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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-26
ALASKA COAL WORTH HALF CT
Alfred ii. Brooks, of the Geological
Survey Gives Low Estimate OF
Present Value.

An advanced summary OF an I'M
portant article on Alaska coal by AL
fred H Brooks, of the Geological
Survey, is published in this months
Alaska Yukon Magazine. Regarding
the value of the coal Mr.. Brooks has
this to say.
'Those unfamiliar with coal min
ing find it hard to understand why
the value of a ton of coal in the
ground should be so very small frac-
ton of its market price to the con-
sumer. They lose sight of the facts
that the coal in the ground is the
raw material which the miner by his
labor manufactures and the railway
company transports, and that, as a
rule. before the coal reaches the con-
sumer several different individuals
or corporations must have made a
profit out of 1t.
"The writer has roughly estimated
the accessible coal of the Bering and
| Matanuska fields as having a value
of half cent ton in the ground
Exception has been taken to this val
uation. but chiefly on the part of those
who have given little consideration
to the matter and who think of the
value of the coal in terms of its re-
tail price to the consumer. To these
persons a valuation of nalf cent
appears another way of expressing
the thought that these lands have no
value at all. This is, however, far
from being the case, for half cent
ton is higher than the value OF
most of the eastern coal lands, in
| spite of the fact that they are close
! to the centers of population land
hence to market. In fact, in some OF
the well-developed eastern fields good
bituminous coal has recently sold fol
as low as one-thirteenth of cent .
ton in the ground.
"If this ton value is transposed tC
a basis of so much per acre, 1t will
admit more readily of comparisons
Few tonnage estimates have beer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-26
POINTS OUT INCREASE IN
SCHOOL INDEBTEDNESS

Olympia, Wash.-Pointing out the
alarming increase in school district
Indebtedness, and urging a general
effort to remove the growing incu-
bus, State Superintendent Henry B.
Dewey has addressed a circular let
ter to the county superintendents, CIV
ing the figures OF school Indebtedness
throughout the state for each child
of school age. This has increased
from 1854 in 1890 to 1886 in 1909.
Superintendent Dewey makes the
surprising statement that the districts
Of the state are paying out more
money on the interests of indebted
ness than the total interests coming
in from the investment of the perma-
nent school fund. The text of the
letter follows:
"At present per cent of all the ex-
penditures for school purposes are
for payment of interest So far as
the schools are concerned, this mon
ey is wasted. The net indebtedness
(deducting cash on hand) per child
of school age increased from 1884 in
1890 to 1886 in 1909; between 1905
and 1909 the net Indebtedness per
child Of school age increased $4.67.
MANY districts are paying per
cent on warrants. In many cases this
rate could be reduced to per cent
and the warrants be floated without
discount.
"In districts having outstanding
bonds. urge the county commission
ers to establish a sinking fund, IL pos
sible, under the provisions of the code
OF public instructions. Then keep
the sinking fund invested in school
warrants.
Mote carefully the expenditures
for incidental expenses of the dist
ricts In 1909 the items included
under this head (fuel, interest, re-
pairs. free text books, libraries, etc.)
required 32.3 per cent of the total ex-
penditures for school purposes.
81 wish to call your attention
chiefly to the levy for the current
year large number OF districts
have outstanding warrants. Unless
there is some reason for not doing
so, it seems to me that these districts
should include in heir report to the
county commissioners an estimate for
payment OF outstanding warrants"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-26

made in the Behring river and Mata-
nuska coal fields. but the best in
formation available indicates that
these lands will yield between 10000
and 100000 tons to the acre. This
means that some of the lands will
yield only 10000 tons OF coal to the
acre; others may yield as much as
100000 tons. Multiplying this acre
tonnage by half cent (the esti-
mated value of the coal in the
ground) indicates that these lands
are worth from $50 to $500 an acre
Such values are far above the aver
age of the bituminous coal lands in
the United States"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-26
PERSONAL
MENTION

Frank Martin of Adams, Is a Pen
dleton visitor today.
Sam Axley of Helix, is Pendle-
ton business visitor today.
NJ. C. Norman of Echo, is transact
ing business in Pendleton.
c. B. Pickens of La Grande is a
Pendleton business visitor.
Sam l.. Neail of Nyssa, Oregon, is
a Pendleton business visitor.
Joe Basler is here from Portland
to look after property interests.
William c. Cusick Of Union, is in
the city to care for business interests.
ing for southern Idaho, where they
will spend a few weeks on their
ranch.
Miss Helen Raymond returned this
morning from visit with relatives in
Helix
| City Recorder F. c. Mckenzie of
Hermiston, came up from that place
last evening"
]. s. Norvell, the Helix hardware
merchant, is a Pendleton business
visitor today.
| Frank Griggs of the Gritman
Brothers cigar store, left this af-
| ternoon for Pasco.
Miss Jessie Folsom of Kennewick,
Washington, is the guest of Miss
Elizabeth Sawtelle.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakley went to
Kamela this morning to serve some
papers in civil suit.
Lydia Albough of Pilot Rock, came
in yesterday afternoon and spent the
night in Pendleton.
| L. B. Wells a painter, returned to
Echo this morning after transacting
business in Pendleton.
| Joe Sheard of Athena came down
from that place this morning to
transact business here.
Mrs. Robert Stanfield and little
daughter came up this morning from
their home at Stanfield.
L. B. Reeder returned to Portland
yesterday after having attended the
funeral of Wayne Maloney.
A. C. Crawford. a prominent real
estate merchant of Hermiston, is
spending the day in Pendleton.
oliver Knots, the Pilot Rock
sheepman came in from his ranch on
Upper Birch creek, last evening.
A. K. Wilkins, a Northern Pacific
conductor, accompanied by his wife,
passed through Pendleton this morn
Miss Paralee HALEY has returned
from Portland. where she had been
spending the summer with relatives.
Mrs. H. H. McReynolds and dau-
ghter, Miss Elsie McReynolds. came
in from Pilot Rock yesterday after
noon.
Bert Wilson. special claim agent for
the o. R. & N, came in this morn
ing from a business visit to Cayuse
station.
Joe Parkes and daughter, Miss
Phyllis Parkes, left this morning for
; the Parkes summer home at Mea-
cham.
j. T. Mayo, superintendent OF
bridges and building for the o. r. &
n. is in the city today in an official
capacity.
Lester Hamley Earl Coutts and
George Gibson returned this morning
from a brief outing on the Upper
Umatilla.
NJ. L. Morris, the Helix merchant
and Frank Albee, also of Helix, drove
in from that town this morning ir
an automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Manning and
child have returned from Lehman
springs where they have been spend
ing the summer.
]. F. Colve, formerly music store
salesman in Pendleton but dealing ir
Alberta lands, is down from thai
country on brief business trip.
A. D. Rothrock of Walla Walla
came over from the Garden city this
morning to spend the day in Pendle-
ton, looking after business interests
; Mrs. n. A. Miller of Athena Is
. spending the day in Pendleton, hav'
r ing come down this morning from
| that place this morning to transact
| business here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-26

left front knee. Return TO Oregon
Feed Yard for suitable reward.
Wanted-Middle aged competent
woman to do cooking and general
housework. Write or phone J. H.
Koontz. Echo, oregon.
Sharon & Eddings have just receiv-
eG a car load of sewer pipe and are
prepared to make shipments to all
small towns near Pendleton.
Parry in financial distress has plac-
ed with us for sale beautiful Ho-
bart M. Cable piano. cost $3.50. Nc
reasonable offer refused. Elilers Mu-
sic House, S13, Main street, Pendle-
tons home store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-26
LOCALS
Pastime pictures please all.
Read the WANT ads todayY
Try Mark Patton sanitary ba

Try Mark Patton sanitary barber.
Phone Main for United Orchestra.
Snyder chimneysweep Tel. Red 3812
Saw dust for sale at the Oregon
Lumber Yard.
Automobile for hire. day or night
Phone Main ~.
Good Spaulding hack nearly new,
only S75. Phone Main s.
wanted-woman to do washing
Telephone Red 1855.
For rent-Good house and barn.
Address p. o. Box 4o6.
wanted-Waitress at Southern
Cafe. zoe E. Alta street.
For Sale-Piano and household fur.
aiture. Phone Red 3s33.
DR.. L. Kl Blakeslee has returned
from Union county. and has resumed
practice.
More moving pictures shown thar
any other theater in the 'tty-th'
Pastime.
For good, dry slab wood, call a
or phone your order to the Oregon
Lumber Yard.
Good year old horse, weight 115C
pounds. work single or double. Price
$125. Phone Main 8.
Lost-On Main street, green Japan
ese opal ring set in dull gold. Re-
ward. Phone Mrs. Nissen. Main 5O2
Try one of those car eful sanitar,
shaves at Mark Patton's barber shop
Old Privett stand. Phone Main 427
Sharon & Eddings sell galvanized
iron bath tubs. Light and easy tt
move around. Just the thing foi
farmers.
Ladies wishing sewing done at theil
own homes or otherwise may phone
Black 37S6. Terms s2.00 per day
Mrs. J. L. DenniA
Lost Sorrel mare, bald faced
branded IL" on left stirle; weigh
about 1000 pounds. White spot OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-26
Night Riders Raid Woman.

GLASGOW, Ky-News has reached
here that might riders visited the
home of Mrs. Mary Buchanan of
Gresham, in Green county, and de-
molished a mill owned by her, cutting
belts. breaking pumps and in various
ways damaging the property.
Later in the night the party, it is
said. made an assault upon the home,
knocking in doors and breaking win
dows. Mrs. Buchanan and little son
frightened them away by firing on
them.
Do you take the East Oregonian?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-26
A Question of Comfort.

Now, DOCTOR" complained a bib
ulous patient, my great trouble is
elephants pink ones. Not that
object to elephants. you understand.
l like them-but they 90 crowd one
so."-From Success Magazine
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-04

The tondcrfoot oycrIoyel at the result
reeds little persuasion to provide an
other ana siill more expensive outfit,
together generally with cash for the
opening and development of the claim
the second "trip is essentially q rep
.olili"n of the first with the eXcep-
tion that this time Of the grub stake
eater never reappears one advantage
.G the device from The latter's point
.ci view, is that not for months and
i'equently never docs the victim
awaken TO the fact that he has sup
ported an imaginative tramp in idle
luxury for from three months to a
YEAR
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-04
THE PROSECTOR
tContlnned rrom nroocdIng ragcl

smallest particular with those of the
original story H. adds with proper In
dIsuatiou that mp tu thar time he has
found NO ono ne can trust with the
sevrct lt his now friends whom hc
can sec To- bc man of JUDGMENT and
discretion Will Grub stake him he VIII
Nurarutcc to make lhpm both million
oircs
il the new friend agrccs. as with sl,il
Wl handling he IS apt To do. the
pseudo prospoctor presently sets forth
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-04

HaIpt s. naVic The Worlds Fayoritc since 1889 Nearly
1l"hEI OoFO thrccquarcIS of century Of successful
Piano building stands back Of the aIct Davis Piano TO
own llaIet Davis is to be proud oS27L IN &7On
your possession See the late sylcsQ0IJ " QiVV
Newman Rrnc Words can scarcely express the merits of
""'u OiV' this old reliable make Every tone is pure
marked by richness and reserve that makes simple
551i2%{ doIisht. ,'"s Of $500 to $3.50
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-04

Some are Good some are better and some are 4
good instrument will last two generations and
and careful consideration should be exercised
'uycrs own sake the money should be pat nt,
tween good Piano and "a,tIc uop'' il is II
lime to come
instruments which would grace any home and
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-04

M\NTEn--CLENN COTrON RAGS
nj World office NJ once.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-17

est ponies. it, testies: cattle-for the
big show that 10 the last word the ives,
Of yesterday speaks to tho people and
world Of today.
When tho curtain goes up on this
show mon and women from Missouri
give hand wave to others from Mon
tana and California, from Nebraska
and Kansas, Colorado and Utah. A
regular whoop 1t UP western hand
wave 1t is, that gets one as near the
brotherhood Of man idea as one is
likely to be for many a day in these
me for the individual life times"
With Roosevelt AZ an added attrac-
tion OF course tho celebration will
draw visitors to Cheyenne from all
over the country. as we'll as the ranch
men and their families. The railroads
have made great preparations to han
die the crowds. Frontier Days" will
be on for four days, from Aug. "a to
Aug. ~ inclusive. The last two will
be Roosevelt days"
Crest Doings Are Predicted.
Just listen to a Newspaper mans
predictions OF the doings that will en-
liven the visit of the former president
and ranchman to the Wyoming capt.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-17
"frontier Days" at Cheyenne Feature
If HE Cnon;nd Tou..

Days'' celebration going on in full
blast. Tho arrival Of Roosevelt will
send the enthusiasm way up to the
top Of tho tube. Wyoming looks upon
Roosevelt as q sort Of straying neigh
Dor anyway although It 10 quite a
spell since he left his ranch in North
Dakota, a nearby state. to follow the
paths Of fame in tho east.
The "Old" West viii b on View.
With tho end In view of entertain
ing tho colonel and incidentally many
thousands of other visitors. tho west
ern states have been secured for the
best remaining specimens Of horse and
man, with their accoutrements, to H.
lustrate tho lifo that has passed away
In many places ana Is rapidly depart
ing from tho others. The spread of
tho modern improvements In life and
tho changes in the utilization OF the
soil have forced tho cattlenan more
ana moro into changed ways Of living.
He continues to exist, Of course. else
he and the rest Of us would have to
abstain from beef. but his immense
ranches are being cut up and tho old
time picturesQueness 10 being elimi-
mated. Sheepman and farmer are
providing him hard, especially since
the government forbade tho fencing
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-17

OF these beasts have never known the
feel Of tho halter and will resent in
fierce fashion the efforts to subdue
them. The flrst prize In tho broncho
busting contests will be saddle worth
$500. offered by tho Union Pacific rail-
road.
Tho Cheyenne folks profess q great
contempt for the 80 called wild west"
shows. They declare that their cele-
bration 10 tho only real thing" Of the
sort offered to the American public.
Indlans at the Bic Show.
To fasteners one Of the most in
teres<ing features Of the celebration
will be the gathering Of the Indians
They will be there with their squaws,
their papooses ana their tepees and
will take part in the stage holdups,
riding contests, war dances, wild
horse races. COW pony races. potato
races. etc.. that will help to make up
the show.
A forecast Of tho celebration reads:
wyoming 10 already making great
plans for Frontier Days celebration.
TO this every ranch and camp in the
wSds and happy state empties its
strong men. it, crack riders. its gam
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-17

tai. Isn't he delishtfully enthusiastic
"Doings! There'll be doings every
moment Of tho six days, doings thatll
efface all memory Of jungle roars, of
temple bells. Of languid tropics and tho
blare OF musketry from the mind of
Roosevelt-and then moro doings. For
Roosevelt will be as the heat to fire,
az the light to tho flame, as the sting
to the winds that come romping off
the hills to give him greeting. The
great rough rider 10 the ideal Of every
western ranch rider. every man who
loves the bronchos. And these same
rough. hearty spirits Of tho west are
the Roosevelt ideals of manhood.
What a glad. noisy grand reunion it
will be when they get together in
Cheyenne and Denver!"
In common with the rest Of the west.
Cheyenne deplores tho passing of the
odd west" with its picturesqueness
and romance. That does not prevent
Cheyenne. however. from taking ad-
vantage OF modern conditions in add
ing attractions to its Frontier Days"
celebration. While the chauffeur will
not share equally with the cowboy and
the broncho buster and tho pony ex-
press rider in the honors of tho great
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-17
6'|SgEA|

in Of it, land. The steady flow Of thu
irrigation idea over the west and the
Introduction Of the 30 called DRY
farming and other improved methods
OF cultivation OF the soil have sub
stituted corn and alfalfa for the long
and short grass on which the great
herds formerly subsisted. The result
has been q gain in net wealth for the
west, but q loss in picturesq ueness.
For instance. tho committee in charge
OF tho Cheyenne celebration, which is
an annual affair. Ands 1t increasingly
dimcult to obtain the bucking bronchos
to figure In the 'busting" contests.
Except in fow localities near Chey-
emo the famous wiry broncho, with
his hard mouth, his restless. nervous
energy and his irresistible propensity
to buck and rear and throw his
would Be rider. seems to be nearly OK
tfnct. For this years celebration, the
greatest planned In the fourteen years
Of Frontier Days" existence, the
whole west and the Hawaiian islands
have been searched for tho best riders,
bro0oho busters and steer ropers In the
world. The cowboys will risk their
lives in contests with horses which
have run wild over the plains. Some
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-17
Kansas Honors For Brown of Osawatomie''

between. It remained for IN intelli
gent and highly trained historian, not
OF southern blood. a full generattou
after the fact, when unmovod by the
passions Of the civil war period, to
class him a. q common criminal" says
one OF tho most recent Of Browns
biographers. He adds: THAT judg-
ment Of John Brown Is perhaps further
from the truth than any opinion en-
tertained Of him nifty years ago By in
telligent and educated men Of Wha&-
ever political faith. Brown was an
anarchist toward q single creep q un-
Just human laws because he felt %
scutely their conflict with what he
deemed divine law. This attitude to-
ward statutes and constitutional COM
promises led him into acts, vain II you
will and those Of q monomaniac. but
not those Of . common criminal"
The battle Of Osawatomie to be COM
memorated BY the Roosevelt address
and the erection Of new state park,
was one Of the most striking incidents
In the western career of John Brown
before he turned his attention, with
fatal results, to the eastern states. As
the inscription on the battlefield n1onu-
Guiding his sons, pitted against q force
Of 400 Missourians who opposed the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-17

vlow out, he VIII ha ve q Place Just b.
'ore the formal npeaing Of the show.
On Aug. % there wifi be at Cheyenne
fastest tracks in r11s world.
Two Roosevelt Te~rv,
While Mr.. Roosevelt has expresosA
his Joy over bis ability to aooapt
Cheyenne's invitation for . two aaytF
visit during the frontier cslebrae3sA &
will be. after all. only ono !acideu4 q
long and busy trip. He VIII lsnxe
Oyster Bay in time to get to chsvsDs
Aug. 26. From Cheyenne ~ sOss -
Denver, then. in the order given, -
Usawatomie, Kan. (where he Will spaaE
on John BROWN, Omaha Sioux FAlls.
Fargo, st. Paul. Milwaukee, Frespo5s,
ILL.,; Chicago and Pittsburg.
After q three weeks rest Mr.. 2oooo-
welt will set of on another tour, th1o
time Of the south. His nrst important
stop will be made at Atlanta, o., On
Oct. 8. a day set aside for thu honosinG
Of the memory Of Joel Chandler HsF-
ris, the famous author, who Wa Q
personal friend Of the former prsaa-
dent. Mr.. Roosevelt Is an ardent ad-
mirer Of the Georgian's work ana wn
take occasion to extol him on ''Uncse
Remus day" st. Louis. Hot Springs.
Ark. and Peoria. Ill.,, are among De
other stops on Colonel Roosevelt's 49,
ond itinerary
At each of his stopping places kr.
Roosevelt will make q speech. He
will not eschew politics, but will e.
liver his opinions, in his own vigoe-
Gus fashion, on the issues Of the daI.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-17
hetty Green's Son Called to Her Assistance
7 Ew YORKs gain is Texas

n EW YORKs gain is Texas
That's the way Texas look.
at tho removal Of EdWsrt
Rowland Robinson Green from Ter.
roll. Tex. to the nations metropolis
How New York looks at 1t 10 not We,
recorded. There are moro millionaires
and railroad presidents in New Yorl
city than there are in Texas, and thu
addition Of one did not make much Of
splash in the New York puddle
that 10. speaking figuratively. Literally
considered. II Edward two other names
Green fell into either of New York;
two rivera he'd make considerable Of 9
splash. lie IL more than six feet tall
and weighs in tho neighborhood Of 500
pounds.
1t isn't in size merely that the only
son Of Hetty Green Is big man. He
has gone to New York to take on his
broad shoulders some Of the financial
burdens Of his aging mother, the
wealthy Mrs. Hetty Green, but the
men who know him say that he ia
mentally as well as physically qualified
to assume the responsibility. Texas
has had him seventeen years, and now
Mrs. Green thinks that it is her turn.
Her astute brain is beginning to feel
the strain Of decades Of the very
shrewdest sort Of financial manipula-
ton. In seeking a staff whereon to
rest in her declining years she nat
urally tur71d to her only son. She Ia
seventy-fve years DID, Mrs. Green's
fortune was estimated recently at $780,
100000. Many persons believe it is
much more than that.
Reverting to our first statement,
about the acquisition of Edward H. r,
Green by New York being considered
a loss by Texas: Ever since the time,
seventeen years ago. when Hetty
Green sent her boy Eddie to Texas to
look after he. interests in the big state
he has made It a point to cultivate In
Innate relationships with the Texans.
ThrouGhout the state he Is known az
Ed Green. He does not resent the ia
miliar appellation-far from 1t. In
Texas hail fellow we'll met" Is synon-
ymous with Ed Green.
That ID, in social and political rela-
tionships. When you get on the prac-
teal side OF the line that separates tho
social I'd Green from the business
man, railroad president ranch owner,
real estate promoter. ETC., you meet a
totally different man. He shucks off
the appellation Ed Green then and be-
comes Edward H. R. Green, presi-
dent Of the Texas Midland railroad,
son Of the famous woman fnancier
and himself hnancier with the abil-
ity to give points in the game to all
but the very leaders Of the profession.
In this Mr.. Green 10 only showing
tho workings Of the laws Of heredity.
For four or hve generations the
Greens on his fathers side and the |
Robinsons on his mothsr's-sspscially |
the latter-hAve been moneyed folks |
with the inclination ana the ability not
only to hold on to their money, but to
make It increase exceedingly. Hetty
Green hsrosh - he me flower Of tAis
lanily tToe. hut her son u only Q 1T
ae, II any, infselor 10 her In the money