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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1910)
Hi'WltWiiMf) DOINGS OF THE WEEK Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. General Resume of Important Event Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Political graft hunters in New York have failed to find any graft. A plot has been discovered to over throw the Portugese government. Madriz has fled from Managua, Nic aragui. " Estrada's forces are ap proaching the city. . - A Pennsylvania man sent out 5,000 sermons on gossip to( critics of his matrimonial affairs. ' ' ' Japan has completed the - annexation of Corea, but the Korean people, ,have been kept in ignorance of the move. j A sheepherder was found dying of rabies Jon an Eastern Washington range, where he had been bitten by a coyote. It is rumored that Miss Catherine Elkins, who is to wed the Duke d'Abruzzi, will eventually be queen of Greece. Troops have been rushed to Crater Lake forest reserve to fight fires. Men are falling exhausted from exertion and heat. . , FOREST FIRES GRIP TOWN OF WALLACE The Duke Franz Josef, of Barvaria, visiting at Newport, R. I., was badly shaken up in an auto collision with a car driven by Vincent Astor. The latest census gives the popula tion of Canada as 7,489,781. A Pennsylvaia boy died from lock jaw resulting from a bee sting. Whitman made a trip from New York to San Francisco by auto in 10 days. Canada objects to the American campaign to induce settlers to leave the dominion. ine ruling regent or (Jnina Has se cretly ordered ; all anti-foreign agita tion suppressed. A party of Mazamas have discovered ten glaciers on the slope of the Three Sisters mountains. ., The Danish Arctic expedition which sailed in June, 1909, has been wrecked on the coast of Greenland. A number of innovations are being introduced in , the Chinese goverment by American-educated officials. California insurgents have eletced nine-tenths of the convention delegates and will control both houses of the legislature. An areoplanist, trying for an alti tude record, saw a balloonist in trouble and hovered near him till he was safe ly landed. . Reports of a breach between Roose velt and Taft are discredited at. Eever ly and little credence is given them elsewhere. Canada has purchased from England the cruiser Rainbow, to form the nu cleus of the Canadian navy. England also lends her colony a number of na val instructors. Fifty are reported dead in and around Wallace, Idaho, where the property loss is $1,000,000. The fire has not enlarged on the, area burn ed Saturday night. , .Mullan is probably safe but fires threaten. Elk City is reported still unburn ed. ' - xt ' " Four or more are dead in fires near Newport, Wash. One hun dred and eighty men in the forestry service are surrounded in the St. Joe country. , -.. . ... , .-' Taft and St Regis, Mont, "have been burned Saltese is surrounded by fire. Deborgia is ' seriously threatened. , Haughan, Mont., is re ported destroyed. " 'I " " ' There is a solid line of .fire from Thompson Falls, Mont., for 50'miles to the Idaho ljjne, with portions' of Belknap, White Pine, Hoxbn ' and ; Heron burning; , Conflagrations rage in the Galla tin forest, Montana. : Thompson Falls is In peril ' ''"'' . ' ,Ymir, B. C.,.is in danger from tires which are burning in the bush. Other fires ale gaining headway in that region and the situation is ser ious. " ; , , e Avery, Idaho, is destroyed, the people fleeing to Tekoa. NDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE PARKER DENOUNCES COOK. PRUNE CROP GOOD. MANY BUILDINGS BURNED. Trains Another able. car shortage seems inevit An Ottawa, Ont., scientist turns cop per into iron. Trtfok farming in Alaska is said to be a lucrative business. Japan has 500,000 sufferers on ac count of the recent floods. Cholera is raging in Eussia, and chil dren left orphans are starving. Shipyards in Germany are idle, owing to the walH-out of 3o,UUU men. Aviator Le Blanc won the $20,000 prize in the 485-mile race at Paris. Colliding with a black bear in the highway in Maine, an auto was over turned. The award list of the Belgian fair was not lost in the fire, and the prize will be given out. Eoosevelt lauds the South and ap proves of the statute of General Leo in the halls of congress. A Eugene farmer, jilted by a g!rl he sent to Norway for, has brought suit in the circuit court to recover $3,213 damages. A newly wed eouple of Philadelphia were caught by the customs officers when returning from abroad trying to smuggle. Jack Cudahy, the millionaire meat packer of Kansas City, is to sue his wife for divorce and custody of the four children. , :., . Thirty-two passengrs and seven of the' crew' "of the Spanish steamer Mor tos were drowned Tuesday whei the hip sank near Tarifa Point, after a collision with the German steamer Elsa. Heavy fog enshrouded the vessel, cas ing the accident, and preventing the crew of the Elsa from saving many of the Mortos? passengers or erew. Mayor Gaynor is still improving. '' Germany will build four dread noughts. Forest fires still continue in Montana, Idaho and Washington. Four hundred Pnnjabs and Hindus have sailed for San Francisco. A California tennis player won the national meet at Newport, E. L Thieves are pillaging the rains of the Belgian exposition, which recently burned. Women and Children Flee on Skeletons Found. Missoula, Mont. The forest fire situation on both sides of the Idaho Montana line is more serious than at any time this season. Flames are . sweeping over an in creasing area, destroying small settle ments and wiping out of existence millions of dollars' worth of property. The loss of life will be large. It grows hourly, and the number of in jured is constantly increasing. In and around Wallace it is estimated here the death list is at least 50. In addition to at least 25 otherwise hurt, it is said that ten persons have been made blind. Indications in Wallace, however, are that hearly half of the city will be saved. Communications with Wallace to the west has been possible at inter vals, but eastward it is entirely cut off and it is known that the entire east half of the town, above Seventh street, has been burned. West of that a hard fight is being made and with improve ment in the water supply there is more chance that the flames may be driven back. In Wallace the dead include : John Boyd, pioneer of the district and for 16 years general agent of the Northern Pacific railroad here, suffocated in his home in Pearl street while trying to rescue the family parrot. Two unknown, whose skeletons were found in the ruins of the Michigan house. Unknown man, burned to death in the Coeur d'Alene house. Backfiring, in which the members of the city fire department, a company of the Twenty-fifth infantry and many volunteers joined, prevented new fires west and south. The loss to the city is estimated at close to $1,000,000. Some of the prin cipal losers are: Coeur d Alene Hardware company, warehouse and stock, $150,000. Sunset brewery, $80,000. Providence hospital and the big mills of the Federal Mining company were the only buildings in the East End that were saved. s Forest Supervisor George W. Wei- gel reports that the region between Wallace, and the St. John river is swept practically clean, with enormous loss. Fires between Burke and Mullan threaten both towns and many women and children have been sent out. I At War Eagle tunnel six were found dead and two badly burned. Five of the dead were in the tunnel, where they had sought refuge. They lay face down in water, covered with wet rags and blankets. Some had died from the fire and some from suffocation by smoke. The in jured were taken to Providence hospi tal in Wallace. Twelve dead were recovered at Big Creek. There were three injured and three others were completely blinded. One fire tighter was found dead near Mullan, and 16 are' injured at that place. There are at Pine Creek- three dead, five blinded and five others in" jured. i ' -v? Salem Man Makes Encouraging Repo After Tour, Salem After traveling 1000 miles by autonjobUe.and visiting every prune dis tricVV Oregon, W.C. Tillson, of this city, returns with the opinion that the pUne acreage in the .state could be doubled with no danger of overstocking the market. In addition, he declares that , the difference in prjee between Or egon aid California prunes" is gradually cueing overcome.?, V' f ' ' At. present ' ,h,f . said, ' '..California jruj$e Voongftaiid aboJuc half a cent highes rthan Oregon prunes, but this aonditien is wXong.J The tame.'. is not Jar .distant w.hea flip basis (or.Ofegohs will be the' samb'Wtne'bas'ls for Cali foroiass, the pyu'iijss in this , state are CUiilJilg lilLU iiwir UWI1. .,;-ne. prune cropi jne state over as badly damage'd bys the long-continuJ hot, e dry weather,' land Jtlie trees are shedding;. Consequently there will be a lessened oritput, which' will be in many sections --a material,,, one,- jf the dry weather continues. The sizes, as a rule, wiil also be smaller.; "A splendid lesson to prune growers is found in the , conditions this year. Where the prune trees have been care fully cultivated the crop is much more satisfactory, and where the orchards have been .neglected the trees are shed ding practically all of their fruit. This emphasizes the fact that prune-growiug cannot be carried on successfully with out the most careful care and cultiva tion. . f': ' "In addition, the orchards that are not cultivated show that a large per centage of the trees are dying, while, on the other hand, in the well-cultivated orchards the foliage is green and the trees are healthy and thrifty. In these orchards the result of effort is entirely satisfactory to the grower. People who will not cultivate their orchards would much better quit the business. "The prune industry, I find is now well established, and no branch of the horticultural industry is better paid. The market is widening and the product is stable, the sale being nearly as sure as that of any green fruit crop. Un like the green fruit, which must be shipped at certain seasons or it is lost, prunes can be carried over any reason able length of time and shipped to any part of the world without freezing or decay. , "I found in many portions of Oregon that apples, pears and kindred fruits have an increasing acreage. These are grown in all sections of the world, but the area suitable to the production ot prunes is limited. . It is possible to over stock the market with the other class of fruit, but not so with prunes." EAST TO WEST COUNTY KOAD. Will Enable Eastern Stockmen to Drive Cattle to Portland. Portland The highway to connect Eastern and Western Oregon, enabling stockmen to drive cattle into Portland, is being constructed. This announce ment made by County Commissioner Goddard, was by far the most important outcome of the Oregon Good Roads As sociation meeting held in the1 Commer cial Club, County Judge Cleeton -supplemented the announcement by declar ing that the work would be pushed for ward as rapidly by h'"lSelf and Com missioner Goddard as the1 county road bunding tunas would permit. Judge Webster asked that the. people intelligently grasp the importance, of good roads to the general prosperity, and asserted his belief in adopting the constitutional amendment which enables counties to pledge their cred.it in re turn for. modern highways if they so desire. That, he said,; was the keystone of all good roads plans. Judge Web ster then proceeded to outline a plan for giving state-wide publicity ' to the movement, which ;met with general ap proval.. , . , j. . . . : - -V. .County Judge Cleeton, during a brief address, declared:: . .. "Our road : building laws are wretched) but befofe we can have roads we must have road building sentiment. The disposition of myself and Com missioner Goddard is to create in Mult nomah County road building sentiment and assist in spreading good roads sentiment all over the state." Blue Mountains All Ablaze. Davton. Wash. A dense, Dall of smoke hangs over Southeastern Washr mgton obscuring the ' Blue mountains and indicating tha"t devastating fires' are again raging in the Wenaha re serve on the Oregon side, 30 miles east of here. Judging from -the den-" sity ofhe smoke, the fires now -burn-? ing.are the mos,t appalling .this sumr men Meager . details .received from the burned district tell of the location, which is in the heavy pine and fir timber near the' headwaters of the Asotin river near Teal's camp. Farmhouses Destroyed. " Grants Pass, Ore. Fire that origin ated along the Murphy road and burned into- Fruitdale, three miles south of town, is still raging in the upper part of the valley and threatening the Breitmayer home. Residents of that district are exhausted from work. A patrol from town has assisted, but the fire is running in dry grass and under brush. So intense was the beat on the county road that it was impassable. Several hundred trees have been burned. I Mosier Eaises Big Fund. Hosier That every landowner, busi ness man and wage-earner of the Mosier Valley pay at least $1 a month to the Mosier Commercial Club advertising fund was the sense of a big booster meeting at Mosier recently. The boost ers present backed up their dictum by subscribing the dollar apiece, $2400 be ing raised as the neucleus of an adver tising fund. The boosters are going out into town and country and raise the balance. Many individual subscriptions as nign as $1U were onered. The meeting was ft great demonstra tion of confidence in the Mosier Ju3 as one of the leading fruit districts of the Coast. It was held under the aus pices of the Portland Commercial Club, with C. C. Chapman present as the prin cipal speaker. Big Mill Sold. Fortiana lienry UerJich, son of a Minnesota lumber and timber operator, closed a deal for the purchase of the Jerome Smith sawmill, located near Lebanon, Or., and 15,000,001) feet of standing timber adjacent to the mill. The consideration involved was $20,000. Mr. Gerlich will extend a spur from the Southern Pacific line and convert the mill, which has heretofore cut for the Lebanon market, into a shipping propo sition. H. M. Leffert sold to Clifford F. Eeid, of the Northwest Trust Company, a house and lot located at Fifteenth and College streets, Portland Heights, for $SO0O. Eedmond Crops Promising. Eedmond, Or. Extreme warm weathr er has prevailed in this section for the last month, with no rain since July 4. It has been the best growing weather for all kinds of grain and hay crops, and the ranchers are getting a eood yield from ..their hayi4fields.. .Some of tbemikave t their second crop of, al-i raira, ana it n aQn&.uiiy as good as tne nrst cutting, and the third cutting promises ro equal tne other crops. AH Free Eoad Across Eeservation. Pendleton After several years' fight the stockmen of Umatilla County, as sisted by the county court and the busi ness men of this community, have se cured free roads across the Umatilla Indian reservation, according to an or der just received by Major Swartz lander, the local agent, from the depart ment of Indian affairs at Washington. The order specifies that the roads shall be taken over by the county court, maintained as county roads, and that stockmen shall give bonds not to con sume more than a certain length nf time in driving their stock across the reservation, and to be held responsible for any damage inflicted by their stock. As the county court and stockmen have already expressed a willingness to com ply with these demands, the roads are assured. Model Dairy at Langlois. Langlois One of the biggest dairy projects in this part of the state will be conducted by Catterlin Bros., from Tillamook County, who have taken a ten-year lease on the Star ranch, in Curry County, near Langlois. W. E. Catterlin, one of the brothers, was for merly deputy dairy and food commis sioner for Western Oregon, and is an expert dairyman. The ranch consists of 1,080 acres of fine land, and it is the intention to milk not less than 300 head of cows. The large tract will be divided up into a number of different places of equal size. A large cheese factory will be erected. - Photographs Believed to Be Those of Smaller Peaks Nearby. Seward, Alaska The Parker Browne Mount McKinley expedition passed through Seward, sailing on the steamship Portland for Seattle. The party was unsuccessful in its efforts to scale the peak. Members of the expe dition assert that they have conclusive evidence that Dr. Cook did not reach the summit. The members of the Parker-Browne party corroborate the statements made by C. E. Rusk, who recently led an un successful expedition, that the peak climbed by Dr. Cook and used in his photographs, as. Mount McKinley is a smaller peak, easy of access and 10 miles away from the real summit. Professor Herschel Parker, who is at the head of the expedition that just re turnd, took photographs of the lower pak. He says these will prove that Dr. Cook's statement that he climbed Mount McKinley are not true. Professor Parker' places no credence in the statement made by Tom Lloyd, of Fairbanks, and his , associates, that they climbed the mountain from the Fairbanks side. ' " Those in the party which . returned are: Professor Herschel Parker, of Columbia University; Belmore' Browne, of Tacoma; Professor J. H, Cuntz, of Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J.; Herman L.r Tucker, of Newton, Mass.; Waldemar Grassie, of Columbia University, and Merle Leroy, an Alas kan packer. MANAGUA IN PANIC Madriz Government "Totters' aoi People Flee for Lives. Estrada Army Approaches and Lives, and Property of Americans Are In Peril. ACCUSED MEN PROMINENT. 50 Men Fight Fires in Southern Oregon. Medford More than 50 men are fighting the forest fires in the moun tains a few miles south of this city. Property loss is estimated at not less than $100,000. the largest portion of which will fall upon the Ashland Man ufacturing Company, as the fires are in the timber of this company. The fires started a few days ago from a neglected camp fire, and spread rapidly. Two small lumber mills were consumed and one or two homesteaders saved their property Pear Crop Is Heavy. Hood River The Hood River Apple Growers' Union and the Ttavidson Fruit Company are packing Bartlett pears for New York shipment. The Hood River pear crop is very heavy this year, and the growers are securing $40 per tor for the stock. System ot Graft Makes Political Crooked Work Look Pale Chicago The first blow in the $5, 000,000 Illinois Central graft scandal has fallen, and three . officials of the road were landed in jail, although but for a few minutes. It was a full con fession from an official of the Blue Island Car & Equipment company, de clared to involve not only these, but numerous other of the road's former officials, that finally resulted in the ar rests. The men arrested were : Frank H. Harriman, former general manager of the Illinois Central, released on bond of $40,000; John M. Taylor, former general storekeeper at Burnside, re leased on bond of $40,000; Charles L. Ewing, former general superintendent of the Illinois Central lines north of the Ohio river. In each case the prisoner was charg ed with conspiracy to commit an illegal act and obtaining money by means of a confidence game. In each instance the prisoner stoutly maintained his inno cence and declared that if a conspiracy existed it was on the part of the road to prosecute them. The warrants were sworn to by President Harahan, of railroad concerned. Washington The provisional gov ernment of Nicaragua is tottering to its fall, the Madriz army is demoral ized, consternation reigns in Managua and Dr. Madriz, his general-in-chief, Toledo, and general Irias, are prepar ing to flee the country. This, in effect, is the news received by the State department from United States. Consul Olivares at, Managua. and these advices are confirmed by dis patches from Mr. Johnson, United States consul at at Corinto. ' The panic in the capital i'b threaten ing the lives and property of Ameri cans. Crowds are reported traversing the streets crying, "Death to the Americans." While the cruisers Vicksburg and Yorktown are at Corinto and in close touch with the situation, the legation and consulates in Managua are under heavy police guard and preparations have been made to meet attacks on American lives and property. Ihe situation grew out of the victory won '1 hursday by the revolutionists, who defeated a strong column of gov ernment troops and crossed the Tipi- tapa river. The removal of the government army seems complete. Mr. Olivares reports that General Toledo, who was in com mand of the Madriz troops, arrived in Managua following his defeat and announced that his force had been seized with panic and fled when at tacked. Soldiers made their escape to Grenada while others continued their flight to the capital. Grenada appears to be at the mercy of an undiciplined mob of soldiers, who are reported to be pillaging the houses, there. It is added that the Estradan force is already at the gates of the city and is preparing to take the place by as sault. From the evident demoralized condition of the Madriz forces, observ ers believe that Granada will be taken by Estrada with little trouble and the way to the capital thus practically will be clear. It seems the unanimous opinion in Managua, Mr. Olivares reports, that the power of Madriz is steadily weak ening and that his overthrow may be momentarily expected. The revolu tionary army is only 20 miles from the capital and the capture of Managua is looked upon as inevitable. the BURBANK'S LATEST A PEACH. OFFICIALS HAMPER STATE FOOD FIGHT POETLAND MARKETS. knfs oT gWin;-on!THcjOtirf'-niceJr. and the.fwa -dtAxHirtlh, !y woHrnfiine-5-pM-i9 "promised. ' . 3?ef$fe!?. sAV .Examined. PpndlKr-tfniirtiHasminlv teachers real and.prospective are gathered in Pendleion this week .to jindvgo the or deal Bf.rig.!.iP'Augii examinations. OT'thiiiiprbit f.W J-f jmeo. There are two married women and one widow. .Wwg:of tMwM are vounir eirl. under 23 years. The number taking the ex aminations at this time is comparatively small, bi( ij is understood that many maiiHseriri are to be cent in from other counties, ti be graded bv the board. Clatsop Needs Ealn. Ac toria Clatwip Countv is now exneri- ncing the most dry season ever known, no rain having fallen for nearlv six weeks. The grazing land, an well as late crops, is showing the effects of the drouth. Unless rain comes goon the dairy industries will certainly suffer. At or near Warrenton, the dikes are be ing opened for the pnrpose of irrigation, and extraordinary efforts are being put forth to save the pasture lands. Wheat 'Blitestem. OfiffrOSc; club, M(a 88c; red Russian, 84(f?85c; valley, 02c; forty-fold, 87(r88c; Turkey red, 90c. Barley Feed and Brewing. $24.50(o $25'per ton. liay Track prices: Timothy,. Wil lamette Valley, 8(0)19 per ton; East ern Oregon, $20(o21;' alfalfa, new, $13 14; grain hay, $13(14. Corn Whole, $32: cracked, $33 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $20 per ton; mid dlings. $30; shorts, $21(722; rolled bar ley, $25(fi-26. Oats 'ew. $2!)fo 29.50 per ton. Green Fruits Apples, new, 507$1.!)0 per box; apricots, 7oc(al; plums, lc.fa) $1; .pears. $1.25(71.50; peaches, 40i7r75c grapes, 75c'f l.Zo; blackberries. 1.7o per crate; loganberries. $1.25(57)1.50. Melons Watermelons, $(fi)1.25 per hundred; cantaloupes, $1.50$3.00 per crate. Vegetables! Beans, 3(fJ55c per pound; cabbage, 214(f73c; cauliflower, $1.50 per dozen; celery, 9ic; corn, 2oc; cucum bers, 25(7?"40c per box; eggplant, 67i 8c per pound; garlic, 8(al0c; green onions, 15c per dozen; peppers, 50c per box; radishes. 15i7?20e per dozen; squash. 40c per crate; tomatoes, SOtfTOOc per box; carrots, $1(571.25 per sack; beets, $1.50; parsnips, $lf?T1.25; turnips, $1. Potatoes New, $1.25(771.40 per hun dred; sweet potatoes. 4c per pound. Onions Walla Walla, .2.50 per sack; Oregon, $2(772.25 per sack. Eggs Oregon, candled, 28(7720c per dozen. Butter Citv ereamerv, solid pack. 34c per pound: butter fat, 34c; country store butter. 24c. Poultry Ifens. 17(7718r; springs. 17(?7 10c; ducks, 12(77 14c; geese. ((nY1V,c; turkeys, live. 20c; dressed 221(72.)c; squabs, $3 per dozen. Pork Fancy, 13c per pound. Veal Fancy. 127130 per pound. Hops 1909 crop, 8(7712,,c, according to qualifv; olds, nominal; 1910 con tracts. 13V,c. Wool Eastern Oregon. 13(771 "c per pound: vallev, 18(7? 20c per pound. Mo hair Choic 32(7733c. Cascara Bark I'ie per pound. Washington--Asserting that he had been hampered in every possible way in his efforts to uphold the laws of his state against the Bale of food contain ing benzoate of soda and announcing that he would appeal to President Taft, Attorney General Bingham, of Indiana, denounced the department of agricul ture officials. The scoring occurred in the hearing held here in connection with the case of Williams Brothers and others against the board of health of Indiana. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry, and a sworn en emy of benzoate of soda as a food pre servative, was under cross-examina tion at the time. Scramble tor Plates On. Chicago Although invitations to the Hamilton club banquet to Theodore Roosevelt on September 8 have been out only 24 hours and plates are quoted at $7.50 each, 400 reseravtions have been made and the entertainment com mitteee began figuring on larger quar ters for the event, as the present quar ters accommodate only 575 guests. It was before the Hamilton club that the "strenuous life" was launched and the "big stick" became a symbol of the Roosevelt policies. Iowa Mayor is Ousted. Des Moines, la. Judge W. E. Wil- cocksen, at Sigourney, handed down an opinion ousting Thomas J. Philips as mayor of Ottumwa. Ia. At the trial of the mayor, held recently at Ottum wa, it was charged by Attorney Gen eral Ce8son, who prosecuted the hear ing, that'Mayor Phillips was' guilty of wilful neglect of duty in permitting resorts and the gambling houses to run. and also that the mayor was in toxicated on April 30. Castro Family is Ousted. Washington The entire Castro fam ily, apparently, has been ousted from Venezuela. A dispatch to the State department from the American lega tion at Caracas states that 36 relatives of ex-President Castro have been ex pelled from Venezuela and sailed for Porto Rico. Detroit Census 465,766. Washington The population of De triot, Mich., is 465,766, an increase of 180.062 or 63 per cent, as compared with 285,704 in 1900. Juice and Color of Crawford Sur round Small Colorless Pit. Santa Rosa Horticulturists and fruitgrowers are united in their praise of the two new varities of peaches and one of plums producted by Luther Bur- bank, the plant wizard. Crosses of the Crawford and Muir species have resulted in a fruit of greater commer cial value. The Bartlett plum seed ling is also a betterment in shape, col or and preponderance of flesh over pit. Most of the juiciness and high color of the Crawford peach has been trans ferred by Burbank to the smaller and firmer pit of the Muir. The color-free pit of the Muir is also retained. The vigor and ability of the new trees to resist diseases is still another recom mendation of the Burbank creations. E. J. Wickson, dean of the college of agriculture cf the University of Cali fornia, pronounces the new variety "a peach." Private Timber Protected. Clover Creek, Ore. The forest fire which has been raging here for the past week is still spreading and the soldiers promised have not yet arrived, and there are not men enough to con trol the flames. The smoke is heavy and the heat is something awful. Tne fire is running to the north and east on the govern ment land and to the south on the pri vate holdings. It is being held in check on the west by firefighters. There are between 50 and 60 men fighting fire for the lumber companies. Open Shop Mill Wrecked. . San Francisco For the fourth time within two years the mill of the1 Pacific Coast Mill & Lumber company, in Oak land, was wrecked Saturday night- by exploding dynamite. Two years ago the company had a strike of hands and. declared for the open shop, and since then they have defied the labor unions. This latest dynamiting was done by men who knew just where the most valuable machinery was located. The explosive was placed under this ma chinery and it was almost completely wrecked. Forty Strikers Freed. Los Angeles, Cal. Forty strikers, charged with acting as pickets at the Craig shipbuilding works, Long Beach, were discharged from custody by or der of Judge Hart and their cases dis missed after they had been in jail ten days awaiting trial. A mistrial and the acquittal by a jury of two of the alleged strongest cases convinced the judge that the police had acted too hastily in making the arrests. He said the city should cut out the expense.