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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
AVIATOR
HONORED AFTER TRIP
OVER URUGUAY LINE

Buenos Aires, A. R.-There is great
enthusiasm over the feat accomplish
ed by the military aviator-engineer.
Theodore Fels, who crossed the Rio
Plata to Montivedeo in a Bleriot aero
plane. On his return from Uruguay
he was received by a crowd who car
ried him in triumph through the
streets
Senior Fels, being attached to the
school of aviation is under military
orders and his raid into Uruguayan
territory being regarded as an in
fringement of the rules, he was NOM
lnally placed under arrest, but was
promptly released. The Uruguayan
minister called on the minister of
war in behalf of the aviator, whose
release was granted shortly after.
An interesting discussion has arisen
between Argentine and Uruguayan
papers as to the nationality of the
aviator. who is native of Santa
Rosa, in Uruguay. Senior Fels' moth
er writes to the press to say that the
family is Argentine, although her son
was born outside Argentine territory
The press of Montivideo is as enthu-
siastic as the Argentine and is eager
to claim the aviator as Uruguayan.
| 1t is announced that Engineer Fels
will be promoted shortly and that q
| number of valuable gifts are to be
presented to him, including an aero.
plane.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
| was going at railway engine speed

was going at railway engine speed.
when / left the basket, the balloon
bounded up 10000 feet. The moving
picture operator obtained pictures of
me swinging about in the air.
"One of the dangers which confront
ed me was that my body was higher
in the air than the parachute cloth.
and at times 1 thought 1 would drop
on the cloth; and that would be my
finish. l landed on the back of my
head in little field at Little Had
don and it was quite ten minutes be-
fore l recovered my senses.
II heard some voices and two far
mers came running across to my as
sistance. They thought 1 had been
smashed to atoms"
The occupants of the balloon, after
an exciting adventure, landed in Hat
field Peveril.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
COMMERCIAL five
DOWNS ECHOTE

With winning margin of three
points, the Pendleton Commercial
basketball team last evening emerged
from its return game with the team
representing the Echo Social and
Athletic club, the final score being
25 to %. 1t was a rough and closely
contested game and one marked with
much foul shooting, In fact 81 Of
the AZ points made were secured from
the foul line and, inasmuch as II of
these 81 points were on the Pendle-
ton side, it may be said that. superior
ability to convert fouls into scores
was responsible for the way the bird
of victory settled.
The Echo team is just little the
roughest playing aggregation seen on
a local floor since the time the Una
tilla stalwarts came here two years
ago to take the scalps of the high
school and went back in sorrow.
They fouled repeatedly and in the
first half Houser, who was referee
ing, blew his whistle many times be-
cause of these offenses. Evidently
under the impression that the local
official had had his inning for the
benefit of the Pendleton team, young
Esteb who acted as referee in the
second half and whose qualifications
for the job certainly do not include
knowledge of the game, apparently
undertook to equalize things by call
ing FOUL, upon the slightest provoca-
ton 1t was an easy matter for
Houser, who was still in the game as
umpire to retaliate in kind for Echo
was certainly the most flagrant Of
fender. AS a result some of the more
unsophisticated spectators seemed to
labor under the impression that the
contest was one between officials,
rather than players.
Pendleton took the lead at the first
when Grigsby shot three fouls and
two field baskets in quick succession.
However, the visitors soon broke in
to the scoring column and through
out the two halves there never was
more than a three point difference
between the two teams. The first
half ended with the score 13 to II in
the home teams favor while in the
second half Echo could make only
ten points to Pendleton's twelve. In
the second half there was but one
field basket shot by either team, all
the rest of the points being made
from the foul line.
Grigsby was the star point winner
for Pendleton, making 21 of the 20
points, four of which came from the
field and II from the foul line. Bow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
AGITATION BEGUN
FOR FIXED EASTER
EariiDess of Sunday on Which Date
Falls I'm 1913 Revives Old
Demand

London.-The Easter of 1913 will
be the earliest for fifty-seven years
1t falls on March %. only one day
later than the very earliest date at
which it can occur. Why should not
the first holiday of the year come at
fixed date? Because our calendar
is based on admittedly faulty calcu-
lations made by Bradley. the astrono-
mer royal of 260 years ago, when we
allowed the whole business of the year
| to be dislocated for mere mixture
of sentiments. From time to time the
reform of the calendar has been ajvo-
Gated but nothing has come from the
agitation.
Some people, of course, never take
the trouble to inquire into the mean
ing of the mystical information which
accompanies every well informed al
manac for 1913. All they see are the
following characteristics of the pres
ent year: Golden number a, Epact
%, Dominica letter e."
Is Intensely Important.
Those of us who consult the be-
ginning of the prayer book know how
intensely important it all is. They
know that from this one finds the
date of Easter. and that upon the
date of Easter depends all sorts of
other things-law terms, varsity
terms, school terms, social functions,
fashions-matters of very practical
importance to thousands upon thous-
ands of workers.
In the table. where one may find
Easter till the year 2199 inclusive"
the golden number and dominical let
ter lines do undoubtedly meet on
March 23.
This means in the first place, that
schools everywhere will have to break
up after ridiculously short term to
face a terribly long one afterwards,
that football and cricket will be over
tapping, that Whit Monday will be
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
WAR CAUSES GOLD
FAMINE IN FRANCE
Banks and Citizens Hold to Metal
Because of Uncertainty of Credit
Values

Banks and Citizens Hold to Metal
Because of Uncertainty of Credit
Values.
Paris-Americans who have visited
Paris recently have been surprised at
the scarcity of gold. Gold is prac-
tically unobtainable, but silver s.
franc pieces are almost. too abundant
A porter from a Paris warehouse
said he had set out in the morning
with $50, all in silver Ordinarily
that sum would have been represent
ed by Is louis in his waistcoat pocket
but at present his pockets bulge with
sixty cumbersome 5-franc pieces,
weighing three pounds.
The Bank of France has a larger
reserve than any other bank in the
world, and at the present moment the
gold in its cellars amounts to more
than $635,0OO 900. Yet at the bank
or the shop if you change a 1OO-franc
note you will get little gold in return
Even at the Bank of France it is the
same. That institution has the right
to pay its notes in gold or silver and
5-franc pieces are legal tender for
any amount. Financial houses who
draw on the national bank for their
supplies have to be content with 5000
in gold to every $4,000 in notes and
silver.
This gold stringency first became
noticeable on the outbreak of hostili-
ties in the Balkans and since then the
Bank Off France has shown itself very
reluctant to part with gold. Private
citizens and peasants in the provinces
are also boarding gold. One man in
Paris, a floor polisher earning about
$6.75 a week, has scraped together
nearly $1450 in gold against the evil
day."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25

in the cold, early days of May, and
that any number of trades that de-
pend upon the way of the world will
be Inconvenience.
Is Not Irrevcrent.
Why should this be? Why all this
clashing and changing, when, even
from the point of view of reverence,
there is no logical call whatever to
celebrate Easter on different days of
different months? If it be irreverent
to keep the celebration in accordance
with the season and the day of the
month, then Christmas is irreverent
The difference is, of course, that
Easter is dated by the moon, Christ
mas by the sun. But is the moon more
sacred than the sun, and is the coin.
cidence with the present Jewish Pass
over an essential of the Christian fes-
tival?
Another result of the movable East
er is the clashing of the other NOV
able feasts, that follow upon it, with
fixed saints days. This however, has
not mattered so much since in 1886
lConvocation declared that the number
of holy days was "the occasion OF
much sloth and idleness, pernicious to
the souls of many men," and the old
red letter days" were much dimin-
ished in number.
Needless to say, the feasibility of q
fixed Easter has already been sug.
gested by many eminent churchmen
Indeed, the Rev. Charles Neil and DR.
| IWilloughby, in their recently publish.
ed commentary on the prayer book
made a special note of the fact that
even as it. is, "the equation between
the Julian solar year and the tropica
year is not quite exact, and will ne.
cessitate further revision, unless II
should be determined, before such ne.
cessity arises, to keep Easter on q
, fixed day"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Boys Committed to Rerormatory.

County Judge ]. ". Maloney today
signed papers committing to the state
reformatory Johnson Addison and
George Howard, the two boys who
confessed burglarizing the Clarke
Hardware Co.'S store, the La Dow
hardware store, the Pendleton scour-
ing mills and the John Lang store.
Howard had narrow escape from
the penitentiary for he has been a
frequent offender and he is long past
the age of innocence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Divorce Decree Recorded.

Though 1t was granted a month ago
today, the decree of divorce in the
case of James B. Kennedy VS.. Mary
Alice Kennedy was not placed on rec
ord until today. 1t was handed down
by Judge D. R. Parker who acted for
Judge Phelps. The decree confirms
a property settlement made by con-
tract and by which both parties are
given full title to all of the real and
personal property owned by them on
June 25. 1912. and by which the
plaintiff pays to the defendant the
sum of $3,125. Defendant is also
given her previous name of Sheridan
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Sues for $4,000

Suit was instituted in the local
circuit court yesterday by Carl Witt
man by which he seeks to secure
judgment for s13,941.63 against Will
Lam and Louise Retzer, alleging in his
complaint that there is that amount
yet due on a promissory note for
$4,000 executed by the defendants.
One thousand dollars as attorney fees
is also asked. Raley & Raley and R.
II. Johnson are attorneys for the
plaintiff.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
More Information Wanted

Mrs. Alice Elderkin of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, is seeking information
from Postmaster j. I. Brown regard
ing the whereabouts of one Fred Ed
erkin, who is supposed to be in the vi
cinity of Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
New North Side Home

Work has started on $4,000 resi-
dence to be erected at the corner of
Garfield and Jackson streets for A. w.
Rugg. The plans for the building
were drawn by c. E. Troutman and
the contracting work is being done by
Horn Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Anoraisers Report.

John F. Hill, Charles CLANCY and
f. F. Terney, appraisers of the estate
of Fannie A. Campbell, today filed
their report showing that the estate
consists of a half interest in some
real property on Perkins avenue, this
city, valued at $3.50.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Mistake in u Name.

In reporting the arraignment of
George Tsudaka, the Jap charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses,
this paper yesterday made it appear
that Fred Steiwer. the district attorney
was one of the victims of the orientals
operations. The name should have
been Fred Snyder, local saloonman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Chinese Take Out License

Jim Guyer and four of his country
men this afternoon took out a gov
ernment liquor license by which they
are allowed to sell liquor in quantities
not over five gallons at their place of
business. 615 Garden street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Judge Ill: No Court.

The police court wheels have been
idle for the past two days owing to
the illness which keeps Judge Thomas
Fitz Gerald confined to his home. He
is suffering from an attack of la
grippe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25

There was a large crowd present.
Echo being about as well represented
as Pendleton. Several of the players
were injured slightly, Johns and AS
bahr of Pendleton being treated par
ticularly rough by their heavier OPP
ponents. c. Markham of Echo was in
jured on the heel and went out of the
game in the first half.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
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AT THE THEATERS
% ~~oS 100 90
The Grand.

The management of the Edwards
Merritt musical company now play
ing at the Grand believes in giving the
people their moneys worth. AS an
added attraction, a few acts of vau-
deville are being put on and these in
themselves deserve favorable COM
ment. Beginning tomorrow new bill
will be presented by the musical COM
pany. entitled THE Midnight Ex-
press"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25

Real Estate Transfer.
Emil and Lottie Matthes of Asotin
have sold to w. r. Wyrick forty acres
lying above Cayuse, the consideration
in the deed being given as $4O0.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton
Baby Boy is Born.

Baby Boy Is Born.
A baby boy was born yesterday to
Mr.. and Mrs, Jacob Brendl of $40
Madison street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25
Life.

We set success up as the prize.
Then scramble for the kale,
And we think we are model guys
If we keep out of Jail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25

Wanted-Five or six room house
close in. Inquire Bakers Furniture
Store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-25

Ter. who played a splendid game at
guard, also added couple of points
to the score string by shooting a diff
ficult basket in the first half The
other two points were contributed by
Asbahr with a pretty, backhanded
goal in the final half.
c. Hoskins, who opposed Grigsby at
center, also opposed him in the point
making, throwing ten baskets from
the foul line and four from the field.
His brother, f. Hoskins, and F..
Markham each secured a field goal
apiece.
The following was the way the two
teams lined up:
Echo Pendleton.
c: Hoskins. s......Cc.:....' Grigsby'
f. Hosklns. .... F. .....'... Asbahr
F. Markham. -. F. .Nelson-Sturdiv't
c. Markham,
w. Hosbins .G........ Bowler
]. Mathes ....... Johns
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-02-21
LOSES SEVENTY PLUNKS
OVER THE JAG ROUTE.

Short seventy big round cart
wheels and plus the recollection of a
full grown jag, with a night in the
city bastile, was what a personal in
ventory disclosed to Charles Howard
when he came out of it" Wednesday
morning.
Howard had come to this city from
the Galice district where he had been
engaged in mining, and in a round or
the saloons the $40 he brought with
him melted away like dew before the
morning sun. He told the court he
knew where part Of it went, but he
believed that he had been ROLLED"
and "frisked" for the bulk of the
coin. Police Judge Creager pro-
nounced judgment in the sum of IS,
and Howard will liquidate when he
can raise the dust. Meantime the
police department is on the trail OF
parties suspected of having done the
rolling" act.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-02-21
CHlCAGO.R0GUE RIVER
co. MAKES AN OFFER

Local creditors of the Chicago
Rogue River company, representing
about $4,000, met Wednesday night
at the office of Attorney Norton to
consider proposition made by Geo.
Sanders for a settlement of the ac-
counts, ia order that the litigation
may be ended and matters cleared
for the operation of the new company
which proposes to take over the hold
ings of the Chicago Rogue River COM
pany, the Golden Drift company, the
Gold Hill company, aud other inter-
ests.
The proposition of Sanders was
that the local creditors of the COM
pany sign an agreement to accept 90
per cent of their account in cash, and
6 per cent bonds of the new company
for the balance of the account, the
cash to be paid by April l or as soon
as all accounts are in escrow. The
sentiment expressed was to the eff
feet that there was no desire to put
anything in the way of the company's
operations, and after considerable
discussion the matter was left in the
hands of Attorney Norton, represent
ing the Grants Pass creditors, to deal
with the company. Mr.. Norton ad-
vised those present that a number of
the larger outside creditors had
agreed to settle on the basis offered
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-02-21
SAYS THAT BOOZE is
INFLUENCE AT CAPITOL.

SALEM, Feb. 19.-Members of the
senate are today smarting under the
sting of verbal castigation admin
.istered by Senator Joseph who had
been criticized for his alleged efforts
to clog the business of the senate.
Joseph declared on the floor of
the senate that liquor, and not him
self, is what is responsible for the
slow progress being made
Why, it is known, in the hall Of
the capitol, all over the city, and all
over Portland what farce this leg
islature is. Now, there is a report
that liquor is in evidence through
out the capitol and that it is in the
committee rooms where the men,
bers have access to it. have also
heard that some of the senators have
used it and have been more or less
Influenced in their work. This is
why the legislature is held up"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-02-21
CO ACTORS COMMENCE
CLEARING RIGHT-OF-WAY.
TO The APPLEGATE RIVER
Bid of 061a Made by Ohio Firm, is
Best Offer Yet Received for
Bond Issue.

Camp No. 2 on the Grants Pass
Crescent City railway will be in op-
Grafton Wednesday, camp now being
established at station $50 on the
right-of-way. This camp will be the
headquarters for the outfit that will
clear the right-of-way from station
279 to the Applegate river, the con-
tract for which work was awarded to
G. G. Hammersley.
The first camp, No i, will remain
where it is on Allen creek till the
grading is under way, when a grad
ing camp will be installed there.
Mr.. Hammersley will undertake
the clearing of the three miles for
which he has contracted with teams,
the donkey engine having discon-
tinued work for the present.
There are no new developments in
the bond selling situation, the best
bid yet received being that of the
Ohio house that offered SO IL cents
on the dollar Based on nve per
cent bond, this bid is considered good
by many, though it is expected that
a much better one will be made be-
fore the end of the week. The ac-
ceptance of this bid would be the
equivalent of paying a little less
than IA per cent interest on the
issue for the twenty-year period, and
In the closeness of the financial mar
ket this is considered a reasonable
rate of interest.
DR.. Reddy arrived in Chicago Sun
day, and will reach Philadelphia
during the course of the present
week. In the latter city he will meet
Mr.. Hotchkiss, and developments in
the financing of the road to the sea
are anticipated in a short time.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-02-21
TO BE RUN IN CONJUNCTION
WITH BOX FACTORY.
TO EMPLOY 40 TO so MEN
Have Applied To Public Utilities
Commission for Site ON q. P.-
&. c. ROAD.

Some of the best known sawmill
men of the Rogue valley are plan
ming the establishment of a mill in
this city as soon as the Grants Pass
Crescent City railroad is well under
process of construction, the mill to
be erected and run in conjunction
with the Grants Pass box factory
property alongside of the right-of-
way of the new road.
At the last meeting of the Public
Utilities commission a request was
made for twenty-year lease on a
tract three hundred feet square
fronting on the P.-I. track or switch,
connecting with the box. factory
The parties behind the move in
clude Messrs. Edgerton & Adams, who
have mill down the Rogue below
Merlin; VIM. Spaulding of the
Swede Basin MILL w. r. Nipper,
and others, all mill men OF exper-
ience.
The mill which they propose put
ting in here is to be of from thirty
to fifty thousand feet daily capacity,
and will employ from forty to fifty
men. In addition 1t is expected that
the box factory will be taken over
and operated, this giving employ
ment to many more people.
The commission was asked to make
rate for the hauling of logs to the
mill, the rate to be based on the
mileage of haul. Switches at points
where 100000 or more feet of logs
are available for loading are also
asked. The application stated that
the company was now in process Of
formation, and that the names of the
stockholders would soon be ready for
the public.
The commission has filed the appli-
cation, and will take action upon it
at later date.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-02-21
POULTRYMEN find
GOOD MARKETS
GET PREMIUM FOR GUARANTEED
STOCK.
MARK ALL EGGS SHIPPED
Association VIII Replace All Ship
ments That DO Not Come
Up to Quality.

The Grants Pass Poultry associa-
tion is making progress in its effort
to find and maintain permanent mar
kets for the poultry products of this
district, j. ID. Hair recently visited
the cities to the north, and his re-
port on his return is that there is
outlet in that direction for all the
eggs and poultry that will be pro-
duced here for years to come, and
that the consumers are willing to
pay fair margin over the going
price for guaranteed eggs such as
the association proposes to supply.
At meeting of the committees
from the association Thursday night
action was taken to hold the market
that Mr. Hair had looked up in
Portland. A large number of uni
form crates for shipment to the
hOib bbtlh maj hti hdn uttu
and these will be labeled with dis
tinctive label, the design to be Sc
lected by committee composed of
Messrs. Upson, Harris and Parsons.
Each crate will also bear the legend.
Grants Pass Poultry Association.
Strictly fresh, selected eggs" Each
egg will have the name of the town
and number placed upon 1t with a
rubber stamp, the number to cores
pond with the number of the mem
ber Of the association from whose
yard the egg came. If there is any
complaint regarding an egg 1t can be
traced, through this number, to the
producer, and 1t will be made good
under the association guarantee.
Messrs. Hair, Stinebaugh, Williams
and Harris are continued as a COM
mittee to keep in touch with the
markets and see that there is always
place to put all the eggs Of the dis
trict II. S. Veatch is to frame rules
and regulations for the gathering
and packing Of eggs, and all eggs
are to be candled by an agent of the
association before they leave the
city. Under these restrictions a mar
gin of several cents a dozen over the
market price is being obtained in
the Portland market
An attempt will also be made to
get reduction Of the express rate
on eggs sent to the Portland market
At present it costs S3 cents per case
Of thirty dozen to ship to Portland,
with ten cent return charge on the
empty case.