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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1906)
Heppner Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER OREGON perished in the disaster in West RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political, His torical and Commercial. J. P. Morgan has fled Italy in fear of assassination. Carnegie favors a reform in the spell ing of the English language. The czar is said to be paving the way for a constitutional monarchy. Representative Landis, of Indiana, has a plan for reform in government printing. Russia has openly declared for France in the Moroccan dispute and Germany has raised a protest. Heary wind storms along the Atlant ic have damaged shipping and lessened th chances of saving vessels which went ashore during recent storms. C. E. urunsky, consuslting engineer of the Reclamation service, has made an adverse report on the Palouse irri gation project, saying the cost is to ex cesBive. John D. Rockefeller has given $1 to a New Jersey hospital in the name of his grandson. The same mail contain ed a gift from Mrs. Marshall Field Jr., for $100. Capitalists have purchased the site and buildings of the Lewis and Clark 'air and!will save the buildings from further destruction!! for use in housing large manufacturing plants Governor Pattison, of Ohio, is im proving. An alliance of Britain, France and Russia is proposed. The famine in Japan crows worse and disease follows hunger. Anthracite coal operators have split on the wage scale to be paid miners. Heney says Bristol charges are base less and Bristol will retain his office. Twenty-six miners Century coal mine Virginia. The Interstate Commerce commission is investigating underbilling frauds by shippers. It is claimed that only the details of the Algeciras conference remain to be Bettled. Roosevelt is credited with solving the problem. The government has given Hermann a bill of particulars concerning the let ter books destroyed, but his lawyers continue to delay the trial. Attorney General Hadley, of Mis souri, has called a truce on Rockefeller while the latter may visit his new grandson. Hadley says he can get all the evidence he needs without John D. anyway. The German army is reported ready for war. Russia is on the eve of another rebel outbreak. The condition of Governor Pattison, of Ohio, is grave. A snowslide killed six miners near Granite, Colorado. Roosevelt has proposed a compromise in the Moroccan question which does not please France. James A. Fee may be appointed United States district attorney for Ore gon if Bristol loses out. The conference between miners and operators of the anthracite coal district has failed to reach a wage agreement. It is now generally admitted that be tween 40 and 50 persons lost their lives in the recent Denver & Rio Grand wreck in Colorado. The sidewheel steamer Olympian, which was being towed from San Fran cisco to New Yok, was wrecked in the Straits of Magellan Latest reports say nearly 2,000 were killed and 6,500 injured by the earth quake in Formosa. All survirovra are in a state of extreme destitution An explosion in a coal mine near Fairmont. W. Va., is known to have killed 15 miners and injured 25 others From 25 to 75 are missing and their fate is unknown. Ex-Chief Engineer Vt a 11 ace favors a eealevel canal. Nineteen liveslwere lost in a storm on the Gulf of Mexico, A compromisa at the Moroccan con ference is now promised Daring robbers have taken $432,500 from a Moscow, Russia, bank. Jerome says giving insurance money to campaign committees is not larceny. The price of bottles is to be increased 6 per cent by the manufacturers. Several shipwrecks have resulted from the recent storm on the Atlantic coast. Total collections in the United States from all sources for the relief of starr ing Japanese now reaches $120,000. Objection to the appointment of W. B. Hoggatt as govtrnor of Alaska may result in the selection of some one etoe. Attending physicians now believe John D. Spreckles has a chance of recovering. OUR TRADE WITH CANADA. Growth Has Been Enormous, Despite Attempted Reduction. Washington, March 27. Trade of the United States with Canada in the fiscal year 1905 aggregated $202,949, 213, against $89,429,093 in 1895, ac cording to a bulletin issued by the de partment of Commerce and Labor. It shows that in the years from 1875 to 18:15 our trade with Canada increased $67,000,000, and from 1895 to 1905 it increased $114,000,000. The larger portion of this growth has been on the export side. The imports increased from $27,867,615 in 1875 to $62,469,432 in 1905, and exports ad vanced from $34,547,219 in 1875 to $140,529,581 in 1905. "This rapid growth in trade relations with Canada,1' says the bulletin, "is especially interesting in view of the varying conditions to which commerce with Canada has been subjected. Dur ing the period from 1855 to 1866 a re ciprocity treaty was in force between Canada and the United States, but in the the latter year it was determined, so that commerce between the two countries was unaffected by special trade arrangements until April, 1898, when the United States was placed at a slight disadvantage as compared with the United Kingdom, products from that country entering the Dominion of Canada being admitted, by special ar rangement, at a reduction of 12 per cent of the tariff levied on imports from other countries. "August 1, 1898, the reduction of British products was increased to 25 per cent, and on July 1, 1900, was still further increased to 33 per cent. Despite these advantages in favor of goods entering Canada from the United Kingdom, exports to Canada from that country grew from $29,743,712 in 18 7 to $59,603,556 in 1904, while exports from the United States grew from $64,928,825 in 1897 to $140,529,581 in 1905." The percentage of imports to Canada from the United States in 1905 was 60.6 and from the United Kingdom 24 per cent. MISERY OF STARVING. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON ROGERS ANSWERS QUERIES. Japanese Live on Flour Mixed With Straw and Weeds. Tokio, March 27. The misery and suffering in the famine district has been slightly relieved by the prompt and liberal aid from foreign sources and the abatement oi the rigors of winter. The local authorities are try ing to provide work for the ablebodied, but the extent of the work is inade quate, and tens of thousands are still on the verge of starvation. Many parents are parting with their children, sending them to the already crowded Okayama orphanage. Several children are quartered at the Ueyno railway station in this city. Among them was a girl 6 years old. who was found treasuring a package of dirty old newspapers. Un examination tne pacx age was found to contain a postal card, with the address of the parents of the child, who had been told to mail the card upon her arrival at her destina tion. The severity of the suffering un dergone by the children is clearly de picted in the faces of those who are compelled to part from their homes, where the food consists of flour mixed with Btraw and weeds. The mixture is beaten fine, forming a paste, which contains only 25 per cent actual food value. The government has remitted the lowest tax in the famine district, but this will not afford immediate relief. The liberal contributions from Ameri cans are already effective, and the re- ief in the form of food and clothing is commanding the heartiest apprecia- ion. Another appeal for aid is presenterd by the sufferers from the earthquake n Formosa, hundreds of whom are homeless. The local government is busv providing food, caring for the in ured, and recovering and removing corpses, several hundred oi wnicn are buried under the debris. COMPLAIN OF GRAZING RULE. Oregon Stockmen's Grievances Are Taken Up by Senator Fulton. Washington Senator Fulton has re ceived many letters of complaint from stockmen of Oregon, who express die satisfaction with the manner in which the forest service is managing the sum mer range in foreBt reserves. The sheepmen of Umatilla county feel that they have been unfairly treated in the distribution of range in the Wenaha re serve, and the sheep and cattlemen whose stock is permitted to graze in the Cascade reserve feel that they are paying too much for the privilege. So far as the Cascade reserve is concerned, the sheepmen object to paying 6 cents a head for the grazing privilege when sheep are permitted in other reserves at 4 and 5 cents each. The forest service explains that the grazing season in the Cascade reserve is longer than in the reserves where the fee is Bmaller. So far as the Wenaha reserve is concerned, the range has been apportioned for the coming sea son, and it is too late to bring about a readjustment. To ascertain all the facts, with the view to laying the mat ter before the forest Bervice in its true light, Mr. Fulton has requested the stockmen of Oregon to furnish him with accurate data, that he may adjust these matters beforo another grazing season opens. The Dalles to Portage. The Dalles A company of local cap italists, under the name of the Colum bia Transportation company, has bought the steamer George W. Simojs from the D., P. & B. N. Co. It will be operated between Cascade Locks and the lower terminus of the state portage road. The boat will leave Cascade Locks at 6 o'clock in the morning and reach The Dalles at 10, making all way landings. It will lie here an hour, then run to the lower terminus of the portage, and returning will leave for Cascade Locks at 2 o'clock. It is the purpose of the company in buying and operating the boat to afford people along the Columbia opportunity to make The Dalles their trading point. CREATED AT LAST. President Sets Aside Blue Mountains for Timber Purposes. Washington President Roosevelt, on recommendation of the iorest service, has signed a proclamation creating the Blue mountain forest reserve in Eastern Oregon, to embrace 2,627,270 acres. The reserve as created follows the gen eral lines of the temporary withdrawal made three years ago, with the excep tion of 200,000 acres in the valley of the Silvies river, which has been elim inated because of the agricultural na ture of the land. Around the edge of the withdrawal small tracts of agricul tura. and school land have been elim inated and the boundaries are so drawn as to exclude all land lying along the border which has passed into private ownership under any public land laws. The original Blue mountain with drawal embraced more than 3,000,000 acres. About 500,000 acres have been left out, so as to make the reserve a compact body of forest land. Long Winter in Wallowa. Wallowa Snow covers the entire Wallowa valley and county, varying in depth from five inches on the Imnaba and Grand Ronde river bottoms, to 17 inches on the foothills of the Joseph mountains. Stockmen are somewhat anxious concerning feed. The unusual long season will necessitate using much snore hay than is customary in average winters. Though this is a hay produc ing county, and though great crops of hay were put away last season, and much old hay was left over, it is ex pected that there will be no surplus. Many Buy Wallowa Timber. Wallowa Locators have been doing much business the past three months on account of a wild rush by local men and outsiders to secure claims in the pine, fir and tamarack forests of Wal lowa county. Sections which sold at $1.25 an acre were bought first, and only those claims remain which are in the $2.50 sections. There are but a few more claims open for location, and it is expected the locating season will be closed within 30 days. Capitalists are buying much of this timber, and from individual holders claims pur chased for less than $500 are Belling at from $1,000 to $1,600 each. These carry from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 feet to the quarter section. Enterprise Still Capital. Wallowa The Wallowa county com missioners, at their last meeting, ac cepted the offer of F. D. McCully, L. Knapper and Aaron Wade, to build a wooden structure in Enterprise large enough to meet the county's require ments for a courthouse, and to lease the same to the county for five years at an annual rental of $650. The building is i,o be completed by August It will be of wood, but compa'a tively safe, aB it will be equipped with fireproof vault. The board thus settled further controversy for five years regarding the permanent lota tion of the county seat. Hopgrowers Elect Officers. Salem About 75 hopgrowers have become members of the Oregon Hop growers' association, recently organized in this city, and permanent organiza tio l has been effected by the election of the following officers: President, J. K. Sears. McCov: vice president, H. C.Fletcher, Salem; secretary, J. R Coleman, Salem; directors, J. T. Wood, Salem; Louis Ames, Silverton; C.W.Beckett, Salem; W. H. Egan, Gervais; Francis Shafer, Salem. Columbia County Breaks Record. Salem Columbia county breaks the record in the matter of payment of state taxes this year. State Treasurer Moore received a draft last week for $6,360, the amount of general state and school 'tax, and $265, the amount due for the support of the Agricultural college, from Columbia county, for the year 1906. Only half of this amount was due. The rest n ed not have been paid until December 31. Admits Standard Ownership of Sup posed Independent Concerns. New York, March 26. II. II. Rogers Saturday answered the questions put to him by Attorney General Hadley, of Missouri, in the proceedings to oust tie Standard Oil company, the Waters Pierce Oil company, and the Republic Oil company from Missouri, and the Standard Oil lawyers admitted that the Standard owns a majority of the stock cf the other two companies. Thus Mr. Hadley has overcome his most recalci trant witness and has proved the main point of his contention. Today he will go further and prove by documentary and other evidence that the three com panies are all managed by the Standaid officials at 26 Broadway. There was a decided change in Mr. Rogers' manner under examination, but he still pleaded lapse of memory or ignorance on several important points. W. G. Rockefeller also testified and his memory failed on several questions. Mr. Rogers admitted that he was a stockholder in the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana, but said he did not know in detail of the conditions of the sale of oil in Missouri, nor did he know about the division of that state between the Waters-Pierce and Republic Oil companies. PORTLAND MAY GET TIME BALL GUILTY OF THEFT SAYS THE JUDGE Criminal Charge is Made in Inu ranee Investigations. Jerome Asks for Warrents for Per kins, Bliss and Cortelyou Per kins Committed Larceny, Bliss and Cortelyou Received Stolen Goods, He Says. Luckiamute Mohair Pool. Independence The Luckiamute mo hair pool has been organized at Arlie and has the following officers: Presi dent, A. C. Staats; secretary, Maurice Fowle; I. 'M. Simpson, A. C. Staats and Maurice Fowle were elected a board of managers. The new associ ation already has a membership of 35, representing 3,093 fleeces. It is prob able 15 more names are to be added to the membership soon. Navy Department Favorably Considers Board of Trade's Request. Washington, March 26. Senator Fulton was assured today by the secre tary of the navy that the Equipment bureau had been nivestigating the ne cessity of installing at Portland the time ball system for the aid of mari ners. Mr. fuiton had presented the request of the Portland board of trade, with an urgent appeal that this usual feature of maritime cities be part of the government equipment of Portland. The matter seems to have the favor of the head of the department, and, un less unforeseen d'fficulties intervene, orderB for the work are expected to be issued in the near future. In presenting the request of Port land's mariners and merchants, the b)ard of trade emphasized the troubles now experienced by captains in check ing the variations of their chronome ters, and brought to the attention of the senator the large number of vessels visiting Portland annually. These facts have been placed before the de partment. BARS JAPANESE FISHERMEN. Dowie in Mexica City. Mexico City, March 27. The Indian murderers of a French priest near the mountains ot Malinche will probably be shot on the scene of their crime in the state of Tlaxcala. Lieutenant Gen eral Chaffee, U. S. A., has returned here from the hot country. Heaw rains have greatly helped the sanitary conditio 3 of the city, and the typhus fever is abating. John Alexander Dowie, of Chicago, arrived here Mon day Irom Jamaica. He is accompanied by a nurse, but is much improved in health. Ship Afire Hits Rocks. St. Johns, N. F., March 27. After being in peril from fire at sea and man aging by desperate efforts to reach this port in the midst of a gale and a blind ing snow storm, the British freight steamer Titania struck a submerged rock in entering the harbor late last night, bad a hole torn in her hull, and today lies on the beach, where she was put to prevent sinking. The' fire in the cargo of the midship hold is still burn ing fiercely. Fire Destroyed Eleven Buildings. Fayetteville, N. C, March 27. A fire which started in the Frank Thorn ton Dry Good's company's store last night, in the center of the city, de stroyed 11 buildings. Loss, $300,000. No one was killed, bat several persons were injured. Fight for a County Seat. Canyon City The fight for the coun ty seat now being waged b-itween Can yon City, the present capital, and Prairie City, long aspirant for the honor, is waxing red hot. The laws of Oregon provide that a vote must he ordered by the county court if a peti tion, signed by not less than three fifths of the registered voters, is pre sented. The promoters of the removal have organized an improvement asso ciation, and among other things have secured subscriptions amounting to $20,000 for a new courthouae. Great Loss in Malheur County. Baker City Sheepmen and stockmen of Malheur county are offering $80 a ton for hay, according to report, and the price is rapidly advancing, as very little feed could be bought even at this fabulous price. It is estimated that the storm which has swept over the country during the past week will re sult in the loss of at least 25 per cent of the livestock of Malheur county, as many sheep and cattle were npon the range when it struck. Lane Fruit is Unharmed. Eugene Dr. H. F. McCormirk, Lane county fruit inspector, says it is his opinion that the freezing weather of the past few days has done no materia damage to the fruit in this vicinity. Each thaw has been accompanied by i cloudy weather. Had the sun shone warm and bright each morning the crop would have been ruined. Hop Sale at Woodbum. Aurora Ed Herron, the hopbuyer. this week bought the Joe Kennedy hop crop of 72 bales at Wood burn, paying better than 9 cents. The hops were shipped direct to London. M. H. Gil bertson, Ulhman Bros.' agent here, went to North Yakima a few days ago to look after several big lota of hops there. Cattle Bring Higher Price. Pendleton Three cars of cattle were shipped to Seattle from Pendleton a few days ago, bringing $4.50 per bun dred pounds. This is about 1 cent a pound higher than the last shipment made. PORTLAND MARKETS. blues tern, 69c; Wheat Club, 68c; red, 66c; valley, 69c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $27.50; gray, $27 per ton. Barley Feed. $23 5024 per ton; brewing, $2424.50; rolled, $24.50 25.50. Buckwheat $2.25 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $17 18 per ton; valley timothy, $89; clover, $7 508; cheat, $67; grain hay, $73. Apples $1502. 75 per box. Vegetables Asparagus. 8M9c per pound; cabbage, 1 per pound; cauliflower, $22.25 per crate; celery, 7590c per dozen; rhubarb, $1.50 per box; sprouts, 810c per pound; turnips, $11 25 per sack; carrots, 6575c per sack; beets, oocl per sack. Onions No. 1, 75 90c per sack; No. 2. nominal. Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks, 5055c per hundred; ordinary, nomi nil; sweet potatoes, 22c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 2730c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, lbc per dozen Poultry Average old hens. 14rai4J per pound; mixed chickens, 1313)c; broilers, 2829c; young roosters, 13 13c: old. roosters, 11c; dressed chickens, 1516c; turkeys, live, 1617c; turkeys, dresced, choice, 1820c; geese, live, 89c; geese, dressed, 10llc; ducks, 1618c. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10 I0c per pound; prime, 8)9)$c: medium, 78c; olds. 57c. Wool Eastern Oregon average heat, 1621c per pound: valley, 24326c; mohair, choice, 25 (8 28c. Veal Dressed, 3X8c per pound. Beef Dressed bolls, 2)33r per pound: cows, Z 4c; country steers. 45c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, S 9c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 80 9)4 c. Pork Dressed. 638)c per Fulton's Alaska Bill Will Pass House Without Difficulty. Washington, March 26. Japanese encroachment in the fishing waters of Alaska will be brought to a close this year. Senator Fulton's bill prohibit ing aliens from taking fish in the wa ters of that district is on the house calendar and is assured of final enact ment there. For Bome time, especially last year, the Japanese have been press ing their fishing operations further and further on the American side of Ber ing sea and the North Pacific ocean United States vessels found them last year far in the Alaska fisheiies catching salmon in large quantities and pickling fish for return t" Japan. No seizures were made, but most of the Japanese vessels took to flight when observed. FALLS INTO REBEL TRAP. Governor Curry, of Samar, May Be Captive of Pulajanes. Manila, March 26. In the recent recent fight at Magtaon in the center of Samar between the constabulary and a force of Pulajanes two constabulary officers and several privates were wounded. The loss of the Pulajanes is unknown. Governor Curry is miss ing. Governor Curry, Judge Lobiner and Superintendent of Schools Hoover pro ceeded to a town expecting to receive in surrender a large baud of Pulajanes. It is now suppected that the offer by the 1'ulaianes to nurrender was a treacherous ruse. Reinforcements of constabulary have been ordered to proceed to the district and Provincial Treasurer Whittier, of Smar, has recommended that Federal troops be held in readiness. New York,'March 24. If the grand jury which is investigating some of the conditions developed by the recent legislative investigation reaches the conclusion that contributions of in surance company funds to political campaign committees were made with intent to defraud the true owner of this property, it must find that larceny has been committed. This opinion was expressed today by Justice O'Sul livan in the Court of General Sessions, in answer to a presentment on the sub ject submitted to him by the grand jury. Judge O'Sullivan added that it is not within the province of the court to say whether or not there was such intent. That is a question which the jurors must determine for themselves from all the facts and circumstances in the case. He charged the jury to make a thorough investigation into all the facts and to place the responsibility for such crimes, if theyfind that crimes were committed. Mr. Jerome was in court today and, when Judge O'Sullivan had delivered his opinion, the district attorney asked the jury to remain, as he desired to ad dress it upon the subject in question. He declared that Judge O'Sullivan had misconceived the subject which he had considered, and that, if the court held to its opinion, it would be the duty of the grand jury to return indictments against George W. Perkins, ex-vice president of the New York Life Insur ance company, for larceny, and against George B. Cortelyou, chairman, and Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer, of the Republican National committee, as re ceivers of stolen goods. GOVERNMENT MAY APPEAL. Fortune in a New Carnation. New Bedford, Mass., March 26. H. A. John, a local florist, has succeeded in developing a white carnation which promises to surpass every famous pink heretofore raised and for which he has refused an offer of $8,000. It is a carnation which, according to florists fills a long felt want in that it is a per fect white flower of extraordinary size, with a stem of great length, and a ca lyx which will not burst. Added to these, it has another essential of the successful carnation exquisite frag ranee. Rival of Standard Oil. Los Angeles, March 26. The Times says this morning: With the comple tion of the pipeline across the isthmus of Panama through the canal zone, up on whirh work is now being rushed, it is practical lv settled that the Union Oil company will establish, on the Atlantic it. mb. e mt oi tw lurk, an immense efinerv plant, ar d that a bid will be nnde by the nnitd interests to control hp sfp'i-U n niket of the East and ifht the S '"ird. Wants to Punish Officers of the Beef Trust with Corporations. Washington, March 24. President Roosevelt held an extended conference today with Attorney General Moody, Secretary Taft and James R Garfield, commissioner of corporations, concern ing the adverse decision rendered in Chicago by Judge Humphreys in the beef packers' case. No details of the conference were obtainable at the white house, but it is certain the at torney genera proposes to look care fully into the law bearing upon the matter, with a view of ascertaining whether an appeal from the decision of JuJge Humphrey by the government will lie. Despite the decision relieving the individual officers of the packing cor porations prosecution will continue, of course, but it was the desire of the government to place responsibility for the violations of the law urou offi- als of the corporations where tuty are found to he guilty of such viola tions. In such efforts as may he made by the attorney general and other offi cials of the department of Justice to secure an appeal from the decision of Judge Humphrey, this point will be kept to the front. It could not be de cided at the conference today whether an appeal from the decision would lie, but that question will he gone over carefully, and if, in the opinion of the law officers of the government, a foun dation for an appeal can be made, it will be taken. Must Not Buy Convict-Made Goods. Washington, March 26. Represent ative Sihlv has introduced a bill pre venting officers or agents of the govern ment from buying goods made by con- pouLd.,vict laborers. States Should Interfere. Chicago, March 24. The committee appointed in Chicago last February at the conference of governors, attorney generals and insurance commissioners, with instructions to prepare a form of laws for better regulation of life insur ance companies, with a view to their ultimate adoption in several states, concluded its deliberations tonight and adjourned after declaring itself in favor of interference by the states in the in ternal affairs of the insurance com panies and in favor of a standard form of policy. Bank Robbers Offered Receipt. Moscow, March 24. The Credit Mutual bank today issued a notice to the effect that the robbery of $432,000 from its vaults March 20 will not affect its solvency. The employes deny riv ing the key of the vault to the robbers. dclaring that the leader of the band had a key of his own. The leader of the band grimly offered to give a re- ceipt for the money in the name of the revolutionary committee, but this waa declined. Test ot Battleship New Jersey. Qiincy, Mass., March 24. The bat tleship New Jersey, constructed for the government by the Fore River Ship building company, left today for an unofficial test of her engines. The official trip will be held on March 28 or 29, when she will be required to make 19 knots an hour.