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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08

Smoke the La Tina cigar.
See the big adv on page 4.
Whipple-Piano tuner, phone 226R
Phone I. C. Snyder, chimney sweep.
Good winter quarters for horses
and rigs at the Alta barns.
Try the La Homer 10e cigar.
Hay for sale. Inquire scott's Gro
cery.
For rent-Furnished rooms, 719
College.
For sale-Pure grape Juice. pInts,
quarts, gals. ,LOO gal 226R.
For sale-Good dry wood. 61O
Thompson street, or phone 273J.
wanted-Good, clean rags at the
East oregonian office.
For rent-Furnished s roomei
modern house. Phone 554.
For sale-Three good lots or trade
for automobile. Phone 21SJ.
For rent-7-room modern house,
1T Grange street. Inquire John Vert.
La Tina cigars. made in Pendle-
ton.
The Alta House. a good. popular,
yet cheap place to stop. ]. N. sheph-
enson, prop.
Competent woman wants position
for general housework. Inquire X
this office.
Five room house for sale on north
side. Corner lot improved. Address
"W" this office.
Good dry. black pine wood, $3.50
per cord, $500 II sawed. Delivered.
Gee B. B. Gervais or phone 77s.
Old papers for sale; tied in bundles.
Good for starting fires, etc. 10c a
bundle. This office.
Front room for rent in private res
idence, close in, steam heat, hot and
cold water. Phone 193W.
Try the West End Market for gro-
ceries and meats, 1901 w. Alta CT
Phone 77s. Free delivery. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
For Ale-Two modern cottages To-
Gated on east Court street, seven
blocks from Main street. Inquire OF
Walters mill.
Mutt takes the big loads and
Jeff shows the speed. Penland
Bros. haul anything and reasonable.
Furniture van and Storage warehouse
Office 647 Main street Phone $50.
For sale-Modern seven room house
and seven lots. with barn. close to
school. s25O0 takes It. Inquire or
address "a" this office.
Several smafl farms on Umatilla
river particularly adapted TO hogs.
dairy or poultry. $3.50 cash, balance
on or before 10 years. Ia per cent
See Berkeley.
For sale or trade, for larger place
in eastern Oregon, or Washington,
S777 acres, well located and well i'm
proved. w. A. Wood, Monmouth,
Oregon.
Wanted at once-A wheat ranch.
II you have a good, first class wheat
ranch anywhere from 500 to 500
acres, well improved, with water on
1t, to trade for Willamette valley land
or income property in Eugene, write
me at once. / can handle something
up to $50, or $4,000. I will not
consider inflated prices as know
lend values. II You mean business
write TO me. giving full description.
location and prices w. B. Shelley
774 Willamette street, Eugene, Ore
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08

to Roger Innes. brother, who ar
rived here with the body.
Innes was a British subject and.
according to his brother. both tho
British and American consuls are In
yestigating the shooting.
Walter Innes was in his house the
night Of his death. when a band OF
men appeared and attempted TO set
1t afire, Roger Innes said. When no
protested a number OF the men shot
him.
The body will be taken to Liverpool.
Nova Scotia, Innes' former home, for
burial.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
PERSONAL MENTION.
Dan p. smythe is in Portland.

Dan +. Smythe IL IN Poruand.
v. B. Cox was at the Pendleton last
night
Ray Mcmahon Of Baker is at the
st. George.
J. Sullivan Of Milton was at the
Bowman last evening.
c. ]. Ward Of stanneld is up from
the west end Of the county.
J. F. Relhl of Hermlston was a
visitor over night in the city.
c. S. Mcknight Of Hermiston has
been a visitor here today.
c. w steen. prominent resident Of
Milton, was in the city last evening.
Harry Straw, Hermiston lumber
man. is here today on business trip
Emmett Rees and son Of Helix
came in on the morning N. P. train.
J. d. Mcknight was among the Mil
ton residents in Pendleton yesterday
Charles Hoskins is one Of a number
Of young men of Echo in the city to-
day.
E. o. Casey was among the Helix
residents coming in this morning for
the day.
Walter Mitchell Of Baker, with the
state industrial department, is max
ing Pendleton a visit
Maurice D. scroggs OF Hermiston
came up yesterday, called by the
birth Of ten pound son at st. An
thongs hospital.
Mrs. Adeline McCune, daughter Of
e. a. Schiller, is to arrive here this
evening from Albany for a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Schiller.
Clark varian and Clyde Shredder,
two OF Pendleton's ball players. who
have been working on the Weston
water works dam, spent Sunday in
Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
IN BANKRUPTCY.
In the District Court of the Unite,
Sfnir, fnr tho district of Ornc,nn

In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Oregon.
In the Matter of Nels F. Johnson,
Bankrupt.
To the creditors Of Nels F. Johnson
Of Stanfield in the County of Umatlla
and District aforesaid, Bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that on the
5th day of December A. d. 1914, the
said Nels f. Johnson was duly ad-
Indicated a Bankrupt and that the
first meeting OF his creditors will be
held at the office of the undersigned
Referee in Bankruptcy at Pendleton'
Oregon, on December 21st, A. D.
1914, at 10 o'clock q. m, on said day.
at which time and place the credit
ors may attend, prove and file their
claims. appoint a trustee and tran
sact such other business as may
properly come before such meeting.
Done and dated at Pendleton, Ore
gon, this eth day OF December, A. D.
1914. THoS. FITZ GERALD
Referee in Bankruptcy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE

Improving Mckay Road - J. A.
Hubbard. postmaster at Mckay, has
been here today raising further mon
ey for improving the road between
Mckay postoffice and Pendleton. The
Commercial Club recently contributed
500 with which TO buy powder for
blasting work. The road work is be-
ing managed by w. n. Wright and
grading work is now underway with
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
Another RabId Coyote - A CO,

Another Rabid Coyote - A coyote
that ran wild in the Starkey district
In the southwest part OF Union coun-
ty created considerable excitement in
that neighborhood. The animal sue
ceeded in biting three dogs and sew
eral pigs. Two women only saved
themselves by fighting it off with
clubs.
When killed by Fred Hagey. a
rancher OF that community. the ami
NAL was writhing in convulslons on
the ice Of a small stream where II
had gone for a drink.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
Briton in Mexico Killed.

GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. s.-Walter
r. Innes. 26 years old, superintend-
ent of the plantation Of the Banana
Groves Company, of Chicago, at Ju-
lie, Isthmus of Tehuantepec. was
shot and killed by Mexican bandits
the night OF November 22, according
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
DR.. Wood Hutchinson

Who sprang a surprise at the 42d
annual convention of the American
Public Health Association. now in
session at Jacksonville, Fla, by ad-
vocating the abolition of practically
ell the school houses in this country.
He said that three quarters of all me-
cessary things taught in public
schools could better be taught out OF
doors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08

the Russian Official news agency's
Constantinople advices.
These adyices say also that the
Russian warships have sunk six Turk
ish sailing vessels which were carry
ing war supplies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08

NEW YORK, Dec, Sire, be-
lieved to have started from a bomb
explosion. caused the death of fam
lily of four persons and destroyed The
central section OF the village OF Ar
dsley-on-Putnam. The loss is esti-
mated at about s15O,0O0.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
VESSEL is SUNK.
CONTINUED from page one)

the ship is now at the bottom OF the
sea.
A feature that Is causing anxiety is
the fact Mrs. Norris, wife of the cap
tain. and their two year old baby
were aboard the ship. The local man
last heard from his brother several
weeks ago and the letter was mailed
from Norfolk where the Charcas had
coaled. The Charcas left New York
Nov. s.
Captain Norris has been with the
w r. Grace company for many
years He Is an American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
Notice.

On account of dance being given by
the Eagles Friday night the Moose
dance to be given on same night will
be postponed until Thursday the
18th, Company A. First Regiment
Moose Patrol.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
Turkish Cruiser Damaged.

PETRoGRAD, Dec. S.-The Turk
ish cruiser Hamidieh has struck a
mine and returned to Constantinople
considerably damaged, according to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
ROMW
CONTINUED from page two.)

Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice D. Scroggs Of
Hermiston, are being felicitated upon
the birth Of a ten pound son at St
Anthony's hospital in this city yester'
day morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08

The annual cut OF British Column
bia timber is approximately billion
feet. There are 420 mills and 100
logging camps in the province, EN-
ploying about $4,000 men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08

Mrs. Alex Montgomery OF King
Hill. Idaho, came in this morning
from Helix where she was visiting her
sister, Mrs. Art Glover. and will go
to her home. She has also visited at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John e.
Montgomery in this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
uncle sam involved

The government has inspected our
meats and approved them as being
fresh, pure and wholesome. Have you
this protection elsewhere? Protect
your health, phone 444, Oregon Mar
ket,-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08

Don't buy your Christmas presents
until you have read the advertisement
of "Pendleton's Greatest Christmas
Store" on page 4 in today's paper
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
swedish steamer sunk.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. S.-Hitting a
mine off the Finnish coast, the
Swedish steamship Nora Sverige was
sunk with a loss of its crew Of 20.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08

the result the road Is being made
much better for travel. The road Is
an old one but is not a county road
and hence has TO be improved by
private work.
Douglas County Wheat-one- fourth
more acreage is being planted TO
wheat in Douglas county in expecta-
ton OF high prices next autumn. due
to European demand. Instead OF
planting other grains. some are plant
ing wheat. while others are bringing
new land into cultivation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-08
LOCALS
Go Advertising in Brief

RATES.
Per line first Insertion. ..10c
Per line. additional insertion. &c
Per line, per month. :....:..st tl.OO
No local taken for less than 2Je.
Count 0 ordinary words 10 line
Locals will not BE- taken over the
phone and remittance must accom-
psDy order.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
County Loses
Cruising Case
uInCr uOInc vuAnDAuTc ,n,,,.v,D
JUDGE HOLDS WARRANTS INVALID
Commissioners May Appeal CaSe---Say Cruising Is
Necessary TO Equal Assessment

I, The lumber companies. If as has
heeh reported they were behind j o
White in his suit against the com
missioners. have been successful In
their eti orts to prevent an equitable
assessment OF the county by having
the timber lands oruised
Judge III nn rendered his decisi N
In the case Wednesday. finding
against the commissioners lie deelar
ed the warrant Issued to o w Pelham
In payment for bis plats and esti.
mates void He also declared null
and void other warrant amounting tn
1892 given TO other individuals for
personal services In cruising the
timber lands
The Pelham warrant Is declared
void because a. adds to the county =
total 1918 expenses sum in excess OF
the revenues from that year and
becanse the expense WAS not ordi
nary and necessary as contemplated
by law, aud because II Is In violation
of the constitution The employment
OF cruisers as deputy assessors. the
court holds, Is void for informality
Commissioner Esgate. in speak
ing ot the case said: 1--WE will prob
ably Garry the oate to the supreme
court II there is no way that these
umber companies can be made TO pay
their just pr, portion of the taxes We
want 10 know II
''1hey have never paid their just
share There is nG justine whatever
In assessing all timber land at fiat
rate of twelve dollars per acre. the
value put upon It by the state board
last year
Everyone at all conversant with
the facts knows that while there are
some fortys that are not worth any
more than that there are still others
that are worth many times that
amount
Others ls no equality whatever In
that kind of an assessment The only
way that an equal assessment can be
obtained is TO cruise the lands and
get an estimate
"Mr Gray talked of the great ex-
pense it would he to the county to
keep up this estimate II would be
praot tiaally no expense at all When
ever any timbe Was cut the owner
Of the land would be only too prompt
in filing a statement with the asses
sor ia order TO esnape taxation aud
the only expense wo1ld be to eheo \
It NJ and see that the statement
VAS eurreet''
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
Rest Room AT
ShaWS Corner

d o Shaw of Shaw's Corner has
been making quite extensive improve
meuts about his store in the past few
days
iis has built a wide balcony across
the rear Of the building It is fifty
feet long and about twenty Eve feet
wide with one end divided of from
au office hhe remainder will be used
for bis Ladies' Ready to Wear" de
paTtment
The main part Will be fitted up for
a sh1w room TO display this line A
room will be arranged for try on
aud fitting room aud still another foi
a dressing room and a ladies rest
room All of these will be csrpeted
aud comfortably furnished with
large mirrors easy chairs aud ocnohes
it will be intended as a place wher,
ladies who are down town oan dror
Ia aud rest
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
Building
New Roads
ONE NOW UNDER WAY
Work To Be Resumed on ST MarieS
TekOa Highway

The county commissioners are max
ing preparations to do con siderable
road work In this section this season
They have already resumed work on
the road leading from llelI's Gulch
to this city on the north side of the
river aud are making good hesdwRy
with it.
lt Is now completed to a short
distance this side of Oostleo's ranch
aud the remainder of the road into
the city will he huilt as rapidly as
possible.
Work will bo Resumed on the ST
MRries Iekoa road In a very short
time now the .mmissiouers hope.
This road hes been held up because
il was impossible to secure a right
Of way through the Smith ranch be
low Cherry Greek.
This Is a part OF the Smith estate
and, although favorable TO the road
the administrator had no. authority to
grant right of way across it. The
property. however, wGs sold a short
time ago at administrator sale. o.
". Pelham OF Occur d'Alene Was the
highest bidder bnt the sale has not
been confirmed ty the court and he
cannot give title 20 the right of wsy
until this Is done.
The commissioner hope that this
matter will be settled within the next
two weeks or so aud as aoOn an Il Is,
wilt start work on that road
The commissioners have otdered q
road grader for use IN this part OF
the county and 1t has been In the
city Cor several weeks ready to be
nut at work on that road Rs soon az
the right Of way is settled.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08

own about one hundred and ten acres
of bottom land on the opposite slide
Of the river, which is O o7erfiowed
every year
In order to protect this, Il is neo-
essary to build a dyke from three to
four feet high and about mila and
a half long
Ditches have already been Dug and
pumping station will be pu, IN at
the lower end
They intend 10 do the work them
selves and expect to commence on it
as soon as the hay crop is out of the
way
They estimate that the ooss of dyk-
ing and putting In the pumpIng sta
tion will be hetween twenty five aud
twenty eight hurd derd dollars
The tract that will be reclaimed
Is very rioh bottom land capable Of
growing any kind OF grain or vese-
Ia ables and It is hard even to estt
mate what lite vnlue will be when
they yet IL protected
Il ls close 10 the city and II they
should decide tn cut 1t up into
small tracts, they would find a ready
sale for It to parties deslrous Of go
ing into market gardening
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
Carload Of
Mich Cows

l.. t. Castor has received the car
load of miloh COWS which he Was ex
peotlnR. They arrived here the first
of the week and can be seen near
the creamery.
They are a fine looking lot of oows.
all thoronRhbreds Some are Hol
steins, some Jerseys aud the re
malnder are DuIhams. They ars all
0ood mixers and their milk shows
an uncOmmorly good test.
Mr. Castor shipped the cattle In
for the purpose Of assisting IN stock
Ing the creamery and they are for
sale to any one who may desire TO
purchase
The COWS we're shipped here from
Oregon, aud he hHh made arrange
ments so that he can purchase any
number aud will be able 10 supply
any one desiring to increase their
herd
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08

cite and Daniel Fleischauer of 81.
Maries.
On the first comparison Of the bids
those Of the Advance. Review, Gaz-
etle aud Daniel Fleischauer were
found to be so much higher than the
others that there was no comparison
and they we're promptly eliminated.
But with the remaining four. the
Press. journal, Herald and Record.
t. task was very much more difficult
as the first examination showed them
to be very close together.
On many items the bids we're iden.
tically the'sRme while on the others
one wonld be lower on sOmt items
aud the others would he lower on
other items.
1t soon became obvious that the
only way 1; could be determined was
to prepare an estimate of just what
would he needed aud figure each
item separately aud total up the
amount of each bill. This was a long
task and took practically all day
Tuesday.
The final totals showed The bid Of
the Press to be sl5O5 70, the Her
aid Sl314. 30, tha Record sl3ll.25.
and the Journal sI3O9 20 Only 81
difference between the Journals bid.
the lowest, aud the Record, and only
SO between the Herald and the low
est bid. while the Press, the highest
of the four, WAS less than two hun
dred dollars more than the lowest.
The notice for bids called for sep
crate It'd, on Advertising and the job
work aud the Press was the lowest on
advertising. Its bid being one cent
er inch for publishing the commits
sloners proceedings and 8 cents an
inch f.r legal advertising. hut 1t II
considered douhful whether II will
accept the contract at tha price
having failed to secure the job work.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
Santa Man Fails
To Support Family

Turnkey Knowlton came up from
Occur d'Alene Tuesday night to
serve the pLpers in the complaint
fled by Prentiss Wolfe against Or.
Briggs. oharR nR him with false i'm
prsonmeBt.
He returned to Occur d'Alene
Wednesday morning taking with him
a man named johnson from Santa.
who had been arrested by Uficer
Steele upon Information from Coeur
d'Alene. johnson was wanted on
a charge of failing to support his
family.
lie was Hrraigned Ia the probate
court Wednesday and Was given until
Monday Is furnish bonds for the sup
pOII of his family
His wife was thu oomplaioing wit
ness.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
NugeRt Faction
Elects Chairman

Boise, Idahq. May 5-The Nugent
and HaWley factions OF the denoora
tic party particIra IA lively
controversy for coutrnl Of the party
organization here today over the
election Of a successor to state Chair
mau Ben r. Gray. who presented his
reAignatlon 70, she sake of harmony
The Nugeut wing won, sls citing
Joseph 7. Pence, former mayor of
Boise.
Proxies played an important part
Roy Jones Of Gooding held proxies
Of fve committeeman. Jones has
always been identified With the Haw
ley wing Of the party On the proxies
he held the uawley people exDeeted
to name cue Of their own members
tn suoeeed Gray
But Jones had been a candidate for
United States marshall. and when T..
B. Martin was indorsed lby Hawley
he retallated when his first oppor.
tunlty came today by casting his
proxies for the Nugent candidate
eiectlnR him.
The Nugent faction turned doNI
the home rule resolution for popnla
election Of postnastefs. Frank Moor
Of Moscow wac the Hawley caDdldat
defeated for chairman.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
COlfax Man Buys
SeIig Ranch

W. E. Lewis of Colfax, Washing
ton. has purchased fiftv aires OF the
SelIR ranch down the river Including
that portion upon whion the house
stands. lIe Ia here now aud ex-
poets his family In June They are
now at COlfax where the children are
attending school and be es not
wish to take them away until the end
OF the term. He expect to stock the
ranch with miloh COWS and go Into
butter making aud will also give con
siderable attention to the raising
of vegetables.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08

90 iar is Geo T. Steele ia the second
district
So far there has been no talk. su
far as we have heard. about candi
dates for the other Offices but il Is
taken for granted that County Sur
yeyor Modlin will be a candidate for
the republican nomination TO cue
ceed himself
II Barton, county chairman Of the
progre sIV party has statei that there
would be full county ticket put IN
nomination by that party but ho far
we have heard of no candidates being
mentioned
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
Railroad Defeats
Improvement Co.

The st Joe Improvement company
lost iuits suit against the AldetCr
railroad company over the bridge
Hoross the st Maries river
The oourt refused to grant the in j.
junction asked for aud held that
neither the bridge nor It's piers In
terfered 10 sDy way wi h the nsviga-
tion of the stream
This was complete defeat for the
improvement company, which, Ia
alleged was trying to obtain the same
control over the st Maries river that
It has over the st Joe
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
NOn-Suit In
Damage Case

Judge Flynn granted a non suit
Tuesday In the case of Antler vs..
COX Bros. in the district count, N
the around that the plaintiff had
failed to show negligence on the part
Of the defendant.
Antler had brought the action for
twenty FIVE thousand dollars damages
for the loss of leg as the result of
an accident, while In the employ OF
COX Bros.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
CLARKIA NEWS NOTES

Mr.. Tom Hay made short bust
ness trip TO ST. Marles on Monday.
Jack MvGulre has heen III tor some
days but Is at present on the road
to recovery aud Is expected to he
ont again Ia a few davs.
The epidemic OF mumps did not
urove as serious A. was fret reported
IN this town only two cases being
reported as yst.
Mrs Quinn Wlls' left Sunday on
a weeks visit with friends and rela
tIves 10 Spokane.
Horseback riding as a recreation
during leisure hours is becoming
quite isd 10 Olarkia. especially
among the ladies'.
CORR RESPONDENT
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
Complainant Will
Not Prosecute

The case against Ueo. GoodwuIIy,
held for robbery. was dismissed in
the police court tn sday afternoon.
Gnodwuily was charged with taking
some eighty odd dollars from q man
called "Indian Joe. "
The case WAS dismissed because
the complaining witness refused 20
pre- 8 The charge. having sreooverad
his money, besides giving the defen-
dant a severe beating.
Good @uily left town Tuesday
night.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08
Have Dissolved
Partnership

The firm Of Ballinger & Bowen.
proprietors Of the ST Naries Candy
Rituhen. has dissolved partnership
Mr. Baliinger has taken over Mr. Bcw-
ems Interest and will continue TO
run the tablishment In the same
popular manner as heretofor lie has
just completed the work Of Install
log a new aud thoroughly up to date
soda founain and intends making the
place one Of the most popular Of
such establishments Ia the city Mr.
Bowen will remain In the employ o.
the store as candy maker