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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
BODY OF LOST BOY
HUNTER Is FOUND

st. Helena, Calf, Feb. 2.-After
searching the hills eight days a pos
see, headed by the boys father, found
the body Of Leslie Tucker, aged II,
in James creek yesterday It is sup
posed he lost his life trying to ford
the creek
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
sssssssssssses .
1SSIA SHAKEN
BY EARTHQUAKES.

st. Petersburg, Russia, Feb.
2.-Heavy earthquakes have
continued for several days
throughout the northern Sakha-
lin islands and in Asiatic Rus
sia. According to reports
there was a severe tremblor at
AleXandrovosk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
NEVADA GOES
AFTER JAPANESE
Resolution DenounceS ROose
veIt'S Interference in Cali
fornia.
JAPANESE ARE PARASITES
OF THE WORLD

Resolution Which is Receiving Fav-
Orable Consideration at Hands of
Nevada Legislature Calls Upon Cal
ifornia TO Ignore Threatened Inter-
ference of Federal Authorities-Of
ficial AnnOuncement From Japan
That Present Policy VIII be Ad-
hered 10.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
GOVERNMENT GOES
AFTER POWER SITES

Butte, Feb. 2.-Secretary Of the In
terror Garfield has withdrawn from
entry several tracts of land along the
Missouri and Montana rivers where
power sites can be found.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
COMPLETE list OF THOSE I
TAKING WO0LEN MILL BONDS
With But Three Thousand Dollars TO Be Subscribed Solicit
ing Committee is Coming in on Last lap

Almost Committee Is Taking Up
Manager the Northwestern Gas Electric
Power
Which Mils-Siectlng Held This After
That VIII Before Night
II OF Is Time
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
TO PROBE
KILLING OF SOLDIER

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 2.-The
state department today directed the
American consul at Riga, Russia, to
investigate the circumstances sur
rounding the death of Fred Strom-
bach the American soldier, alleged
to have been executed by Russian au-
thorities.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
STEAMERS COLLIDE IN
ENGLISH CHANNEL

Dover, England, Feb. Atlantic
transport line steamer Mobile, bound
for Baltimore, collided today with the
British steamer Dunkelded off
Beachy Head. Both boats were badly
damaged but no one was injured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02

TO BREAK UNION
PACIFIC MERGER

o Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 2.-The
Q service Of so subpoenaes on rep
. resentative Cleveland shippers
. today was the first notice that
. the government would make a
Q strenuous effort to dissolve the
. merger Of the Union Pacific
. when the hearing Of the case
. begins here February 10. Frank
. Kellogg, the governments trust
. buster, will be in charge Of the
prosecution.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02

Washington, D. c., Feb. 2.-It is
understood here that Roosevelt has
communicated with Governor Gillette
of California concerning the anti
japanese bills pending before the Ne
vada legislature.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
JAP MIIINEN REPLACED
BY WHITE LABORERS

Tacoma, Wn., Feb. 2.-Forty Jap
anese mill hands who were employed
in the Nelson Johansen mill across
the sound were replaced today by the
same number of whites because too
much time was wasted in interpret
ing orders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
MANY BILLS GET
THE Ak TO-DAY
House Kills Two, the Senate
Two and The Governor
VetoeS Two.
BOTH OF LATTER PASSED
OVER CHAMBERLAIN'S HEAD

State Institutions of Higher Learning
VIII Not All be Under One Board
of Control-State VIII Not Attempt
10 Regulate Commission Merchants
chamberlain VetOes Salary In
crease Measmes-Labors Pet Eigh
Hour Bill Slain in Senate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
Billie Burke Poisoned.

Boston. Mass. Feb. Billie Burke.
the actress is suffering from blood
poisoning as a result of scratching her
hand with pin. She will be unable
to play for a week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
VIII Honor Lincoln.

Sacramento. Calf, Feb. Both
houses of the legislature will meet in
joint session Friday afternoon to par
ticipate in Lincoln birthday exercises.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
In NIeXicO.

Mexico City, Feb. "A slight
quake occurred here today. Build
ings were slightly damaged. A sec
ond occurred within 46 hours.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02

This afternoon conference was
held between Manager l.. W. Vincent
OF the n. w. G. & T.. Co. and Mcssrs
II. G. Taylor and Roy r. Bishop. At
the conclusion of the same IL was
stated by Mcssrs. Taylor and Bishop
that there was good prospect OF sat
isfactory agrecmcnt as to the price
of power for the new wooden mill.
with n total OF s2T, 900 now pledged
10 the fund for the purchase Of the
woolen mill bonds the soliciting COM
mittee is working today TO complete
the full amount that is needed. That
the remaining $4,000 will be forth
coming they are confident and today
the workers have been taking up 9TH
or problems that must be met before
the mill Is rebuilt
Next TO the raising OF the 800, 900
for the bond issue the most serious
question seems to be that regarding
the rate that will be granted by the
electrical company. This forenoon
the subject was taken up with DR..
T. w. Vincent, Pendleton manager
for the Northwestern Gas G. Electric
company At that time an appoint
ment for this afternoon was made be-
tween DR.. Vincent and the members
OF the committee.
The Town Builders.
For the first time today the mem
bers Of the woolen min committee
have consented to the publication OF
the subscription list. As the list
stood at noon today It was as fol-
lows:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02
FLEET Is READY
FOR RACE HOME

Washington, Feb. Admiral
Sperry cabled the Navy department
today reporting the complete mobili-
zation of the entire fleet off Gibral-
tar. ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-02

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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-24

| joined him at the window, and he
tall Chinaman who was passing on
the opposite side of the street.
There's the identical cuss | was
telling you about" he said, excitedly
Now what is he up to here in Tue
SOM"
looked, and INDUCED in a whistle
of surprise.
Why" l exclaimed, that is a we'll
known Chinese merchant and gambler
who has been located here for the
past six months. He is named Quong
Wong, all right enough. but those
Chink names are so much alike that
1 never thought of him when you were
telling me your story. mighty smart
Celestial, too, If all they say about
him is true"
Well" growled Baldwin, disgust
eddy, lit don't make any difference to
me now. The Blue Moon robbery is
ancient history, and ii | couldn't get
the goods on him then it amt likely
I'd stand much chance at this stage
of the game. I only wish he'd do
something that 'ud get the federal
government after him, and land the
skunk in the pen"
Stranger things have happened" |
laughed. Wen hope for the best,
Badly"
Three days later | received a tele-
gram from Los Angeles which caused
me to look upon myself IN the light
Of an inspired prophet. 1t contained
instructions from Attorney General
Knox to place under arrest one Quong
Wong, on a charge of aiding and abet-
ting the unlawful entry of certain of
his countrymen into the United States.
| FASTENED to the store where Mr.
Wong dealt in the commodities of his
native and-only to find the bird
flown. Evidently some of his numer-
GUS friends had obtained information
of his indictment by the federal court
and given him warning.
went to Los Angeles and inter
viewed United States Marshal Os-
borne. and was sworn in as special
deputy for the South district of Cali
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-24

blanket on the far side of the build
ing. He explained afterward that he
was bothered by the heat and lay
down outside for the purpose of keep
ing cool
Blackburn was in the lead, pushed
open the door of the shanty and stole
in with his pals close behind him.
He called Wong by name, but there
was no answer. Then one of them
struck a match and lit lantern they
carried. They looked around, but the
shanty was empty.
HELL says Blackburn, the blasted
Chink amt here. Wonder what he's
got hidden away in that box?'
He went over to the box that lay
in the corner and raised the lid The
next minute the head of the snake
darted out, rafting like mad, and
Blackburn gave a frightful howl,
I'm dead man, boys he yelled
the snakes bitten mel
"One of his pals turned his gun
loose and blew the head off the rat
tier and then they began pouring
Nhiohg Alllo IL W anu save
his life. Lucky for him, he had been
well filled up with the stuff before
he ever came in the shanty, or it
would have been all day with him.
Even as it was it was touch and go
with him, and he only cheated the
coroner by the closest kind of a shave.
You can imagine that this incident
didn't help towards making Wong any
more of a favorite with the crowd At
that there was some of them said
Blackburn only got what he deserved,
and Brady, who is very obstinate
kind of cuss when he gets his mind
made up, said right out that the Chink
wasn't to blame. I took a different
view of the affair, for | figured that
the yellow man just naturally laid a
trap for them fellows. But Brady was
boss of the Blue Moon, and it wasn't
really any Of my business, so long as
there hadn't been any fatal results.
About eight weeks after this the
Blue Moon was robbed, and robbed By
someone who knew the lay of the land
around there, for they got away with
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admit that he has some add fancies,
though. He keeps a big rattlesnake
for a pet in that shanty where he
sleeps that seems to know him like
a dog does his master
How can you tell?' | asked.
well, 1t was like this says
Brady. You see, he doesn't sleep in
the bunk house with the rest of the
gang. l guessed that the boys
wouldn't care about having a Chink
put in with them, and so to keep
things peaceful l rugged him up
place In an old shanty where he could
be by himself. One night | was pass
ing by there, when l heard kind of
queer whistling music and looked in
the door. There was Mr.. Wong
squatting on the floor with a kind of
fun, and right in front of him was a
four-foot RATHER swaying his yellow
barred body in circles from side to
side in time with the music. 1t made
my hair stand straight on my head
for a moment, it was such an uneX-
pected sight Wong heard me gasp,
looked up and stopped playing The
instant he did so the RATHER stopped
swaying and remained with half its
body erect, and poised in the air as
though stiffened to stone. The Chink
made a motion with his flute, and it
dropped like a flash and glided away
into a narrow wooden box that lay in
n cnrnar nf the ShaOtV
wong didn't seem in the least dis
turbed over my visit When 1 limited
that l didn't quite approve of such
dangerous pets around the premises
he merely grinned, and assured me
that he had the snake under perfect
control and it would never leave the
shanty unless he permitted it. OF
course, | didn't care to press the mat
ter any further as the Chink is the
only decent cook that | have had
around here for the last two years,
and If he wants to play with poison
snakes that's his own funeral
"'Well, said l, it's all a matter of
taste, but | think I'd sooner put up
with little bum cooking than have
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-24

a bunch of bullion at night in fash
ion that would have been well-nigh
impossible for strangers who wouldn't
have known just where to put their
lands on the stuff.
This was my business, all right,
and | lost no time in grabbing Mr..
Quong Wong. who | felt sure was
mixed up in the deal. But not a
word could we get out of that heather
that would help us any. He simply
stood pat and declared his innocence.
What riled me more than anything
else was the stand that Brady took.
He said | was prejudiced against the
Chink, and that there wasn't an atom
of evidence to connect him with the
obliged to let the yellow reptile go;
and if you'll believe me, the first
think that Brady did was to put him
back as cook at the mine. And we
didn't get any trace of the robbers,
either. AS for Wong, he stayed on at
the Blue Moon for several months and
then quit, saying that he was going to
Frisco to live"
Didn't you ever hear anything
more about him." | queried, as Bald
win finished his tale.
Not me-" said the sheriff, rising
and strolling over to the window; land
what's more, don't care If | never
saw his ugly face again. He made me
look like fool once and Suffering
snakes, Reno, come here"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-24

natural enough, for no man in this
section of the country is over and
above fond of that breed. At the
same time there wasn't any liberties
taken with him, for somehow, Chink
though he was, he gave you the i'm
preston of being man that 1t
would be wise to leave alone. There's
some people that nature seems to
have put a danger stamp on, and
that's how it was with this Quong
Wong. | saw him one day when
dropped in to the camp to see Brady
on some business, and | couldn't help
but notice the queer CLEAN in his lit
tie pig eyes.
81 amt stuck on your new cook.
says / to Brady Mostly them kind of
people are harmless enough except
when they get to using the Ratchet on
each other; but that chap has got
something bad hid under all his quiet
ways. I'd bet my head he's one of
the high mucks in Tong society, or
something of that kind, and is just
lying low here account of somebody
Frisco way.
Maybe So says Brady, but that
amt none of my business. All !
know is that he is lightning cook.
and could make fine stew out of old
shoes if he had to. Wait till you
taste some Of the stuff he serves up
and you won't care if he belonged to
all the Tongs from here to China. I'll
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-24

that Chink around me. | amt stuck
on snake charmers of any nationality
Il found that Brady hadn't exag-
gerated any when he praised the
ChHnk's cooking. He sure turned out
satisfactory supper for us that
night, and | left there feeling more
charitable to his little snake charming
stunts than | would have supposed
possible. Still it wasn't long before
| was to hear of racket at the Blue
Moon that made me fancy that my
original ideas about Mr.. Wongs
amusements were the correct ones
las | said before, the gang didn't
cotton very kindly to the Chink, for
all that he was such an extra fine
chuck provider. There was fellow
named Jim Blackburn in particular
who had it in for Wong, and never let
a chance go by of making him feel it.
And one night Blackburn and a couple
of his pals who had been hitting up
the whisky bottle pretty free, made up
their minds to pay Wong a visit and
haze him little bit They knew moth
ing about the snake, for Brady had
kept his mouth shut regarding the
Chinks pet, not wishing to make him
any more unpopular than he was. |
always believed to this day that
Wong, in some way got wise to their
kind intentions. AT any rate, when
his three conspiring neighbors stole
up to his shanty quietly in the dark,
Wong was lying snugly wrapped in a
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-24
Copyright, 1909. by w. G. Chapman
Copyright in Great Brittany

Editors note: Francis Reno. the
oneers and fighters. and is related
to Maj. Reno of Custer Massacre fame.
His earlier years were spent in the tur-
moil of frontier life in Arizona, where he
was for some time deputy sheriff and
later deputy United States marshal. at
Tucson His efforts in enforcing the Chi
nese Exclusion Act on the Mexican Dor
der have been highly commended by the
Washington authorities, and recognized
by the Highbinders, who placed a price
of $500 on his head, which stands to-day.
OF late years he has held a highly re-
sponsible position with one of the largest
bank protective associations in the United
States, and as superintendent Of its Sc
cret service has established an enviable
record of success in running down bank
burglars. These stories are confined to
his earlier experiences in the west, the
scenes of which are laid in Arizona and
New Mexico near the Mexican border
The Last Frontier, which until recent
years was wild and lawiess, and where
the typical bad man" of pioneer days
made his last stand)
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-24

responded: but after all, it's hardly
fair to set our views up as the only
correct ones. If We were in China,
now, the chances are that the natives
would look on us as mighty punk
specimens of humanity. Ideas of
beauty vary in the different countries
like the very devil, jim"
Well III hold to my own idea Of
what is good looking" returned Bald
win, stubbornly; and that same idea
don't cover the face of yellow Chink,
not by any manner of means"
The foregoing conversation took
place in my office at Tucson, Baldwin
having, as he expressed it, dropped
In to pay little visit to Uncle
Sam" as represented by my humble
self
Don't imagine that I'm holding any
brief for Cinnamon in general
said. Ever since the Chinese exclu-
sion act went into force they have
caused me too much trouble to make
me hail fellow well met with any of
the COMPOUNDED heathens. But at that,
Badly, it isn't exactly fair to judge
the nation as a whole by the speci-
mems we get over here. Old travellers
in the Orient tell me that it's surpris-
ing what fine looking chaps some of
the Chinks in the interior are"
There may be something in that"
commented the sheriff, grudgingly.
Il remember one Chink ran into who
was a heap smarter than any other
of his countrymen that | ever saw.
He used to work as cook for Brady
at the Blue Moon mine. Brady had
all kinds of trouble with cooks, and
the fellow he had there before the
Chink was probably the worst of the
bunch. Brady picked him up at
Phoenix, where he had gone to buy
some supplies. He was tall, raw
boned chap about forty-five years old,
dark enough for Greaser, and with
long under lip that hung down like
a motherless colt. He goes up to
Brady and says:
"I heard tell down to the 3Y Dia-
mond ranch that they was wantin'
cook up to the Blue Moon mine, so
just pulled my freight to strike the
Job. Know if it's so?'
"'Why, yes,' says Brady I'm man
ager of the Blue Moon. Can you
cook?'
Yes says the chap, L can cook,
If you amt too particular | amt fond
of cookin', but | can do it. | can fry
beef, make a tolerable sallyratus bis
cult and mddlin' fair pie outen most
anything. But i amt enjoyed cookin'
much since ! reformed. | used to be
as bad as any of EN-, but | got re-
ligion with fellow l was herdin'
sheep with four years ago
''Well,' says Brady, L guess we
can give you a trial. I've got some
more business to attend to before
start back to the mine, so if you hang
around here for a spell I'll meet you
in a couple of hours. What might
your name be-?
"'They christened me Gustavus
Maine says the chap, but them as
knows me always calls me the Don.
Why | dunno; there amt no foreign
blood in me-
"'All right, Don, says Brady, laugh
in; take care of yourself and I'll see
you later
when Brady came back he found
that the new cook had been takin'
care of himself in a regular rip-snort-
in kind of way. He was as drunk as
a lord and if it wasn't that they were
desperate hard up for a cook at the
mine, he'd have called all bets off
right there. But he allowed he'd take
a chance on him, hoisted him into his
saddle, and they started off. For the
first two miles they went slow; then,
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-11-24

OSTLY all Cinnamon
look alike to me-" said
Jim Baldwin, sheriff of
Redlands. Some are
just a trife uglier than
others, but take 'em on
the whole there's a
mighty strong family
resemblance between
them, and they amt
what you could call
a handsome type of
family either - not
without straining the
type considerable.
THAT may be so as
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR TO- LET
BOROUGH OF BRookLYN.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
SUBURBAN PROPERTY.

CHESTER HILL-rwO FAMILY HOUSE
az sacrlilc-' VIII net per cent ths tn
vesrnnent. rooms and Sarh to saca aosrt-
meat, plot 1oxl35. price sli.0oo or unc-r' en-
eelent lucution- cunverlenr 70 station
COOLEY a WEST, me. AZ Vernon. n Z
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
BoRoUGH or THE BRONX.

WILLIS AVE. CORNER. NEAR IssrTF ST.
pouhlc hat. stores. e5xi0T. price. sS4 600.
$1,000 net on $4,000 cash investment balance.
, per cent mortgages. CLLM-AN. 3221 White
i lal-a
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
80
ACRES
COUNTRY PROPERTY.

LAKE GEORGE-Part II BeIvoir Island Bolton.
for sale. c. ". GLOVE. 81 Broa1v az y r.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

n mi n BUYS enc family frame house
HHi III With stable ) rooms. hath and al
xlS III III improvements. easy terms. near
~ SSO school ana cars. closed SUNDAYS.
Pierce keefe. a3d a. and 18th ave Brooklyn-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

uNFURNIsHEp APARTMENTS.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
oUr OF CITY.

HOW TO GEr 10 ACRES of frult ana sHzdss
lan1 FOR IS cash--Sl weekly. No i-esrssr ns
taxes. See cur al Ia the magazine supplam>rr
with THIS issue ror f1ll PARTICULARS Ctcx.nnrn
= Gillespie. ia Gusranty Hldgs Minnsaysaln.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

nj nm CASH buys 8 family modern 4ou-
"U Die orfck fat. q roonas batn
UI,luU each !.p aeartHasnt: Asghalisa ssrss,:
worth xI2.00o. closed Sundavs. Ptexss Ks~r.
61d ST. and 5th ave. BroOkiyn
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

ILEGANT corner apartment is3i Madison Ave-
nue. soufhessf corner s9th e. rooms ard
E1fn. Sc
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-06
MORE voLIvA ROT.

CHICAGO, May with doors
and windows barrieaded and with
large store Of food and water in pre-
paration 10 withstand a long siege
Captain A. K. Walker alleged de-
posed Chief of Police holds posses
sion OF the City Jail OF Zion City
Chief Walker asserts he was reap
pointed Marshall by w. Hurd Glen
dinen, the Voliva Mayor, John f.
lap, former policeman. was ap'
pointed by the Independent Mayor
+. N. Richey. Both Mayors claim to
have been elected at the recent mum
icipaI election and that the appoint
ments made by them are legal. Con
seouently there are now two Chiefs
of Police and two City Jails and two
police stations.
The Voiiva faction holds posses
sion of the City Hall and the City
Iail. while the independents hold the
administration building where a
temporary City Hall has been estab
|lished. besides holding the cash o'
the city and all council and othei
records and the votes cast in the re
cent election. So far no arrests hav'
been made by either Chief of Police
Each declares that should his riya
make an arrest he will demand tn
prisoners release,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-06
ASTORIA MAKES POINT.
WITH SEATTLE FRIENDS
CITY WILL HEREAFTER Ap-
PEAR ON ADVERTISING OF
SOUND METROPOLIS.

The Morning AstoTian is pleased
TO publish the following letter as
much for the ready and courteous
concession il makes in justice to this
city and section. as because OF the
fact that this paper raised the ques'
ton and urged the iuster treatment
conceded.
Seattle, May 4, 1902
The Astorian. Astoria, Ore,
"Geultemens-A clipping. which is
herewith enclosed, has been sent me
from Astoria. aud | desire TO thank
you for calling the Clubs attention
through me to the oversight in leav'
| ing the City Of Astoria from our re-
gently issued pamphlet. We are get
ting out more pamphlets and have
ordered the printer TO correct The
plate and show the City of Astoria
on the pamphlet
Trusting that this may be du'
apology for the oversight in the mat
ter | remain,
VERY truly yours,
c. II. REVELLE,
pres. Seattle Commercial Club,