $500.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

Judge Sprigg Shackleford left this
morning for Gunnlson. He will re-
turn Wednesday.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

This afternoon marriage license
was issued to o. w. WeGthers of
Great Bend. Kans.. and Miss Kittie
b. Brooks of Fruita.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

DR.. e. C. Clark, the well known
dentist. and wife returned today from
Salt Lake City, where they spent the
past few days enjoying the sights.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

No. 3 was about an hour late this
afternoon.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

Jet white laundry work at the Ex-
celsior.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

LOST-Gold pin, with initial r on
back. Return to GAO Colorado av-
enue. Reward
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17
FOR SALE-Moderh T-room house
Apply $40 Main.

FOR SALE-Two lots on Main, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh. Wool
verton, 445 East Fourth, Long
Beach. Cal.
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

Are you going fishing? II so. seq
the Midland city ticket agent about
fishermens rates to the famous Fry
ing Pan resorts
The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

Very low rates Via Colorado Mid
land for fishing parties. Phone Mid
land ticket office for full particulars
The Press., 1908-11-11

In many other towns the increase of the grand list this past year has resulted in very material decrease of the tax rate. As stated before, this is purely a matter of business to be decided by the voters of this town, the question being as to whether a grand list on fair basis, with in- capabilities removed as much as pos sible, and comparative low tax rate, is not better chan low grand list with inevitable glaring inequalities, and high tax rate. Certainly the former is better for large proportion of the tax payers; it gives the town better name for those who are con. templating locating there, and puts the financial administration on more business like basis. s''
 At the close of his remarks Tax Commissioner Oorbin was given a rising vote of thanks. A motion was made and carried that the chairman of the meeting, E. o Pinney, name committee of five to act with the present board of assessors in formu. lating some plan of procedure for the re assessing of the taxable property of the town for next year, and report at special meeting to be held Febru- ary 1st. Chairman Pinney named the following: J. H. Valentine, Christopher Allen, T. M. Lyon, w. D. Graves and F. z. Fairfield. The members of the present board of as. sessors are E. K. Taft, J. A Foster and H. o. Butte1field. The follow ing minor town officers were appoint ed: Pound keepers. O. G. Ellis, G. O. Parkess, D. J. Glazier; sealer of weights, Jacob Glover; sealer of leather, G. L. Dennis; wood meas urers. T. M. Lyon, E. H. Pinney, H. O. Holt, E. J. Worthington, Charles Gary, B. T. Eaton, George Barlow i; public weighers. E. c. Pinney, c. L. Dennis, s. B. Amadon, Charles Gary, W. E. Demond, o. P. Bradway; hay wards, o. G. Ellis, G. 0. Parkess, Henry Mckinney; sextons, 0. F. Eager, H. o. Thresher, o. D. Glaizer, John Kane, George Cooley, M A. Gold, Eugene c. Ellis, ". H. Heald, Lyman E. Weeks.
The Press., 1908-11-11

AonroN prevents Pneumonia.
The Press., 1908-11-11

From the reports returned to me
 by the different tax officials of Stafford
 and from an examination of tho
 annual town report of the selectmer
 and treasurer, am of the opinion
 that some of the business affairs o1
 this town are we'll conducted. You
 have comparatively small amount ot
 uncollected taxes, the total since 1904
 being only $256 Your assessment
 and collection of poll and military
 taxes is one of the best in the state.
 On the other hand, you have one
 0f the highest tax rates in the state, twenty mills, and fair sized in. l creasing debt. The grand list of the town in 1893 was $1, ,267, ,184; in 1907, $1 1,319, 356. an increase of
 about four per cent, while the grand
 list of Holland county. as returned i4y the towns. since 1893 has in. creased from $S. SIS. .S75 to $11,997. 1l2, or forty per cent. The grand | list of the state at large in 1893 was
 $41 $, ,323. 252. and in October, 1907, ass returned by the towns, it was 1 T738. 227 ,O86, an increase of seventy seven per cent. during the same period Of time. While it is true that a large amount of this increase has come from the cities, it IS equally true that nearly all of the rural towns in the state have shown a much greater increase than Stafford during the same period of time. There seem s to be no record of any definite revalu- ation of the entire town of Stafford since it's incorporation. The abstract ef taxable property returned to the tax commissioner by your town clerk for October, 1907, shows 913 dwell lug houses, at an averaged assessed valuation of $722; 35, 796 acres of land, at an averaged assessed valu. ation of little over $4 per acre ]; sl66 horses at $41 each, and 971 neat cattle at an averaged assessed valu- ation of $15. Stafford is tied with
 Willington as having the lowest averaged assessed valuation of any tJWn in the county, and next to the lowest of any town in the state. The averaged valuation per acre for all of the towns of the county is $9, and for all of the towns in the state $33
 Your assessed valuation, as reported by the assessors, is not over fifty per cent. on the average of fair value of the property in this town. From the reports received from your taxing officials, and from information from other sources, I feel very strongly that your town would be greatly benefited by a re-valuation of the entire property Even assuming that tte estimate of fifty per cent. is cor rect, with an increase to fair valu- ation basis, it would be possible for yfu to raise the same amount of money by taxes, on such an increased grand list, with a ten-mill rate, as at pres ent. In addition. whenever a town has made a re-valuation, the grand list on a fair value basis has in every case exceeded the highest estimate. The following towns have revalued their property this past year, with a corresponding reduction in tax rate:
The Press., 1908-11-11
Use the Telephone
 To Order .... COAL of w. E. DEMOND

He aims to buy the best and keep his elevator full. Because you cannot see it, in great pile when you walk down the track, is no reason why he cannot fill all orders with dry and clean coal from the big elevator, weighed on a scale under cover and consequently in the best work ing order in all kinds of weather.
 You can leave your order at any time at either the office or the house by using the telephone. Remember our terms are cash because our prices are cash.
 Telephone, Office 15-S. House 35-5..
 We have a few tons of Pea Coal, screened from the dust, at greatly re- duced price.
The Press., 1908-11-11

'Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil is the best remedy for that often fatal disease croup. Has been used with success in our family for eight years. Mrs. l.. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Press., 1908-11-11

3. A soc box of Miona tablets will start the cure of that indigestion which has been the bane of your life. finders Jacobsen guarantees them.
The Press., 1908-11-11
THE PICTURE PUZZLE CRAZE

Has come to town, and many are staying awake nights to fit them together Other pastimes are neglected, all else is forgot ten. If you think this hard to be- heve, try to fit one of these cleverly dissected pictures togeth- CT, and you will discover the fas cination of making beautiful pie lures out of the crooked edges of tiny blocks.
 . Call at the stationery store opposite the R. R. station and find out all about them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20

F. Him, of Phoenix, broke the
worlds strengthening record yester-
day, shearing 1926 sheep in nine hours
by machinery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
HOME INDUSTRY CAMPAIGN.

There is an opportunity for Pen
dleton Commercial association to do
some excellent work for the city in
looking after the location of the va
rious industries which are coming to
the inland empire each year.
No enterprise should be too small
to go after Every drop constitutes
a part OF the sea. Every small en-
terprise added to the city adds to the
business industry here.
There is a chance to bring a COM
bined harvester factory here. a broom
factory has recently been located at
Gardena. There is no reason why
Pendleton should not have such a
future possibility.
Every inducement for these institu-
tions to come here can be offered.
Transportation facilities are unsur-
passed. The location of Pendleton is
central. Power and light and fuel
can be had here as cheaply as at any
other place in the inland empire.
So why not go out after these pros
pective enterprises? Why not have
them lined up" in advance? 1t is
one of the chief aims of the assocla-
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
PENDLEToN'S REASONS.

There are Il counties in the pro-
passed eastern Oregon federal district
znd nine of them are directly tribu.
Sary to Pendleton. Every avenue OF
travel into these nine counties lead:
brectly to this city.
The O. r. & y. and its feeders run
ming southwark into the interior form
me transportation facilities of nine
ssounties west and south of Umatilla,
md by means OF the o. r. &c ~, liti-
Esnts. attorneys and witnesses would
be required to pass through Pendleton
N their way to Baker City 127 miles
hsrther eastward.
The state has recognized Pendleton
Is the geographical center of eastern
Oregon by locating the branch SUI
pSeme court here. The United States
government has recognized the geo.
graphical and business Importance of
Pendleton in eastern oregon by locat-
Tas the headquarters for the bureau of
IHimal industry here.
The bulk Of the business originat-
hg in the Oregon federal court from
esstern Oregon comes from Umatilla
county. All Of the nine counties west
md south Of Umatilla county prefer
Pendleton because Of its accessibility
ffOm all parts Of the interior Of the
date These counties feel that they
you'd prefer to remain in the western
Oregon district than 10 be placed in
the eastern Oregon district with Ba-
ker City as headquarters as the cost
n litigation would be more than
doubled by the extra mileage made
necessary.
Pendleton claims that it would be
an act Of injustice to nine of the
tsrgest and most prosperous count es
sG the district to place the federal
court headquarters at Baker City,
xhere but four counties Of the dis
Grict would be tributary to the court
This Is not matter Of a day nor
II year and the court should be
hOcated where il will best serve the |
interests Of the eastern Oregon sec
tOu. not ony today. but in the future.
Baker City can never be the center
sf this vast district The map Of Or
egOn VIII convince any fa'r-minded |
congressional committee Of this fact. |
These are few Of Pendleton's ex-
seIlent reasons for wanting the dis
1jo. headquarters
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
THE OLD MACHINE AT WORK.

Quietly and without any eagerly
sought press notices Multnomah coun-
tvs budding republican machine is
preparing for its initial tryout on
Wednesday, February &C. says the
oregon Daily Journal.
On that day, under the direction Of
the county central committee. Of
which c. NJ. Idleman is the engineer
IN chief, the precinct elections" will
be held. at which thre delegates will
be elected from each precinct to at
tend the mass meeting" which has
been called for Saturday, February
29, The mass meeting" is to draft
a platform of principles upon which
the machine desires its candidates to
stand. That platform will denounce
the principle of statement No. aud
concurrently any candidate who dares
to aspire to the legislature from this
county who does not concur with the
platform of the "mass meeting"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
OUTSIDE VIEW OF GEER.

So flttingly does the following edi-
torial from the Pilot Rock Record
state the situation in this city and
county with regard to the congress on
al nomination, that practically all of
the papers of eastern Oregon are
publishing the expression of Umatil-
la county sentiment in the matter
The La Grande Observer is the last
paper to use 1t and 1t is having much
to do with shaping the sentiment in
the congressional contest. The ed
toria is as follows:
Laying all prejudice and politics
aside, the great bulk of the people can
not see wherein there is anything to
be gained in exchanging a man of ex-
perience, ability and thorough knowl-
edge Of the wants Of the people for a
man whose sole stock in trade ap-
pears to be the fact that he is an ex-
governor OF the state.
While he may not have come here
for the sole purpose Of running for Of
flee, and being encouraged to do so
by those who wanted to get rid OF him
on the other side of he mountains, the
fact remains that he did come here,
traded for a newspaper and immedl-
ately commenced looking about for
an office.
His conferences seem to have been
held in Portland, not in Pendleton,
and that Portland politicians were
taken into his confidence. He made
up his mind while in Portland, not
while in Pendleton, that he would try
for congress and first announced his
declaration in Portland paper.
Is he the tool Of small and unim-
portant gang of Portland plug-uglies
who aspire to be the slate-makers OF
the republican party Of the state? Is
there any evidence that he was urged
or even encouraged in his ambit on
by the people OF Pendleton or those
OF any other part Of eastern Oregon?
The fact is, there is not republi-
can Of prominence in Pendleton who
favors his nomination.
Mr. Geer claims credit for a spe-
cial message recommending the adop-
uon Of the primary law, but does not
say his reason for doing so was be-
cause the state convention turned HIM
down.
Geer Is a man Of no great force of
character. so far as can be learned,
he has never made q success Of any |
thing he has ever turned his mind and |
attention to. AS an editor Of a coIn- |
try paper he is above the average, and |
K he confined himself strictly to mis-
the people OF this county
would have no regrets that he came
among them.
But no man can make a success of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
SOUTH AMERICAN HOTELS.

A traveller who recently returned
TO Philadelphia was narrating some
of his experiences in South America
at banquet of globe-trotters the
other evening. He had skirted the
entire coast of South America and
had found the inns or hotel in most
sections very poor. So bad were they
in Peru, he said that one American
who had been thrown into Jail pend
ing some dispute over his papers. and
after his release had sought the hotel
OF the town returned the next day to
teh Jail and begged that he might be
taken in. Over the doorway Of a lone
ly rancher's cottage near the border
of Argentina and Patagonia the fol-
lowing curious motto was observed:
Forty miles from hay.
Twenty miles from water,
Two inches from hades;
God bless our home.
But perhaps the most curious sign
he had seen was in the window of a
restaurant in Buenos Ayres, which
read: American cafe-champagn
and fried potatoes"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
FRUITS OF FORESTRY.

The test Of a thing is the result
Ehich ii produces. The test OF a
tariff policy is the results of that
tariff in the operation Of the govern
0ent The test Of a banking law is
the operation Of the Law in actual
business transactions. The worth Of
q road law. or a school law or a tax
a@ must be determined upon the re-
suits wh'ch follow the execution.
This is also the supreme test OF the
forestry policy Of the government. If
the results which have followed the
adoption Dl the forestry policy are
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20

The second republican candidate
for the legislature in an eastern Or
egon county to declare himself un-
qualifiedly in favor of statement No.
l is Colon r. Eberhard, a candidate
for joint representative in the Union
Wallowa county district. And still
the machine politicians say that leg
islative candidates will not favor this
popular principle in which the people
may absolutely select their senator.
We will see. The ballots are not yet
counted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20

which to pay their king, Leopold. for
the Congo Free State.
Leopold is already one OF the rich
est men of the world. but II is not
surprising that he demands from his
kingdom payment for something
which he would never have gotten
had he not been king. What Bel
gum gets is cheap at $4,000, 900,
however, for though the Congo be-
longed to Leopold individually, some
of the stigma for the atroci ties car,
rled on there has attached to Belgium
as a nation.
The people of Belgium will have
1t in their power to change conditions
in their African provinces so that
they will no longer merit the execra-
tion of the entire civilized world
Spokane Chronicle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
SWORE AT TELEPHONE GIRL.

Because he swore at telephone
girl for switching him on the wrong
line, Sacramento man has been fined
$50 In the police court. He called
for number and the central" of
flee put him on a line and a woman's
voice told him to come home at once
and bring quart of milk and a doz.
en- eggs. The Sacramento man. who
is a crusty old bachelor, at once be-
came wrathy and vented his spite on
the poor telephone girl. with the
above result. And it served him
right No man is justified in using
ungentlemanly language to the young
ladies in charge of the telephone ex-
change. They have their troubles as
well az Re rest OF us and generally
do tie Lest they can for the many
patrons If the company. They maxi
mary mistakes. II Is true, but their
duties are very difficult ard cannot
AWAY b performed without errors
ere ping IN Eugene
GIard
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
THE LEAP YEAR MYTH.

The privileges of leap year are
slipping by rapidly and unimproved,
says the Salem Journal.
We hear OF no woman proposing
this year.
While there is talk of giving wo-
man the ballot they will not use the
rights they are supposed to have.
If leap year means anything it
means marriage.
Propos' ng is nothing but the con-
clusion of long or short courtship
Men will still have to do the love-
making.
1t seems the leap year myth has
lost its charm, and is dead letter if
1t ever was alive.
It's a good thing because a great
many foolish proposals are made by
the men and women would do worse
Ihere would not be many mar
rlages If women had to do the pro-
posing.
With the first rejection most wo-
men would quit.
They would find carrying on
oourtship delicate and often en-
barrassing task.
There might not be so many de-
ceptions practiced If women made
love.
1t is probably good thing to have
1t the way it is and no one will lnl-
tiate change.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20

beneficial, in a general sense, is not
that policy good? should We look at
a few petty abuses and in our antag-
onism to them, brand the entire sys-
tenn as a failure?
Let us see. Pasturage is Increasing
in every forest reserve in the United
States. The range area IN the re-
serves will support more stock today
than ever before Stockmen are turn
ing this improved range condition in
to dollars and cents every day, in
fatter stock. The same stockmen are
sured OF better grazing and longer
srazing periods each year, under the
guardianship OF the government and
If this is not a benefit, what is it?
Stream sources are being protected
and the water supply of the noun
tain district increased by the protec-
tlon OF the forestry policy. Thus,
farming in the irrigated districts win
be made more profitable and secure.
This is an incalculable benefit, The
timber is being saved for the future,
which is boon upon which no price
can be set.
So the policy is successful, profita-
BILE. beneficial. II should be every
mans duty to help eliminate the ag-
gravations. the annoyances in the ad-
minlstraton of the policy, but let us
support the policy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20

All the news all the time in the
East Oregonian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20

newspaper and run for office at the
same time. The fact is, no newspa-
per man should engage in polit cs, and
when he does he drags his paper down
to the level of market day poster.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-20
BELGIUM'S NEW CHANCE.

The people of Belgium, by heavy
taxation, are to raise $50, 1000, 900 with