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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08

For Sale-Thirteen acres, half mile
east OF city. Good buildings, orchard,
berries, vineyard, 8 acre chicken
park, irrigating plant and water right.
Address w. w. Hanna. r. F. d. No.
1, BOX 8.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08
Petition for Gallon House.

a petition is being circulated and
will soon be presented to the county
court asking that a license to sell
liquors in quantities not less than a
gallon be granted to Blackburn
Brothers OF Pilot Rock, the establish
ment to be conducted just outside the
city limits of Pilot Rock. Consider
able opposition is being manifested
and It is understood a petition of re-
monstrence will also be presented.
Everybody goes to The Orpneum to
see the best and the clearesf pictures
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08
Notice TO the h

Having bought the Finch spraying
machine, I expect to do any and all
kinds Of spraying this season. Phone
Red 1912, or see I. C. Snyder.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08

Furniture, new electric fan and
general household goods, for sale at
413 Bush street. Phone Main 1O7.
Must be sold within a few days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08
Prepare Barracks for Troops.

Galveston, Tex, March S.-working
under rush orders laborers are pre-
pairing the barracks for troops at Fort
Crockett, San Jacinto and Travis,
Texas. The first soldiers arrived here
this afternoon. The army officers
believed something bigger than ma
neuvers is in prospect.
California Men Leave.
San Francisco, Calf. March s.
Major General Bell, Colonel Ladd and
Major Winship were today ordered 10
proceed to San Antonio to repor on
the staff Of Major General Carter.
They left this afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08

For rent-Eight room house at
900 East Court. Inquire Ralph How
land.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08

There is a line of ~self-control to be
drawn between proper self-confidence
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08
MEXICO TO BE ANNEXED
BY THE UNITED STATES
CONTINUED from page one.)

The government force, which left En-
scnada on March 3. was preparing
for an immediate attack on Mexicali.
Looks Like a Fight.
New York. March Solicitations
that the army will see serious action
were seen here today in orders to
Generar Grant, commanding h de-
partment OF the east, to proceed I'M
medlately TO Fort Monroe and there
board a transport for Galveston. With
Grant goes two provisional regiments
of the coast artillery which has been
hastily organized TO serve as inran-
try. They will be commanded by
Colonies Townley and White.
Indicates Real Action.
Washington, d. c., March s.
Though there is hardly a dollar in
the treasury for army maneuvers, the
quartermaster-general n army com
missary officers were ordered TODAY
to buy unlimited war supplies. Every
official movement indicates the mass
ing OF troops borderward.
Movement OF ships Secret.
Bremerton, wash, March S.-No
Information concerning Nht hhoNN-
ments of the cruisers Maryland and
West Virginia can be obtained here
from the maynard officials. The
cruisers are now in the straits maS-
ing coal tests. The c~ommandant OF
the yard would not say whether the
vessels had been ordered to join the
fleet off the Lower California coast
as reported.
Japs Plan Interference.
Portland, Ore, March S.-A rumor
Is current here among wheat and
flour men. based on private oriental
cables that japan Is preparing TO w
tervene In Mexican affairs, thereby
drawing the United States into the
affair. They profess to believe this
explains the recent unprecedented
orders for flour from Japan. An
other report, unconfirmed. is that the
United States is in the market for
provisions on a scale unusual for
peace times.
Mules Wanted in Hurry.
Kansas City, Mo-. March S.-With
the announcement that instant
delivery would be the chief factor in
deciding Bids, the local government
officials today advertised for a spe-
cial bid for 500 mules and 100 cav
airy horses to be used in connection
with the mobilization of troops.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-08

In taking over the reins of office,
President Smythe spoke with enthu-
siasm of the work for the coming
year and among other things an
nounced that the practice of having
weekly ~luncheons of the managing
board will be continued. He also
suggested that once each month the
entire membership of the club meet
at luncheon. Others also favored this
move and it will be carried out. Once
each month the entire membership
will meet either at noon or in the
evening for the purpose Of discussing
work that is before the club and FOR
the general purpose of getting closer
in touch with the promotion work
being carried on for the benefit of
the city.
The Old Academy.
DR.. C. ]. Smith and G.. NJ. Rice, as
trustees Of the defunct Pendleton
academy, asked for a recommended
ton from the club regarding the dis
pcsal of the academy's property. They
explained that a representative of the
general academy board had made
'''Shi IL pfopoSiiioH tHdl IL ioCdl truS-
tees will permit the general board
to acquire entire control of the prop
erty without the necessity of a suit
that Pendleton merchants having
claims against the academy may be
given so cents upon the dollar for
their claims. At the request Of r.
Alexander, Leon Cohen and others,
the meeting took action recommend
ing that the Pendleton board COM
ply with the request OF the general
board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
LOWER HARBOR TERMINAL.

It Is. perhaps, well to give here some
description Of Alabama Port, to which, by
reason Of it's acknowledged importance to
this seaport. alusion Is so often made by
the writer and in the statements of fact
and opinion by the leaders of Mobiles
various activities.
\ glance at the accompanying map Will
disclose the advantages Of situation Ala
bama Port enjoys. Although so very near
the opening TO the Gulf, an outlying island
interposes itself as an effectual barrier be-
tween IL and the quarter from which the
severe storms of this region approach.
But four and one-half miles Of ineXpen-
sivelv dredged shadows lie between it and
the lower fleet anchorage, with its least
depth Of nearly seven fathoms, inside or
Fort Morgan. It is but twenty-four land
miles distant from the present-and WILL
II is safe TO predict. be quite within the
future-active business limits of the city
of Mobile 10 which IL is already united by
the Bay Shore division Of the Southern
Mobile e. Ohio Railway system; and IT
will soon have electric interurban railway
connection Herewith, while still another
railroad (steam) is now being surveyed TO
duplicate these. Then, too. as the right
of way" of the Louisville & Nashville IL
not far off. It will not cost the latter much
10 connect up" with the vast traffic that
must follow the terminals completion.
As has been suggested elsewhere. Ala
bama Port will occupy cogn of vantage
in that It will be the approach of the
vast alignment of great docks and slips
itself the possessor of the greatest-that
will some day replace the white beach of
the western shore. And it will have the
first pickings!
The South Mobile Terminal Company
(the selection Of the name hetokens pre-
scienceD has displayed prophetic wisdom
in planning for the day when this great
property shall be one Of the most impor-
tant factors in world trade, rather than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31

water channel is completed and the
Panama Canal is opened that vessels Will
come to it to revictual and repair be-
cause it is the nearest place they can
reach and has better facilities than have
other ports on the Gulf-or even on the
Atlantic in like distance; and that the
argument that this port will get only the
small ships to repair because the large
ones are equipped TO do their own work,
is fallacious. they seldom being able to
do more than minor repairs.
He believes that they will come to Mo-
bile for their coal rather than take II on at
Colon. since ii will cost them less. in that
they save the freight carriage TO Colon and
the charges there.
He says that the large banana business
comes to this port because the freights are
quite as good as at New Orleans and the
port charges are lower. and also because
the time from Belize is about six hours less.
The Observation-Disclosures Company. of
which Mr.. Dortch is the manager, is an
importer of bananas and cocoanuts from
British Honduras and Guatemala, which II
sells through its brokers to the principal
cities of tho Union. It's "Barrios" brand CT
bananas is famed for It's excellence. Its
goods are brought up in its own vessel
which. with clockwork regularity, makes
semi-monthly trips between Belize, Siam
Creek and Punta Gorda, British Honduras.
touching at Livingstone and Port Barrios.
Unlike vessels arriving here light this
one offers most advantageous outgoing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
soUTHERNERS AND SERVANTS

The Northern housewife looks enVlous L,
toward the South as the land OF. good cgJns
and cheap servants. There NeseldoLs ~
should be cheap and fruits plentiful, loI t.,s
soil, encouraged by smiling sun, produSe,
abundantly There chickens are not
curiosities hut are still within the fedCn -
the humble darby. The negro citizen nie q,
be deprived OF his rights. but he hangs y"
TO his privileges. 40 are
Statistic show that servants wages Oh
much lower in the South than in the No' ,hs
but the figures no more indicate WHAT w
servants get than a Philadelphia RouuI is,b.
salary shows his actual income. Inc NSSI'
ern housewife has her troubles. but shs 60
not afflicted by the basket toter 80
does not see her dinner diminish ara Nv. NV
supplies disappear almost before her A'. :,
eyes The Southern woman has oesuh, ~
protest against the basket in the hl.V'hs
that yawns for everything that car ~.
eaten. This privilege Of carrying noun ns,S SSs
remains Of meals and good deal DeS Ing
has been claimed by negro COOKS - Ling
that they regard its revocation as u hisS
the bread out Of their mouths. Tue ~,
cost of living has made this problem q, "a
Food costs money, and the man VIZ" c.bii.
paving the bills for his own wite ana mill, nIly
dren objects to feeding another ps i"
he never sees. Baltimore SUM-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31

freghts and ii gets these through arrange
meuts with the railroads. which enable II
10 afford excellent facilities to shippers.
Mr.. Ashbc Hubbard says that Mobile Is
the cheapest coal port in the South; in fact,
i'm the world And he confirms Mr.. White 5
statement that Mobiles docking facilities
arc the cheapest i'm the Gulf as he does
MI Dortch's that ships can themselves do
only minor repairs.
Mr. Hubbard thinks the gain shown in
the imports Of bananas in the value
column of Table VIII means really, en-
larged volume. the acreage having in
creased each year, as has the consump-
ton in this country. And he attributes
the decreased imports of cocoanuts TO
their diversion from this port. giving as
an example the vast quantity used by the
shredded cocoanut people.
Mr.. Hubbard is the vice-president Of the
Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company,
which has a fleet Of five vessels that range
in size from 500 to 500 tons These ships
ply between Mobile and the various ports
Of Spanish Honduras. more particularly
that Of Puerto Cortes.
The company's fleet gives ten arrivals
here monthly 1t is equipped to carry
passengers as well as freight.
1t takes any outward freights Offering
and is ratronized by leading exporters OF
this city, of St Louis and of New Orleans
for the very good reasons that the service
is punctual and in all other respects salts
factory. while the freight tariff is some 20
per cent lower than those Of lines run
ming out of the last named port
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS FOR A YEAR

or June 80 last the Interstate IoihN,r.S al
Commission completed year lVVVtr OF
accidents on railroads uLder the lai,mn,ete
May 8. 1870 which requires more 'o', y, aae
reports from the railroads than W We're &c" .ro-
previously The bureau or rallWdy rat
Monies. Analysing this record, statsS YEAR
only % passengers were killed III ino iThe
through the fault OF the RAILROADS.. s,S,
total number OF passengers KILLED. "S'
against 42l I'm 1910 and SS I'm 1919 nss-
rhe bureaus analysis considers az hich
sengers killed through accidents toI sssn,
railways were not responsible - pSnrsS
gers on freight trains, q ne"sooys, ear and
or mail clerks and Pullman empIoy,s,ss nb-
IS5 passengers coming In contact wiz Wing
structions. getting on and OF cars; ''
rum over i'm yards and on crossings ,,A In
The total number of employees kl,1Ji INTO
the N.ar-3 6O2-is divided by the oureau,, 90 r "a
leOl through accidents for which az 80
may have been responsible anu 49, q'he
which they were not responsloie;, lass
largest item in the mot responslols aver
1877 killed by being struck or ruu ssInss
by engine or car in yards. al ards
and elsewhere may indicate tlat y.o,lld
and crossings are not so safe as theS - A
he made. That 5.2Si "trespassels snI AN
'other persons not passengers OF eu It.a ICED
were killed In the year points 10 trs rail.
OF rightly keepngsthe puzzle OF tno
road tracks-Chicago Record-Hera"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
EXPORTS OF DRYGOODS.

The big house Of J. Pollock & Co is the
acknowledged authority in its line in this
section. 1t is said to be the largest whole
sale drygeods concern in the South. Its
foreign trade is done with British Hon
duras. Spanish Honduras and MeXico-ln
riece goods mainly, although II does
large business with them in furnishing
goods.
Mr. NJ. l.. Cans, the representative OF
the concern with whom the writer talked,
said: Business with these countries has
generally increased, owing to the fact
that we have men travelling there almost
constantly and are making every possible
effort to build up the trade
Among the obstacles the firm encoun-
ters in this lie gives the foremost place TO
the competition of New York and New
Orlcans-particularly the former-and to
the unstable currency and the consequent
more or less, constant fluctuations there
of in those countries.
"A drawback to the trade with British
Honduras" he said, rs the decided advan-
tage that English and German merchants
nave over this country in the fact that
their goods are admitted duty free, while
ours are not This" he added, rs also
the case with Nicaragua, the Canal Zone
and Costa RIGA Our advantage lies in the
fact that We can deliver goods in five days
from here. while it takes Europe much
longer time
Mr.. Cans thinks the canal will help
us to compete on the west coast of Gem
trail and South America. there being lots
of stuff in the interior OF those countries
that could reach those coasts by rail that
we would be much nearer to than we are
al present if we could have direct water
communication"
The interior trade of this important
house is with Georgia. Florida, Alabama.
Mississippi Louisiana and Texas. and is
conducted mainly by rail. It finds both
rail and steamer rates satisfactory owing
to the fact that there is good steamboat
service. through competing lines, prin-
| cipally to Montgomery; and this river car
riage is a check on railroad freights. It
believes its trade will be facilitated when
the river locks are completed and it is
able 10 send goods up the Tombigbee to
| Columbus Miss and to Tuscaloosa Ala.
Even now" Mr.. Cans explained. Sci
ma and Montgomery ship by the Mallory
Line from New York and get goods from
there by that line; and goods so from New
York to St. Louis by way of Mobile and
the Mallory Line. and are thence dis
tributed by rail"
lie is one of the many whc believe that
the west shore Of the bay is a coming re-
! lief from existing terminal conditions
here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31

more cheaply than any others elsewhere u
the country. And In consequence prices a.
less here than at Pensacola. where Al"
hanna coal is s315; at New Orleans, where
Pittsburgh is 50 q"
Since Norfolk seems to be the only POI
| land Pocahontas the only coaD that ,he
doubling Thomases" can set up as MO
biles possible) peer, 1t may be wen -
borrow-from a very able disquisluon' py
MI. Robert X Warren, which appeared III
| .'The Mobile Register"-an argument tha'
would seem sufficient to decide the ques-
ton: The English ports are distant from
Colon A. s5 miles. and, via Norfolk. 5326
Gibraltar is distant from Colon 1900 ana
| via Norfolk, $500. Why should shIps ~
so far out Of their way when they can
coal at Colon?
And Mobile will supply Colon Norroih
| is four hundred miles further OF: anu
while Mobile can use. In the light airs OF
the Gulf, sail and barge, Norfolk is ABOVE
Hatteras. Norfolk's average price for hVe
years was 80 AZ the short ton: Mobiles mini
mum will probably be. when the river locks
are completed, 81 50, I. o. b. With 81 cents
In price and % per cent In distance diner
ence in favor Of Mobile, where VIII Nor
folk come in?
Mr.. Samuel Zimmern represents, under
the name OF Zimmern Coal Company. the
! Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Com
pany The first named was formed some
ten years ago. with the brothers Samuel
and Lee Zmmern as partners.
That II actively represents the second IN
stitution is evidenced by the fact that Just
two Of its contracts, made in the last year
amount In volume to about 10 per cent
of Mobiles entire bunker and export trade
which last year was 1884 (shoro TONS one
OF these is with the electric lighting plant
hereto furnish IT with 10000 tons annually
for three years. and the other is with the
streetcar line-to supply 1t with for the
same length OF time) 1880 tons per year.
The charge that while Alabama has good
steaming coal the Mobile supply Is a MKT
IRE of all the grades-n other words, IS
not properly classed-and so II is difficult
for ships to get good steaming coal IN any
quantity here. certainly will not lie against
this agency. its goods from the four mires
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad
Company-the Pratt" the "Blockton," the
"Blossburg" and the Blue Creek'-beinG
shipped and sold separately.
The Zimmern Coal Company sells to the
brewery here the Pratt lump 1t sells
steamers at this port Pratt lump. Blockton
and Blosshurg run of mine and Blockton
nut and slack"
In a comparative test Of Pratt and "Po-
cahontas" by the torpedo craft Smith
and Preston" last winter the first named
coal was used dn fair weather. from here
10 Kew West: the second Gn fair weather,
asoy on The first day to Norfolk, and the
first again on the second day tand IN
rough weather.. and the test resulted IN
victory for the "Pratt"-and in a vindi-
cation as we'll Of Mr.. Zimmern's faith in
It's superior steaming qualities-as the gov
ernment's own reports show.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
SHIP REPAIRING FACILITIES

The evidence of those engaged in the
lines that serve the port in these particu-
lars is Of practical value here. since they
are in active competition with the other
Southern ports, and, like the steamship
men. have demonstrated the things TO
which they testify.
Mr.. David r. Dunlap says: Mobile is
the cheapest in this line of all American
ports. with the possible exception of New
port News and of New York These last
are able to offset their heavier charges by
putting on plenty of labor; this saves the
ships time" he adds.
lie gives as another explanation of the
very considerable growth in this business
here the improvement in the channel and
in dock facilities, which have much in
creased this ports tonnage, and the bet
ter location of the shops here-they being
right on the docks. which reduces costs
than at other ports. such as New Orleans
and Baltimore.
Still another thing" he says, which
greatly enlarges the volume of business
is the increased size Of the lumber mills
here. this gives much work on locomotives
and machinery. Probably every mill in
mobile tributary territory mas am odi
and rolling stock"
/ He believes much work will grow out #
coal going to the Panama Canal, through
the employment Of barges and tugs TO
fetch it from up the rivers. For the trans
shipment machinery that will De required
will need frequent repairs, as will the
ocean steamers carrying the fuel to the
coaling stations on the isthmus, which
will not only have to have constant re-
pairs but new parts"
Mr. Dunlap IL the president and man
ager OF the big Alabama Iron Works.
The company's plant is enc OF the larg-
est ON the Gulf of Mexico. tine works
covering a fourth Of one of Mobiles un-
usually expansive blocks
It's buildings are masonry structures, and
these are thoroughly equipped with mod
ern machinery. including travelling cranes
in the machine shop and great swinging
cranes In the others The departments
comprise the machine" and the forging
shops" the foundry" and the pattern
department" And 1t takes some seventy,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31

! for the present; and its foresight is quite
equalled by it's faith and courage (How-
ever the men OF affairs who comprise the
hackers Of this gigantic enterprise are not
of a class that holds mere faith a guild
ing star in business propositions" but
of one that counts the cost OF every move
and knows in advance how the game will
termnateD
This great project comprehends most
extensive terminal facilities for ocean go
ing steamers. such az docks. slips. loading
basins, wharves. fireproof warehouses and
yards for accommodating cargoes. located
conveniently to shipside Also. a channel
TO natural deep water that will accommo-
date vessels drawing thirty-tive feet-the
depth of the Panama Canal These docks
will be equipped with modern. electrically
driven trans-shipment machinery, to
handle cargoes in the shortest time and
with economy. There will also be capa-
cious station for bunker and export coal
The docks are to be of the "herringbone
system" main pier built out for several
-i,4co-thousand feet. and with alternating
slips and docks radiating from II. to afford
at each accommodation for from four TO SIX
vessels of the largest tonnage. The uiu-
mate capacity OF the system is to be nifty
TO sixty ships.
The completion OF these great docks is
to be In units and by degrees; the first,
with slip. has all it's pilings driven. And
n dredge is now at work deepening the
slip and the channel The first depth win
be about sixteen feet: a greater will be
dredged to twenty-four feet. and so on,
until the final depth e thirty-hve feet is
reached. The company purposes to achieve
the last by the time the Panama Canal
IL open TO traffic
The brains that conceived and planned
and the enterprise that brought within
the field OF actual development so great an
undertaking are to be depended on to pro-
vide sites and facilities for the industries