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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1909)
Heppner Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER OREGON 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 British war scare against Ger many is condemned as hysteria. French seamen have gone on strike, tieing up shipping at all the principal ports. The government has disproved the charges that Heney is in its pay while prosecuting grafters. A big Eastern syndicate is said to be preparing to operate a string of 30 dry goods stores in the West. A San Francisco chemist claims to have discovered a method of making whiskey non-intoxicating, but exhiliar ating. Evidence is being gathered that ex plorers from Sweden came to America in 1362, more than a century before Columbus. It is said that the reforms demanded by Great Britain and the United States have not been put into effect in the Congo Free State. The Criminal court of Veenezuela has dismissed the charge against ex President Castro of complicity in a plot to murder President Gomez. Because the senate refuses to con eider legislation aside from the tariff measure, many river and harbor im provements are being held up, includ ing those of the Northwest. France has decided to materially in crease her navy. A change in lumber duties is likely to be adopted by the senate. The bill against big hats has been rejected by the Illinois legislature. Prominent New Yorkers have been indicted for coal land frauds in Wyom ing. Abdul Hamid is said to have turned over $5,000,000 more to the Turkish government. Celestino Castro, brother of the de posed president of Venezuela, has been ordered to leave Curacoa. Great Britain will start construction on four more Dreadnaughts before the close of the present fiscal year. Jap strikers on the Hawaiian planta tions are to invade Honolulu and par ade. It is estimated there wlil be from 3,00 to 4,000 in line. President Taft has nominated Charles D. Elliott, of the Minnesota Supreme court, as a justice of the Su preme court of the Philippines. Railway freight troubles have just begun. ActionB are to be commenced against roads operating into Pacific coast terminals demanding the same treatment as Spokane. Everv employe of the Standard Oil comnanv suspended work two hours durine the funeral of H. H. Rogers, vice president of the company. There are 67,000 on the payroll. Wheat has reached $1.30 at Chicago and $1.53 at Cincinnati. A controlling interest in the St Paul Pioneer Press has been sold to the St. Paul Dispatch. William Adler, the New Orleans bank wrecker, has been given six years in the penitentiary. More Jap laborers on Hawaiian plantations have gone on Btrike and 6,000 men are now in vol vied. The Philippine general assembly has passed a resolution declaring in favor of the independence of the islands. Allen Parker, a member of the Brit ish parliament declares that the race to build dreadnaughts is crazy and sin ful. Evidence is being secured at Chicago that various labor leaders called strikes in order to levy blackmail on employ ers. The members of the Turkish cham ber of deputies have taken oath to sup port the new sultan and uphold the con stitution. Mrs. Longstreet, widow of the Civil war general, was awakened by a burg lar. She took six shots at him, wound ing the man. CaBtellane hs lost his appeal to gain custody of his children. Funds are being raised for a $100, 000 statue of Grover Cleveland. A plan has been presented to the British parliament for the care of the unemployed. Three Nevada men tried to send their mother to the insane asylum in order to get her money. Many moneyed men of the East are visiting the Northwest in search for suitable investments. Authorities of Westminster abbey, London, have refused to allow the body of George Meredith to be placed there. Bank robbers secured $6,000 from the Cairo, Neb., State bank. A local election was being held and the explo sions were thought to be part of the celebration. WAR AT SEATTLE. Fair Exhibitors Will Resist Efforts to Deface Grounds With Shops. Seattle, Wash., May 25. War to a finish with an appeal to the courts, through injunction proceedings, if ne cessary, was decided upon Sunday by the A. Y. P. exhibitors who are re sisting the efforts of the exposition company to erect booths on grounds al ready allotted to various states, Ore gon being the first to precipitate the fight against the unseemly disfigura tion of its beautiful grounds. To carry this determination into effect, an organization to be known as the Exhibitors' club, was formed at the Oregon building. Colonel J. A. Filcher, executive commissioner for California, was elected treasurer- chairman, and W. H. Wehrung, presi dent of the Oregon commission, was elected secretary. Attorney General Crawford, who had been summoned to advise the Oregon commission as to its rights in the controversy, took the po sition that the exposition authorities had no right to erect booths on the Oregon grounds, or on any other grounds assigned to different states, counties and the government Encour aged by this view of the situation a resolution was unanimously adopted at the meeting firmly protesting against locating any booths ipn anyj grounds without permission. Meanwhile the exposition authorities . xl Ml are standing pat ana say mey wui erect the 100 booths planned. Ihey promise to incur as little friction as possible, but declare their authority is supreme, and they must have their way.il Should the Exhibitors' club be upheld in the courts, and it now seems sure the case will reach the courts, it will devolve upon the exposition au thorities to establish a special place for the booths, as the exposition au thorities themselves declare that the booths should not be installed in the court of honor, thus marring that bright feature of the grounds. CUT GOVERNMENT EXPENSES Taft's Policy of Economy Being Car ried Out in All (departments. Washington, May 5. Secretary Meyer ha3 cut off $10,000,000 in Navy department estimates for the next fis cal year. This is a sample of what may be expected on the part of other cabinet officials. It may not be possible to reduce ex penditures in all departments to as no ticeable a degree as in those pertaining tcTthe army and navy branches of the military service, but the thing that will be accomplished in all directions is a more intelligent idea of the rela tions between, or rather harmonizing of, estimates and appropriations. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh expects to have in hand by June 1 esti mates of all heads of departments. Between then and the time for the meeting of congress in regular session in December, painstaking study and investigation with a view to ascertain ing the exact requirement of various bureaus embraced in different depart ments, or just what work each is per forming and a detailed analysis of re sults as compared to expense involved, will be carried on. REVOLUTION IS ACTIVE. Santo Domingo Republic in Throes of Another Strife. Cape Haytian, Hayti, May 25. The revolutionary movement is spreading. General Camacho, the ex-governor of Monte Christi, who is working in unison with General Quirito Felice for the overthrow of the government, has attacked and seized Guayabin and Da jaboii,' which are on the Haytian fron tier, the Dajabon river being the north west boundary between Hayti and the Dominican republic. There has been fighting between the revolutionists and the loyal forces at Monte Christi. The fate of Jose Bordas, governor of Puerto Plata, is not known, but it is reported he is either dead or a prisoner. Communications are interrupted, and government troops are expected to reach the disaffected districts by sea. China is Standing Firm. Lisbon. May 25. The dispute be tween Portugal and China over the possession of the dependencies of Macao has become acute. The Portugese gov ernment is sending General Jose Mach ado to induce China to come to an ami cable agreement, notwithstanding the fact that the government has received word that China absolutely refuses to enter into negotiations with the Portu gese delegates unless Portugal an nounces the dependencies, including the neighboring islands. Dreadnaughts to Grow. London, May 25. Reginald McKen na, first lord of the admiralty, in reply ing to criticisms on the government's naval policy, said today that the bat tleships to be built under this year's program would be at least 30 per cent superior to their immediate predeces sors. In what way that superiority is to be obtained has not been entirely disclosed, but at least two of the im provements to be introduced have been made known. U. P. Orders IOO Ermines. Dunkirk, N. Y., May 25. It is re ported that the Union Pacific railroad has placed an order for 100 engines with the American Locomotive com pany and that they will be built at the Schenectady and Brooks plants. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST EXTEND RAILROAD. Oregon & Southeastern May Reach Coos Bay Country Soon. Eugene The Oregon & Southeastern railway, which extends from Cottage Grove to the Bohemia mines, and which there is talk of extending westward to Coos bay, has been purchased by J. A. Davis, vice president of the Pullman Car company, who was at Cottage Grove with a number of other Eastern capitalists last week. Mr. Davis also has purchased a large tract of timber land west of Cottage Grove and pro poses to extend his newly acquired rail road from Cottage Grove westward 20 miles, tapping the timber tract. While not yet officially announced, it is believed to be the intention of Mr. Davis and men associated with him to eventually extend the line to Coos bay. It is understood that a preliminary contract for the contruction ot the proposed 20 miles of road has already been signed between Mr. Davis and Mr. Lund, chief engineer of the Chicago Contracting company, who has also contracts to build another road for Mr. Davis out of Brownsville, Or., into a tract of timber which the Pullman magnate owns in that locality. Brotherhood Convention in June. Four big Brotherhood conventions of the Presbyterian church are scheduled for the Pacific coast early in June. The series will include San Francisco, June 3 and 4; Portland, June 8 and 9; Seat tle, June 10 and 11, and Spokane, June 14 and 15. Leading laymen from the East will be present including Presi dent Charles S. Holt, of the National Brotherhood and an eminent lawyer of Chicago; Dr. Ira J. Sandrith, of Nash ville, Tenn., secretary of the National Brotherhood; Henry E. Rosevear, of Chicago, associate secretary of the na tional organization; J. Ernest McAfee, of New York, and probably the moder ator of the next general assembly will be present. The Oregon convention will be held in the First Presbyterian church, Portland. Delegates are ex pected from all over the state. Railroad Day Set for June 14. Klamath Falls At the urgent re quest of the Southern Pacific company officials the time for the railroad day celebration has been postponed from June 2 to June 14. The former date conflicted with the Portland Rose festi val and the company was also desirous to have the celebration at a later time so that the road could be thoroughly tested before any excursions were run over it. Extensive advertising will be done by the railroad company and low rates will be announced from Portland, San Francisco and all intermediate points. , .1 Rich Strike at Sumpter. Sumpter Report ha3 been brought here of a rich discovery ot gold ore at the South Pole mine near here. The property is owned by John Hanson, and is an extension of the famous North Pole mine. In the tunnel he now has four feet of "shipping" ore, in which there are seams of rich free gold ore, pieces of which show assay values of thousands of dollars to the ton. There is a stamp mill on the mine that will be put in operation so.n. Farm Sells for $23,000. Salem Meyer & Bell have sold to E. C. McKinney, of Milwaukee, Wis., the 220-acre Lake Labish farm of the late Tilmon Ford for $23,000. This is one of the best known farms in this section of the valley. A large part of it is genuine beaverdam land, noted for its richness and fertility. Mr. McKin ney will subdivide the place, retaining about 40 acres, which he will plant to walnuts. Will Drill for Oil. Lebanon A new oil company to be known as the Cascade Petroleum com pany, has filed articles of incorporation at Salem. The company has already leased and bought 2,000 acres of land about six miles east of Lebanon in what, is known as the Beaver Creek neigh borhood, and it is paid that considerable more land will be leased before long. Suit to Test Port Law. Marshfield Members of the Port of Coos Bay commission will put the new port law to test in the courts by a friendly fuit, as a precautionary meas ure, so that trouble will not arise later on. It is thought that the matter can be brought up at the June term of the court and a decision reached possibly in 60 days. Monster Sawlogs in Coos. Marshfield The largest fir logs ever seen on Coos bay were brought from the. Beaver Hill camp of the Smith Powers Logging company. Each kg was 24 feet long and measured eight feet five inches at the small end. There is 16,000 board feet in the two logs, enough to build a seven-room house. Cherry Fair in July. Salem At a meeting of the board of trade Cherry Fair committee it was de cided to hold this year's fair and carni val about the middle of July. The show will last three days and will be more elaborate than usual, owing to the elimination of the Fourth of July celebration. Will Show Cherries. The Dalles The annual cherry fair will not be held in this city this year. Instead, The Dalles Business Men's association has arranged to exhibit 1,000 boxes of cherries in the Oregon state building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifi exposiction in Seattle. FROM THE STATE OF OREGON SURVEY COOS BAY LINE. Line to Boise Will Be Run and Right of Way Obtained. ' Marshfield It is announced that F, A. Hains, who was elected chief en gineer of the Coos Bay, Oregon & Ida ho railroad, will start out at once wit a surveying gang to make a prelimi nary survey for a railroad between Coos bay and Roseburg. Several routts are proposed, and i is not being given out as to what di rection the survey will work. The rail road company is the one recently or ganized lor the purpose of securing rights of way and surveys for an out side railroad or possibly for one which may be built by local capitalists. Part of the capital stock of $25,000 has been subscribed. It is expected to ex pend about $12,000 on the survey and the rest in securing rights of way. Looks for Splendid Crop. Jacksonville That the crop prospect in the vicinity of this city have not been damaged to any extent by the pro tracted cold weather of early winter is the indication given by the present condition of the fruit trees. The foot nui orcnaras especially give promise of an exceptionally fine crop. Apri cots, almonds and early peaches have suffered slightly but the main depend ence.apples, pears and late peaches, bid fair to show up most bountiful crops, All is rejoicing in this neighborhood, Dikes to Reclaim Land. Clatskanie The Columbia Agricul tural company, which owns over 12,000 acres of overflow lands lying between Clatskanie and the Columbia river, proposes to undertake the task of re claiming this vast tract by construct ing dikes and making the land fit for agricultural purposes. The company has installed the first of its dredges the "Muskrat," and work began this week on a cut in the Clatskanie river about a mile from town. Fix Canned Salmon Prices. Astoria The Columbia River Pack ers association at its last meeting fixed the selling prices for Columbia river canned salmon at the same rates that prevailed la9t season. These prices are, per dozen, as follows Tails, $1.65; flats, $1.75; halves $1.05; ovals, $2.30; n finals, $2.50 half-pound ovals, $1.50. Key cans, 5 cents per dozen extra. Same Fruit Hurt. Brownsville The dry cold weather still prevails in this vicinity. Fruit has been injured to some extent, espec ially walnuts; the leaves on the walnut trees being young and tender, easily froze. Although they were not in full leaf it is thought the cold weather has been very injurious to them. More Weston G. concluded the Potatoes Sold. W. . Mitchell has just sale of $1,130 worth of potatoes from 12 acres of mountain land, this having been his most profit able season. He will increase his acre age next year. Eugene Favors Florence Road. Eugene The council of Eugene com mends the effort that is being made by Eugene citizens in their desire to build a railroad from Eugene to Florence, Lane county. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem milling. $1.307) 1.35; club, $1.20; valley, $1.17; red Russian, $1,173(3)1.20. Corn Whole, $35 per ton ; cracked, $36 per ton. Barley Feed, $34.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $41 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $14(318 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18 (3)20; clover, $113;12; alfalfa, $13 14; grain hay, $13(314; cheat, $14 14.50; vetch, $14(314.50. Fruits Apples, 65c(3 $2.50 per box; strawberries, uregon, Iuqizc per pound. Potatoes $1.75(32 per hundred. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets, $1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; as paragus, Oregon, 75c(3$ 1.25 per dozen; lettuce, head, 25(375c per dozen; onions 123(3 15c per dozen ; radishes, 15(320c per dozen; rhubarb, 2(33cper pound. Butter City creamery, extras, 28c fancy outside creamery, 27(32Pc per pound; store. 18c. Butter fat prices average 1 c per pound under regular butter prices. Eggs Oregon ranch, 24c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 15j-(316c per pound; broilers, 28(330c; fryers. 22(3 25c; roosters. 10c; ducks, 14 (ft. 15c; geese, 10(31 1c; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $2.50 (3j3 per dozen. Pork Fancy, 10c per pound. Veal Extras, 8(38 c per pound; ordinary, 7(3-7 Jc; heavy, 6(3 6c. Hops 1909 contracts, nominal; 1908 crop, 8(3 814c; 1907 crop, 3(34c; 1906 crop. 114 Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(3 21c per pound; valley, fine, 24c; medium. 23c; coarse, 22c; mohair, choice, 24(3 25c. Cattle Steers, top. $5.50(35 75; fair to good, $5(35.25; common to good, $4.50(34.75; cows. top. $4.25(34.50; fair to good, $3.75(314.25; common to medium, $2.50(33.50; calves, top. $5tfr 5.50; heavy, $3.50(34; bulls and stags, $3(33.50; common, $2(32.75. Hogs Best. $7.50(3 7.75; fair to good, $7.25(37.50; stockers, $6(36.50; China fats. $6.75(37. Sheep Top wethers, $4(34.50; fair to good, $3.50(34; fair to good, $3.50 (at A; ewes, c less on all grades; yearlings, best $4.50; fair to good, $4 4.25; spring lambs, $55.50. DEMONSTRATE "MOONSHINING" Reconstructed Illicit Still to Be Shown at Seattle Fair. In a romantic gulch near the Pay Streak of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex position, in a place shaded by lofty firs and hidden by a dense growth of vine maples and yellow broom, will be found a typical "wild-cat" still. This pest of the mountain revenue officers will be reconstructed from a still destroyed in the Tennessee mountains years ago, and the battered copper kettles and rusted worm will strain be mouted for duty. No corn, however, will be boiled into the "oil of joy" in the exposition "wild-cat;" only the operation show ing how it used to be will be demon strated. All the settings of the illicit distiller have been gathered from the high hilla of Kenucky and Tennessee, and the corn will be shelled, the fires kept up and the trail watched by a bunch of long bearded gentlemen, grown grey in practicing their unsanc tioned profession. Thearsenal of weapons of offense is made up largely of Winchester 44s, but scattered within easy reach will be seen the long barreled squirrel gun with which "Grand Pap" got meat for the family, and incidentally made new jobs for governmental employment aspirants. The "wild-catter repre sents a class unable to withstand the encroachments of certain brands of progress, and his once highly respected calling has fallen into ill repute and the operator of the mountan still is no longer looked upon as a prominent citi zen. ROBBERS LOOT TRAIN. Union Pacific Overland Limited Held Up Near Omaha. Omaha, Neb., May 24. Four masked men held up and robbed Union Pacific passenger train No. 2, known as the Overland Limited, a few miles west of the city just before midnight Saturday night, and secured seven mail sacks, believed to have contained a large quantity of registered mail. They evidently got on the train at some point west of here. The holdup occurred about five miles west of the city limits, in a deep cut along the re cently constructed Lane cut-off. The robbers climbed over the tank and forced the engineer to stop his train, and then proceeded to the mail car. The clerks were forced to open the door and hand out seven pouches of registered mail. Once they secured the bags, the rob bers hurried away in a southerly direc tion, and permitted the train to pro ceed. The passengers were not molest ed, and as soon as the robbers left the scene of the hold-up the train came to this city. The chief mail clerk was singled out by the robbers and ordered to point out the registered mail. This he did, and the robbers gathered up seven pouches. The leader then remarked : ' This is all we can get into our au tomobile." HAS NEW FORMULA. Major Nichols is Successful in Color Photography Experiments. Spokane, Wash., May 24. Major Nichols, U. S. A., of Fort Wright, a veteran student of photography, has been successful in reproducing colors by developing the negative with a formula of his own. For years he has devoted considera ble attention to color photography and ha3 studied the discoveries of Lumiere, of France, founder of the system. He recently sent to New York for some of the Lumiere plates, which have met with little Buccess by the photographers of the country. "I tried a little experiment of my own, with the result that 1 have been able to produce some negatives which show the colors of the object in detail," said Major Nichols this morning. He showed some plates which were taken on the military grounds and con tained the most minute detail in color ing. "My side line is devoted to the mak ing of lantern slides," continued the major, and it is my intention to take a quantity of plates of this kind to the Islands in August and to devote consid erable of my spare time to making pictures of tropical scenery." Big Mine Fire Spreads. Tamaqua, Pa., May 24. Despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of dol- ars have been spent in an endeavor to extinguish the fire burning for 50 hours n the Lehigh Canal and Navigation company's mine at Summit Hill, the fire is spreading toward the Spring tun nel workings, and 30 of the Reading company's carpenters and masons were sent from the Ashland district to aid in erecting concrete walls to check the pread of the flames. It may be neces ary to fill the shafts with water in order to continue the battle. Honduras Sends Apology. El Paso, Texas, May 24. Official in formation has been received here that one of the more recent causes of fric tion between the republics of Mexico and Honduras, the violation of the Mexican consulate at Teguicagalpa, a few weeks ago by Honduran soldiers, has been smoothed away. President Datvilla, of Honduras, has apologized to Mexico for the act of his soldiers. The Honduran troops invaded the Mex ican consulate to arrest a fugitive. Porto Ricans Cool Off. San Juan, K. R., May 24. The full text of President Taft's special mes sage to congress on Porto Rican affairs has been received by mail, and after reading it carefully, the Republican leaders praise it highly as a states manlike document. SWING PORTLAND GATE BOTH WAYS Roads Ordered to Sell Through Tick ets to East and West. Northern Pacific Objects to Joint Traffic With the Harriman Lines, Which Are Required to Make Like Concessions the Other Way Will Appeal to Courts. Washington, May 22. The first de cision in the Portland gateway case is. in favor of opening, but this is only tjhe beginning of what promises to be a long contest. In a decision rendered by Mr. Prouty the Interstate Com merce commission today ordered the Harriman lines and the Northern Pa cific to join in the sale of through tick ets and the through checking of bag gage between Eastern and Pacific coast points via Portland. Chairman Knapp and E. E. Clark dissent from the decision. The commission sustains the com plaint against the Northern Pacific for refusing to sell through tickets via Portland to points on the Union Pa cific and Chicago & Northwestern, in cluding Omaha, Kansas City and Chi cago, and sustains also the complaint, against the Chicago & Northwestern, Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and Oregon Navigation company for refus ing to sell through tickets via Portland to points in Washington. By the terms of the decision, which is highly important to the traveling public and to the Western and North western railroads, the Northern Pacific,, the Union Paciific lines and the Chica go & Northwestern railway are ordered to join in the sale of through passenger tickets between Seattle and other points in the Pacific Northwest and Eastern destinations, via Portland, Or., and to accord through facilities, like the checking of baggage, over this route. The commission found in the present case that a substantial part of the en tire body of travelers moving between these points in the Northwest and Eastern destinations reasonably desire to travel via Portland, and that there fore the commission has jurisdiction to open that gateway. It is also held that public interest requires that this gateway shall be opened ; but that the terms under which that service is rendered should be just as between the carriers themselves. The commission was also of the opinion that the through rates via Portland should be the same as those in effect via the Northern Pacific and its present connections, but no opinion is express ed touching a division of these rates. The decision orders first, that the Middle West lines complained of and the Northern Pacific shall establish be fore July 1, 1909, and maintain in force thereafter for not less than two years, through routes and joint rates between Chicago, Council Bluffs and Colorado common points via Portland and points in Washington between Portland and Seattle, including the lat ter, the joint rates to be the same as the joint rates contemporaneously in effect between said points via the? Northern Pacific and its connections. Second, the carriers named are order ed to establish before July 1, joint rates and through routes for passengers and baggage from points on the North ern Pacific via Portland to Omaha, Kan sas City, Chicago and other Union Pa cific and Chicago & Northwestern, points. It is understood authoritatively that it is the intention of the Northern (Pa cific, in connection perhaps with other roads, to seek an injunction restrain ing the commission from putting its order into effect. Should such an in junction be granted, it would prevent the enforcement of the order during the period of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex position at Seattle, as it is estimated that it would require many months for the courts finally to determine the case on its merits. Kermit Hero of Beaters. Nairobi, Briti.-h East Africa, May 22. Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit are having good hunting luck on the Juja ranch of George McMillan. Their bag includes a water buck, an impalk and other varieties of antelope. The expedition has now a total of 60 specimens, representing 20 different species. Mr. Roosevelt has killed a python. Kermit, on a recent trip, des patched a leopard at a distance of six paces. The animal already had mauled a beater, and was charging Kermit when killed. Two Unions to Unite. Spokane, May 22. "It is probable that working agreements will be made by the Western Federation of Miners and the United Mineworkers of Amer ica," stated C. H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, who is here tonight. "It is not probable that they will unite, as their fields of usefulness are different. In spite of all reports, the next convention of the Federation will show that it is strong er than ever." Explosion Fires Forest. Pittsburg, May 22. One thousand pounds of powder in the wheels mills of the Oriental plant of the Dupont Powder company located at Fairchance, Pa., exploded late last night No one was in'ureJ, but the plant was wreck ed, win.ows shattered for several miles about, and the mountain woods set on fire.