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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-04-07
5s CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT 81

and savings books issued by Sandells
Bank read this way: "InteIest will be
paid hereon at the following rates per
annum.
per cent if left three months.
per cent if left six months.
per cent if left one year"
Wouldn't you rather possess one
than have your money lying idle or
drawing less interest?
Would like TO talk with you about it
81 SANDELL'S BANK 5S
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
Blizzard StiIIRagiOg Through
out The Ea:t-hII Crops
Suffer.
TOTAL DAMAGE WILL
REACH FIFTY MILLION
Fruit Crop Is Much Hurt-In Kansas.
Missouri, and Kentucky, Fall of
Snow May Protect Fruits and Les
sen Loss of Apples-Wisconsin and
Michigan VIII Have But Half a
Crop.

Chicago, Ill, April 25.-The cold
which came with Saturdays mid
spring blizzard continues today. Dis
patches from many sections of the
middle west indicate that damage to
crops Of all descriptions will reach a
total of fifty million dollars.
Damage in the fruit belt is particu-
larly severe. The weather bureau
predicts the cold will continue another
day.
A canvass of. the situation shows
greatest damage has resulted in Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Greatly
reduced fruit crops and loss of early
corn are certain. Reports from the
northwest indicate barley, oats, rye
and corn were badly damaged by cold.
The soil however, is still in fine con
dition for plowing and it is not too
late for reseeding.
In Kansas, Missouri and Kentucky
snow is expected to protect small fruit
and lessen loss on apples.
Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas
reports show considerable damage
has been done by the coolest late April
weather on record in those states. In
formation from Wisconsin and Michi-
gan indicate the fruit crop will not
be much more than one-half usual
size
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
WILL ASSIST SETTLERS
TO GEf SQUARE DEAL

Spokane, Wash, April 25.-Fifteen
hundred prospective settlers, repre-
senting 25 states and four privinces
in Canada, will assemble at Occur IL
Alene, Idaho, "a miles east of here,
the first week in May, when the In
dian reservation lands will be opene
to filing. Judge ]. w. Witten of the
department Of the interior, who con-
Quoted the government drawings last
August, will have charge. The CoAur
d'Alene Reservation Settlers associa-
tion, headed by William NJ. Mast. jr.
OF Spokane, which was organized for
the purpose of obtaining a square deal
for intending hOmesteaders, has had
cruisers in the field for several weeks
and is in possession of all the data
regarding. locations and values. Mr..
Mast says 1t is likely the association
Will. be made a permanent institution
to assist the settlers in the develop
ment of the reservation. Three hun
drd residents of Spokane are members
Of the association. It is announcco
that every ticket-holder will file or
land in the reserve and take UP his
homestead at once.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
JACK JOHNSON Will
GO IN FOR HIGH ART

New York.--Listen closely! Jack
Johnson has gone in ror art. Not the
noble and manly art of self defense
but regular art. Yes. the fistic cham
pion is now fully launched in a war
Of litigation over a new piano and
he says he will spend a goodly portion
of his earnings after July 4, next in
painting.
Before Jack started west he held a
sort of last conference with his Chi
cago attorneys, telling them that he
was determined to contest bitterly he
suit Of a musical firm which placed
5000 piano in his residence. John
son has had especially constructed
for his use a piano costing $4,000 and
he was peeved indeed to think that
another firm should want him to toist
a 5000 instrument upon him.
Speaking of literature, Mister John
son says that his favorite characters
are Napoleon and Hamlet.
81 allus liked them Danes ever
since seen Battling Nelson at work"
exclaimed the champion. And then
l like fighters, too, and Napoleon was
a sure enough scrapper. But I don't
read them novel books at all. I ike
history and mathematics"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
William Gorden of EIIensburg
. Sacrifices Life TO Save Pas
se'gers on His Train.
STICKS TO HIS POST WHEN
HIS ENGINE JUMPS RAILS
Northern Pacific Passenger Train I'm
Wreck Near YalNima--Engineer APP
plies Brakes When Engine Jumps
Over banlSment-Fireman Is
Also KilIed-With Exception Of
Mail Car All OF Coaches Remain on
Rails.

North Yakima, Wash, April 25.-
To save the lives or passengers en-
trusted to his care, Engineer William
Gorden OF Ellensburg, yesterday gave
up his own life when he stuck to his
post and applied the airbrakes as the
engine jumped the track near Selah
station The locomotive toppled over
the embankment and Gorden and
Fireman Meyers Of Pasco, were crush
ed to death, but none of the coaches
except the mail car left the rails. Two
Seattle mail clerks were slightly hurt
Conductor q. F. Churchill who was
taking tickets in the day coach, says
when the engine left the track the
train was going at a normal speed of
about 90 miles an hour. Suddenly the
airbrakes were set the engine whistle
gave the short distress blast and a Sec
ond later there was a crash.
Engine No. $50. pulling the train
had left the main line gone into the
switch Just east Of Selah, jumped the
track and been dumped over an en-
bankment about five feet In height.
Forced by the momentus of the heavy
train. the mail car had been swept
by the overturned engine and been
turned about a quarter over and the
baggage car had followed. Appar-
emily after giving the warning signal
Engineer Gordon had attempted to
get from the cab, for his body was
found between the boiler head and
the tender. The body of Meyers was
found pinned under the tender, his
arms outstretched.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
HERMIT WOODCHOPPER
FOUND DEAD IN BED
PATHETIC END TO
A LONELY EXISTENCE
John Eddy, Living For Many Years
I'm Heart OF Forest, Passes Away
When Found Had Been Dead About
Month-IIad Cut Himself Off From
all Human Companionship.

AS pathetic ending to- a pathetic
life, the remains of John Eddy an
aged Meacham woodchopper were
found in his bed in lonely log cabin
near that town last evening. In this
cabin, located in the depth of the
forest and isolated from all other hu-
man habitations the man had spent
the last 10 or 20 years of his life.
From the condition in which the body
was found 1t is evident that he had
died about month ago. Coroner
Folsom went to the scene this morning
and after an investigation decided that
death was due to natural causes. The
remains were inferred near the cabin
in which he had lived.
II Eddy was ever married or had
any living relatives. he never COM
muniCated the fact to any one in the
section of the country where he lived.
He lived entirely to himself merely
cutting enough wood for W. r. Ross
to eke out n miserable existence. He
never received any letters from any
one and never subscribed for any pa
pers or magazines.
He had never confided in anyone
to the extent of telling his age but it
is believed that he was about 20.
1t is a peculiar coincidence that
William Boyd, the aged bachelor re-
cluse and woodchopper who commit
ted suicide near Meacham a few weeks
ago was also an employe of w. b.
Ross.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
WOULD INDUCE HOMESEEKERS
TO LOCATE IN NORTHWEST

Denver, Colo. April 25.-The Pa
cific northwest is to be the scene of
the greatest activity in the campaign
inaugurated by Secretary Wilson,
through the forest service to induce
American homeseekers to take up
homesteads within the national forests
instead of emigrating to Canada. This
was the opinion expressed today by
Paul Redlngton, assistant district for
ester and with the idea or promoting
settlement, Chief Forester Graves has
started on a trip throughout the
west. Efforts will be centered on
western Montana, Oregon. Washing
ton, Idaho and California, as ideal
locations for working out the home
stead plan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
HARVARD PROFESSOR
WORKS AS LABORER

Cambridge, Mass.-Hugh w Ran
som, professor of mathematics and
civil engineering at the Harvard sum-
mer school and an assistant instruc-
tor of mathematics at the university,
has gone to work as laborer at $3.50
n day for the construction company
that is building the Cambridge sub
way.
Professor Ransom. attired in n
Jumper, soft hat and with an old pipe
in his mouth, his clothes covered with
clay, looks very much like his fell
low laborers.
How do you like the job?" he was
asked.
Immense" he replied. "a fellow
may think that what he learns in col
lege in the scientific line may be all
he needs in a mechanical life, but
this is a mistake. Book learning am
cunts to nothing compared with prac-
teal experience.
81 intend to promote a contracting
company and want an insight into the
work. SO I applied for a job here
digging bitches. l am not afraid of
dirt OF soiling my hands or college
standing"
Among the college students employ
ed as laborers in the ditch are John
Lyons and George Homer of Har-
ward; II. w. Routenberg, of Yale; d.
r. Bates of Worcester Polytechnic In
stitute, and Jack Mcknight of Holy
Cross.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
GANG or OREGON CROOKS
CAPTURED IN SPOKANE

Portland, Ore. April 24-The sher-
ifs office of Portland is satisfied
that in the arrest of gang of alleg-
ed crooks at Spokane, Friday, headed
by Eddie Johnson, that a gang which
operated in this city and the northern
part of Washington has been appre-
hended. The sheriff is convinced that
a number of bold highway robberies
and other crimes committed here were
the work of the Johnson gang. AL
though the men have travelled far and
used various aliases, he is so certain
that his Identification is correct that
he has asked the Spokane authorities
to hold the gang If they are not prose-
Cuted in the city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
BALLOONS WRECKED.
Both England and Germany Suffer In
jury TO Big Dirgibles.

Berlin, April 25.-zeppelin III, the
gigantic dirgible balloon, was found
wrecked today near Weilberg, where
1t crashed to earth half an hour after
being torn from its moorings in a
gale. one soldier was carried up in
the runaway balloon, fell to the
ground from a great height and was
fatally injured. Repairs to the ship
will cost over n hundred thousand dol
lars. Count Zeppelin had extended an
invitation to Col. Roosevelt to accom-
pany him in a flight
Farmsborough, Eng, April 25.-
England's newest army drgible bal
loon was wrecked here today while
preparations were being made for Its
initial flight. A slight wind over
turned the craft splitting all OF the
gas bags and smashing the frame
work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
CHARACTER|zES PHONE
COMPANY AS VAMPIRE
CITIZENS CIRCULATING
PETITION AS PROTEST
Want City Council to Offer Induce.
ments to Another Company-High
Indignation Rife Over Recent In
crease i'm Rates,

The fight of the local citizens
against what they term the exhorbi-
tant charges and inefficient service of
the Pacific telephone company is on
in earnest. The fire of Indignation
which had been smouldering for sew
eral days was famed into flame al
the council meeting Wednesday even
ing and is now burning with consider
able fury. The latest move is the cir
culation of petitions which are to be
presented to the city council and
which call upon that body to offer
inducements to some other company
to enter the field.
In these petitions the telephone
company is referred to as YAM
pire."
Seven of them are being circulated
and one has already been filed with
the city recorder. 1t contains the
names of 16S telephone subscribers
That the company regards the sit
uation as somewhat serious and real
ICES that the people are in earnest is
evident by the fact that District
superintendent Van Houtte Of the
company has notified City Attorney
Raley that he will be here tomorrow
to meet with the board of managers
OF the Commercial association and
the members of the city council to
talk over the proposition.
The Petitions.
The wording of the petitions which
are being circulated and which are
being signed apparently as rapidly as
presented is as follows:
I'VE, the undersigned citizens and
taxpayers of Pendleton, Oregon, on
account of the recent bad treatment
of their patrons and the public by the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph COM
pany, and its present as Well as past
inefficient service. hereby petition
your honorable body to extend a gen.
eral invitation to other telephone
companies to come to Pendleton and
look over the field with a view of
some of them starting into business
and that by way of inducement and
encouragement. let it be known that
the city of Pendleton offers a free
franchise for a number of years; and,
thereafter. if no company can be in
duced to come here, offer encourage
ment to our own citizens that some of
them may organize a telephone COM
pany and launch a home enterprise
THE Pacific Telephone & Tele-
graph company is becoming too much
of a vampire to receive the further
consideration of the people of Pen
dleton and it is highR time some other
telephone company do business at this
place and receive the united support
of our citizens"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
GEORGE STRAND SAYS LOCAL
INDIANS ARE HARD To COUNT

That the life of a census enumera-
tor is not an easy one when it is his
lot to enumerate the Indians of the
Umatilla reservation has been dis
covered by George Strand, who has
the particular job of counting and
quizzing the Indians of this vicinity
Gee, but it is hard one" declares
Strand. "I and my interpreter work
about IA hours a day and we can only
count about one Indian an hour. l
have never been up against anything
like this before.
The main reason for the trouble
that the enumerator is having comes
from the fact that the Indian misun-
derstands the object of the census
They are afraid of the thing and al
most invariably want few days time
in which to think the matter over be-
fore giving any data regarding them
selves. Many Indians say they want
to talk the matter over with Major
Swartzlander before committing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
Heavy SNOW Storm.

st. Louis, April 25.-Heavy snow
storms and high winds with temper
ature several degrees below freezing
were reported throughout Missouri
and Southern Illinois last night. A
report from Lebanon. Mo, in the heart
Of the apple district states that farm
ers have given up the crop and ceas-
ed smudging.
The peach and berry crop, accord
ing to the st. Louis weather officials.
probably are also destroyed although
there is hope a rising temperature
will save portion of both.
a severe storm is raging near Cairo
Illinois.
The minimum temperature in st.
Louis today was % degrees and SINH
lar registrations are reported through
out a radius of $50 miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
WALLA WALIIA BOY
LOSES LIFE IN WATER

walla walla, April 25-Falling in
to the water when the steep bank gave
way under him John Schffner, jr.,
the 12-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Schiffner, was drowned near his
home at Touchet yesterday afternoon.
The body never came to the surface,
and although his companion, George
Gradwell, gave the alarm at once.
search failed to bring the lads re-
mains to view. 1t is feared he was
down the swift current of the stream
as the bank was dug out before dark
last night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25

Mrs. James Hazleton. or Mrs. r.
H. Griffin. aged % years, committed
suicide. in a room at the Empire
lodging house last evening by drink
ing laudanum. The ratal potion was
taken about 10 o'clock last evening
and physicians worked over her un.
til about o'clock this morning when
the last spark of lire left the body.
No reason was assigned for the deed
in the brief note she left and the Of
ficers have been unable to fix upon a
theory.
The woman has been a resident Of
Pendleton more or less continuously
for the past four years. 1t is believ-
ed that she was married to James
Hazeton who was employed by Dan
May the cement contractor. in this
city about two years ago. Nearly ex-
actly year ago they went to south
ern Idaho. Later she came to La
Grande. where she lived with F. II.
Griffin as his wife and when she re-
turned to Pendleton about a month
ago it was as Mrs. F. H or frankie
Griffin.
The only word she left was kindly
notify F. H. Griffin. Vancouver. B. c.,
Jas Hastings street W. and Mrs. John
Dougall, Nampa, Idaho" 1t was
learned this afternoon that Mrs. Dou-
gall is the mother or the unfortunate
woman.
She had purchased a two-ounce
bottle Of laudanum at the Koeppen
Bros. drug store and there was less
than half ounce left in the bottle. II
is presumed that she drank the rest
at one time. She was discovered q
very few minutes after she had taken
the poison, but was unconscious when
the physicians arrived and all efforts
to revive her failed
So far as the officers have been
able to ascertain the woman was alone
ar the time she drank the poison but
a very short time before, Joe Sweeny,
an employe of the city brewery was
with her. A number of empty whisky
flasks were found in the room.
The woman had always supported
herself whether living with her hus-
band, James Hazleton or living alone,
by taking in washing and doing other
work. For the past several days she
has been employed at the w. G. Love
boarding house at 1876 Johnson street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
themselves.

themselves.
Some of the "old time" Indians are
particularly hostile toward the emu
merator. Amos Pond, chief of the
Walla Wallas, is one of this number.
Amos is possessed of the idea that the
census means no good for his peo-
pie, So he has been following Strand
about the reservation and telling the
Indians not to answer the ouizzer's
question. He tells them that If they
do they will have to pay taxes on their
land and also that roads are liable to
be opened across the reservation.
Many of the educated and Christian
ized Indians have this same theory
of the matter So II is like pulling
teeth to enumerate the reservation.
According to George Strand he likes
the Sc per day he gets for being a
census enumerator. But he is having
a workout such as he never had be-
fore, even when he played football
and helped trough house" the Baker
City high school team.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
McCute,ileon Returns.

Honolulu, April 24.-John 7. Nc
Cutcheon, the Chicago cartoonist and
writer who was for some time with
Theodore Roosevelt in Africa, is re-
turning on the steamer Asia which
arrived here today. McCLtcheon pre-
diets that Colonel Roosevelt will again
become presideR. He stated when
ever the matter was. mentioned in the
hunting camps. the colonel avoided
all participation in the discussion of
politics but on one or two occasions
remarked that he had other work out
lined which would occupy him for
many years to come
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
Burned 10 Death,

Ponca, Neb., April 24.-Mrs. Jerry
Miner and five children were burned
to death this morning when their cot
tage, three miles north of here, caught
fire. Mr.. Miner saved his two year
old baby by throwing it out in the
yard. The father made a desperate
effort to rescue the other members
of the family. He was terribly burn
ed and is not expected to live.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
dirt or soiling my hands or colleg
FARMER PUNISHED FOR
THROWING AWAY MONEY

Geneva.-A dispute arose between a
well-to-do farmer of Fubourg and his
wife over trivial matter and the hus-
band, losing his temper, threw a roll
of 21 banknotes. of the value of s42O
into the fire.
Soon after the farmer received a no.
tice to appear before court by
which he was found guilty of "prodi-
gality," and sentenced to the depriva-
tion of his civic rights.
The farmer, in defense, stated that
he had earned the money, and claim
ed the right to dispose of it as he
pleased.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
E1ies 10 Miles.

Paris, April pa dispatch from
Dijons says Baron de Caters, the avi-
ator in Farman biplane, today beat
all cross country records, flying with
a passenger from Mourmelon to near
ly ten miles beyond Dijons, a total of
nearly 140 miles. No confirmation
has been received from any source
and relatives are inclined to doubt
the truth of the report
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
Aviators Plan SPECIAL Meet in
Honor Of the Distinguished
American.
COLONEL DOES NOT VISIT
POLLS DURING ELECTIONS
Roosevelt Family Spends Quiet Sun
day in Gay Paree-AII Go to Church
and Lunch With Ambassador JUS
serand-Teddy Does Not Mix in
Elections-Aeronauts Elect Him
izatiOn.

Paris, April 25.-A special avla-
ton meet in honor of Colonel Roose-
welt has been arranged for today and
will be held at Issy Les Moulineaux, a
short distance from Paris. The
Academic Des Sports, which made
Roosevelt honorary vice president, is
holding the meet
Tonight Roosevelt will dine with
General Berger. Later he will attend
the opera. The bill was to have been
"Salome." was was changed at Roose-
velts request.
Teddy Goes TO Church.
Mr.. q. Roosevelt passed a compare
lively quiet Sunday in Paris. Accom-
panied by Ambassador Bacon he at
tended the morning service in the
American church in the Rue de Berri
and listened to the sermon of the
Rev. chauncey w. Goodrich.
Mrs. Roosevelt. accompanied by
Kermit and Miss Ethel, attended the
American church in avenue De
I'Ama.
Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt lunched
and. and other guests including Pre-
mier BRAND, minister of justice; Con-
sui General Mason, A. Leroy Breau-
lieu, Albert de Couterin, Count de
Lasteyre and Count de Portales. In
the afternoon there was an automo-
bile trip to st. German where Colonel
Roosevelt visited the chateau of
Henry ". Returning the Roosevelts
dined privately with Ambassador and
Mrs. Bacon at the American embassy.
Although the general elections were
held here yestrday in France, Colonel
Roosevelt did not visit the voting
booths, saying he had not time to in
vestlgate matters that did not con-
Germ him directly. Besides, he sup
posed the election machinery in
France was neither better nor worse
than in the United States.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
HERMISTON WON FROM
UMATILLA TO o
Especial Correspondence

lSpeciaI CorrespOndence.)
Hermlston, Ore, April 25.--In the
ball game at Umatilla yesterday. the
Hermiston team again took the Uma-
tillas into camp, the score this time
being seven TO zero in favor of Her.
miston. For Hermiston Phelps and
Wilson constituted the battery while
the battery for Umatilla was compos-
ed of Bush and Connell. The strike
outs were as follows: Hermiston Q:
Umatilla 12.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25

Columbus, Ohio, April 25.-Heavy
frost damage resulted in Central Ohio
Saturday night. The minimum tenn
perature was 80, and as the latter part
of the night was clear and still, the
blight was not severe on small fruits,
early vegetables and even the harder
leaves of many trees. Grapes suffered
heavily and there were considerable
mortality among young poultry.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25

Only in the sacredness of inward ST
lence does the soul truly meet the
secret. hiding God. The strength of
resolve, which afterwards shapes life
and mixes itself with action, is the
fruit of those sacred solitary mo-
ments when We meet God alone
Christian Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-25
PAULHAN WILL TRY
FOR PRIZE FLIGHT

London, Eng, April 25.-M.
Paulhan, the French aviator,
will try for the Lord Northcllffe
prize of fifty thousand dollars
for flight between Manchester
and London. He arrived last
evening and today is busily en-
gagged In preparing his bi-plane
for the voyage. White, the
British aviator who nearly COM 4
pleted the trip Saturday, will try I
again next week. It Ia rumor- I
ed he and Paulhan will race to I
Manchester.