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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
$4,000 INCREASE IS SHOWN
IN RECEIPTS OF POSTOFFICE

An increase of more than $4,000 is
shown in the local postoffice receipts
during the year just closed over the
year 1915. The total receipts for
1915 were S32.591.7l as against rs
51s14 in 1915, 4 difference Of S40TS.-
81.
December as usual was the largest
month and showed a marked increase
over the business Of either 1914 or
1915. The biggest gain over las;
year was in March when the receipts
totaled sSl6a 6S as against t2267,3S
last year The Christmas business
this year and the December business
in general set a new record for local
postal receipts.
The following are the receipts ot
the years 1915 and 1915 by month. az
prepared by the Pendleton postofllce
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
PENDLETON HAS
1904 CHILDREN
OF SCHOOL AGE

There are 1904 children between
the ages of four and twenty in PEN
dleton, according to the census report
jut completed by c. X. Cranston. The
school census Is generally accepted by
statisticians as representing one-fifth
of the population of a town. Upon
this basis Pendleton would have a
population of approximately $780,
The school census shows a slight in.
crease over last year, the total chill.
dren enumerated last year being 1857.
However there were eliminatd from
the census this year about 100 resi-
dent pupils of the Pendleton schols
who are enumerated in other districts,
The school census is taken as ba-
sis for the per capita distribution OF
state and county school funds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
WRESTLER TO KEEP
HIMSELF IN TRIM

WRESTLING is not matter of money
making with Freddy Crabbe who is
TO grapple with Frank McCarrol
here on January 10. In everyday life
he is the president of the Crabbe
Clothing Co. of Salt Lake but he likes
the mat game as a sport and keeps
himself young by the hard work re-
quired to be topnotcher in the game.
Crabbe has his first defeat yet to
meet. In 1909 defeated Joe Turner
for the international championship
and since then has won from some Of
the best grapplers Of his weight In
the country In a letter just received
he states that he is not in the least
nervous over the coming mach with
McCarroll though he realizes Frank
is tough man to down He has
beaten some Of the best men in the
country" says Crabbe, and If he Is
in good condition there should be a
fast bout from start to finish"
Crabbe viii arrive in Pendleton on
the 9Th and will work out in the Jost
gymnasium that evening
McCarroll and his brother Ray left
last evening for Baker where tomor-
row evening the former meets Charley
Jost in fistic bout They will re-
turn Wednesday morning.
Tickets for the McCarroll-Cr -Crabbe
bout are on sale at the Quelle cafe
and indications are that there will be
big house. The management wishes
it understood that ladies will be as
welcome as men and that there will b
nothing there to offend either.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
BIG CRIME DECREASE
UNDER DRY" REGIME
Arrests in 1915 Only Ss6 as Compared
With o Total of 144O During 1915;
December Has Largest Number.

Conclusive proof that prohibition
does lessen minor offenses such as
drunkenness and disorderly conduct
is furnished by a comparison Of the
police records of the past year and
of the year 1915. During the year
Just closed there wee SS6 arrests
made by the Pendleton police where
as the total for 1915 was 1440, The
decrease has been approximately IS
per cent.
December had the greatest number
Of arrests in the monthly record of
the past year. the total being 81. The
biggest month in 1915 was 2SS in
September, The smallest month in
1916 was August with II arrests and
the smallest in 1915 was February
with SO.
A comparison of the arrests Of the
past two years month by month fol-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
Serious Disturbance Expected
When Governor Hunt and
Tom Campbell Seek to Get
Possession Of Capitol.
ARMED BANDS GATHERING
Supporters on Both sides Prepare 10
Make Strong Assaults; Hunt Is
Barricaded In Building, Refusing 20
Give Up Until Recount Is Made.

PHOENIX. Jan. with both
Governor Hunt and Tom Campbell
sworn TO perform the duties Of COVER
norship, a serious disturbance is ex-
pected when the two clash for pos.
session OF the state capitol Hunt.
who claims Campbelfs lead over him
Is due TO fraud refuses to surrender
the office until the recount is COM
pleted, and ne with armed men, has
locked himself in the capitol
Campbell by virtue Of a certificate
OF election intends TO make the in
auguration address from the capitol
balcony. His supporters are prepar-
ing TO make a strong fight A party
or cowboys Is arriving to fight against
Hunts miners. Hunt hasn't the
backing Of the democratic party the
state central committee after a hasty
conference, repudiating his stand.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
UMATILLA COUNTY
SPENT $4,000 FOR
LIQUOR LAST YEAR
approximately 10000 Individual
Shipments of Beverages Received; (;
Great Increase Since Passage Of
"BOne Dry" Amendment

II is estimated that not less than
5000 went out Of Umatilla county
during the year just closed for liz
quor purchased for beverage pur-
poses. While. the amount seems en-
ormous, II is said that prior to the
first Of last year there were several
saloons in Pendleton any one Of which
had annual receipts equal to that
amount
Actual figures on the amount Of IL
quor received during the year and its
cash value are not obtainable yet.
However, the number Of shipments of
liquor can be approximated. The
county clerk during the year Issued
1888 affidavit books and there are 100
affidavits in each book. Not all Of
these affidavits have yet been re-
turned but Il is safe TO say that APP
proximately It's. 900 individual ship
ments Of liquor have been received in
the county during the year The
number was light during the first few
months because many people had on
hand stock OF liquor purchased be-
fore the state went dry. However
the number for the past few months
has been correspondingly heavy be-
cause of the passage OF the bone
dry" amendment
An overwhelming majority Of the
affidavits show the receipt OF two
quarts of whisky, and the average
price paid for two quarts of whisky
Is about s2.50. Beer is second on the
list and each shipment Of beer repre-
sented from S4.OO to $500. Very lit
tie wine. brandy or other liquor was
shipped in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
MUCH INDUSTRIAL

Pendleton and Umatilla county
have reason to look upon the year 1915
as a notable one in their history, for
it has brought an Unprecedented pros
pertty.
Wheat and wool, the two big staples
OF the county, brought prices not
dreamed of a few years ago. Hay,
too. brought a top figure. The year
was a good one from a climatic stand
point and the crops in the light land
sections were better than for many
years.
The banks are bursting with money.
The last statement issued by the banks
at the call of the comptroller Of cur
rency showed that the aggregate de-
posits of the two banks in Pendleton
amounted to over s5,5OO,OOO. Even
the little bank in Pilot Rock has over
1895 900 on deposits, or over s150,O0o
more than it ever had at similar time
any other year.
There has been an abundance OF
work for everybody. In fact job:
nave been more plenuTul than the
seekers for jobs and farmers were
often hard put to secure enough mer
to handle their crops.
The problem of the empty house is
unknown in any Of the towns Of tht
county. In Pendleton the demand fol
houses and apartments has far ex
ceeded the supply and as a result rent
are abnormally high. New houses
have been built by the score and two
new apartment houses have been pu
up and yet many people are force,
to live in shacks or content themselve
with a room or two in some othe
persons house.
Merchants report business unusu
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
Wheat, Wool and Hay Bring Highest PrCesi Banks Bursting
With Money, Abundance Of Work for Everybody Empty
Houses Unknown Business and Collections Never Better
DEVELOPMENT DURING THE YEAR
cinery; Built Others Panned
Certainty; Building Finished; 100000 Federal Bald
Inc; Successful Since 1919.

ally good and collections never better.
Many ascribe prohibition as one Of the
chief reasons for the betterment OF
collections The Christmas trade e..
tabIished a new record for the merch-
ants.
There has been no little industrial
development and expansion during
the year. For instance the Blswett
Harvester Co. last spring built a fas-
tory here and is now building an ad-
dition. The Pendleton Wooden Mills
have added much new machinery.
the Farmers Union Grain Agency has
built a S35, 900 elevator in Pendfe-
ton and plans to construct others
soon in different parts OF the county.
AS the year came to a close money
was being raised for a new $4,000
Presbyterian church and the building
Of this new church home is certain
ty. Money is also being raised for a
rev $4,000 theater for road attrac-
tons and there seems every reason
to believe that this project win ma
ture during the early part Of 1917.
The new 100000 federal building and
the new $4,000 county library build
ing have been occupied during the
year
The 1915 Roundup was the most
successful from financial and show
standpoint OF any since the record
Roundup of 1919. Pendleton, too.
enjoyed the distinction Of having fur
nished the queen to reign over the
other two big Oregon festivals Of the
year. the Portland Rose Festival and
the Astoria Regatta
Altogether the year which has just
passed brought a bountiful budget oi
: blessings to the city and county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
THREE INCH EXCESS
PRECIPITATION 1916
@Io7LA Azn &RN1

The year 1915 ended with an excess
precipitation in Pendleton Of almost
three inches, due largely to the heavy
SHOWS of the first part Of the year
and in December. The official rec
ords show a total precipitation OF
1892 inches during the year whereas
the normal is but 14.12.
The month just ended was marked
by nine inches of snow and the total
precipitation was 2.11 inches against
1.51 normal The maximum tempera-
ture was 5S on Dec. 2 and the mini
mum one above on Dec. 90. There
were six clear days, seven partly
cloudy and is cloudy. Snow fell or
eight days and rain on six.
The following is a comparison oil
the monthly precipitation with the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01

issued on the last official day OF the
year gave the month total Of "a or
one more than September. June, the
far famed month of weddings, sank
to sixth place las year. July had the
record for divorce suits in 1915, hav-
ing total Of II to its credit. 1t must
not be supposed that there we're 100
divorce suits granted during the year.
for some Of the suits have been dis
missed and others are still pending.
The follow.n gtable shows the
number Of marriaeg licenses isued and
number Of divorce suits instituted
month by month through the year
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
ECHO MAN IS
PINNED UNDER
CAR a HOURS
BADLY FROZEN
East oregonian Special.


D ECHO, Ore, Jan. PINNED
. beneath his auto in the snow
. where he hid been imprisoned
. for fourteen hours, Gland Sloan,
. prominent Echo sheepman, was
. found this morning a mile from
q Echo almost frozen to death.
. Both hands were frozen to the
Q wrist. both feet were frozen and
. one leg as far up as the knee.
Q He is in q serious condition.
9 He left Echo about 7 O'Clock
. last evening for him home four
. miles up the river. When go
. ing up a sidehill road about
= mile from here. his car slid in
. the snow and turned over, pin
. iOning him beneath. The road
. is but little travelled during this
. time of the year and no help
. came until 9 this morning when
= Nelson TavlOr. young man
. living in the vicinity. came
. across the uptuTned car as he
= was driving TO town. Sloan's
. wife had not been uneasy he
. cause she though he was at the
= sheep ranch.
. In the early hours of the
. night the thermometer was near
= zero but the weather moderat-
. ed during the night and an inch
. Of snow fell. Sloan Is now at
= his home under the doctors
= care.
.AAAA%A ANAAAAA<
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
NEW YEAR MAKES
QUIET ENTRANCE

The advent of the year 1917 was 4
most quiet and peaceful one in PEN
dleton. In fact the new year was
more decorously greeted this morn
ing than probably any new year thar
ever broke on Pendleton. The fact
that New Years eve fell on Sunday
combined with dry town made the
usual celebrations out Of order. only
three arrests were made by the police
compared with nineteen a year ago,
A few bells were rung, few whistles
blown and a few firecrackers were ex-
ploded in China town That was all
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
VILLA VICTORIOUS
IN LACRUZ BATTLE
(wEBB LIMLER.)

Ell PASo, Jan. lin the biggest
battle in point of number of men en-.
gagged since villa regained his power
in northern Mexico. the Villistas de-
cislvely defeated a column Of govern
ment troops sent by Murguia to hal,
the northward progress of the bandit
forces
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
CUTTER PROTECTOR
OF BRITISH LOST

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE cutter
Protector has been blown up, a
IlOyds dispatch declared. The
number OF lives lost Is unknown.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
HARRY IAUDER's son KILLED

LONDON, Jan. Captain
John Lauder. the son OF Harry,
the Scotch comedian has been
killed at the front, it is an
nounced.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-01
DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS

zhs East 0regonlan has the largest bona
fde and guaranteed paid circulation Of any
paper In Oregon, east Of Portland and By
any newspaper,
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08

IN TIP SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON for the County Of King-Tn Probate
IN the Matter of the Estate of Richard H. Gillen
Sale of Real Estate. ~ 'o VII
Verne G: Gien the eecutor of the estate of Rich
apG , Gille9 deceased having filed his petition in
ms ms court duly verified, praying for an order of
this court for the sale of real estate of which the
said deceased died seized, for the purposes therein
set FORTH ~ pp" '
And it appearing to the court from said petition
hat the personal estate of the in the
hands OF said executor is not sufficient to paw the
claims against the said estate and the expenses of
to sell all or portion of the real estate of the
sald deceased to pay the said claims and expenses
OF the administration And it appearing to the court
mat said petition conforms to, is in accordance
with the requirements of law in such case made
and provided 1t is ordered by the court that all
interested in the estate the said deceased
appear before said Superior Court the 10th day
Of December, 1917 at the hour 80 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day at the court room of the Pro
pate Department of said Superior Court in the City
OF Seattle in said King County. then and there to
snow cause If any they have, why order this
court should not be granted said executor au-
thorizng and empowering him to sell the said real
ne necessary to pay the aforesaid claims and *
penses of administration.
1t is further ordered that copy of this order to
snow cause be published at least four successive
weeks before the said 10th day of December. 1917,
IN ytons Weekly. newspaper printed and pub
nshed in said County of King and of general cir
Done in open court this 18th day of November,
KENNETH MACINTOSH.
Nov 17.-Dec. s, 1917.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08

The stout old gentleman, loaded down
with several bags and travelling rug, was
endeavoring to make graceful exit from
crowded railway carriage At the door,
however, he stumbled and brought down
his foot heavily on the pet corn of a
brawny Scot.
"Hoots, toots, man" groaned the injured
one, 'canna We look whaur ye're going?
Hoot, man, hoot!'
The overburdened traveller slammed the
door behind him. Then he put his head
near the window
"Hoot, yerself," he retored "I'm
passenger, not motor bus
Some soldiers home on leave from the
front were discussing the different things
they had seen while in France, and among
them were the number and size of the rats
they had been troubled with Said one
boy: ''Talk about rats! Why, I've seen
some as big as sucking pigs
"That's nowt." spoke up another. Gone
night in my billet I woke up and there
was one of them trying my coat on.''
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08

Thanksgiving at Camp Lewis must have
been a joyful occasion if all of the COM
panes had as many good things to eat as the
company from which the following menu
was sent to this paper by Sergeant Frank
Evans
MENU
Thanksgiving Dinner, Nov 20, 1917
Relshes
Stuffed Olives Mixed Pickles
Radlshes Green Olives
Oyster Soup
Roast Young Turkey
Oyster Dressing Cranberry Sauce
Vegetables
Dreamed Mashed Potatoes
Dreamed Sweet Corn
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Desserts
Chocolate Layer Cake Mince Pie
Cocoanut Layer Cake Pumpkin Pie
Fruits
Oranges Bananas Apples
Coffee Hot Chocolate
Cigars Cigarettes
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08
THE END OF THE PLAY

And in the world as in the school,
I'd say how fate may change and shift,
The prize be sometimes with the fool
The race not always to the swift;
The strong may yield, the good may fall,
The great may be vulgar clown,
The knave be lifted over ALL
The kind cast pitlessly down.
Come wealth or want, come good or ILL,
Let young and old accept their part,
And bow before the awful will,
And bear it with an honest heart.
Who misses or who wins the prize
Go lose or conquer as you can,
But if you fall, or if you rise,
BE each, pray God. gentleman
-Thackery.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08

Tn W Vas for r. King countyIn Probate
No. 22412 Notice to Creditors. oN
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
been appointed and has qualified as Administrator
of the estate of Cora Green deceased Ali persons
serve the same( supported by claimants affidavit as
REQUIRED IN Sec los, Probate Code) the adminis-
traitor or his attorney of record the address he
low stated, and file the with the clerk of the
court together with proof Of service within six
months after the date Of the first publication of this
Date of first publication Dec. g. 1917
w. D. CARTER.
Administrator of said Estate
. Address SIG Pacific Block Seattle
ANDREW r. BLACK '
Attorney for Estate
316 Pacific Block Seattle Wash
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08
NOW SMILE

Pat, who had only one eye attracted the
Englishman attention, when he said
'Those are grand eyes you have"
GLOW much grander are those you
have?" said the English in answer
II thought" replied Pat, rye English
men were good grammarians. 1 have but
one eye, and you could not say those"
Then Pat, who was anxious to Guido the
Englishman from point of wit and hui
NOR, said:
Il bet you 20 shillings to your one that
can with your two.''
"Done,' said the Englishman. cts
bet
And Pat, in his truly witty manner, voci-
ferated:
see your two, whereas you with your two
eyes can only see my one.'
The Englishman collapsed.
An old lady was going to Stamford,
Conn, to visit a daughter, and took her seat
in the cars for the first time in her life.
During the ride the car in which she was
seated was thrown down an embankment
and demolished.
Crawling out from beneath the debris,
she spied a man who was held down in
sitting posture by his legs being fastened
is this Stamford?' she anxiously asked.
The man was from Boston, Mass. He
was in considerable pain, but he didn t lose
sight Of the fact that he was from Boston,
so he said
mo, this is catastrophe.'
"Oh!' calculated the old lady ''Then l
hadn t Oughter get off here!''
story IS going the rounds concerning
the inquiry instituted by Lord Davenport
into the best method Of checking extrava-
gance in restaurants and hotels
Among the many witnesses called before
the committee was certain stOlid looking
waiter. The particular article of food un-
der discussion at the moment happened to
be margarine, and one of the members
asked incidentally:
How do you call it in the restaurant
business margarine or 'marjorine'?"
Neither sir" blandly replied the wait
er; 1--WE calls it 'butter''
An lrishman, employed in a large factory.
had taken day off without permission,
and who seemed likely to lose his lob in
consequence. When asked by his foreman
the next day why he had not turned I'D the
day before he replied:
Il was so ill., sir, that I could not come
to work to save my life"
GLOW was it, then, Pat, that I saw YOU
pass the factory on your bicycle during the
morning?' asked the foreman.
Pat was slightly taken aback, then re-
gaining his presence Of mind replied:
'Sure, sir, that must have been when I
was going for the DOCTOR"
Mrs Simpleton, having been business
girl, was bit worried over the intricacies
of housekeeping.
Il m having such trouble keeping our
food she confided to her bosom friend.
Il bought real nice looking refrigerator,
but it doesn t seem to work we'll at ALL
DO you keep ice enough in it?''
"lce!' gasped Mrs. Simpleton. "Ice! I
hope you don't think, after spending all
that money on a refrigerator, we'd 90 to
the additional expense of buying ice!''
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08
HERE AND THERE

Dan Shay. the baseball player, who shot
and killed Clarence Ewell in hotel in In
dianapolis more than a year ago, has been
acquitted by jury
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08

Sarah Hamilton, eighty-six years of age,
who died some time ago at her home in
Wheeling, w. Va, was no woman at all,
but man and had lived for the past sixty
years. disguised as woman.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08

N Whshln attnn for King CountyIn Probate.
ceased.-No 224S3 Notice to Creditors ~ Nv
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
heen apnomted and has qualified as administrator If
the estate Of Sander s. Scott deceased; that all per-
sons having claims against said deceased or against
SAID estate are hereby required serve the same
DULY verified, on said administrator his attorney
OF record at the address below stated and file the
Sa ane WITH the clerk of said court together with
rrnof or such service within six months after the
date OF first publication Of this notice, or the same
Date Of first publication Dec 8. 1917
AL G. GRANT,
Administrator of said Estate
ANDREW r. BLACK ' '
Attorney for Estate
BIG Pacific Block Seattle Wash.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE on

IN W., THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF
Tn Th hs stfa for X King CountyIn Probate
an tnsane Person-No. 22357. Notice to Creditors
Not1ce IS hereby given that the undersigned has
heen anopinted and has qualified Guardian of the
bo,ai OF ella waits an Insane Person. All
having CLAIMS against her estate required TO
serve the same (supported by claimants affidavit
as REQUIRED IN Sec 1OS Probate on the Guard
stne or his att of record at the address below
together with proof of such service within six
months after the date of the first publication of this
NOTICE. or same will be barred. ~ ~
Date of first publication Dec s. 1917
S. A. WATTS
GUARDIAN of the Estate Watts
Insane Person '
>>-1,D11,, Address 316 Pacific Block Seattle, Wash
ANDREW r. BLACK, ' ''
AttOrnev for
3l6 Pacific Block. Seattle, Wash
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08

J. Wesley Jones is the name of more or
less remarkable musician of Chicago but he
is only remotely related to Washington
states own and only Senator Wesley L.
Jones. both of them being Americans
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-08

DR.. James n. Harris. prominent young
physician of Chicago was recently shot and
instantly killed by Miss Josephine Polk,
stenographer Of the Chicago public Ii
brary. Miss Polk claims that the physician
mad seduced her and then refused to marry
her