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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02

The charter proposes that the
council have power to acquire an
operate light water, gas, streetcar
service and any and all public utiii-
ties, and shall prescribe the mode of
procedure by which such properties
shall be acquicad. taken or operated.
Bond isslles must be submitted - the
vote OF the People
Under the charter the council. or
commission, IS prohibited from grant
ing any franchise for a lorger pc
riod than 20 years and then only up
on submission to the people. Every
grant of franchise nust cDn,a,1
clause that the fran ,hise is ternir-
able upcr proper compensation - III ;
holder, without comL Lcnsation for the
franchise.
Furthermore, fran ;hise holdr'G ~,
b. compelled TO make a semi-anT lal
report to the city OF Portland If the
financial status Of the holder, includ-
ing the running expenses, 9rd the
books must be KEEP; open for nsper-
ten by the coun T..
Provision is made for the operatiop
Of TIC recall, ana a,so the IS
clause which provides for the elec-
tion of the mayor, six councilmen.
city auditor city treasurer and mu-
nicipa judge for terms of four years
each
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02
To Spend Million in Portland.

Further investments in this terri
tory to the amount of S1,0OO,O0O, at
least, are contemplated by owners of
the Oregon Electric Company, and
heavily interested in a number of
other traction and power projects in
the northwest. The nature of these
investments is not revealed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02

hibits of products from eastern Colo
rado at the last sessions of the Dry
Farming congress at Cheyenne, gave
ocular proof Of the results of scien-
tific soil culture.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured BY Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. ]. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
Waldlng, Klnnan 4 Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
setting upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price 75c per bottle. Sold BY all Drug
gists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
tion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02
Money to Loan,

c. c. Hendricks, agent for the ver-
mont Loan & Trust company, will
place loans on Umatilla farm lands.
For particulars call at room 3 over
Taylor Hardware company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02

1t costs you but $15.25 to go from
Pendleton to Calgary, Alberta, to
look at Canadian Pacific wheat lands,
at SO, s1150, $3.50 and SIS per
acre on 10 years time. Jonathan
Johnston or Bert Huffman, Pendle-
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-02
Council FllIs Vacancies.

Vacancies in office will be filled
by the council, but the mayor must
approve all appointments. And a va
cancy may be declared by the coun-
Gil in any elective office in the city
If the incumbent is absent from the
city for a term of 30 days without
leave Of absence.
The mayors salary as allowed by
the charter, will be $4,000 a year and
each councilman, the municipal judge
and the city attorney. city treasurer
and city auditor will be allowed $4,000
per annum. The municipal judge will
be the judicial officer of the city.
The initiative and referendum will
be enforced by the council and it is
required that 80 days elapse before
any ordinance becomes effective. The
council is. too, empowered to provide
rules governing appointment, dis
m'ssal and powers of subordinate
employees Of the city. The city engi-
neer and chief Of police will be ap-
pointed by the council.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
ST. LOUIS LOVERS REMARK
ABLE EXPERIENCE IN
TRAVEL, SENDS EXPEDITION
so AS TO RECONCILE HIS
STUBBORN FIANCEE.
Special Correspondence to The Press

Special Correspondence to The Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 10.-An ex-
ploring expedition into the wilds
of Yucatan has begun in the inter
est of Miss Eloise Clark. a young
woman of good family, and upon It
depends whether her engagement
to Frank J. Thompson will be ex-
tended into marriage.
The couple were to have been
married during Easter week. In
January they were dining with two
friends in the Southern hotel
Thompson, who has seen much OF
the world, related some of his ex
periences. When he had finished a
story of one of his South American
trips, Ia years ago, Miss, Clark left
the table, announced that the en-
gagement was off, and hurried te
her home.
The story was all about how
Thompson was shipwrecked off the
coast of Yucatan. He got safely
ashore on Cozumci island and made
friends with the gaily painted In
'ians. The Indians treated Thomp
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
REFUSED TO Be HIS BRIDE WHEN
He TOLD Of INDIAN WIFE

son like a king. The chief of the
Maya-Toltecs insisted that Thomp-
son marry his daughter. He didn't
are to, but the Indian frightened
him into 1t.
she was a pretty little thing"
Thompson told his friends, "and
took fantcy to me-"
Thompson related how the kingly
life got on his nerves and he was
glad enough to be picked up by a
fishing boat and escape.
At this point in his story his
fiancee left the table. All efforts
of the young man to reconcile Miss
Clark have failed. She declares
that unless she is given proof that
his Indian wife is dead or has mar
ried some man of her own race she
will not marry Thompson.
so the despairing st. Louisan has
induced some friends in Mexico t.
go to .Yucatan and send repor
to Miss Clark. -r ta -,-p"
st. Louis society is excitedly dis
cussing the case. 1t is recalled tina
in the case of Lieutenant Burbank
u. s. NJ, a marriage according t,
tribal rites with Filipino woman
was pronounced binding, and thu
lieutenant was declared bigamis
for disregarding it and marrying
an American girl.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
SPOKANE BOOSTER THE
VICTIM OF BIG HATS

Times are surely getting tough
back in Iowa when a Spokane
booster can't be about his business
there without being showed clear
off, or rather into. the earth, by a
passed. of young ladies with hats
so big they couldn't see the modest
booster at all and ran right over
him in consequence. That is what
happened to George Chandler, who
back in Des Moines represents nc
less a Spokane firm than Ham,
Yearsley & Ryrie.
Chandler was walking along a
street in Des Moines, intent upon
the next purchaser of bit of Gar
den of Eden tributary to Spokane.
He encountered q party of young
women, or more properly young
women's hats, of the exaggerated
type. Being a mere man, after all.
Chandler humbled waited for the
fleet of hats to sail by. Instead OF
that, it sailed right into him and
he sailed right into basement ex.
cavation that happened to be
handy. One leg was wrenched and
he was more or less bruised by
this modern version of the down
| fall of man because of women. The
latter were awfully sorry, but how
could they see him through oil
those hats?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
special Correspondence to The Press

OAKLAND, May 10-Society and
the circus are at outs.
Never again" says Mrs. Mark
l.. Requa and her fellow suffra-
gettes, who claim they were
"stung" after they had paraded at
the head of the circus band, rode
elephants, posted bills and en-
gagged in other thrilling stunts in
an effort 10 aid Sweet Charity,
while circus tents were pitched
here recently.
Mrs. Requa and the other di
rectors of the fashionable Fabiola
hospital state that they were
promised that il they lent theil
prestige to five benefit perform
ances OF the circus they would be
awarded at least $1,000 to spend or
their hospital. And after they hat
extended their energies. and no
little money, working for the sue
cess of the enterprise, they were
curtly informed by the circus mel
that the receipts had been too
small TO leave anything for them
No wonder the society women o
Oakland tilt their aristocratit
noses In contempt for all circuses
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10

pines. He isn't the man who rushed
home half insane to hear horrible
story. and who went repeating to
himself for days scraps from Kip
ling's Vampire about "A
fool there was" and THE woman
who did not care"
He isn't even the tortured man
strung to the highest pitch who
coolly shot down William Annis.
$50 part of him lived,
But the rest of him died.
He is dying by inches right in
the court ROOM says his father
General Peter Haines.
Freedom will bring nothing to
this man. Life looks bleak and
barren and lone ahead.
Turn from the picture of Peter
Hams and look at his brother-at
Thornton Hams, the strong. virile
dominating personality, whom OPP.
posing lawyers called the real Stay
or of William Annis-Thorntor
Hams, who has already stood trial
for killing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10

Talk about the trial for publica
tion?" his strong. harsh voice
doomed over the telephone.
Maybe you'd rather have me
write this voice was hard!
can do those things. If | write any
thing, I've got to be paid lot OF
money for it. With this trial oul
expenses are running into the thou
sands?
"What?-Oh, the newspapers
have printed a lot of lies about me
| don't give a damn, though.
IF / did, I'd get gun and xii
some of the reporters.
What are my plans? Well, az
soon as my brother gets cleared
I'm going to sea. I'm an accredited
shipmaster. I'll try to get ship
After while | expect to be master
of steamer"
This man, too, has gone through
the fire-has been twice tried fo
his life. But his wife and home
haven't been destroyed. He is look
ing ahead, forecful, confident, un
worried
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
UMPIRE KICK IN
CITY LEAGUE

The Hillyard team in the City
league heightened it's big lead yes
terday by beating the Brownies II
to l with Blue pitching against
Mullin. A big kick on the umpire
enlivened the game, Brownlee fill
ing protest on Deans decision at
third. which Brownlee claims de-
prived him of a couple of runs he
had coming.
The Hazelwoods simply skinned
all the cream off the game with the
Zouaves by score of II to 0, E.
Mcmahon pitching the big end of
the score. 1t was closer work ont
at Hillyard, where the Dodds
squeezed out by to score over
the Varneys after II innings of
good going. Wright had the bad
! luck to lose the final score by over
throwing third Hansen pitched for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
ROLLER STILL HAS
THAT FIGHTING BUG

DR.. B. F. Roller, the Seattle
physician, before leaving Dies
Moines said he would reenter the
pugilistic arena shortly.
Il shall go to Paris, where | am
going after the English and French
battlers,' he said. II expect ito
start this summer after my theaul'
cal contract expires. Il will not ap
pear in this country again until
have made a record in Europe.
will keep on wrestling, Also
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
Piano Club Sale
Will Continue
Still An Opportunity to Buy a
High-Grade Piano for Small Money.

We really expected to close the
clubs sooner, but five hundred
pianos is great many to
sell in three weeks time. The fact
is we expected it to take month
and it has only been three weeks,
but the way buyers have been com
ing in and writing in the past week
or so is really gratifying.
You don't get chance very Oft
en- to cooperate with 500 others In
great purchasing plan at whole
sale prices. individuals could not
form a great club like the one we
have inaugurated because they
could not secure the magnificent
line. of high grade instruments we
carry. We have the exclusive
agency for Chickering, Kimball
Steck, Decker, Hobart M. Cable,
Lester, Smith & Barnes, Marshall
& Wendell and score of others
all pianos that we have tried out;
makes that have been on the mar
ket for. years and years, some as
long as 20 and the Chickering 80
years.
Clubs b and G have been fhe
most popular because they contain
ed pianos at moderate prices, such
as Kimball, Lester, Marshall d
Wendell. The regular 1915 instru-
ments sell at 1852 to club members
the $500 styles at 1904, the $45o
STYLES at 1887, etc. Terms six and
eight per cent down and the bal
ance $1.75 or more per week.
There are a few memberships
left. Send for complete prospectus
or call and Investigate. You don
have to waitFfor your piano. We
send it up right away and you have
the pleasure while paying for y
Special values in sheet music anc
violins this week. See our ad in
, another part of this paper.
OF course you know where oui
, store is-the same old place known
as the Eilers Building, corner OF
Sprague and Post. Eilers Plan
House, G. A. Heidinger, mgr.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
TAKES WHAT HE LIKES
AND SEES 100
(By United PressJ

ST. LOUIS, May 10.-Living on
philosophy of denying himself
nothing he wants, Herr Simon
Bildstein has celebrated his one
hundredth birthday. In carrying
out his philosophy and supplying
his desires for strong drink and
tobacco, Herr Bildstein has reach
ed that happy stage where his ca
,pacity for liquor has become 80
great that it has no intoxicating
effect whatever. Herr Bildstein is
declared by his FRIENDSHIP main
tain a weekly consumption of one
gallon of red eye" with no visible
outward results.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10


SAN FRANCISCO, May 10-One
of the big surprises in store for
the American visitor on a Japa-
nese warship is the Japanese sail
or boy himself.
The visitor, accustomed to the
little, weakened men found In the
Japanese quarters of American
cities, looks for yellow pigmy
and finds a giant. The Japanese
sailor is husky" straight limb
ed big shouldered, a fighter, ev-
cry inch of him. Many Of the
Japanese sailors on the "Aso," AID.
miral Ijichi's flagship, stood over
six feet. Few of them were be-
low the physical average Of the
American bluejacket.
The accompanying snapshot Is
Typical of the Japanese sailor
This man-o'-warsman stood easily
six feet one. So thorough is the
discipline he has learned during
all the interesting scenes tran
spring on deck during the forma
welcome of the Japanese cruisers
Ito San Francisco, and even wher
1.-THE camera was pointed at him he
gave no indication even by the
shifting of an eye that there was
| any interest for him in anything
save standing at attention at the
station to which he had been as
| signed
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
TWIN OSTRICHES FROM
SAME EGG
10y UniIed Pressj

LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 10
The ostrich Matching record of the
world, so far as known, lies shat
tered here by two tiny fedgings
who emerged from the same egg
at large ostrich farm near here.
For the first time in the history of
ostrich raising two little ostriches
kicked their way through the same
eggshell and emerged to the aston
ishment of their fond mother, ap.
parently none the worse of having
been born doubles"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
WEEDS THE NURSE WHO
SAVED HIS LIFE
(By United Press)

HAMILTON, O., May 10.-A ro-
nance that began in Mercy hos
pital terminated In a double we'd
ding at Newport, Ky.
The principals were Percy Shep-
herd, railroad engineer, of Hamil-
ton, and Miss Alma Strack, nurse,
daughter of a well to do contractor,
of Overpecks, O. Two years ago
Shepherd was injured in wreck
on the c., H. & l. at Brownsville.
Ind. After being removed to Mercy
hospital he was attended by Miss
Strack. He fell in love with her.
His life hung in the balance and
Miss Strack nursod him until ~
recovered.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
SCOTS WILL SING AND DANCE

The clans will gather again
Wednesday evening in Madison
hall when the st. Andrews society
meets for session of music and
dancing. President Bell has raised
the gathering slogan and will well
come members and their friends.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
GOES TO PRISON AT rs
YEARS OF AGE

FORT SCOTT. Kas.. May TO-
DR.. j. Counterman of New Albany,
70 years of age, pleaded guilty in
the United States district court
here to the charge of counterfeit
ing.
In view of his age and his serv-
ice in the Civil war he was given
the minimum penalty, a year in
prison and $4,000 fine ON each
of the two counts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
ALLEN GROWS STINCY

The Turks bring along the boost
Of a final victory over Aberdeen
yesterday by a 81 score. All the
Cats could do to Allen Is told in
three hits. Seattle got nine off
pernoll.
Rain prevented game with
Portland al Vancouver.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
some Of HIM LIVED, BUT MOST OF HIM died.
TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT HAS
BEEN INFLICTED ON CAP.
TAIN PETER C. HAMS EVEN
THOUGH HE MAY BE AC-
Quilted.
The VAMPIRE.

THE VAMPIRE.
A fool there was and he made his
prayer
(Even as you and ID
To a rag and bone and hank OF
hair,
I've called her the woman who did
not care)
But the fool he called her his lady
fair
Even as you and u.
Oh the years We waste and the
tears we waste
And the work of our head and
hand
Belong to the woman who did not
know
(And now we know that she never
could know
(And did not understan6.
The fool was stripped of his foolish
hide,
Gwen as you and u
Which she might have seen when
she threw him aside,
(But it isn't on record the lady
tried)
So some of him lived. but the most
of him died
Gwen as you and u.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
. >>>> >.>>>> ~~~A
q GIRL OF EIGHTEEN IS
q CLEVER POLITICIAN Z
(By United Press)

W
= PHILADELPHIA, May g. Z
. Miss Lorna d. Toboldt has =
. been appointed chief clerk of =
. the William Penn party city =
. committe. Only few months =
q over 10, she is the wonder of =
. the political workers, who =
. come to the reform headquar- =
. tiers to learn from her what .
. they want to know about d. =
. vision, ward or city political .
q affairs. =
. The leaders say they don't .
. believe there is another young .
. woman in the country who =
. knows ss much about such =
= matters as Miss Toboldt does. =
. ~H<>>><>A><>A~>
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10

the Dodds and held the Varneys
down to six hits, while the Dodds
took u off Wright.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10

These rumors of counterfeit 800
bills should make us all very eau
tious in counting our change.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
special Correspondence to The Press

NEW YORK, May 6.-Captain
Peter Hams lives in word of dead
things.
Look at him in court.
Gaunt, thin, hopeless, he sits hud-
died in his chair, his overcoat on,
his collar upturned. You notice his
eyes first-they startle you. They
are open, wide open. but absolutely
without expression. They see moth
ing. They peer motionless, light
less-at nothing.
His hands, like claws, with bony
wrists, protrude from his sleeves
They are always moving. restless
whether he walks or sits still. They
grip the chair arms. They tug al
the scanty. stringy beard. They
twist and crochet his hair into fan
tastic peaks.
Captain Peter Hams is on tria
for his life He, a soldier, shot dowr
an unarmed man
But nothing in his dramatic tria
has aroused him from his deathly
stupor.
He looks like a dead man. He
lives with dead things-his blasted
+. home, his ruined honor, his hideous
memories.
He isn't the gallant young army
officer who was always on the fir
ing line in the Spanish war. He
isn't the nervous, energetic, ambi
tious army engineer of the Philip
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-10
WANTED

Boys to sell The Press. Can
make good money. See Gates at
The Press, GIG Front avenue, cor
ner Front and Mill. 49,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-19

Thess horses run from sucking
colts to horses seven or eight years
|old. They are practically sll heavy
.draft. bred upsfor twenty year The
farmers were unable to buy Ill that
they needed at the last sale, and no
doubt will take; advantage Of the one
Ito be held Aug. 81.
This is an ideal time Of the year to
buy horses Of this class, for during
the spring of the year, dealers have
q hard time to buy them, as the mares
are always turned on the range.
where 1t II next to impossible to get
them together.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-19
J. J. skaus has disposed q

J. J. skaus has disposed q bis
jewslry store to Hart Swaistsad, :
Grand Forks .jswele@. Who srrived in
the city Monday to- Ike charge o. the
store. Mr.. Skaug. who has COB iucted
this store for the past Avs years, has
done we'll. and there e no reason why
Mr.! 6walstea6 Will not make . sue
cess Of the undertaking. For the past
two years, he has been connected
with the Geo. X. Monroe jewelry store
at Grand Forks. and for two years
prior to then, was Instructor in >
school for jewelers. at st. Paul. Mr..
skaug will probably leave Minot.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-19

". J. Malonsy, the Granville Nor
chant. has disposed Of hi store 70
Nelson 4 9oo, and will locate In the
kwest..> He hasajnal srsturnAdrffom the
western ststes. ri,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-19

8mmett 1Galonsys eprneriy ~ 0fsn-
vile, IL Just recovering from very
severe cass q blood poisoning, con-
tracted in the copper smelter works
It Butte, Mont. He wasc onflnsd In
. hospital two months.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-19

Fine Job Prlntip9 at the
Independent Office.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-02
WILL SEND SPANIARDS
BACK TO THE ISLANDS
Special Inspector Comes from
Washington to Investigate

Special immigration Inspector NJ. a.
Silva arrived from Washington yester-
day to investigate the condition of the
poor Spanish people who recently came
to San Francisco from the Hawaiian
islands. Inspector Silva announced that
the delegates of the territorial fmmi-
grafton board of Hawaii, now in Wash
ington, would defray 1.-THE expense, of
sending tho families back TO the
islands, and in cases where the aliens
preferred, they would be sent to Spain.
The condition of these Spanish famf-
lies was first called to the attention
of immigration Commissioner Hart H
North by Harry r. Bogart of the AS
ISOLATED Charities. The charities had
cared for several hundred of these peo
pie since the first of the year and it
was found that they were living in
miserable surroundings in the Latin
quarter. Commissioner North commu-
ton, which resulted in Inspector Silva
coming to the coast to take charge of
the situation.
According to Bogart these people
were brought to the Hawaiian islands
under contract for the plantations.
They claim to have been poorly paid
and the living was so poor they were
compelled to leave and sought relief
by coming to San Francisco. There are
40 families in all. making a total Of
about 200 persons the Associated Chart
ties have had to provide for.