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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1907)
Hcppner Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER OREGON NEW STATE IMPROBABLE. 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. The official plurality of Frederick A. Basse, as mayor of Chicago, is 12,923. The United States has joined with Mexico in a move to stop the Central American war. Senator Clark, of Montana, had a Cl ose call by breaking through the ice on Trinidad river. Congressman Townsend, of Michigan, says he can see no way out of Roosevelt lunning for a third term. French seamen threaten to strike and Spokane Plan Regarded With Amused Toleration by Conservatives. Portland, April 9. Though they re cognize that there has long existed in certain sections of ihe Inland Umpire latent dissatisfaction with existing state boundaries, conservative cithMis of Oregon, Washington and Idaho are inclined to regard with amused tolera tion the Spokane project to create a new state through the secession of the disgruntled communities from their parent common wen It h Kven in Eastern Washington, wheie most of the population of Spokane's new state of Lincoln would be centered, the sentiment in favor of the creation of a new commonwealth is bv no means unanimous. Many conservative eiti zens are or the belief that the time is not yet ripe for actual separation, and even among (hose who indorse the Spo kane scheme, it is recognized that there would be serious problems to face were the present states lo say: "Bless you, children, go m peace In large measure, the differences that have brought about the desire for sep aration are political, and it cannot be overlooked that other political jealous les would spring up to ha the new state of Lincoln with discord and heart burnings. Already two Inland Km 'MEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON TO CREATE NEW STATE. INVOKES REFERENDUM. Linn County Grangers Hold Up Uni versity Appropriation. Albany Tho University of Oregon appropriation bill is to be referred to the people. Efforts of Linn county 0 rangers to hold up the university bill culminated in a meeting of representa tives of all grange organizations of Linn county in Albany. Besides tho Grangers there were in attendance President P. L. Campbell, of the university, and Senator M. A. Miller, member of the board of re gents of the school. These men pre sented very strongly the university's side of the case showing the need of more money than was appropriated. The $125,000 carried in the bill was segregated by President Campbell, who explained the use to be made of every REORGANIZE HOSPITAL CORPS Military Board Holds Session New Company at Oregon City. , Salem The state military board, at its last meeting, effected a reorganiza tion of tho hospital corps of the Oregon National Guard into what will bo known in the future as the ambulance company, consisting of 43 non-commissioned ollicers and men. A new com pany will be formed at Oregon City to take the place of the one disbanded. The Dalles, Oregon City, Ashland, Roseburg, Albany and Woodburn have offered land for armory sites provided for by the appiopriation of $100,000 in house bill 118. No action was taken, the matter being left to the towns. The various companies of the state are pay- ; ing an average of $300, per year for the use of buildings as armories, and Gen dollar, but the Grangers were obUu- era! Finzer figures that in 20 years the . i i i ii.. ..l e ji. . ...... r i . . 1 1 i . , . . ... raie una m uie ciose ox uie eomereuce state will he repaid the 8100 000 nnrirn- .1 ,..5 1 .1 i .1. . - f 1 ., 1.t 1 1 .4.! .. I' I uiviueu 10) use me xexeiemuun iu iium , until ion in event tney do warships will carry pjre cities, if not moie are looking with green eyes upon Spokane's assumption the mails that would otherwise be de laved. Exposure of bribery by Hearst men lias caused a row in San Francisco re form forces but Ileoney will go on just the same as before. A last east bound Pennsylvania train was wrecked near Hudson, Ohio. But one man was injured. Officials lay the blame on trainwreckers. Reports show that 25 persons were killed and more than t wice that number njured in the recent tornado in Louis ana Mississippi and Alabama. The minister from Salvador to the United States says the conservative people of Central America are becom ing tired of the frequent wars and pre dicts that a confederacy will be formed. Carnegie has given an endowment of $6,000,000 to Carnegie institute. All railway employes east of the Mississippi will demand more wages. Cubans are eager for a decision as to when the end of intervention will come. President Joseph Smith says the Mormon church has abandoned polygamy. President Bonilla, of gathering forces to continue the Central American war. The amount of coffee being import ed into the United States is decreasing, but the importation of cocoa is increasing. that she is to be the capital of the new state. The politicians of ths dis satisfied communities who are now in power can be depended upon to oppose from the word go any move that would impair their influence and drag them away irem the public crib where they are now feeding. the appropriation up until the next general election, when the people will letermine the fate of the school. Put little argument was used in sup port of the position of the Grange, oth er than "retrenchment." It was also decided to have reproduced an editorial printed in the Oregon inn of Saturday, February 11, 1905, entitled "Machine Made Citizens," and scatter thousands of copies over the state. HOW TO CURB THE TRUSTS. National Civic Federation Plans for Convention in Chicago New l ork, April 9. The executive council of the National Civic Federa tion has decided on Chicago as the Country Sheep Inspectors. Pendleton State Sheep Inspector Lytle has announced the appointment of eight county sheep inspectors for Eastern Oregon. Appointments bae not yet been made for Wheeler, Har ney, .Lake, Klamath or Gilliam coun ties. Those named are: Umatilla very little action was taken on ac count of the anticipated action of the Grange in asking that the appropria tion be submitted to the referendum at the June election. place and May 28, 29, 30 and 31 as the t-linty. John Bryant, Pendleton, dates for holding the national confer- ent incumbent; Wasco, P. J. ding ence on combinations and trusts, which recently was announced by that organ ization. Representative men from the various walks of life have signed the invitations asking the appointment of delegates by governors and presidents of the important commercial, manu facturing, agricultural, labor, economic, political and law associations. The purpose of the conference is to consid er the trust and combination problems, especially the question of what amend- Honduras, is i merits, it any, should be made to to the Merman anti-trust act. Walsh Vntelope; Crook, J. A. MeCov, Hay Creek; Malheur, H. L. Anderson, Skull Springs; Grant, George Irwin, Monument, present incumbent; Mor row, Andrew Cook, lleppner. present incumbent; Wallowa, J. W. Dale, Wallowa City, present incumbent; Baker, A. N. Ingle, Richland, present incumbent. May Be Held to Three Inspectors. Salem State Labor Commissioner Hoff is in a quandry over adjusting things to fit the new law, authorizing him to appoint special deputy inspect ors of mills, factories and workshops. He has divided the state into four in spection districts, but now is afraid the I revenues from the act, which levies an annual inspection fee of $10 upon each factory, mill and workshop in the state where machinery is used, will not sup- 1 port four inspectors, and he has about romfl in flirt nnnolnoinn I-U- l. ...III j . ' ...v. vunvjuioiuii timu ue will pres-. htlve to divide the stnfo into rV,,, ,i;a tricts in order to make both ends meet. IT,- a. 1.1 j t j ... iiuure mar. me act win pro duce much more than $10,000 per year chamber of commerce send copies revenue from this tax, and the inspeet- i" enuueu to $ per day tor each , day's actual work together with expense r allowance of about $4 per day. GENERAL BARILLAS SLAIN. Roosevelt is counting on compelling congress at its next session to pas3 a reform land law by enforcing present statutes. Eight more indictments are coming for San Francisco telephone men. Heney has sent a warning to Detwiler that he had better give up. England is becoming aware of the fact that 75 per cent of the canned goods used in that country come from the United States unlabeled and that Pmglish labels are put on by the im porters. A part of the outer wall of the Vati can has collapsed. A denunciation of the czar may cause dissolution of the douma. Roosevelt says corporations have con spired to defeat his policy in 1908. Thaw has been declared sane, but Jerome will appeal for a right to see the evidence. John A. Lewis has reached Chicago from Mexico and will at once start the fight to secure control of Zion City. Governor Swettenham, of Jamaica, resigned because he was ordered to apologize by hiE home government. The army quartermaster's depart ment at .Manila is under fire because the payroll has been found to be pad ded. Heney has found that the telephone companies contributed to both sides m the campaign of Schmitz for mayor of San Francisco. Harriman's lawyers are defending before the Interstate Commerce com mittee the right of railroads to water stock. They also claim rival roads have a right to combine. Oklahoma elections gave Republicans control. Six men were overcome by gas in a mine at Lead, S. D. The Hermann defense has attacked Hitchcock's methods of conducting the land office. Doctors in the Thaw case have dis agreed, some saying him sane and oth ers insane. J. J. mil lias formally retired as president of the Great Northern and his ton Louis has assumed control. All cities and towns of Colorado ex cept Denver have just held municipal flections. The liquor question was the chief one and in a large numtter of places the temperance people carried the day. Ae a result of the city election in St. Louis the Democrats are in complete control of every branch of the city gov ernment. A letter from Harriman to a friend published in Eastern paper", says Kooevelt asked him to raise $200,000 f.r the 1904 campaign fund, which he did. The president says the statement ie false. Man Who Might Have Been President Coldly Slain. City of Mexico, Arril 9. Manuel Barrillas, ex-President of Guatemala, was assassinated here Saturday evening as he sat in a streetcar. As the car stopped a young man 17 years of age climbed aboard and rushed general and stabbed him first Plow severing the jugular vein, the second cutting his face. The gen erai died instantly, me assassin was captured. He gave his name as Jose Estrada, and his home as Ocos, Guate mala. Ex-President Barrillas was generally considered as strongly associated to the present government of Guatemala. He was 62 years of age and was a strong possibility for the next presidency of the country. Members of the Guate mala colony here think n-straua was a paid assassin. up to the lette valley twice, the Students to Fight Sheep Disease. Corvallis Four Oregon Agricultural college students are leaving college to take positions on the government staff for eradicating sheep diseases in Ore gon. lliey are G. A. Uodson, Walter Foster, Edgar W. Donnelly and Henry Rooper. They receive good salaries and have their expenses paid. The work will extend from now to the end of the summer. Their appointments are re ceived from the bureau of animal in dustry at Washington. Dodson, Don nelly and Foster are to operate in East ern Oregon and Rooper iu the Willam- Will Sell Mohair Pool. Silverton At a meeting of the offi cers of the Silverton Mohair pool held in this city it was decided to sell the pool to the highest bidder on Monday, April 15. Ihe pool this year is- the largest ever offered for sale in Silverton and consists of something over 5.000 fleeces. JIany buyers from different parts of the state are interested in the j sale and it is predicted that several wi I be represented when the product : turned on the market. Spokane Chamber of Commerce Be gins to Boom the Project. Spokane, Wash., April 8. By mak ing public today the report of the "new state committee and annoncning its adoption by the chamber of commerce, Secretary L. G. Monroe, of the latter body, formally launched tho campaign for tho creation of a new commonwealth comprising the "Inland Empire," for which the name "Lincoln" has been most frequently suggested. rho report of tho committee, which was adopted unanimously, consists of a review of conditions that brought about what it teims the unnatural arrange ment of boundaries now existing in the Northwest, advances rctsons for the construction of a new stateand suggests tne loi lowing boundaries should be ap proximated: TL nl II. 4 ir 4 1 1 . . ..i . 4X1111, me ioui degree oi latitude, or the present north line of the state of Wyoming, extended, be designated as tho northern boundary of the state of Idaho, and the 1201 h degree of lontii- tude, or the eastern boundary of the state of California, carried noith, until it intersects the 45th degree of latitude, be designated as the western boundary of the state of Idaho, and that tho east ern California line, carried to British Columbia, be designated as the eastein boundary of the state of Washington, thereby leaving a new state to be here after named and from which a central city should be selected as the capital, comprising the panhandle of Idaho, Northeastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. The report goes on to say: "This proposition should not come from any one town or locality, but! should be brought from all the principal towns north of the said 45lh degree of latitude, and, if possible to secure their consent and approbation, then the mat ter should be taken to the principal towns and cities south of the said 45th degree of latitude, to secure, if possible, their co-operaticn." The committee recommended that the of TORNADO IN GULF STATES Portions of Four Towns Devastated by Wind Storm. Insane Asylum at Jackson, Louisiana, Demolishec Damage is Placed at $500,000 Storm- 1 raceabla tor 300 Miles in Louisiana, Missis sippi and Alaban.a. Offical Notice of Forest Reserve, balem Governor Chamberlain has received the three proclamations of the president, dated March 2, 1907, creat ing the Tillamook, Umpqua and Co Commission to Hear Protests. qume iorest reserves. These reserves Salem At a meeting of the state ! ai) forcer on the i'acihe ocean, com railroad commission a confeience for niencing at Tillaomok county and run April 16 was set. to hear the com- mm? south as far as Curry county. The ALASKANS WELL PLEASED. plaints filed by the lumbermen along the line of the Southern Pacific railroad in this state, in regard to the raising of rates on rough lumber from $3.10 per thousand feet to $5, which rate is to go into effect April 18. Among the con cerns that have filed complaints are the Western Oregon Lumber Manufacturers' association, of Cottage Grove, the Ore gon cv Washington .Lumber Manufac turers' association, with offices in Port land, and the Bioth-Kelly company, of Eugene. is about 4,000,000. reserves Hundred Divorce Cases on Docket. Oregon City The April term of the Circuit court will be convened in this city Monday, April 15. The number divorce suits on the docket will ex of Governor Hogatt is Not in Favor of Changing Government. Seattle, Wash., April 9. W. B. Hogatt, governor of Alaska, reached Seattle tonight from Washington. "We got almost everything we asked of the last session of congress," he said. "The people of Alaska are well satisfied with Uncle Sam's treatment of them. This cry for a territorial form of government comes from polit ical discontents. To have this change in rule would mean an increase in tax ation of 25 cents per capita for the small population. Together with the fact that the country is only partly de veloped this burden is not yet warrant ei. We can very well artoru tc go along as we are despite the howl of pol iticians. ' List of Dead is Growing. Montgomery, Ala., April 9. As cemmunication is established with the towns in South and West Alabama that were storm swept last week, the list of casualties increases and the loss to property is shown to be heavy. In Coffee county the towns of Central City, Clay Hatchee and Waterford were swept away and at least 20 persons were in jured. At Central City a Mr. Odom was killed in the wreckage of his home. specials from various parts of Alabama sav growing cotton has been badly damaged. New Insurance Company. Salem The first domestic corpora tion ever organized in this state for the purpose of doing a surety and accident business insurance has been authorized by the secretary of state to incorporate under the laws of the state, proving that they had available capital to the amount of $100,000. The Union Guar antee association is the name of the new rum which win nave oinces in Portland. William Glafke in presi dent and II. D. Wagnon secretary. Part Payment Stops Limitation. Salem Holding that payment of part of a joint obligation by a maker inereot or py his agent or legal repre sentative revives it is against all per sons who are liable thereon, and also that such payment, however small, is sufficient to remove the bar of the stat ute of limitation, the Supreme court, in an opinion by Justice Moore, af firms the decision of Judge Burnett. or tne uircuit court or Marion coun- ceed those ot any former term, there being nearly 100 such cases pending PORTLAND MARKETS. Prizes for Cover Design. Poitland At a reccent session of the board of trustees of the Chamber of Commerce, the matter of issuing a new advertising booklet, to be entitled Oregon," came up, and it was decided to offer cash prizes of $10, $15 and $25 Nicaraguang have ilonduran port. Searching for Coal Barge. Norfolk, Va., April 9. The naval tug Potomac left the Norfolk navy yard today to search for the naval coal barge with ten men aboard, which broke loose last week from the collier Caesar, which had leen towing the barge up the coast. The barge was lost at sea, Wing last sighted Thursday. The col lier Abaranda was to follow the Poto mac out tonight and it is expected the crui-er Cleveland will leave the Norfolk navy ya d early lomnrrow. for the Itest cover design. miums will be advertised competition is opened. The pre when the Farmers Loyil to Varsity. La Grande The Blue Mountain Grange at its last meeting resented the action of the Albany grange in holding up the appropriation for the State uni versity. The farmers of this portion of pound; cows, 5(j6c; country Eastern Oregon are heartily in favor of (Si 7c Mutton Dressed, Wheat Club, 7374c; bluestem, 7577c; valley, 7071c; red, 71 72c Oats No. 1 white, $29.50; gray $2829. Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew ing, $23; rolled, $23.5024 50 Eye $1.451.50 per cwt. Corn Whole, $25; cracked, $2G per ton. Hay Vailey timothy, No. 1, $15 16 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, ?9 10. Apples Common, 751.25 per box; choice, $1.502. . Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per sack; carrots, $11 .25 per sack ; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 7 c per pounu; caiuinower, fii.oo per dozen; celery, $4 per crate; lettuce, head, 3o45c per dozen; onions, 10 12c; per dozen; sprouts, 9c; radish es, 30c per dozen; asparagus, 14c per pound; rhubarb, ?1.50l.; per box. Onions Oregon, $1.201.50 per hundred. Potatoes Oregon Bur banks, fancy, $1.40l.bo; extra fancy, $l.5; No. 1 choice, $1.251.40. jjuuer rancy creamery, j6(ajc!oc pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 30c per pound; second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 15c per pound; mixed chickens, 14c; spring, fryers and broilers, 2()22c; old roosters, 1012c; dressed chickens, K, 17c; turkeys, live, 1315c; turkeys, Iressed, choice, 1820c; geese, live. 8c; ducks, 18c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 18c per dozen . Veal Dressed, 58'c per pound. this report to the various cities inter ested, placing the matter before the board of trade, city council, or other body of like nature, -to the end that steps be taken looking to the necessary action by congress. The report points out thpt the pan handle of Idaho is cut off from the south by an impenetrable mountain barrier, and that the south has domi nated legislation to the exclusion of the interests of the panhandle; also that Similar condition exists in Washing ton, where the Cascade mountains con stitute a natural barrier. it is argued that similar conditions exist between Eastern and Western Or egon to even a more marked degree. New Orleans, La., April 0. Probably 15 lives wore lost today by a tornado which swept across portions of three Gulf states and which was traceable for a distance of 300 miles.' The tornado moved from west to east over the south ern extremity of Louisiana and Missis sippi, and striking into Alabama for a snort dishi nee. Portions of four towns were destroyed, and damage approxi mating $500,000 was done. Ihe tornado began at Alexandria, a., soon after 1 o'clock yesterday morning, instantly killing four persons there, fatally injuring three and seri ously wounding 13 others. Soon after daylight it reached the Mississippi river, killing four persons at Jackson, ljx., while at Hay on Sara, Iji., at least half a dozen others were killed. There was one fatal injury at Jackson. The tornado next appeared at Car son, iUiss., where great property dam age was done. About noon near Selnia, Ala., the inhabitants saw the clouds rise into the air and the storm disap peared. The insane asylum at Jackson, La., was almost wholly -wrecked, with a loss of about $200,000. In addition to three female inmates killed many sustained injuries. Two negroes were killed on n nearby plantation. Reports from the surrounding country indicated that there was probably more loss of life among the negroes, wfrose flimsy cabins piickly collapsed before the wind. HONOR MEMORIAL DAY. WORST YET TO COME. Chinese Famine Drives People to Dig Up and Eat Dead. Washington, April 8. To correct an erroneous report that has found general circulation with harmful results, the Red Cross has issued the following statement in regard to the Chinese fam ine: l-rl. e ' yil xiie ramine in inina is unprece dented in severity, and the period of greatest agony is yet to come. Many weeks must pass before there will be relief from new crops, and millions to day are kept alive only through the contributions to the American mission and Red Cross society from the Ameri can people who sent their donations . to Washington. These two great organ i zationg are working together for the common cause and have furnished over two-thirds of all relief supplies sent ( to China. The following cablegram, received by the editor of the Christian Herald from the editor of the North China News, terrible as it may seem, speaks only the truth: Shanghai, April 6. Klcpsch, New York. Approaching peiiod of severest pinch. Authentic instances of corpses exhumed, canibalism. Foreign relief working effectively, maintaining whoje districts until harvest.' "When a people have been reduced to such straits that they will dig up and eat their own dead, the severity and wide extent of the famine can be realized." Commander-in-Chief of Grand Army Issues Proclamation. Zanesville, O., April G. Commander-in-chief Brown, of the Gand Army of the Republic, today issued hi Memorial Day proclamation, of which the lollowing is a summary: On Thursday, May 30, will occur the annual ceremony of garlanding the graves of the dead, and the commander-in-chief calls upon the posts to see that the last resting place of every Union soldier, sailor or marine in their re spective localities is fittingly decorated. Wherever practicable, public com memorative services of the heroism of the dead should be held at some central point. Department commanders are charged with the duty of patriotic instruction in the public schools insofar as the co operation of the school authorities can be secured. Let Friday, May 24, or the last day preceding Memorial Day, be set aside for this laudable purpose. In accordance with a time-honored custom, each post will attend divine service in a body on Sunday, May, 2(5, to render praise and thanksgiving unt.-v the (iod of nations for the manifold blessings of the past and the undis turbed enjoyment of the fruits of an enduring peace won by the Union aims. CZAR TO ABDICATE. Scurvy Follows Trail of Famine. C'L Tl .4. I 4 J 1 t r ri. x eiersuurg, prii rc. curvy is making great strides in the famine dis tricts. The official reports for the sec ond fortnight of March show 1,055 cases in Ufa province, and ?I7 in Sara tov, compared with 438 in Ufa the first fortnight of March and 35(5 in Saratov province during the same period. There has been a slight decrease in the spread of typhus. The project to trans fer the famine relief from the govern ment to the Zemstvos has lieen approv ed by the cabinet and will be eubmit ted to parliament. Beef Dressed bulls, .'l3c per steers, G Mormons Aid the Chinese. Salt Lake, April 9. Twenty tons of flour w re voted for t he relief of the "hiree famine sufferers at the 7th captured another Mo-moncorfe-er.ee today. The flour will be tak n from the tithing stores. helping in every possible way the state institutions of learning and especially .U.. .1.. uie tiaie university Asylum Board Buys Land. Salem The state asylum Ixiard has paid over $10,000 to Charles Riley and his wife and the deed is recorded cover ing 23 acres and a fraction adjoining the asylum grounds, which was pur chased by the board recently. fancy, 1010!2'e per pound, ordinary, 89c; spring lambs, 12213c. Pork Dressed, fi9c per round. Hops 8Hc per pound, according to quality. ' Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1318c per pound, according totdirink age; valley, 2023c, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 2829c per pound. Pleads Guilty lo Rebating. Minneapolis, April 8. Agreeing to a stipulation of facts on 15 counts, in volving illegal rebates, the Great North ern milrond was t xlay found guilty and fined $15,000 by Judge Page Morris in (be Fedeial District court. This hand ing of the cii-e i to facilitate an ippeal liv the tailtoad upon the tpies lion whe;hei- it jg possible to bring roeiitioii.s under the F.lkins law on barge. which 1 fcnd.int alleges are ivtred in Oi- vew Ib j burn law. Will Appoint Grand Duke Michael Re gent for Infant Czarevitch. London, April G. The Daily Mirror claims to be in a position to announce upon the "highest authority" that the emperor of Russia purposes to abdicate within a month and that Grand Duke- Michael will be appointed regent dur ing the infancy of the czarevitch. F'or the past three or four weeks, the paper says, events have been proceeding in this direction with lightning like ra pidity in St. Petersburg, but the secret has been well kept. Lately," pays the paper, "the em peror's mind has given way even more- ompletely, and he has shown himself incapable of performing the smallest duties of his rank." Warrants for Trainmen. Col ton, Cal., April (5. Coroner Van Wie today swore out warrants for the arrest of the employes of the Southern Pacific who were held resonsible for the wreck on March 28, in which 25 people were killed and 75 injured. The following are the names of the men against whom warrants were issued: L. R. Alvord, foreman of the sw itching crew; J. G. Crusemeyer, switchman, Clarence Warminfgton, engineer. The complaints charge them with causing the death of II. F. Walthers, of Sacra mento, who was among the killed. Coxe, Plans Ano her Cruside. New York, April 8. The Herald this nor n ing says Jacob SechW Coxey, oiimiander-in chit f of the Coxey army, s planning another great national cru ade on new and sensational lines, and he may commence operations this year. Road Got Mineral Land. Reno, Nev., April (5. The depart ment of the Interior is to sue the South ern Pacific company at once to cancel all patents issued to the railroad in tho White Horse mining district on the claim that the land was agricultural. It is now alleged that the land for which the railroad received patents was mineral. The White Horse district has developed into a great producing district and the action will affect lands worth millions of dollars for mining. Tax Collector Shrt $40,000. New Orleans, April G. As a result of an examination of the accounts of Ferdinand Hudeiiheifer, state tax col lector, it was announced today that there was a shortage of over $40,000