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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1910)
t D0IN6S0FTHEWEEK Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. General Resume of Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. American apples are bringing 8 to 12 cents a pound in England. Secretary of War Dickinson met with a hearty reception at Pekin. Two freight trains met in head-on collision near Cairo, 111., killing four men. President Taft will ask $2, 000, 000 to begin the fortification of the Pana ma canal. The Spanish parliament is expected to fully endorse the policy of Premier Canalejas. Union and Confederate soldiers min gled at Grand Army reunion at At lantic City, N. J. King Emmanuel, of Portugal, has appointed 16 new peers, all supporters of the present ministry. By an alliance with Bulgaria and Servia, Montenegro is elevated from a principality to the ranks of a full fledged kingdom. New Orleans is disappointed at the poor showing made in the census, and fears it may affect her chances for the 1915 Panama exposition. Three out of 13 entries in the balloon contest which started at Indianapolis returned to earth within 24 hours, having made about 400 miles. Secretary Wilson pays postage on copies of his speech which were sent through the mails, refusing to take advantage of the franking privilege. Captain Klaus Larsen, in a small motor boat, traversed Niagara rap ids for a distance of 1 miles below the falls, but was finally thrown on the rocks and hauled ashore by a rope. The boat was lost, Charles M. Schwab, ex-president of the Steel trust, says that San Francis co ia "obsessed with unionism," and that in case he gets the contract for a number of new battleships for China, they will not be built there. President Taft celebrated his 53rd birthday, Thursday, Septmeber 15. Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, charges Roosevelt with insincerity. Roosevelt defends his "New Nat ionalism" in an address at Oyster Bay. 'Uncle Joe" Cannon has been re nominated for congress by a small ma jority. San Francisco police are charged by the mayor with protecting dancehall proprietors. Fourteen cases of cholera were found on a ship which had just arrived at Al menia, Spain, from Egypt. It is estimated that 2,400 people went to the Salem, Ore., fair from Port land on Portland day, September 15. TTio-Viwavmen held UD two auto par ties within a mile of Oregon City and secured about $1,000 in money ana jewelry. The fire loss on the south side of Frazer river. B. C, is estimated at $200,000, and several persons are missing. D.o0i,l.nt Tuft, in a letter to Secre tary Nagel, announces that Federal patronage will not be witnneia irom in surgents.' Retail trrocers of the state of Wash ington have passed resolutions against trading stamps, premiums, and the parcels post. Senator Beveridge told the conven tion of Indiana bankers that the govern . ment should have supervision over all big corporations. Caleb E. Powers, who was alleged to have been concerned in tne muraer of Governor Goebel, of Kentucky, has been nominated for congress. Hpln Gould trave a children's circus at her country home in New York, in which over 400 members or ner sewing class and friends participated. George H. Primrose, the world famed minstrel, is about to be re-uni-tvl with his wife, from whom he sep arated last July. He is now 60 years old. Five persons have died of cholera at Danzig, Prussia, and many more are ill. The Southern Pacific has subscribed $40,000 to the New Orleans exposition fund. Railroad officials say increased freight rates nearly all goes back to the people. v,ra ifontrnved an Alaska cannery. together with $120,000 worth of freshly packed salmon. Cornell university receives $689,000 out of the $832,859 estate of the late Professor Goldwin Smith. A hunter near Scappoose, Or., has been missing several days, and it is be lieved he has become demented and is fleeing from nis wouia-oe racutio. CrOVemmern- uuiun..v. -- within a hundred years the Indian will be unknown, having by that time be- come completely merger CHICAGO IS SECOND CITY. Population Almost Doubles in 20 Years Fourth in World. Washington The population of Chi cago is 2,185,283, an increase of 486, 708 or 28.7 per cent as compared with 1,698,575 in 1900. This announcement leaves Chicago ranking in population as the second city of the United States and the fourth in the world. Chicago has almost doubled its popu lation since 1890, when the figures were 1,099,850. Its greatest growth during that period was between 1890 and 1900, when there was an increase of 54.4 per cent. Its increase in population during the last decade was not so great propor tionately as that of New York, the rate of increase being 10 per cent less than that scored by the Eastern city. New York is yet ahead of its closest rival by 2,581,550. Chicaero. however, can claim distinc tion in having jumped from sixth to fourth place among the big cities on the globe, it is ioiiowing on the heels of Paris, whose population by its cen sus in 1901 was 2,714,068. Chicago takes percedence over Tokio and Berlin by close margins. According to the census taken in each of the two cities in 1908, Tokio had 2,085,160 and Ber lin 2,040,148. The population of New urieans is 339 07K n increase of 51.971 or 18.1 per cent as compared with 287,104 in 1900. While xsew uneans gruweu tho laat rtpirnde was onlv slicrhtly below her percentage of increase of the de cade, the Crescent City through the rapid growth of other cities in the 100,000 class loses its position of 12th in the district of the country's largest cities and now occupies 15th position. Detroit, with a 63 per cent increase, Milwaukie, with 31 per cent, and New ark, with 47.2 per cent, all have jumped ahead of New Orleans in the number of inhabitants. Holyoke, Mass., has 57,730 people, an increase of 12,018, or 26.3 per cent as compared with 45,712 in 1900. Lowell, Mass., has 106,294 people, an increase of 11,325, or 11.9 per cent as compared with 94,969 in 1900. . Pittsfield, Mass., has 32,121 people, an increase of 10,355, or 47.6 per cent as compared with 21,766 in 1900. UPRISING IS PREDICTED. Professor Ross Expects Disturbance In China. Victoria, B. C Professor E. A. Ross, of the sociology department of the University of Wisconsin, who has been making extended journeys through China during the past six months, studying sociological condi tions, has arrived here by tne steamer Empress of China. He said China was on the verge of a crisis, and the next few months would show wnetner mere would be a great uprising, perhaps with much bloodshed, or a peaceable revolution. PrnfoRsnr Ross savs there is a strong movement for reform, and that the younger element seeking the cnange is waiting to see what the prince regent will do. The reformers consider the attitude of Pekin more or less a sham t tmnroaa the nowers and there is a disposition, to look upon the Man- chu officials as obstacles in me woj of the eagerly sought reforms. It is probable that man am cm will return to Pekin, and this would be tk maiing of nreventine' a rising if the reformers are satisfied that in his hands China would go forward, uar rpnrv reform will be a great boon, and the doing away with the growing of opium, a movement which is being energetically carried out, will also greatly aid China. Judge Calls Fee Too High. T A1o TnHtro Rives, of the Xjua iiugcito F 1 - 1 ,4- Una .afliaiul trt IpTIH 111- dicial approval to a contract granting attorneys ior rseaince Anna Baldwin, 50 per cent of the amount they may recover for from the estate of Elias Jackson Baldwin. Attorneys acting in behalf of Miss Turnbull Baldwin, made the request for such a contract to authorize the employing of certain attorneys, with the agree ment to give them half of whatever should be recovered by litigation or compromise. Police Persecute Jews, mow Russia The Dolice have be come more active in expelling the Jews, who have been ordered oacK within restricted territory set asiae fnr them From SeDtember 12 to 15, 84 persons were driven out or given a brief period in which to mane me.r exit. Thirty-two Jews left voluntarily, in the same days 56 persons were ex tolled from the suburbs of Solomenka and Demieffka. Shadowed Three Years. Chicago George W. Fitzgerald, a former assorting teller in -the Chicago Federal subtreasury, was arrested by deputy United States marshals.charged with the theft of $173,000 from the subtreasury on February 9, 1907. Fitzgerald was arrested on a bench warrant on an indictment returned se cretly by a Federal grand jury Febru ary 17, 1910. Russia and Turkey Allies. Paris The Temps confirms the re port that Turkey and Russia have en tered into military alliance, and says that the convention indicates Turkey's approchement with the powers in the triple alliance. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPIUI SHEEPMEN WORRIED. Umatilla Woolgrowers Fear Prices Will Be Low. Pendleton With the sheep shipping season at hand, Umatilla county sheep men are much concerned because hot an Eastern buyer has so far appeared. They are beginning to fear that de mand is not as great as in past years, and that therefore good prices will be lacking. ; Every fall Umatilla county sheep men turn off . all their surplus stock,, and prepare for winter feeding. Sep tember is the month that they usually sell what lambs and o& sheep they do not wish to keep through the the win ter ana as that month ' has arrived, many of them are anxious,. because the usual number of buyers are not on the ground. ; By this time last year there were several buyers from the t Middle West in the local fields, paying as high as $3.50 per head for .lambs. This year there is not a buyer present outside of those living here, and the same quality of lambs which sold last fall for $3.50 are not worth more than $2. 50. The drouth in the Middle Western states is given as the principal cause for the absence of buyers, as they have been accustomed to ship from here in the early fall, and then feed in the different states further east, before placing the mutton on the market fin Chicago, Kansas City and the other market centers. Fortunately, last fall local growers sold off more than the usual number of sheep and came through the hard win ter with its hay shortage with flying colors. BIG HOP CROP IS EXPECTED. Yield in Oregon May Reach Total of 100,000 Bales. Salem Even some of the bulls at this point are now conceding that the hop crop this year may go practically to 100,000 bales, and as the picking advances it is apparent that in the bot tom fields, at least, the pick will show a third advance on what was expected earlier in the season. One or two growers report advance of 100 per cent in their bottom yards. On the prairies some are a little better than expected, while others are going less. The picking will be pretty gen erally completed within a week or ten days and it is evident the agitation for better pick has had excellent effect. There is now no doubt that the pick ing of the Oregon crop as a whole is better than it has been for years. The quality is choice and the growers in most cases are well satisfied with the year as far as the crop goes. Mar ket predictions here are problematical and the majority of the dealers refuse to make any assertions one way or the other, owing to the sudden collapse of the market last year after an unusual amount of optimism was shown. FRUIT AND BLOSSOMS GROW. Both Are Seen on Same Limb From Tree at The Dalles. The Dalles Recently a big red ap ple more than three inches in diameter was brought to the business men's building, near the depot, for display. This was not at all out of the ordin ary, for The Dalles can display very many bigger and better, but there was on the same limb a beautiful cluster of pink blossoms, which grew only two inches further along. They were pick ed from an apple tree growing on the West End school grounds. A luscious-looking box of ripe straw berries were also on display, which were grown on the land of Joe Parodi, south of town. A supply of the ripe berries were on the market at one of the grocery stores. Wendling to Be Rebuilt. Eugene The Booth-Kelly Lumber company has employed a Eugene archi tect to draw plans for 3,5 cottages to be built at Wendling for the married em ployes of the company's mill there, and they will be built at once. The com pany is erecting a large lodging house and a dining hall for the single men. These buildings are to replace those destroyed recently when the forest fires wiped out all the buildings except three or four dwellings and the mill. Oregon Land is Opened. Washington Oregon lands aggre gating 1,873,280 acres were thrown open to settlement under the provis ions of the enlarged homestead act by authority of Acting Secretary Pierce, of the Interior department. This brings the total of lands in Oregon which have been restored to date up to 11,040,240 acres. Oat Yield Phenomenal. Forest Grove The most phenomenal yield of oats reported in this section is that on the T. W. Sain ranch in Scog gins valley, which yielded 117 bushels to the acre from a field of 37 acres. Mr. Sain says that the field was prac tically new ground and situated be tween two creeks. Medford to Have New Schools. Medford Washington Grammar school is soon to be sold and the money used to erect two new buildings to the north and south of it. The district has become too populous to be served by one school. The Washington school is the oldest public school building in Medford. It is a brick structure, built in 1897. OF THE STATE DISPLAY AT GRESHAM. Grange Plans to jMake Show Bigger and Better Than Ever. Gresham A dahlia display in which more than 500 exhibits will be made is to be a feature of the fourth annual grange fair which will open here Sep tember 29. More than 300 distinct varieties of dahlias are to be shown. The display will include fall roses, sweet peas, asters and other late blooming flowers Mrs Clara Webb Smith is superintendent of the floral department, and her past successes are to be outdistanced easily this year. The displays in agriculture, horti culture, livestock, poultry, domestic science and art promise to be larger and of higher standard than ever be fore. As a matter of fact the manage ment of the fair has arranged for a larger and more representative exposi tion of the resources of the county than has ever been attempted ... at the three past fairs. , It was planned to build a race track and conduct a series of races in con nection with the fair, but it was found that the time required to mature a track could not be taken before the dates set for the fair to open, so the venture was postponed until next year. Erect Warehouses at Umatilla. Umatilla Portland parties have bonded several lots of land in the cen ter of the city for the purpose of erect ing warehouses for Portland wholesale men who will in future use Umatilla as a distributing point for their East ern Oregon and Washington trade. Two Portland firms have already es tablished warerooms here and it makes it very convenient for this section of Oregon and also means less cost in transportation to the market. Apple Tree Bears 45 Boxes. ' Eugene A Gravenstein apple tree in the orchard of Miller Brothers, three miles below Eugene, bore 45 boxes of fruit this season. Thirty of the boxes were of marketable grade, tne other 15 being culls, although very good fruit. The tree is 20 years old. This year's crop was its heaviest. 'Several of the limbs were broken off by the weight of the fruit. Two Fined for Running Deer. Salem H. H. King and Charles King, two homesteaders near Elkhorn, were brought to Salem by a deputy game warden and arraigned before Justice of the Peace Webster on a charge of chasing deer with hounds. Both men pleaded guilty and were iined $50 each, which they paid. Big Profit on Land. Ontario Tom Seaward, who pur chased the Chisholm ranch about a year ago for $25,000, being $150 per acre, has made a sale of the ranch to parties from Kansas for $36,000 or $225 per acre. The ranch is valley alfalfa land located near Ontario. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices, export basis: Bluestem, 90c; club. 84c; red Russian, 82c; valley, 88c; 40-fold, 87c; Turkey red, 8490c. Barley Feed, $2222.50 per ton; brewing, $23. Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil lamette valley, $19(B;20 per ton; East ern Oregon, $2122; alfalfa, new, $15 16; grain hay, $1415. Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33 ton. Millstuffs Bran, $23(ffi24 per ton; middlings, $31; shorts, $2526; rolled barley, $24.5025.50. Oats White, $27.50 per ton. Green Fruits Apples, new, 50c(7i) $2.50 per box; plums, 40(;75c; pears, 75c(7J$1.25; peaches, boxes, 40(ffi75c; lugsT $1.10(o11.25; grapes, 25c(S$L25 per box; $1.35 per lug; 20(rt,22c per basket; cranberries, $8.50 per barrel; watermelons, $1 per hundred; canta loupes, $11.50 per crate. Poultry Hens, 17c; springs, 17c; ducks, white, 1617c; geese, 10J 11c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, 2234 25c; squabs, $3 per dozen. ' . Vegetables Beans, 3(ffi5c per pound; cabbage. 2c; cauliflower, $1.50 per dozen; corn, 12(fil5c; cucumbers, 25(7? 40c per box; eggplant, 6c per pound; garlic, 810c; green onions, 15c per dozen; radishes, 15??20c per dozen; squash, 40c per crate; tomatoes, 307J 60c per box; carrots, $1(3:1.25 per sack; beets, $1.50; parsnips, $11.25; turnips, $1. Potatoes Oregon, $1.25 per hun dred; sweet potatoes, 2,c per pound. Onions New, $1.50 per sack. Eggs Oregon, candled, 3435c per dozen. Butter City creamery, solid pack, 36c per pound; prints, 3737J4c; but ter fat, 36c; country store butter, 24 25c. Pork Fancy, 13c per pound. Veal Good average, 1 Iff? 12c pound. Cattle Beef steers, good to choice, $5. 2 5 5. 50; fair to medium, $4.25f 4.75; choice spayed heifers, $4.50(78 4.75; good to choice beef cows, $4.25 7i4.65; medium to good beef cows, $3.75(4.25; common beef cows, I2(t 3.75; bulls, $3.75(7T4; stasrs, good to choice, $4(71,4.25; calves, light, $6.75 (ill; heavy, $3.75(75. Hogs Top, 10(f 10.75; fair to med ium, 9.50(710. Sheep Best ML Adams wethers, $4 (7T4.25; best valley wethers, $3.25ti 3.50; fair to good wethers, f 3,-73.25; best valley ewes, $3(73 50; lambs, choice ML Adams, $5.25(i 5.50; choice valley, $5(715.25. Hops 1910 crop, 13c; 1909, 10(?t 11c; olds, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, 13(7il7cper pound; valley, 17j.l9c; mohair, choice, 3233c TANG TAKES REINS. Progressive Friend of America Re sumes Control in China. Victoria, B. C. Kokumin Shimbun, of Tokio, in the course of a long ar ticle on the change of policy at Pekin in recalling Tang Shao Yi and making overtures to Yuan Shia Kai to return, says the appointment foretells great development of American influence in China in the future. The Kokumin says: "It is out of the question to expect that the policy of Tang Shao Yi, who secured his position as a representa tive of the Yuan party, will be favor able to Japan. Moreover, he is a no torious pro-American statesman and his appointment foretells the great de velopment of American influence in China in the future. He represented China in America and made many promises in America regarding Man churia and railway questions. It will be interesting to watch the progress of these dead promises.". The Kokumin looks upon Tang Shao Yi as "one of the principal factors in diplomatic circles in the Far East," and considers him the enemy of Japan and friend of America. Tang Shao Yi, who was reinstated in his post of minister of communica tions last month, is decidedly progres sive. After his restoration the re gent, Prince Chun, issued a strict edict notifying viceroys and governors that foreign loans are indispensable in the development of the imperial railway system, and instructing them to sup press anti-foreign agitation. Tang is an ardent friend of America. SEA WALL IS WASHED OUT. Scores of Men Work to Save Houses on Long Beach. Los Angeles Scores of men are working unceasingly to fortify resi dences along the ocean front at Long Beach against the waters which broke through a protecting cement wall and left the houses exposed to the fury of the breakers. Many beach houses were left under mined by the washing of ' the waves, and unless the foundations are rein forced within the next few hours they will fall into the sea. A half mile of the breakwater, as much of the sea wall, and nearly a mile of concrete sidewalk were washed out. One building collapsed from the force of the waves. An apartment house of 40 rooms is in a most perilous position, and there is every probability that the building will fall. The houae is now standing on the sheerest ledge. The danger had been threatened for three days and residents were appre hensive of their momentary peril. Electric light poles fell during the night like ninepins. The trouble is due to the unusually high tides. ALL PARTIES GIVEN SHARE. Metropolitan Street Railway Impartial in Campaign Gifts. New York The admission that ev ery corporation with which he had ever been identified had not only contribut ed to political campaign funds, but had contributed to the campaign fund of "everybody that ever ran for office" was made on the stand by H. H. Vree land, ex-president of the Metropolitan Street Railway company. Mr. Vreeland could only be made to specify amounts for the year 1903. During that year the corporation of which he had then been president, the Metropolitan Securities company, had contributed $20,000 to $30,000 to the Republican State committee and $17, 000 to $18,000 to the Democratic State committee. The company may have also made campaign contributions lo cally, but the witness wa3 not positive on hat point. New Island Rises in Sea. Seward, Alaska A new island was added to the Aleutian chain at the same time that the towns of Unalaska and Dutch Harbor were shaken by an earthquake September 1. The island rose from deep water, at a point where a sounding by the Geodetic survey last year showed 70 fathoms. The island is "in the form of a great rounded hill, very close to Perry Peak, the island that rose last year and was discovered by officers of the revenue cutter Perry. The revenue cutter Bear brought news of this discovery. Chinamen Buy Revolvers. Stockton, Cal. The sudden run on the gun stores of this city by China men, who are arming themselves in the belief that a tong war is certain, has resulted in almost every high priced revolver being sold. The own ers were surprised Saturday morning to have Chinamen call in twos and threes and purchase the best makes of pistols, paying from $10 to $20 each for what they, believed to be reliable weapons. Eight Injured by Airship. Milwaukee Eight persons, five wo men and three men, were more or less seriously injured here when a Wriight aeroplane, driven by Arthur Hozey, swerved sidelong from its course and plunged into a crowd before the grand stand at the state fair. The aviator was uninjured. None of "the injured will die. J Plague Has Grip on Italy. Rome", Sept. 17. During the last 24 hours in the department of Apulia, in Southeastern lUly, there were five deaths from cholera and nine new cases of the disease. 0L0 ENEMIES UNITE Flag Saluted by Federals Confederates mike. and "Dixie" Arouses Cheers Movement to Unite Grand Armies to Elim inate Sectional Feeling. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 20. The hotels, piers and board walk are crowd ed with old soldiers and their families here to attend the 44th annual encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Repub lic. Every train brings re-enforcements to the crowd that began arriv ing last week. Five thousand veterans gathered in the Savoy theater and listened to a patriotic sermon by the Rev. Robert A. Elwood, chaplain of the department of Pennsylvania. Commander Van Sant and Hilary A. Herbert, of Albany, ex-secretary of the navy and a general in the Confed erate army, were the principal speak ers at a large gathering of veterans on the steeplechase pier. General Herbert eulogized the mem bers of the Grand Army. He told how the wearers of the blue and the wear ers of the gray were welded together in the cause of the Union. Commander-in-chief Van Sant and General Daniel E. Sickles both said they would work for the proposition advocated by General Herbert, of bringing the grizzled veterans of the North and South together. It is be lieved that this demonstration of feel ing will end the agitation against the placing of a statue of General R. E. Lee in Statuary Hall at Washington. A remarkable scene occurred with the entrance of General Sickles. As he swung down the aisle the veterans arose as one man and four of his com mand lifted him, chair and all, and placed him on the platform while the band played "Dixie" and the crowd cheered as General Sickles grasped the folds of a huge silk flag, with Com mander Van Sant, General Herbert stepped up and said : "Had I been told when I was in Antie tam that in the years to come I would stand side by side with Federal sold iers and grasp the Stars and Stripes with them, I would have been insulted. But I love that old flag now." Commander Van Sant said he was proud of the fact that no American army ever surrendered to anything: but an American army. A ripple of applause greeted the mention of Colonel Roosevelt during the Grand Army leader's address. The name of President Taft was men tioned. NEW NAVY FOR CHINA. Entire Fleet of Battleships May Be Built on Coast. San Francisco A fleet of battle ships for the Chinese navy is to be built in San Francisco. Millions will be spent here in the purchase of sup plies and for the living expenses of thousands of workmen needed to turn out the gigantic order, if the efforts of some of the foremost financiers of this country are crowned with success. This is the purposes of a visit Which Charles M. Schwab, ex-president of the United States Steel corporation and owner of the Union Iron works ami other large plants, is to pay to this coast. The big financier is hurrying across the continent in his private car tc meet Prince Tsai Hsun, uncle of the emperor of China, who is due to arri ve on the steamer Manchuria. Schwab and "his" partyj which comprises promi nent steel magnates, will accompany the Chinese imperial party to Wash ington. Ward Workers Unionized. Milwaukee, Wis. One of the first unions of city employes in the country was organized here by ward workers of the Seventh, Eleventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth wards, and sponsored by Socialist municinal officials. There were 30 present, waterwagon drivers. ward teamsters, steam roller men and street sweepers. There was some sus picion on the part of the wardworkers as to what position they would be in if the present administration should be ousted at the next election two years hence. Montenegro is Kingdom. Rome It is asserted in diplomatic circle here that during recent visits in Cottinje, the Montenegrin' ruler assum ed the title of king, elevating his coun try to the rank of a kingdom. An offensive and defensive alliance be tween Montenegro, Bulgaria and Ser via was signed. Each of these nations is pledged to give military aid to the others in case the sovereign rights of any of them are attacked by Turkey or Austria. Cattle Firm Indicted. Sacramento A special to the Union from Carson City, Nev., says that the Federal grand jury has found an in dictment against the Golconda Cattle company, of Nevada, of which William E. Kent, Republican candidate for con gress from the Second district of Cali fornia, is president. The charge is il legal fencing of government land. Castro is Accused of Plot. Teneriffe, Canary Islands A man ifesto bearing 1,500 signatures and ac cusing ex-President Castro, of Vene zuela, of organising a plot in the Can aries against the life of the present Venezuelan executive, Juan V. Gomes ia being circulated fee re. race.