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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN.
Yakima Association Going After
Proposition In Earnest.

The much advertised good roads
campaign to be carried on In Yakima
county now appears to be assured
When the executive committee of the
Yakima County Good Roads associa-
ton met last evening its members in
structed Secretary H. j. James of the
Commercial club, to see Prof. Lam
caster Of the University of Washing
ton, and Samuel Hill, president Of the
State Good Roads association, and
ask them to outline a campaign, fix
ing dates, places Of meeting, etc. 1t
Is the desire of the Yakima county
organization that the meetings be held
at an early date. Mr.. James will see
the aforementioned good roads ex-
perts at Walla Walla next week when
the National Educational congress is
held in that city.
Prof. Lancaster has recently return
ed from Paris, where he went to at
tend the International Good Roads
meeting. He is perfectly familiar
with conditions in the Yakima valley.
Mr.. Hill has also made a study of the
requirements for good roads in this
county. The knowledge Of both these
men will be a material aid to the
association in getting the
good roads plan into operation
Yakima Republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
MOTHER COMPELLED TO
ADOPT HER OWN DAUGHTER

Unique in the annals of the county
court is the petition to adopt her own
daughter, filed this morning by Mrs.
Anna l.. Hudson, says the Journal.
She wishes to adopt 7-year-old Lulu
Fern Hudson, who was given to Mrs.
James Martell three years ago, when
it was believed Mrs. Hudson would
live only a few months. But Mrs.
Hudson recovered and Mrs. Martell
died. The petition shows that in 1905
Mrs. Hudson, who is a widow, lived in
Utah with her child. She had gone
there in the hope of regaining her
health but believed that she would not
live longer than few months. and
the little girl was adopted by James
Martell and his wife. Mrs. Hudson
did not die, however, and the child
has been with her practically all the
time. When Mrs. Hudson again re-
covered her health she returned to
Oregon. Tn the meantime Mrs. Mar
tell has died, and Mr.. Martell is re-
garded by law as the parent of the
little girl, through the adoption in
Utah He has given his consent to
the adoption of Lulu by her mother,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
FARMERS FAVOR OPEN RIVER.
Lewiston Commercial Club Taking
Stock Subscriptions.

The plans of the Lewiston Com
mercal club to secure stock subscrip-
tons to the Open River association
Ia the prairie sections tributary to
Lewiston will be heartily supported
according to the statements of prom
inent merchants and farmers from
the upper country who have visited
the city during the past week, says
the Lewiston Teller.
The people Of the upper country
feel the opening Of the rivers be-
tween Lewiston and Portland will re-
suit in material benefit TO every in
dustry The merchant will be grant
ed a material reduction upon the
freight tariffs; the farmer will mar
ket his products at reduction of so
per cent from present charges, and
the Independent electric railways now
being constructed and planned will
be afforded an outlet for the tonnage
gathered along their lines and will be
given an opprtunlty to bid for the
delivery of inland freight deposited att
Lewiston by the Independent line of
steamers.
All of the conditions and benefits
connected with the opening Of the
water transportation from Lewiston
to the sea have been carefully con-
by the prairie people and now
that the open River association Isl
ready to place the Independent
steamer in operation between Lewis
ton and the portage road. the project
will be literally supported.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18

sis days, and no less than six hours
each day.
Miss Sands was recently visiting at
the home Of this business man when
hc remarked that he did not think a
woman could paint sign elevated
more than short distance from the
ground. Miss Sands at once declared
she would accomplish the feat If given
the opportunity.
The sign on the Kanter building Is
SO by 1G feet. 1t Is but a few feet
from the edge Of the roof, and the
sidewalk on Monroe avenue Is 12O feet
below. Miss Sands will have to work
on scaffold 16 inches wide.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
BILLEK LEGALLY DEAD.
Strange Defense 10 BE Put Up by
Manifold Murderer.

hdthioln huIutTtT.
Chicago, Nov. l6.-That Herman
Billek. the Bohemian hypnotist and
fortune teller who was convicted of
the murder of several members of the
Vrzal family. is legally dead, is the
novel plea TO be made by Attorney
Hinckley before Judge Barnes in an
attempt to save Bilck from the gal
lows when the court convenes TO pro-
nouucc sentence on the "evil-cye"
poisoner tomorrow.
Billek was sentenced to be hanged
last summer. The day Of execution
came, but the United States court
took a hand in the case and Billek
was given leave to appeal to the SUI
preme court of the United states. That
court found that It had no jurisdic-
ton and the case came back to Judge
Barnes for re-sentence. II Is now
claimed that in the absence of any
order resembling or postponing the
previous sentence Of death, Billek, in
legal theory, is already dead, and
HtICt CdIH't ~ S'HltUttu " pay any
penalty whatsoever.
II is not considered likely that this
plea will be upheld by the court and
1t is highly probable that the arch
roisoner will again be sentenced to
be hanged by the neck until dead"
Catholic priests and sisters have been
active in attempting to prove Billek's
but while their efforts have
tended to discredit some of the evil
dence adduced at the trial. it has not
been sufficient to remove Billek from
the shadow of the gallows
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
REMNANT OF BACHELORS
CLUB HOLDS \ MEETING

Cleveland, O.-The original Bache-
lors' club Of Cleveland which num-
bered 200 at its founding on Octo-
Der 30, 1896, held its annual meeting
Thursday with four members present
President Reilly, for some time the
only one on hand, diverted his mind
from the narrowing loss sustained by
the club through matrimony by call
ing the meeting to order and giving
himself a unanimous vote for presi-
dent for the ensuing year. Later on
Martin Sanders, Edwin c. Davies and
Dick Stowe arrived and were elected
vice president, secretary and watch
man, respectively.
Before election they had to swear
a solemn vow of total abstinance
from matrimony. Taking the men,
bership list the president then call
ed the roll, but nobody answered
yes" as some pretty girl had said
it for each one of them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
BURGLAR LOST TINE IN
TRYING ON OVERCOATS
Delayed TOO Long in Trying on Gar
mcnts and He Was Arrested While
Leaving store.

Detroit, Mich.-Willam Pifer. a
stovemaker. was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Dunross as he was emerging
from large hole in the plate glass
window of Gately's store shortly
after o'clock at night.
Pfer willingly told how be hap
pened to be coming out OF the hole.
II was cold, officer, and as | was
passing the store | noticed lot of
overcoats I'm the window" he said.
trhinks me, III have one OF those,
but the windows were locked and
couldn't reach them. ] went around
In the alley. took large brick and
put II through the window. Then !
crawled in.
II tried on five or six overcoats,
but they didn't suit me. They didn't
have any of those straight-back ef-
fects, and that's what / wanted.
was just coming out OF the window
when / bumped into this gentleman"
Several suits of clothes We're piled
up inside OF the window ready to be
carried off. The window is worth
several hundred dollars.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
FRUIT RA|SERS
GET TOGETHER
MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED
IN COMING MEETING.
Albany Apple Fair Most Successful
Ever Held In That Cily-Orcgon
Dairy Association Recognized at
Washingtor-BIg Rally VIII BE
Held at White Salmon-RailrOad
Development In Northwest.

Portland, Ore, Nov. 16.-Interest
In the Joint melting Of the State HOr-
tlcultural society and the Northwest
Frultgrowers' association Is universal
throughout the this part of the Unit
ed States and British Columbia. The
state association holds a convention
in Portland Tuesday, December /
this Is followed by two days meeting
OF the northwest association. Con-
vention and exhibit will occupy two
floors OF the Woodmen's hall, llth
and Alder streets. A night session
win be held IN the convention room
on Tuesday, and a reception will be
rendered to the delegates TO both
conventions on Thursday evening
December g. by the Portland Com
mercal club from to II o'clock.
The prizes for this show are very
much the most valuable ever offered
and an enormous attendance Is an
ticipated.
Albany Apple Fair
The Albany apple fair occupied the
center Of the stage in Oregon actlvi-
ties last week. Albany gave Portland,
Eugene and Salem an object lesson
In entertaining that II will take these
cities a long time to equal. The town
is growing and building hard surface
pavements while apples shown were
equal to the best.
Oregon Dairy Association.
The oregon State Dairy association |
has been recognized by the agricultu-
raj department al Washington. -. C.. |
and assurance is given that govern
ment experts will participate in the |
convention on December 10 and II at
Salem. A rate of fare and a third
for the round trip has been made |
from all points in this state.
White Salmon Rally.
Klickitat countys citizens Joined |
In a monster optimistic rally al |
White Salmon. Wash, last Saturday.
Expert publicity men and railroad Of |
flcials were present from Portland to |
take part I'm the event. which was one
OF the most successful ever held I'm |
the Evergreen State.
WallOwa Railway.
In line with the general railroad
development Of this northwestern
country was the completion OF the
railroad from Elgin to Enterprise.
which affords an easy market for the
Wallowa valley. The final terminus
viii be Joseph.
Advertising Force.
No more interesting talk was ever
made before the Portland Ad club
than the address delivered by DR.. W.
T. Williamson on Suggestion the
Chief Force Of Advertising Mem
bers and their friends filled the nall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
FROM SPOKANE TO
PORTLAND IN 10 HOURS

A cut OF six hours in the time be-
tween here and Portland will be
made by the Spokane, Portland and
Seattle road when it begins operating
its passenger service, which will be
within week or 10 days, according
to a statement made by President
Howard Elliott In Portland a few
days ago, says the Spokane Chronicle.
He also informed President Goodall
of the Spokane Chamber of Com
merce that n 10-hOur passenger ser
vice would be given between the two
cities. The plan is to put on two pas
senger trains each way daily, one
leaving Spokane in the morning and
one in the evening, making it possible
for one to leave here in the morning
and make the entire trip by daylight.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
WILL PLAY BASKET
AyI.. BALL ON SKATES

About 10 young men are practicing
hard for a place on the roller skating
basket ball team which is to represent
McMinnville this year against the
teams in the Willamette valley.
Among the towns to be played are
Falls city, Newberg, Dallas, Salem,
Woodburn and Roseburg. Although
this is the first year for basketball on
skates here, McMinnville will be rep
resented by an exceedingly fast bunch
and will undoubtedly make a credit
able showing against the older and
more experienced teams of the neigh
boring cities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
WOMAN TO PAINT SIGN
100 FEET FROM GROUND.

Detroit, Mach.-1f the leading par
titan in a most unique wager follows
out the requirements she must meet
to win the bet Detroiters will be treat
ed to the uncommon sign of local
young woman artist, Miss Flossie
Sands, painting a hugh billboard on
the top OF the Kanter building, on
the Campus. The other party to the
wager is n well known business man.
The terms state that in case Miss
Sands fails to paint the sign she will
forfeit 500 and same amount will
go to her II she succeeds. The terms
also require that she work on the sign
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18
LOG IN SURF BREAKS
LEG OF YOUTH BATHING.

While bathing at Ocean beach yes
terday morning John Soderqust, $40
Haight street, 10 years old, narrowly
escaped death by being struck by a
heavy log hurled against him by the
waves, says the san Francisco Exam
iner. The impact was so terrific as
to break the youths right leg and to
render him unconscious. Friends of
Soderquist saw the accident and wad-
ed out to his assistance. He was re-
suscitated and later treated at the
Central Emergency hospital.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18

Dayton, Wash.-The wonderful re"
turns from apple orchards in the
Touchet valley are interesting the
people all over the country. The latest
record is made at Pomona ranch, the
orchard of j. L. Dumas. From 80
trees. covering $40 of an acre, 547
boxes of apples were gathered this
week This is an average of over is
boxes per tree. The receipts from the
547 boxes were $764.25. or the total
472 boxes were sold for $3.50 per box
and 75 boxes at IS cents per box
This yield from an acre would be
1928 boxes and the gross receipts
from the same would be S254750.
81 nra1nnIon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18

Tacoma, Wash.-The body of Mel
C, Ormes, the missing timber crTiser,
was found Friday a short distance
from Puyallup. Ormes left that town
or October %, to go on a hunting
trip. It is believed the trigger of his
sun caught in the brush. the charge
entering his breast, near the heart.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-11-18

Ray Clark has been arrested at
Seattle, as the pal of Walter Bryant,
a lb-year-od forger, who enjoyed
high life in that city for several days
last week on forged checks
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

a that instant the boy was conscious of sudden
flash of light and sharp detonation The room
was filled with noise a little cloud of smoke blew
down on HIM. Standing with his own pistol butt
clasped tight in his hand, he saw the man in the
doorway reel The arm that held his weapon
dropped TO his side With a convulsive movement
he pulled the trigger The bullet buried itself in the
floor, while the man sank down on his knees svaved
a moment trghttu look in his eyes. and then
pitched forward on his face and Law still
Good Godl' whispered the boy turning 10 his
companion, you've shot himi"
lie stared at the woman, who still clasped the Ett,
SILVER mounted weapon she had used with such rer-
nble effect
1t was his lfe, or Your life. or mine" was tn.
answer. did 1t for YOU. She said quickly. seeing
a look OF horror and repusion spreading over the
face of her companion ~
ies-yes! | know he replied. but"
lone, we must get out of here immediately
't course. Of course. whispered m. t,,- ,,.-,-
"uslv, We can stay here now
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

Drag HIM mt the room and shut The door
7 he lad heSItated
Are you afraid: sneered the woman Ma zrng
If to do 81 herself
Certainly not, was the arsVer- 1rt re 6o7
nevertheless was afraid
Forcing himself - the task at last he stoopei
down. seized the man by the shoulders turned On
over on his face and dragged him farther mo Ii
room Then he shut the door The -Wo stared d
moment at the PROSTATE figure
&c He not dead Vet. SAID the boy
No; but he soon viii be" The woman s-0opsi
over and unbuttoned the mans coat and walstcoz
THERE she said pointing 70 a ghastly hoe =!
struck MIN fair IN the breast Would 20 tod II
been in his black heart!" she added Don yousa
that We must go now and quick
'' / see said the Young man Ee 5-r~lgh'ens
himself up cIenched his hand. sumnor-rg MS c0ur
age 1t had to be | suppose. and as YOU say tWa
for me- but | wish YOU hadn't done II
- Past wishing for now" SAID The woman coo-y
Come we can't delay any longer
IN take the blame on myself II Va re ce1ghl
said the bov. II was my fault
That's noble of YOU returned -he woman L
differently but We won't be caught
Well. then, III save Your reputation teto-e
go. continued the other quIxOtlcally-
There were a few tatteTed books on shelf Hs
took one down, tore out the hyleaf- drew . pe11-
from his pocket. sCr1bbed II a few words. heid8
10 the woman TO read laid the leaf down The bo
OF the diving man, and then turned % The door q
oTened it, and the woman followed him out INTO II
night.
pest herCer and more cruel than that wh1a
stOr1ned without had ragged It was quiet and 81
now. The lamplighI. as before, fell urheeded q
the whirlng snow outside. Inside It 1llum1ned ID
ghaStly, pain ContOrted COuntenanCe OF the IA
" nc on the floor The blood WeIed ont from =
wound. rolled slowly across his breast. soaked u
garments and lay in a little dark pool beneath nm
Except for the long, slow faint, and a1nta- cTeaa
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

of the ma the { was not a sound within he no'
Death hOveIed over HIM ;he long ugat tnIousT
The morning found J i'm SJIlI alive sill tan-
breathing. He was trembling on the eternal 'Ss 'Ss
later IN the day when men seeking him burst u -
the room. They found the letter OF confession -
Wing where II had been placed They rcNlved Z Z
man sufficiently by stiInulant~ 20 enable hni 7
speak a pregnant word or two before his bps I'9>
forever. 4,
The confession the bullet that wounded hun = =
empty revolver, and the mans last words. NoIeii1
atteSted by those present. were carefully Iiest.sS
by the leader of them all They might ce ~ -
some day; who knew For the rest. II was eNNs w
what had happened. The hoy and thc woman w w.
gone from the camp No search was made iof leif *
none was possible. The blizzard had spent itssn
that time but the prairie was covered deep ~
drtted snow y period of intense cold suItIWa =,
IL was hardly within human possibility that tne
tugltIVeS could have got safely away. heN II
te burned somewhere 10 the southwark III nc ,-
Co111ssc p1gs y
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

ON the instant whirl of wind disclosed 70 them
~ that the door had suddenly opened They
turned to face a drunken, nfuriaed, leer1ng hgure
He had on a short thick fur Jacket, which left his
hips completely uncovered. y heavy revolver had
dangled in his holster. He had 1t out as he spoke
and trained it the boy.
You're going for longer Journey than you
planned" he painted, as he strOve to steady the
weapon and cover the other
The boy was fumbng at The fasten ngs OF his coat
His own revolver get -atabe instantly as 1t
should have been and would have been had he been
native to the West
'Fumble at em, YOU fooll cried the man " Be
fore YOU get EN- open, I'll shoot YOU dead don
do it now cause | want YOU taste death and hell
as long as possible before YOU 60 into EN- You
thought YOU d make fool out OF me, did YOU. and
YOU too. YOU" He flung frightful mordant
word his wife which stung not the less because 1t
was in large measure deserved. III -ette with YOU
when | get through with him. Your time 5 almost
up" he cried the boy at last succeeded IN reach
ing his weapon.
He was game, that boy, although his face under
its blood white, while the other man similarly
wounded. red with rage; and, though ne was
covered and even a drunken man could scarcely
miss at such range. he nevertheless drew his own
weapon. But before he could raise 1t there was
sudden movement back of him The the
doorway turned sharply
What" he cried to his wife. You would you
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

cvnicanv when YOU take away from HIM
She turned and took down from one OF the pegs a
heavy fur overcoat The boy assisted her u put U
on From a holster hanging the wall she drew a
small silver mounted thirtytwO cal1bered revolver
She slipped this into the pocket OF her coat drew on
a pair OF buckskin gloves, covered her head with
closely knitted comforter which she tied under her
chin picked up the bag OF money from the table,
and faced him.
I'm ready" she said
Let us start then, cried the boy, stepping for
ward.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-01
Will SUPPRESS
|. LEGISLATURES
n IA II HA II
Manufacturers Of Railroad
Supplies Organize to Com.
bat Attacks on Railroads
From All Sources -.

- New York, N. Y, Sept. 3o.-Man-
ui,facturers of railroad material rep
resenting hundreds OF millions of
dollars in capital, met at the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel today to form an
organization to combat attacks on
railroads from legislation and other
sources. grl, ia. 1919 .E.,9:r =
AS direct consequence of the gen.
eral attacks which have been made
on railroads sit was stated that some
Of the firms manufacturing railroad
material have suffered losses amount
Ing to rs per- cent. Steel rail inter-
ests have ben especially hard hit
during the past year, it was brought
out, the general railroad business
has been injured. 5-t eg.eAa
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-01
.lR. KOCH Is
!. !. VERY POSITIVE
He Does Not Believe Bovine
Z. TuberCuIe Will Infect
=: Human Beings

Washington, D. c., Sept. 30-That
his declaration at the British con-
gress on tuberculosis in London in
1901 that human beings may be in.
fected by bovine tubercule barilla,
but disease from this cause occurs
very rarely" has undergone no mod
ification, was emphasized by RI.
Robert Koch, the eminent authority,
before the international congress on
tuberculosis here today.
DR.. Koch stated that he still enter
tains the opinion he then expressed,
and which has been reinforced as a
result of experiments conducted aft.
er making the statement which at
tracted attention in the scientific
world. While admitting that a hu
man being may be infected by bo
vine tubercule barilla, DR.. Koch said
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-01

Lincoln, Neb., Sept, 30. Accepting
the challenge Of William J. Bryan.
right in the home city of the Ne
braskan. William H. Taft, tonight
indorsed President Rooseyelt's posi-
tion on the question Of publicity OF
campaign funds and defended 1t
with arguments calculated to estab-
fish that position as sound from the
standpoint Of public good and TO
show that Bryan's position was one
simply for prediction sensational
ism. III 3..s
Mr.. Taft delivered eleven speeches
IN Nebraska today before reaching
Lincoln and made Ave speeches IN
that city tonight. His audiences
throughout were large and enthus.
iastic and his reign In Lincoln was
made particularly gratifying TO him
BIZ the enthusiasm and friendiiness
exhibited by the immense crowds
which greeted him at all points.
Excursion trains came to Lincoln
from many places In the state during
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-01
.GOOl)REC0RI)
Roosevelt Administration Has
Good String Of. Criminal
Prosecutions to Its Credit

Washington, Sept. 80. - The =, De-
partment of Justice today issued re-
.vised statement giving in pamphlet
form summaries of the records to
date of all criminal and civil cases
instituted by the United States under
the Sherman antitrust law of July q,
1890, and the act to regulate COM
meroe, approved February 8, 1907, as
amended, including the Elkins act.
Under President Roosevelts admin
istration to date, it is shown there
have been r157 indictments, 4S con
victions, 9 non-prossed, 5 demurrers
sustained, dismissed, / quashed and
SO pending. The amount of fines i'm
posed was S1,113,325. sr