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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
Good for Morrn,y County

Heppner has never lost her reputa-
ton of being one Of the very best
towns in eastern Oregon, and she is
not kelly to. Her banks hardly
knew there was a money stringency
last fall and her business houses are
all financially strong and flourishlng.
In fact, we do not hear any complaints
for the farmers of Morrow county.
All are wide awake and progressive
which goes long way towards
making a prosperous and lively town
and county. There was about a mill
lion and a half dollars of wheat pro-
duced in the county last year, n
quarter Of million dollars worth of
wool sold and about a half million
dollars worth of livestock sold.
The agricultural products will In
crease year by year and the livestock
industry will decrease very little If
any. Indeed, the prospects are very
bright for Heppner, and we will con-
tinue to grow as the country becomes
more thickly opulated.-Heppner
Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22

Washington. Feb 22.-Under cer-
tain conditions President Roosevelt
may break all precedent and attend
the republican national convention at
Chicago.
He will do this for two reasons.
One is to prevent any enthustic
friend from attempting to engineer a
stampede in his favor and the other
is to see that the national commit
tee plays fair in its decisions in rela-
tion to the contesting delegations
from the states where the anti-organ-
ization republicans are fighting Taft
men.
1t is believed that a well defined
plan is being made to put enough
contesting delegations into the field
to throw the control or the conven-
tion into the hands of the national
committee who will pass on the clafSas
of the rival sets Of delegates.
President Roosevelt realizes that
certain interests would go so far and
spend great amount Of money to
swing the convention away from Taft
To see that no such gigantic
scheme of political fraud is consum-
mated would be the presidents aim.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22

Thirty years ago a 16-year-old boy
left his home in Washington. Iowa, to
seek his fortune in the west. For 80
years the mother of that boy looked
in vain for tidings from her lost son.
but at last her patient long ng has
been awarded That boy is now Archie
McAvoy of Albion, Wash. well known
and highly respected, and the mother
and sister of Mr.. McAvoy, are now
residents of Colfax, Wash, says the
Athena Press.
Neither had heard a word from the
other for 80 years until this week.
when by chance the mother learned Of
the name and at once telephoned him
to find if he might be her long miss
ing son.
They have not yet met, as Mr.. Nc
Avoy finds 1t impossible to get away
from friend near his farm home who
has the smallpox and requires his at
tention, but he will soon find opportu-
nifty to so and see his mother and
sister. But Is miles have been be-
tween mother and son since the for
mer has been a resident of ColfaX.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
BAILEY is A CANDIDATE.
Wishes to Represent Western Part of
County as Commissioner.

Joe Bailey, the we'll known Echo
farmer, has announced himself as a
candidate for county commissioner to
succeed Horace Walker and his NOM
mating petition is now in the office
of the county clerk. He is the third
candidate now out for commissioner
the others being Mr. Walker, present
incumbent, and a. H. Sunderman.
The following is the platform Of
Mr.. Bailey as it appears upon his pc
tition:
'If am nominated and elected
will during my term of office en-
deavor to conduct myself in such
manner as to warrant the respect and
esteem of the electors of the county.
Consider all questions submitted to
me in a careful and business like
manner and act for the best interests
of the people of the county"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
OPERATORS WAGES CUT.
Western Union Orders 10 Per Cent
Reduction on March 1.

While the Pendleton office of the
Western Union Telegraph company
nave held UP well in volume OF bus
mess during the dull season which
has been experienced elsewhere in
the business of this company, yet the
Pendleton offices will be hit by the
salary reductions which will be made
on March /.
Sweeping orders for 10 per cent
reduction n the salaries of all man.
ayers, superintendents, operators ana
all others drawing $40 per month
employed by the Western Union have
been issued to take effect March 1,
and the three people employed in the
local offices will be required to sub
NIT to this cut in wages.
While many of the offices of the
Western Union in the northwest show
to from so to rs per cent snce the
beginning of the financial furry the
Pendleton office has held up well and
shows a decline in business of about
20 per cent over the same period of
last year. Notwithstanding this ex-
cellent business showing, Pendleton's
office must suffer the reduction in
salaries.
About year ago the Western union
operators received an advance of 10
per cent in salaries and this reduc-
tlon will place them practically on
the old scale The orders for the
present reduction in wages does not
carry a promise for restoration of
wages when business improves and
is taken to mean a permanent reduc-
ton
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
New Road Is Speedy.

That the North Bank road trains
be able to reduce the running time
between Spokane and Portland mater
tally when the line is thrown open for
operation became striklngly apparent
as the result Of the tour of inspection
that has just been made by President
Elliott, OF the Northern Pacific. and
his party, says the Heppner Times.
For a considerable portion OF the dis
tance between Collins Springs. where
the party boarded the special at Pas
co, the train hit up a clip better than
40 miles an hour. This is cons dered
remarkable, especially for new roaA
The construction work on the line
between Vancouver and Kalama is
such that a running time of so miles
an hour can be made by limited
trains. The line was Inspected for
a distance of 107 miles, Track has
been laid west as far as Stevenson,
and will be completed into Vancouver
W thin two weeks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22

Pendleton will have a league base
ball team If the business men and
others will but take the $4,000 in. stock
that must be subscribed before the
league proposition can be undertaken.
That the stock will be easily sold is
declared by those behind the move
ment for league team and a good
start has already been made.
AT the meeting held last evening in
the library of the Commerc al associ-
! alton a dozen or more fans were pres
ent to listen to the proposition Of
Jack O'Brien. w. F. Guion called the
meeting to order and District Attor-
ney Phelps was nominated for tenn
porary chairman. However. he de-
clined the same in favor of Mr. Guion
and R. w. Henneman was chosen as
temporary secretary.
Messrs. Guion and O'Brien then told
of their informal canvass of the city
yesterday and said they had found
merchants and banks all willing to
take stock in liberal quantities. Ac-
cording to their statements, a total
Of $765 had been subscribed includ-
ing the subscriptions given last even
ing.
Today several subscription papers
are being circulated by different
parties in hopes of securing takers for
the remainder of the stock. OF the
stock being subscribed it will be
necessary for stockholders to pay but
one-half down at present, while the
remainder will be called for in May.
Old Association Meets.
j. r. Raley, president of the old
baseball assoc, alton, has called a
meeting of that body to be held in
his office at o'clock tomorrow after
noon. The meeting win be for the
purpose of closing up the affairs of
last years club.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22

Washington. Feb. ga general
shaking up of the interstate COM
merce commission may result because
of the attitude OF the commissioners
toward the presidents order calling
for the investigation of railroad wage
reduction.
The president has been Informed
that Chairman Knapp has said to a
friend that the presidents letter was
merely a political document"
Members of the commission were
amazed at the receipt of the letter or
dering them to take up the wage rate
question. They could not find a shred
Of authority by either law or prece-
dent to justify them in doing such a
thing.
They frankly state that the COM
mission does not intend to take any
steps.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
Bankers Visit Athena

Monte b, Gwinn, president, and j.
W. Maloney, cashier. of the Pendle-
ton Savings bank, were in the city
Tuesday The bankers met many Of
Athena's business men,. This was Mr..
Gwinn's first visit to Athena and he
was very favorably impressed with
the appearance of the town. Jim's
friends were pleased to meet him, as
they always are. Mr. Gwinn stated
that his bank is enjoying the largest
volume of patronage in its history and
is gaining business every day He re-
Gently returned from the east and
said that the commercial basis there
was becoming settled back to its nor
NAL Mathematician Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22

Sheriff Taylor came down from
Pendleton yesterday in search OF two
men who had burglarized a store
there, says The Dalles Chronicle. The
men had been here and disposed Of
some OF their loot to local people.
They had stolen knives razors, cloth
ing and fountain pens. They had sold
some razors and a fountain pen here.
Chief of Police Sexton located these
articles and the person to whom they
We're sold accompanied Sheriff Taylor
to Portland where they found the two
men they wanted. They were escort,
ed to Pendleton, where they will have
to answer to the charge for which
they were arrested.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
Completing Irrigation system.

The Freewater, Milton and Hudson
Bay Irrigation company is just com
pleting its ditch system in the north
part of the county and will reclaim
1900 acres of new land this season.
The ditch system when complete will
comprise 80 miles of laterals and dis
tributing bitches and about nine
miles of main canal. It is a winter
irrigation proposition and will use the
flood waters of the Tumalum and
Walla Walla rivers for irrigation. The
land under the bitches is all fine al
falfa and fruit land and is being
brought into cultivation RAPIDLY.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
HERE FROM GOLDFIELD.
Bert ID. White OF the Denny Dulin
Mine. Is Guest ut Hotel Pendle-
ton for a Few Days.


Mine. Is II Guest at Hotel Pendle-
ton for Few Days.
Bert D. White, representative OF
the Denny-Dulin mine of Goldfield,
Nevada, is a guest of Hotel Pendle-
ton for a few days while in the city
in the interest Of the mine.
The DennyDulin Is located in the
Gold mountain district south of Gold
field and is one of the richest proper
ties in that section of Nevada. For
many years past the rich ore from this
mine has been hauled out by wagon
rs miles to Candelar'a, but during the
past year two lines of railroad have
been completed to the mine and the
ere is now shipped out by rail.
Reduction works have just been
completed at Goldfield, also making
K possible to treat the low grade ore
as we'll as the richer ore which has
been shipped out heretofore. 1t now
costs about SIS per ton for mining
and milling expenses.
Two producing, mines in the same
district are shipping ore which nets
500 per ton after all expenses have
been paid
The Denny-Duln is putting in new
machinery and is preparing to begin
extensive operations this spring. The
shafts are now down to such depth
that machinery is absolutely neces-
sary and $4,000 worth of new equip
ment is now on the way to complete
the facilities of the mine.
Among the directors of the Denny
Dulin company in oregon are Judge
Thomas O'Day, DR.. Sanford Whiting
and Alex Sweek of Portland.
Mr.. White will be at the Pendleton
several days in the interest of the
mine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
BIG MIDDLE WEIGHT SCRAP.
Pugs in 20 Round Go at Ocean View
This Afternoon.

San Francisco, Feb. 22.-With fall
weather promised, a bumper crowd
is expected at the ocean View arena
this afternoon to witness the fight for
the middle weight championship elm
nation scrap between Stanley Ketch-
ell and Mike Twin Sullivan.
The fighters weighed In at 1915
this morning and neither budged the
scales, which were set at the 154-
pound mark.
This morning the betting was to
/ that Ketchel would win and even
money that Sullivan would last 30
rounds. The scheduled distance is
20 rounds
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
RITNER HAS RESIGNED.
Savings Bank Teller win Go Into
Business for Himself.

Roy w. Ritner teller of the Saw
ings bank. has resigned his position
in the bank and the same will take
effect the first of March. He leaves
the bank after nine years continuous
service in the institution and during
the time he has been there has held
various positions of responsibility. He
has served as teller for the past two
years.
According to Mr.. Ritner he will
henceforth engage in business for
himself Ne viii devote the next few
months to some work as grand sec,
retary of the Redmen and during the
summer he will go east to attend the
national gathering OF that order.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
SUMPTER VALLEY RAILROAD EXTENSION

Hood River Ore, Feb. 22.-The
preliminary plans are said to be in
process of formation for the extension
Of the Hood River road up the valley
and the extension of the Sumpter
Valley railroad forming the road for
central Oregon with a terminus at
Prinevile.
A party of surveyors are at work
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22

at present under the charge of Engi-
neer Joseph A. West. Work on the
extension of~the Hood River road has
already begun, steam shovel gang
going to work at Dee yesterday.
The proposed extension of the
Sumpter Valley line would cause it
to pass through Canyon City, Grant
county, to Prineville.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
Wasco Editor Here.

w. d. Walker, editor of the Wasco
News, is in the city today on tour
Of eastern Oregon. Prospects for a
large settlement in the central por-
tion of Wasco county and throughout
all OF that section of the state this
spring are good.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
ElgIht starters in Derby.

Emeryville, Cal, Feb. 22.-Eigh.
contenders will fight for the honor Of
winning the California derby today
ever the fast Emeryville track. The
prospects are for fast track and
big crowd.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
II. b. Knight to Locate at Caldwell.

Mr. Knight, son of the financial
secretary of the College of Idaho, ar
rived in Caldwell last week from Ia
coma, Wash. II. b. Knight, senior,
has been in Caldwell for some time
and contemplates locating In the near
future-Caldwell ews.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
HUGHES FOR DEFINITE POLICY

Declares Public Confidence Can Only
BE Restored by Settled Govern
ment Policy.
New York, Feb Ex-Governor
Hughes in delivering a Washington
birthday address before the Union
League club today urged a settled
governmental policy as the only
means of restoring public confidence
in the commercial world.
He declared the federal state laws
should be definite and applied with
precision to practices sought to be
reached
Enforcement of just laws has no
terrors for those engaged in legiti-
mate business. The way to get rid
of abuses is to attack them directly"
he said.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22

The state railroad commission has
received from the o. r. & ~, the
Southern Pacific, the c. & e. and 9TH
er roads doing business in the state.
lists of names of persons enjoying
free transportation privileges over the
lines. The Southern Pacific has an
proximately 5000 dead heads" on its
list. and the other 5000 being divided
between the other roads.-Salem
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
ROOSEVELT MAY
BREAK PRECEDENT
Will Probably Attend the Re.
publican National Conven-
ton at Chicago.
To PREVENT STAMPEDE AND
ENCOURAGE FAIR PLAY

Don't Wish An Enthusiastic Friend
TO Start Any Stampede In His Di-
rcction--Wants Contested Delega-
tlOns TO Receive Fair Play I'm De-
clsions In State Were Anti-Organ-
nzation Men Are Fighting Taft Men
-Iiealizes That Certain Set Will Go
Far to Swing Convention Against
Taft.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
POPULAR BUSINESS
MAN A BANKRUPT
Lee TeutSCh in Financial
Troubles and Receiver is
Appointed,
ASSETS ARE $4,000 AND
LIABILITIES s44, 4,S63.9f.

i. c. Taylor Appointed Receiver for
Mr.. Tcutsch's Property Outside
Investments I'm Mercantile Estab-
lishments Brought Troubles Upon
Him-Owned Stores in Illinois and
Idaho - Failure Generally Re-
GREETED by All-Hope Expressed
That Matters May Soon Be Righted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
ORGANIZED FIGHT
ON PROHIBITION
National Federation Formed
to Put Down Growing Tenn
peranCe Sentiment.
WILL WORK THROUGH
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS

Executive Headquarters Are in Chi
cago and John A. McDermOnt
Heads the Federation - General
Plan for Preliminary Contests Have
Been Formulated - Formation OF
Publicity Bureau One of Fedora
tons First Efforts-WlIl Distribute
Immense Quantities of Printed Mat
ter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
FRISCO BANK FAILS.

Market Street Institution Forced TO
Close on Account of Cash Short
age.
San Francisco, Feb. 21-The Mar
ket Street bank suspended this morn
ing on account of inability to get a
cash fund to meet the depositors de-
mands.
The bank is said to be abundantly
solvent and VII pay out in full. Diff
ficulty in making collections without
working great hardships on many of
the local merchants was the main
cause of the banks failure to get the
needed cash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
Sacramento Union Sold to Syndicate.

Sacramento. Feb. 22.-The Morn
ing Union, one of the Oldest papers
in California, has been purchased by
the Calkins newspaper syndicate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
COMMISSION IS
AMAZED At ORDER
President RooseveIt'S Letter
on Wage Rate Question is
Pulling,
GENERAL sHAKEUP MAY
RESULT OVER MATTER

Interstate Commission Say They Can
Find No Shred OF Authority Either
BY Law or Precedent to Justify
Them I'm Doing Such Thing
Frankly Admit That Commission
Will Take No Action'-Chalrman
Says Letter Is Merely Political
Document"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
SCOTT DENIES
STEFFENS' STORY
SAYS MAGAZINE ARTICLE
is PURE FABRICATION

Denies Both Authorship and Knowl-
edge Of Any Agreement Between
Senator Bourne I'm Relation to the
Senatorship-Telegram Was Not
Written hy Mr.. Scott Nor Dictated
BY. Him Nor Had He Seen II Until
the Magazine Article Was Handed
Him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
GOOD PROSPECTS
FOR LEAGUE BALL
MERCHANTS WILL BE ASKED
TO SUBSCRIBE STOCK

Promoters Say Stock VIII Easily Be
Disposed Of-Good Start Has Al
ready Been Made-W. f. Guion
Chosen Temporary Chairman and
II. w. Henneman. Temporary Sec
retary OF Organization-Old Asso-
citation VIII Meet TO Complete Bus
iness.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-02-22
Assets Are Greater.

AS shown by the figures of the
petition, Mr.. Teutsch's as
sets are as follows:
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

The business men of Tabor held
a meeting last Friday for the pur-
pose of discussing the matter of
securing attractions for the 28th
day of September, this year. In
years past large crowds Of people
came to Tabor on this day to at
tend the dances, and in view Of
this it seemed advisable to the bu-
siness men to give the visitors
some street attractions and ather
amusements. A committee was
appointed to arrange matters for
that day. An effort will be made
to secure Bohemian speaker to
address the visitors, ball game
and numerous other things, the
outcome of which will be announ-
ced later.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
0BY THE COUNTY sUPERINTENDENT o

Success is a mixture composed
of 50 per cent brains and 50 per
cent hard work.. There are about
twenty schools that have not yet
secured teachers.
Pies Wenzlaff of the Spring
field Normal is taking up his
work with a zeal and earnestness
that bodies we'll for the institution.
Misses Margaret Williams and
Grace Morrison are teaching the
third year in their respective
school
Every school should be equip
ped with a Webster's Information
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10

al dictionary. This is a very use
full and necessary book for the
schoo!room. A poorly equipped
school is like a poorly equipped
farm. Sc Sec. las of school law.
The boy or the girl who starts
in the first day and who is neither
absent nor tardv the whole term
is the boy or the girl who has the
opportunity Of getting the great
est good from the school.
Every teacher should notify the
county superintendent the open
ing of his or her school, at least,
by the close of the first week. See
Sec. I37 OF the school law. Use
blank furnished in teachers book
of blanks. These may be had by
calling for them from the clerk.
From the standpoints of atten-
dance and interest. the following
teachers have an almost perfect
institute record for this year: Mar
garet Williams, Katherine Daub,
Bertha Eads, Agnes Abbott, Blan
che Rehner, Mary E. Wood, Eli
zabeth Wagner. Orpha Pegley, c.
c. Carkuff, Matte Nc Burney,
Edith Stevens, Jessie Gardner,
Mary Juran, Nellie Sutten, Lula
Morgan, Katherine Hebner, Stan
lev Kramar, Boletta Bruce, Nora
P4tten, Frances Minnich, Anna
Sneider, Anna Libertin, Jos. Wal
dner. 1t is to be regretted very
much that unavoidable circums-
tances prevented severa! very ear
nest conscientious teachers from
earning a place in the above list.
Itis very encouraging to note
the large number Of districts that
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-09-10
BlaChnik Wagner NuptlaIs.

A pre- tty wedding took place in
the Catholic church of this place
Monday morning when Alois Bla-
chnlk and Miss Emilia Wagner
were united in matrimony, Rev. +
A. Bouska officiating and Emil
BlaChnik a brother of the groom
and Miss Anna Souhrada acting
as best man and brides maid res
pectively. The wedding was a
quiet affair, only members of the
families being present. The
young people were born in this
community, they are highly res
pected and enjoy the friendship OF
all. The bride is daughter oi
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Wagner
who have farm east of town and
the groom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. F. Blachnik. At pre-.
sent heNis, conducting the Tabor
Meat Market. They will make
their home in town. The Inde.
pendent joins with their many
friends in wishing them happiness
and success in matrimcny.