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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-06
WEE UNION COUNTY
RAILWAY HAS HUGE
CAPITAL BURDEN

Central Railway of Oregon Is Over
capitalized Six Times Says Railway
Commission .in Asking Blue Sky
Law.
Salem, Or.-Members of the rail-
road commission presented to the
joint railroad committee of the two
houses of the legislature a draft of a
blue sky public service corporation
bill and asked to have it introduced.
Figures were quoted showing how
the Central railroad of Oregon which
has about 10 miles of road in Union
county. was capitalized at $166.9I9
per mile, which it was asserted was
about 600 per cent over-cap apitalization.
Other instances of alleged watered
stock were cited in the Oregon &
Southeastern, a logging road running
uot of Cottage Grove, over-capitaliza-
tion about 800 per cent, and the Coos
Bay, Roseburg & Eastern, over-cap-
italization about 400 per cent.
The bill drawn by the. commission
is similar to the California law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-06
WATER POWER TAX BILL
DEFEATED BY TWO VOTES
IN THE LOWER HOUSE

S2huebel Goes Down With Flying
ColOrS, Breathing Defiance at Cor
pOratiOnS.
Salem, Or.-By the narrow margin
of two votes. Schuebel's water power
bill was defeated in the house of rep
resentatives after one of the hardest
fights of the session.
AS Blanchard, Campbell, Lofgren
and Mcdonald were absent, Represen-
tative Schuebel declares he will not
yet acknowledge defeat. and that he
intends to make an effort to have the
vote reconsidered and try once more
to put the measure through the house.
The big corporations, especially the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company, were flayed by Schuebel and
other supporters of the bill, who de-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-06

DressmalSing.
Will do all kinds of dressmaking
including evening gowns. Cah at 5O2
Water street. or phone Red 2052.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-06
Mrs. Pope and
Others Testify

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Pope, oxford. Ala.
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Allegan, Mich.
L was very much pleased with
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Mrs. H. w. Teller, Waterloo, n. Y
Tallman e. Co. guarantee PARTISAN
Sage to stop falling hair, scalp itch,
and remove dandruff or money back.
1t is the best hair dressing in Ameri-
ca today. Be sure and ask for PA
RISIAN Sage Hair Tonic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-06
5 MORE HOUSE BILLS
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

Salem, Or.-Governor West signed
the following house bills:
No. 30. by Belland of Clatsop-
Providing compensation for witness
es detained by the state in criminal
cases.
No. 1873, by Schuebel Amending
section 2OS6 and repeating sections
4s71 and 1872 of Lords Oregon laws,
relating to persons guilty of riotous
conduct, the use of profane language,
ETC., at public resorts outside of incor-
porated cities
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-06

ciared that the men opposing the bill
were corporation employees. The
chief opposition to the bill was made
on the ground that it would work an
injustice to the persons or companies
using power for raising water for ir-
rigation purposes.
Isn't it pathetic to see these men
here arguing for the protection of the
small owner, the little man who wants
to develop the resources of this state? %
said Schuebel. You know that the
big corporations have power under
the present laws to put all competi-
ton out of business"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-06
DAYS DO|NGS IN LEGISLATURE At SALEM
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NO DEDUCTION FOR
GRAIN SACKS IN SALES

Salem, Or.-Governor West
gave his approval to senate bill
S6, which passed the senate
January 16 and received the
approval of the house January
20. The bill provides that in
the sale of agricultural pro-
ducts, where there is no pre-
vious agreement regarding the
deduction to be made for tare
on account of the sacks holding
the products, there shall be no
reduction made therefrom. This
bill was the first passed by the
senate at the present session.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-06
FOUR YEAR PLAN
FOR COUNTY JOBS
If Passed People Would BE Free OF
Off Years for LEGISLATION

If Passed People Would BE Free OF
Off Years for Legislation.
Salem, Or.-Senator Farrell intro.
duced resolution for amendment tc
the constitution to provide four yea1
term for all county officers in the
state. His idea is that all officers, ex-
cept necessarily congressman, mem.
bers of the legislature and certain
state officers, should be chosen in
presidential years.
Then. he suggests. the people could
give greater attention to initiative
legislation in the off years without
having their minds diverted by a
scramble for county offices every two
years. The resolution If adopted by
the legislature will submit the ques-
ton to the people in 1914, and the
first election for four year terms un-
der the new order of things would be
In 1916.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
American lumber to orient.

Recent statistics indicate marked
increase in exports of lumber from the
United States to the Orient. More
than a quarter of a million feet of
American woods are reported as being
used in Samoa, Hawaii and the Philip
pine Islands.
Heretofore, it is said, raw materials
have been made up into finished arti-
cles in the United States, almost with
out exception, and exported as such.
With the discovery by American man
ufacturers in the Philippines that they
could import United States woods and
make them up with profit there, wood
using factories were built. Pacific
coast woods, in consequence, are in
many cases taking the place of the
native woods with such picturesque
names as apitong, teak, nara and va
cal
Douglas fir, according to the infor'
nation collected by the forest ser.
vice, is the principal wood exported
from this country. 1t is said to be
the favorite wood among insular man
ufacturers for flooring, ceiling. siding
cornice, shelving, finish and boat
work. Makers of furniture demand
California redwood and sugar pine
southern quarter-sawed oak, eastern
ash, sugar maple, and western white
pine.
Four woods, principally conifers and
oaks, go into the construction o.
boats; for framing parts, masts, spars
interior trim, planking, boat crooks
and tiller handles. Meat blocks arr
made from sugar maple, which will
sycamore supplies the entire demand
in the United States. Wagon felloe
are made of white oak, and othe
parts of vehicles are MANUFACTURED
from high grades of white ash AM
white oak.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
ROOSEVELT is AWAY
He and Party to Tour South American
Country.

He and Party to Tour South American
Country.
New York.-Theodore Roosevelt and
party, bound for South America, where
the colonel will first lecture and then
explore parts of the continent hitherto
untrod by white man, sailed Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. Roosevelt held a reception in
his suite before the boat got away,
and replied to William Barnes Jr,
chairman of the republican state COM
mittee, who has issued a statement
saying that the democrats and pro-
gressives were in league to nominate
Supreme Court Justice Seabury of this
city for the court of appeals.
THAT is one of Barnes habituai
lies" said Colonel Roosevelt There
has been no agreement whatever with
reference to Justice Seabury."
The trip to South America will oc-
cupy II days. The colonel will be
joined there by his son Kermit.
A trip into Patagonia to visit an
out-of-the-way mission and two cross
ings of the continent, to Santiago de
Chile and back to Buenos Ayres will
be other features Of his journey.
Those who embarked with him were
Mrs. Roosevelt, who will make the
round trip on the Van Dyck; Anthony
Fiala, the polar explorer, who has
charge of the expeditions equipment;
G. K Cherry and Leo L. Miller, natur
alists of the American Museum OF
Natural History; Frank Harper, Colo
mel Roosevelts secretary, and the Rev
Father John Augustine Zahn.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
MARKET REPORTS
Chicago.

OifSaaNs
Oats-No. 2, 41Ac; No. white,
41hc; No. white, 4O@42c; standard,
42Q421hc.
Rye-No. 2, 66c.
Barley-5sQS5c
Hogs-Market slow, steady at yes
terday's average. Bulk, $s.30QS.7O;
light, $4,000; mixed, s8.1O@S.95;
heavy, SsQs.90; rough, $SQS.2O;
heavy, $s0s.9O; pigs, $4.5o@7.75.
Cattle-Market steady. Beeves,
$7.15@9.4O; Texas steers, $6.90@790;
western steers, $6.15Q8.3o; stockers
and feeders, $5.3O@7.S5; cows and
heifers, $3.75Qs.55; calves, s7.75G
11.75.
Sheep-Market steady to a shade
higher. Native, $3.50@4.s5; western,
$3.9O@4.90; yearlings, $4.90Q5.9O;
lambs, native, $5.s0@7.45; western,
$5.s0Q7.45.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Glover seed-$9.50Q12
San Francisco.
Barley-Shipping, $1.42h Q1.47h.
Oats-White, $1.45@1.5214.
Butter-Fancy creamery, SAC.
Eggs-Fancy ranch, 44c; store, $780,
Liverpool.
Wheat-Spot, steady; futures are
steady; October, rs Nd; December
rs 11sd; March, rs 219d.
Portland.
Portland Union Stock Yards Co. re
ports receipts for the week: Cattle
1 ch0nn
1906; horses, 26.
The So steer has been displaced al
least temporarily and extreme tor
quotation is $3.50 to SITS. Butcher
quality failed to attain the high stan
dard of six days ago and prices OF
cows were generally lower. Prime
heifers at 81, COWS at $6.75, bulls a
$3.50 and calves at 50 are liberal pric'
tops. Demand for any but choice cat
tie is slow and outlet very unsatis
factory.
Dumping the hog market is not prov
ing as easy a task as buyers antici
pated. Statistically, the market is 1
to is cents higher than it was a weel
since and prime light swine are rest
ing around sS.75. Some fairly goo
lots brought $3.50 to SITS. Until re
ceipts become steady enough to delug
the trade, swine prices have goo
chance to range between IS and 1885,
Mutton and lamb LIQUIDATION cor
tinued liberal last week and there wa
so much real fat killing stuff In tn
run buyers did not have the nerve t
shade bids Choice mountain wether
sold at 81 to S425 and ewes at s.
Packers took to the lamb offering
in great style, bidding 1928 for all tn
best ones.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
Apples Sell Well.

Heavy purchases Of apples by cash
buyers during the last three weeks
has materially changed the market
situation, says a dispatch from Wen
atchee. Only a small percentage of
the crop remains which has not been
contracted for. Fully one-fourth of
the crop has been bought on cash
basis at prices ranging from S1.35 per
box for Jonathans, to $3.50 for Wine
saps. Selling agencies expect to re-
ceive $1.75 for Winesaps and $3.50 for
Jonathans, with good prospects of bet
ter prices being realized. The total
crop Of the Wenatchee valley district
is estimated at 5000 carloads. Figur
ing an t. o. b. value OF $1,000 per car
the crop value is estimated at $4,000.
600.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
President Visits Injured Boy.

Washington.-Presi Wilson went
to a hospital Sunday and visited Rob
ert Crawford, the 15-year-old messen-
ger boy who was struck by the presi-
dents automobile Saturday. The pres
ident sat at the boys bedside while
the youngster told how he was trying
to dodge stones thrown at him by au-
other boy and turned his bicycle in
front of the automobile without seeing
it. The president bought new bike
for the lad.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
SAYSREHASK|LLED14
HENRY SPENCER, CHICAGO, UN
DER ARREST, HAS CONFESSED
TO MANY MURDERS.
He SLEW LADY DANCING TEACHER
Nine Women, Wife Included, Slain,
With Robbery as Motive-He Had
Served Time in Penitentiary
of State of Illinois.

Chicago.-Mrs Mildred Allison Rex
roat, dancing teacher, who was shot
to death at Wheaton, ILL.,, September
81, was the victim of murderer who,
according to his own confession, had
killed 13 others in as many years.
Henry Spencer, arrested in a room
near the south side levee district Sun
day, confessed that he not only killed
Mrs. Rexroat, but that he had slain ID
other persons. He was positively iden-
titled as the mysterious Mr.. Spencer"
with whom Mrs. Rexroat left Chicago
on the night she was killed. Mrs. Rex
roat's blood-stained rattan suitcase
was found in his room, as was the re-
volver with which he said he had
killed her.
The police are confident that they
have found a wholesale murderer, who
will be proved to have killed most of
those whose deaths he described in q
long confession Sunday night.
Spencer's confession was so start
ling that it probably would have re-
ceived no credence had not the bloody
suitcase ana lue revolver COullAluSu Ut
least part of his statement.
All of the murders except two had
been committed for the purpose Of
robbery. The two policemen, Pencil
and Devine, shot to death II years ago,
he said, he killed to escape being ar
rested.
81 intended to kill Mrs. A. j. SEQ
field, the proprietor of the rooming
house where l have been living" he
said. IF l had not been arrested at
just this time l would have killed her.
Spencer told the police he had killed
10 persons since his last release from
the Illinois state penitentiary in Sep
TENDER, 1912, and four, man, a WON
an and Policemen Pennell and Devino
before that.
Whole Story Fake.
Chicago.-Of the 10 murders Henry
Spencer, slayer of Mrs. Mildred ALI
son Rexroat, swore he had committed
the police after investigating his al
legged crimes in various cities Were
able Tuesday to fix upon him only one
murder or possibly two.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
NOME LIES IN RUINS.
ALASKA CITY WRECKED BY
STORM FROM BERlNG SEA,
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
FIRE DESTROYED WHAT STORM DIDN'T
While Damage to Property Is Over a
Million Dollars, No Lives Were
lost-Waves From Sea Were
Mountain High.

Nome, Alaska, Oct 6.-Fire broke
out in the storm-stricken city of Nome
and the flames attacked the Pacific
cold storage plant, where is stored the
chief supply of meat for the winter.
The fire apparatus was rendered use
less when the city's firehouse was
swept away in the gale.
Front street is a seething mass OF
~'reckage, into which great seas are
breaking, while hundreds of homeless
persons are struggling to save neces-
stiles of life. Receding seas are car
rying away the contents of wrecked
houses and stores, as we'll as parts of
wrecked structures. None of the build
ings on the sandpit remain standing
and the leveled structures there are in
flames. This portion of the commu-
nifty is cut off by the turbulent waters.
Wrecks 500 Structures.
The storm that swept in from Ber-
ing sea and wrecked more than 500
structures of all sorts and devastated
great area surrounding the city con
tinued to threaten the district tonight.
The business men saved most OF
their stocks of goods.
The storm SWEPT in from Boring sea
last night, sending waves mountain
high crashing down upon wharves and
store buildings lying near the water
front and sweeping masses of wreck
age far into the town. Two miles OF
territory next to the sea was devasta
ted and more than S1,000,000 in dam
age done.
No lives were lost.
Men and women worked all night IL
the icy water to save their goods ano
household effects. The electric lighi
was put out of service early in the
storm. The telephone service also was
cut off.
Can Not Get Supplies.
There will be much suffering ant
outside help will be required. Winter
Is at hand and it will be impossible t
get supplies needed.
The steamships Victoria and Cor
win, which were lying in the roadstead
ran to the open sea and escaped dam
age. All the small boats on the beacl
of the native village were destroyed
Five hundred houses have been de
molished and more are falling.
The newspapers have suspended pull
LEGATION, there being no power witt
which to operate their plants.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
ON PACIFIC COAST

Thought to have been drowned in
the Columbia early In July, Frank Fin
cham Is alive and well at Prince Ru-
pert.
The steamship Spokane. which went
ashore on the east coast of Vancouver
island October has arrived at Seattle.
Her double bottom saved the boat.
The body of Rosa Domingo. a wait
ress, 81 years old, was found Sunday
in the bay at San Francisco, wrapped
with chains and weighted with heavy
block of concrete.
Fire Sunday damaged four large
presses and destroyed 33 motors in the
press room of the Seattle Times ia
the basement of the Times building,
causing loss of $4,000. fully insured.
The Multnomah county commission
ers, Oregon, have ordered an election
on the proposition to bond the county
for $1,250.000 for the Pacific bridge
across the Columbia between Portland
and Vancouver, Wash.
An attempt was made to hold up the
Oregon express near Redding, Cal, late
Saturday night, but the robbers plot
failed. Distractions placed on the
track were discovered and removed be-
fore the train was due.
Due to the seven-year enlistment
law, the army service in the Philip
pines is experiencing a recruit famine
and the San Francisco recruiting Of
flee has issued a special call for the
Coast artillery corps and the infantry
San Diego, Cal, police have arrested
Barr L. Harris, negro, &c years old
who is suspected of having knowledge
of the murder of Mrs. Rebecca Gay, &
Christian Science practitioner, in Los
Angeles. In his coat pocket was a re
volver.
Thirty-five thousand barrels of crude
oil and four great tanks in which IL
was stored were destroyed by fire Sun
day at San Diego, together with other
property at the Standard Oil company
plant. The loss is estimated at over
$4,000.
The western forestry and conserva
ton association will hold it's annual
conference about December IS. This
year it will meet at Vancouver, B. c..
and will give it's main consideration tc
the problem of forest fire prevention
and control
The operation of the free text booi
amendment and the state manufactur
er of school books is shown to have
saved parents of California 1856, ATS!
in the nine months the plan has beer
in existence, according to report t
the state board of education by STATE
Printer Richardson.
The injunction asked by the Kellogi
Toasted Corn Flake Co. against w. A
Buck, a retail grocer of Pomania. Cal
who cut the established retail price o
the product, has been refused b,
Judge Wellborn of the United State
district court and both the injunction
case and suit for damages have beel
dismissed
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
Ought to Help Some.

New York.-It will cost the eastern
railroads nearly $1S,000.000 more a
year to operate if they are compelled
to grant the wage demands of their
$4,000 trainmen and conductors. it was
testified on behalf of the roads recent
ly before the federal arbitration board.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
WOULD STOP THE MERGER
Morgan interests Control Both TeIe-
phone Systems.

phone oJStSHl5.
Columbus, Ohio.-In a petition filed
recently with the state utilities COM
mission, that body is asked to prevent
the proposed merger of independent
telephone companies with the Bell tel
ephone system.
1t is alleged that the control of the
independent telephone plants through
out Ohio and the United States is
owned by the house of j. P. Morgan G.
Co., New York bankers, and that the
controlling interest was purchased for
S7,000,000.
The petition also alleges that H. P.
Davidson, the member Of the Morgan
banking firm who closed the contract
for the independent interests, is a
large stakeholder in the American Dis
trict Telephone and Telegraph com
pany.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
suffraoettes In Abbey.

London.-Because the clergy do not
include women in their prayers a party
of suffragettes interrupted the morn
ing services at Westminster Abbey
Sunday by chanting prayer for the
women now in prison.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
oreqon Plans DEVELOPMENT.

Portland, Ore.-Tom Richardson has
started his new work as a representa-
tive from the Portland Commercial
club to organize throughout the state
local development movements among
the various clubs affiliated with the
Portland club.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
Whole Story a Fake.
GOVERNOR sULzER WILL OBEY
He viii Not Tell All His Story on
Stand, ForestalInq Examination.


Stand, ForestaIIing Examination.
Albany, N. Y-Governor Sulzer has
perfected a plan for getting his whole
story before the public and at the
same time escaping cross-examination
on more than part Of it.
1t was generally reported that if his
attorneys continued to insist on his
curtailing his sworn testimony--as
they are said to be doing-he will
abide by their demands, but will issue
a statement to the newspapers con-
tanning that part of his narrative
barred by his legal advisers. He will
give out the statement on taking the
witness stand, it is reported.
Should he do this he would get his
whole story to the people, which he
always has asserted he would accom-
plish in some manner.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10

Oats-No. 2, 41Ac; No. white,
41kc; No. white, 40@42c; standard,
42M421hc.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-10-10
SPOKANE WEEKLY REPORT.

Fall trade is we'll under way in all
departments and with tariff and cur
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-02-14

For Sale or Trade good team of work
horses, gentle and good pullers weigh
ing about 1000 pounds, will sell cheap
il sold at once. See or write ]. H.
Sharp, city. 6pdtf
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-02-14
Business Paragraphs.

NOTICE-If you have lost anything. or
found any article, or If you want to buy, sell
rent. locate, or get information, write or
call at this office and place an ad in our
Business Paragraph Column" You will
get quick results. Rates 10 cents line for
first insertion and cents line afterwards.
Minimum charge % cents.
For Rent-Two unfinished house
keeping rooms, close in. )
For Rent-Two room shack. Close
in. Inquire at the Echo Office. Soft
Calves Wanted-From week old up.
Address box SIT, Leavenworth. ST
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-02-14
School Notes

Henriette Harmon, who was mem
Der of the High school last year was
visitor Tuesday.
The Cashmere Basket Ball team will
play the High School team in the gym
nasium Friday evening Feb. IA.
The Domestic Science Girls of the
High School wish to thank those who
have given them orders for cooking.
They hope the fulfllment of these have
proven satisfactory and will warrent
future orders.
The Philomathian Literary Society
will give a program today, Friday Feb.
IA. The principal features OF which
are papers and reports on Domestic
Science and Manual Art. 1t would be
great encouragement to the members
of the society if the patrons and friends
would attend.
The Philomathian Literary Society
gave reception Friday evening in the
High School Gymnasium. Those
taken in as honorary members were:
Messrs. Moore and Moran, Misses
Evans and Miller. Those as active
members were: Frank Snyder and Elvin
Peterson. The evening was spent in
games and music. The domestic
science girls prepared delicate-lunch-
con which was divided with the Hiyu
Skookum Society.
The Basket Ball Boys are still prac-
Using with the Town team. The line
up for Tuesday evening was as follows:
~ IT,. II G Team
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-02-14

The favorite whiskey of famous men
is HARPER, because Of its smooth,
exquisite flavor; because Of its match
less purity; because of its mellow age.
No wonder its the favorite. Every
drop sterling. Harper Wbiskey is sold
by ]. B. violette, at the Overland Bar.
Sole agency. 4ltf