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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
.lRR|GATE LAND
NEAR SUMPTER
LOGGED-O TO BE con-
VERIFIED INTO FARMS.
Tract Of 400 Acres Secured by an Ir>
dgatiOn and Mining Company and
the Once Timbered Land VIII Be
Made to Produce Crops-Fine Soil
Is Believed TO Be Adapted to Irri.
gated Products-Placer Mining
From Same Canals.

The Blue Mountain American o
Sumpter says of an irrigation enter
prise which has just been started a
that place and which promises to be-
come an important project IL carried
out as planned:
An enterprise destined to occupy q
most important place in the future
history of Sumpter, likewise to prove
o; untold benefit, was made known
this week when it was announced
that NJ. H. Allen and associates had
secured the holdings of the old
Sumpter Townsite company. and
would Immediately begin to change
them from idleness to activity.
Included in the transfer are the 400
acres of logegd-off lands south OF
town, which the townsite had plated
into town lots during the boom days.
These will be cleared, irrigated and
Immediately set in timothy
Plenty of water is assured the pro,
ject from Powder river and the sur
plus from the water companys res,
ervoir. BY utilizing the old ditch
the former can be taken from the
river about a mile above town and
by a slight change in its route can
be brought about 200 feet below the
reservoir where it will catch the usual
big overflow.
In addition to affording water for
irrigation purposes the project will
also furnish water for placer mining
or the benches below town. 1t has
long been known that on two old
timber claims below the townsites |
holdings there are placer deposits
further prospecting and !
development and it is expected their
operations will result at once from
the new enterprise as negotiations are |
for their transfer
Old7t recall the successful |
Of the Stoddard grounds !
right on the edge of the city limits |
for placer gold by water carried |
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

and its only connection has been as
have stated"
Mr.. French said the station was
arranging to make mill test Of the
wheat so that its milling qualities can
be definitely determined. He states
that since the wheat came into promi-
nenco, through the wide advertising
given, the experiment station has re-
celved from 300 to 500 letters.
Frequently these letters contained
currency and money orders ranging
from 81 to $40. These sums are be-
ing returned to the senders and the
stenographer is busy debating the re-
plies to the letters received. A circu-
lar letter has also been prepared by
Mr.. French dealing with the subject.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
City BreOities

All kinds OF good dry wood. See
MINIS.
Ingram's for groceries. formerly
Demott's.
Best nut coal. Give US a chance.
Oregon Lumber Yard.
See us before you get your fuel.
Oregon Lumber Yard.
Prices cut on Wire Fence. Call on
Goodman Hardware Co.
See MINIS for good dry wood that
burns. Lots OF It on hand.
Wanted-Girls TO learn the millin-
cry trade at the Peoples Warehouse.
For special prices on ranges. stoves
and utensils, see Goodman Hardware
Co.
Get our prices on Cascade fir wood
ard slab wood. oregon Lumber
Yard.
Unfurnished housekeeping rooms
for rent. Enquire at East oregonian
office.
All kinds OF transfer work done
promptly. stansberry & Milne. phone
Main
Thirty days special prices on Amer
ican Field and Hog Fence. See Good.
nan Hardware Co.
Pretty Havlland at Ingrams.
See Ingram for crockery, glassware
and kitchen utensils Of all kinds
For Rent-Five-room cottage, hot
and cold water, electric lighted, good
location. Inquire 100 Bluff street.
Wanted Woman for general
housework; steady job and good
wages. Call at 115 w. High street.
Peaches, pears. grapes, plums, ap-
Piles, canteloupes and watermelons,
always fresh, at Ingram's grocery, for
merly Demott's.
Cucumbers. sweet corn, tomatoes,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
SOUIX BRAVES INVADE
ST. PAUL STATE FAIR

Within week 300 Sioux braves
will march on St Paul, says a st. Paul
item. For so years the Indians in
Minnesota have been quiet; now they
are preparing for an invasion.
Fifty years ago there was an an
nouncement that an invasion would
occur. The Indians stole upon the
village in the night, and left murder,
rape and violence behind them. But
times have changed. and the invasion
OF the Sioux, after a period OF so
years will be a peaceful one.
A delegation has left st. Paul for
the Sioux reservation to bring 800
Indians who will take part in the at
tack on F't Ridgeley which is to be
reproduced at the 1908 Minnesota
state fair. in celebration Of the 5Oth
anniversary Of the state.
The coming of the Sioux will be
fraught with deep historic signifi-
canoe from the fact that the last in
taslon Of the Sioux was the massacre
of 1862, when 500 men, women and
children Of Minnesota were murder
ed.
The missionaries had done all in
their power to avert the conflict,
but they were powerless to stop ii.
The massacre was started by a small
party Of Indians in a spirit of bravo.
do mae than anything else They
chased a farmer near New Clm from
his home, followed him and then kill
ed him and his family.
The news spread like wlldfire and |
almost to a tribe the Sioux all over the |
state rose, killed the whites and de-
stroyed their homes. In an incredibly |
short time 500 had been slain. Then
the whites formed and by united
Effort crushed the uprising.
For this uprising 800 Indians were
by the federal government
md found guilty of murder and rape.
Of this number 265 were afterwards
oardoned by President Lincoln.
This, was the last invasion of ths
Sioux until the one which will occur
within a week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
PROF. II. 7. FRENCH
TELLS OF THE NEW WHEAT

Professor II. T. French, director of
the Idaho experiment station, who
has been in the city attending the ses-
sion of the state board of horticulture,
said yesterday that irresponsible in
formation had been sent out relative
to the position taken by the expert
ment station as to the Alaska wheat
and in consequence some unfair criti-
cism has been directed against tho
station, says the Lewiston Tribune.
lie said:
THE experiment station has had
nothing to do with the advertising
of this wheat. Mr.. Adams, the owner
oc the wheat, last season brought a
sample to the station for an analysis
and the test was made by Professor
j. S. Jones, the station chemist The
sample amounted to about one ounce.
1t was hard, flinty wheat, rich in
protein. Mr. Jones findings were to
the effect that he provided Mr.. Ad-
ans with a report to that effect.
. "The wheat the station analysed
and the wheat that Mr. Adams has
grown this year are not of the same
variety. The Alaska is soft white
wheat, evidently one of the Egyptian
varieties introduced in this country
many years ago. We desire to have
the people thoroughly understand the
station has not been identified with
the advertising of the Alaska wheat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
Japan Buys Russian Rails.

Vice-Consul Harry Suslow Of Mos
COW, writes that the administration
of the Russian Dnieprovsky Metal
lurgic company recently signed a
contract in st. Petersburg with the
japanese government for the supply
of 100000 pools (5SO6 tons) Of steel
rails. The weight OF the rails Is to
be "a pounds to the current foot The
rails are to be delivered at Port
Dalny for the southern parts of the
Manchurian railway
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

through the old Rimbol ditch and
how It was discontinued afte a bitter
fight incident to an overflow which
did considerable damage and caused
the city to declare the ditch a public
nuisance.
At that time Mr.. Stoddard had con.
cluded arrangements to work the
placer deposits on the old Kitchen
ranch, whose riches had been. dem.
onstrated by most thorough exam
ination and no doubt those grounds
will also profit by the new enterprise.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

The 2,250,00O tons OF coal import
ed annually by Argentina from the
United Kingdom is spoken of by the
British consul at Buenos Aires as an
important item. Suggestions have
been made by returned American
travellers that the coal operators of
the United States could also secure
orders from the River Plata.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
IOWA MAY GO DRY, SURE.
Anomaly Of Present "PrOhibitlOn" Law
Is Reviewed.

Iowa canted, decanted and recant-
ed is the way the working Of pro-
hibition in that state is summed up in
Appleton's magazine for September
by Trumbull White, who has observ-
ed the working Of the Iowa anti
liquor law for the past 20 years.
According to his conclusions the sit
uatlon in regard to liquor selling in
Iowa is much like that in reference
to race-track gambling in New York
before Governor Hughes forced the
anti-gambling act through the legis,
lature. That is to say the selling Of
liquor is forbidden by the law Of the
state, but is permitted by another law
through the device Of imposing a fine
which amounts to no more than a
license.
This measure, which is known in
Iowa as the mulct law, provides for
the virtual suspension of the pro-
hibitory statutes If the written con,
sent Of majority of the legal voters
in a city or 65 per cent Of the voters
of a county is obtained. When this is
done licenses may be issued by the
local authorities, the state license fee
being 5000, while the cities may
charge additionally whatever they
choose.
Under this system about one-fourth
Of the counties of Iowa, including
most Of the counties along the Missis-
sippi and Missouri rivers in which the
majority of the cities Of the state are
located, have legalized liquor selling.
II is, therefore, erroneous to speak
Of Iowa as a prohibition state for a
large proportion of the population live
in communities where saloons are
allowed to run openly and legally, al
though the prohibition laws passed
20 years ago never have been repeal
ed, and in some of the rural counties
are still enforc ed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

string beans, beets. sweet potatoes
and lettuce at Ingram's grocery, for
merly Demott's.
Lost-In Pendleton, August 30, one
dark bay mare colt about four months
old. Reward will be given for infor-
nation leading to recovery. Notify
L. A. Vogel, Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

Winnipeg, Sept. IA thousand
settlers in central and western Cana
da also several hundred from the
United States, are engaging IN a wild
scramble for thousands of acres of
Dominion land thrown open to set
Element today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
HAIR NATURALLY ABUNDANT.
When II Is Free OF Dandrun, II Grows
Luxurinntly.

Eeir preparations and dandruff cures.
as a rule are sticky or irritating affairs
that do no earthly good. Hair when not
diseased, grows naturally. luxu-iartly
Dandruff is the cause OF ni-e-tentSs *
all hair trouble and dandrur is caused
by germ. The only way to cure dand-
ru6 is to kill the germ; and. so far, the
only hair preparation that will positively
destroy the germ Is Newbro's HerPiclde-
absolutely harmless, free from grease.
sediment, dye matter or dangerous drugs.
IL allays itching instantly; makes hair
glossy and soft as silk Destroy tho
cause. you remove the effect" Sold -
leading druggists. Send lOc. in stamps for
sample to The Herpicide Co. Det~oi.
Mich.
Two sizes-50 cents and s1.00.
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

MENTION

| IaDStTactor, mas DeeH III the' Guy To-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Sarkis have
returned from weeks visit in Port
land
w. II. Daughtrey of the Umatilla
ranch company, is here today from
Echo.
Earl D. Borle came down from We
naha springs yesterday for a short
visit here.
X. A. Dozier and wife Of Weston
are in the city today on business
and trading "trip.
Tom Milarkey, Jr., has returned
from Lehman springs, where he pass
eG most of the summer.
j. H. McCulloch of North Yakima,
is Golden Rule guest today while
in the city on a business trip.
Orvllle Reeves has returned to the
city from the mountains, where he
had been for a Yeel''s outing.
0. F. Thompson. the pioneer ex-
sheriff of Umatila county, is here to-
day from his Buttr creek home.
Horace Walker and family have re-
turned from Portland, where they
lived during the greater part OF the
summer.
J. B. Potter who is to be assistant
instructor in science at the high
school this year, is. now here from
his home at Weston.
Jonathan Johnston, agent for the
Canadian Pacific irrigated lands at
Calgary, is in the city today in the
interest of the project.
Miss Delva St. Clair, the well known
high school graduate is visiting for
few weeks with the family of T.
NJ. Lowe at Ontario.
Mrs Joel Halstead and son Joel, Of
Echo, came down from Meacham to-
day, where they have been for the
past few weeks on an outing
Martin Compton, the well-nown
old soldier of this city, has returned
to the soldiers home at Los Angeles
after a few weeks here on business.
T. ] Matlock. the pioneer of Hepp-
ner brother OF w. F. Matlock, vice
president of the First National bank,
is here for few days on a business
trip.
F. a. Phelps, a brother of District |
Attorney. G. w. Phelps, arrived last
night from Sumpter, where he was in
business. He is now looking for
location.
Mr. and Mrs. Norbourne Berkeley
and children came down last night
from Olive lake, Grant county, where
they have been on an outing for the
past two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. stephens and
family returned to their home at
Umatilla today after several weeks
here, during which time an infant
daughter was born to them.
Mildred l.. Clemens the young la
1y in charge of the educational con-
test on the oregon Daily Journal, has
been here today for the purpose of
meeting with the local contestants.
Mrs, Eliza Walker and her son, A.
P. Bales, left this morning for Port
and, where they vii lremain for
'ew days before going up the Will
annette valley to loog for a location
or a small farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Kennedy of La &
igsnde, are in the city today looking c
'ver the field in hopes of finding a /
uitable residence for the winter in t
rider to take advantage of Pendle-
ons excellent schools. q? a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
Fireman Falls TO Death.

S. Ota, a fireman on pile-driver
engine of the Northwestern Lumber
company, at Kerriston, fell 40 feet
from a trestle there wednesday after
noon and was killed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
Deputy Made Long Drive.

Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakeley RE
turned this afternoon from the Potts
country, where he had been to serve
some papers in an Iowa civil suit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01
Boys Legs Broken.

Fred Thompson, aged II, had both
legs broken a few days ago near Oso
by being thrown from load of shin
gle bolts during a runaway.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

Really needing the money is a great
cure for squeamishneSs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

Massage, shampooing and mani
curing, Room 5, Smth-Crawford
building.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

a marriage license was issued today
to Amos L, Myrick and Miss Eliza
beth Brewster.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

Cucumbers. sweet corn, tomatoes,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-01

Two sizes-50 cents and S1.00.
s.. c. Koeppen & Bros
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-18
FEDERAL PATRONAGE
PLAYING BIG PART
President Anti-Taft Men Say
Leaves No Stone Unturned
to Help Secretary.

The anti-Roosevelt-Taft Republi-
cans have been denouncing tie use OF
Presidential patronage to influence
the selection of delegates to the Re
publican convention. That only thost
favorable to the Presidents policies"
were being appointed was charged in
all directions and much of the evil
dence seemed to confirm the charges.
Now comes President Roosevelt and
enters general denial and declares
that the boot is on the other leg, for
those who have yeen violating AL
Civil Service injunctions "have been
men who are not working for Mr..
Taft
Yet in spit of this denial by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, of the misuse Of of
fetal patronage his admission that
his Interference with patronage mat
tiers in Ohio has been limited to Ii
sisting, as / should insist anywhere
else, that opposition to the purposes,
policies and friends of the Admins
tration SHALL not be considered as a
necessary prerequisite to holding the
commission of the President" WON'T
seem to admit that only Roosevelt
men are placed on guard The next
day Senator Foraker in the Senate
gave the evidence that convicted
President Roosevelt of trying 10 CO
cree an Ohio postmaster. These Re
publican squabbles over the spoils o.
Office. and the evident intention of
the dominant Republican faction to
perpetuate its power by all means
possible, is Of little interest 10 Dem
ocrats, except as it interferes wits
good government
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-18

Mrs. Readings maiden name was
Margery Ostrander, daughter of Thad-
deus Ostrander. the homestead being
near Luton, Ont. About forty-two
years ago Mrs. Redding went to Vir.
ginia City, Nevada, where she mar
ried a Mr.. Wedrow. On his death she
married Robert Redding, who was in
terested in mining in New Mexico. He
also kept a saloon, and Mrs. Redding
kept rooming house. The couple
amassed considerable wealth, being
owners of the Ruby mine, Lone Noun
tain, New Mexico, and at the time OF
her death Mrs. Redding owned shares
in two other mines. Mrs. Redding
visited her relatives in Elgin county
in the winter of 1906-1907, and again
came back in January last Her hus-
band committed suicide several years
ago. The relatives here are Mrs. H.
q. Balcomb, Aylmer, a sister; Mrs.
Wilson, 81 Hughes street, st. Thorn
as, sister; William 0strander, Lu-
ton, brother, and James Ostrander
of Michigan, now in Elgin county on
a visit, brother. Mrs. Charles Break
enbury, st. Thomas, us niece. De
ceased was "a years of age.
Becoming anxious as to her sister,
Mrs. Balcomb wrote to Mrs. Richard
son. of Douglas, Arizona, an old friend
of deceased, and received a couple of
disquieting letters. Then on Monday
came the following telegram from
MRS. RICHARDSON:
Ars. Redding found dead at Den
ing, New Mexico, on Friday last. \
money"
A peculiar and puzzling feature of
the case is the fact that Mrs. Red
ding's principal piece of baggage, a
large trunk, is missing. The deceased
lady had two trunks and two suit
cases or grips. On the body was
found the baggage checks for one
trunk and two grips, while the most
important trunk check and the trunk
itself were missing. In the missing
trunk were valuable papers, consist
ing of bonds, stocks and securities,
besides costly silks and wearing ap-
pareL The old lady had several hun
dred dollars worth of fabrics in the
way of unmade and made-up clothing.
When Mrs. Redding left Aylmer it
was with the expressed intention of
starting a large rooming house in
Douglas, Arizona
At times Mrs. Redding was some
what childish, being sufferer from
nervous troubles. In February Mrs
Balcomb accompanied Mrs. Redding
to st. Louis for special treatment,
which appeared to do her consider
able good. While in Aylmer, Mrs.
Redding was treated by DR.. McLay,
and while visiting her sister, Mrs.
Williams, in ST. Thomas, was attend
ed by DR.. Curtis.
The suicide theory is not enter
tanned by the relatives. The deceased
had been in the habit Of using lauda-
mum for over fourteen years, and had
used but little or none out of the bot
tie found beside her after leaving Ayl-
mer.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-18
'DONAU IS NAMED
ON CREDENTIALS
viii Be Pima County's Repre-
sentative on Committee at
the Tucson Convention,

TUCSON, April I7.--Alfred s. Do
nau win be Pima countys representa-
tive on the committee on credentials
at the republican territorial sconyen-
ton tomorrow, unless there should
be some change In the present pro-
gram.
This information was learned au-
thoritatively from several sources
and his selection is regarded as final.
This selection is the most import
ant thus far made. for il win be the
committee on credentials which will
play the important role early in the
convention. 1t is this committee that
will decide which contesting delega-
ton from Phoenix, from Globe and
from Bisbee shall be seated. Almost
to certainty the recommendation of
the credentials committee will be
adopted by the general convention.
To all appearances the selection of
Donau for the important position is
none too promising for the Kibbey
delegation fromPhoenix. It would not
appear that Donau has any too friend
ly feeling for the governor in view
of events during the past few years.
In this connection the Tucson Citi-
cen prints an interesting story of a
recent political event, as follows:
Not so long since that the memory
has been dimmed, Donau was one of
the five members of the territorial
board of equalization. The subject
of a big raise in mine taxation was
occupying the attention of the terri
tory. The board of equalization was
meeting with the governor in Phoe-
nix. The governor bluntly told the
board to put a high raise on the
mines. -Four members of the board
bowed to the territorial executives
will. Donau alone had a mind and
a will of his own. He politely in
formed the governor that he thought
the proposed raise too high and an
injustice.
Either obey or I will remove
you,' was the substance of what the
governor said to Donau.
1t will be unnecessary. Here is
my resignation. l wish 1t to be known
that am one of the men who win
not be mere puppet for some one
else was the substance Of Donau's
warm reply.
The latter then walked out of the
room. Since that time Kibbey and
Donau have greeted each other very
formally when they met. And it was
less than three years ago that this
incident occurred. Perhaps there
will be another show of independence
at the convention tomorrow.
Colonel Sturges is expected in town
today. Sturges will come with his
political knife sharpened to a keen
edge. He failed to get the endorse
ment of the Pima county delegation
for national committeeman. He
blames Governor Kibbey for having
taken hand in this action. He pro-
poses to return the compliment on
Saturday. And his friends say he
will make good, for the colonel has
been long in Arizona politics and has
many warm supporters outside Of
Pima county.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-18

Editor of the Evening News.
Dear Sir: I feel it my duty to give
you some particulars regarding the
death of the above lady and as her
friends all live here, / thought 1t
might enable you to come to some
conclusion regarding her decease.
On March 26, Mrs. Redding, Mrs.
Randall Cline of Aylmer and Mrs. La
Porte of Amheretsburg, bought tick
cts for the west, Mrs. Cline saying
that she was going home with her
aunt. wherever that might be. 1t was
rumored here that Mrs. Redding had
an amount of money in her posses
sion, somewhere about $500, and peo-
pie remarked that it was a strange
affair for these parties to accompany
Mrs. Redding without they had some
motive in 1t. II was also said that
Mrs. Redding was OF an erratic tenn
permanent and by some considered to
be bordering on insanity. 1t was found
that she drew from the Traders bank
the $500 when she went away She
started from here with two trunks
and two suit cases and in one of the
trunks were valuable papers consist
ing of bonds, stocks and securities,
besides costly silks made and unmade
and wearing apparel.
Mrs. Cline is a large bony woman,
fully six feet in height and weighs
ESQ or 260 pounds.
Mrs. LaPorte is probably an inch
shorter and weighs upward of 200
pounds. Both are nieces of Mrs. Red
ding.
l enclose you a clipping from the
St Thomas Times.
company no one knows but II is con-
jectured that it must have been one
of those women in disguise. Yours
respectfully,
CHIEF OF POLICE,