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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1910)
E ORE VOL. XXIX. ST. HELENS, OHEGOHY Fill DAY, VEIIUCJAUY 11, 1910. NO. 12. TH (Km MIST EVENTS OF THE DAY toy Items Gathered from All V:-:- Parts of tbs World. fZEPAREO FOR THE BUST READER Lett Important but Not Lees tiling Happanlngi from Points Outside ths State. Eastern etocke are declining. ' Farmers Insist that middlemen set roost of tba Increase In the oost of II ir.fr Interior department will mil at aue tloa rieb lands on lb Silots Indian Ma ceration. Major General Leonard Wood la In a Bait I mora boapltal for treatment of an old Injury. An Arlaona man agwd 70 yeara abot and klllrd a frUnd with whom bo bad an altercation. Ex-Vice IValdent Falrbanka mt king and c,ueen of Italy and laudad American college at Koina. Returning Alaalcana bring tales of enany deeiha oo tha trails, with tba temperature 70 below aero. A new play called "Tba Chanti cleer" la having a phenomenal run In r'arla, and will ba brought to America Bait fall. G I (Turd Plnrhot, now preekfent of tba National Coneervation aaa elation, baa b-gnw an active campaign Vt new and stringent lawa to protect natural resources. Mayor Oaynor, of New York, will aaa that city 11,600,000 a year In sal arl of oaeteaa city employee, and ev eryone la pleased but tba profaaaional politiciana. A younjc woman wboee fiancee bad died a abort lima before, deliberately waded Into Niagara river, turned and amlled and waved her band to tboee on abore who aaw ber, and th a waeewept to death over the falle. Society woman of Denver have atarted a boyott on milliner. An explosion In a coal mine at In diana, i'eonaylvania, killed eleven men. Tba treaaarer of a Meesaebuaotta bank haa confeeaad to ombetaluig over 1100,000, Alleged fraud bava bean diaeovared In the reglauatioa.for tba coming elec tion la Seattle, It la allseed that food manufaturera all continue to uee benaoete of aoda In their products. British Llberala bava declared a re lent lee war on tba Lorda and will pur aua It to tba and. Tba mayor of New York la trying to make each eitv employe ebow what be doaa to earn bia aalary. A woman baa bean appointed police iuifire in Denver, and will hear tba caeae of woman and children. William Gobi, asant of tba Sailor anion of SefeUle, la charged with many murder, and aleo Incendiariam, A bill baa been Introduced in per!la ment that Deraona unable to And em ployment muat ba eupperted out of.tbe general taxes. Egga are arriving In Chicago at tha rate of 1.800.0UO. per day from Okla homa, Kanaaa, Texas, Mieeoarl, Ten neaaee and Nebraska. Tha Alaaka ateamer Farallon ha bean found wracked on a reef off tba Alaaka eoaat Five of her eraw who went for help bava not been beard from. Tha balance of the craw and paaeengeri were reacued after camping nearly a month on shore, Taft will apeak In Chicago March 17, Tba Unlvereltj of Waahlngton at Se attle, will try vegetarian diet for one weak. Hamilton made a new a peed record for aeroDlanee of one mile in one min Ota end.27 eeconda. Tba Balllnger-Plnebot inquiry got Into a bad tangle and will ba gone over again from tha atart. Damage of 170,000 have been awarded a hat manufacturer in Con necticut, whoauad tba batter union for boycotting, A Loa Angeles man willed hi body to any physician who wished It, foi scientific purposes, but no one claimed t and It waa ervamated. For tha second tlma In two year tha medical supply department of the U. 8. army at New York was burned out, with loss of $1,000,000. ' A sinking s tea me off tba Atlantic coast sent wireless call for aid and bar captain and craw of 46 men were rescued just aa tha ahlp want down. A mine exploalon In the Coahuila col liery In Mexico cauaad the death of 68 minora. A San Francisco cornice worker fel from a three story building, broke a 2x4 acantllng on bla way down, and landed on his feet without sertous in Jury. . ' Tba Supreme court of the United States reached Its 180th birthday Commander Peary la trying to or ganise an expedition to seek the South Clerks in tha treasurer's office in Cook county. III., (Chicago) struck for Increased pay for overtime. MIRCUHY AT ZERO. Forty-Mile People Breeze Drives .Iroro Streets , New York. Feb. 8. Intense sold, driven to the bone of man and beast by a cutting wind, gripped tha Eait to night In New York City tba mercury stood at one degree above aero at mid night, equaling the low record for the season. A 40-mlle gale swept New York snd vicinity throughout the dsy and night, driving pedestrians Indoors snd caua- Ing great Buffering to those wbo were exposed. Streets were practically de serted tonight. An unidentified man waa found fro- sen to death in Boston; a Baberman met a similar fata In Buffalo, while off Atlantic City a tramp steamer wss forced to anchor becaoae or tba gale. Up-stat in New York, a driving enow mad condition worse. At Utica the mercury was 14 below. The extreme cold drove hundreds of homeless men and women to tha municipal lodging house and dock for (belter. At Buffalo three degree below sero wJ registered at 8 o'clock last night, the lowest temperature In several year. There waa a alight fall of snow. Herman Knyder, a naherman, was found dead In bis sled with his dog two miles out on Laks Erie. At Beaton the mercury tumbled at the rate of two degree an hour until, at midnight, tha thermometer regie- tared sero. Tb wind blew 26 mile an hour , One man wss found froten. Philadelphia reported the thermome ter seven degrees below tero tonight, the coldest of the winter. In West em Pennsylvania the temperature was two to 10 below aero. BLAST BLOWS SEVEN TO ATOMS Die Prominent Arlsona Mining Man on Private Motor Car., Phoenix. Aril.. Feb. S.Heedlessuf the warning of a foreman In charge of the big excavating operation along the line of the private motor road from Kelvin to the Ray copper mines, the moturman of s gasoline car containing aix passengers, ran close to the exca vation just aa a sputtering fuae burned to a heavy charge or dynamite this er ternoon, and the car and It seven oc cupants were blown to atoms. Tbe foreman bad discovered a missed shot in the excavation st noon and be fore tha motor csr came in sight bs bad reliiihted tha fuse. As tha car approached be signaled tha motorman and warned him of the Impend!!- explosion. Motorman Ly all, evidently believing be could take bia car past the charge to safety, be fore tha explosion, paid no neea to in warning and (Urted sgalu st full spaed. Just aa tba car waa pssstng ins charge, the explosion came, and tba car with its load of human freight was blown high In tbs air amid a great cloud of dabrla. The Uvea of all thos Inside the car wre snuffed out in an InstsnL Tba dead men were all prom inent In Arlxona mining affairs. INSURGENTS' WAV CLEAR Mans Revolutionists Free to Enter gua. Says Message. Waahlnirton. Feb. 8.-the wsy to Menstrua la now open to tha revolution lets In Nicaragua, according to a cable received here today by Senor Caatrillo. representative of the Estrada govern' ment. Senor Caatrillo haa also been inform ed that C. Grenadine, a leading merch ant of Granada, haa Issued a ptoclama tion calling upon all eitisene to rally to tha support of General Estrada, Dr. Sslsmon Salve, prosecuting at tomey for the government In the trials of the two Americana. Groce and Can non, accordlnar to the amo Informa tion. also hss Issued a proclamation In Men he not only defend himielf for hie action in the cane, but glories In tb outcome of the trial. Dcssrt Lnd Istu Msde. Waahlngton, Feb. 8. Attorneys on toth sides of the controversy for the Anal determination by tha Supreme court of tha United State for the long mooted question whether right to de aart land entries may be transferred before reclamation haa been made. A i-ua Involving that point haa been sot I HAPPENINGS FROM AROUND OREGON L : : ' , -, , I MCCARTHY REIQN8 , SUPREME 8sn Francisco's Mayor Swaepa Away All Trsce of Precedenta. San Francisco, Feb. clso Is In the handa ape tuiiuwi w we pyramid and re turn. In today's competitions tbe aer oplane of Gobron, tha French aviator, caught Are, but Gobron ws aved. Painting Sold, S6.00rJ a Minute. New York, Feb. 8. Twenty paint inga war sold, at tha rata of 15,000 worth a minute, at tha flrat Important ala of tha year hers last night. The paintings were from the collection of the late B. S. Henry, of Philadelphia. Tha aala occupied 61 minute and real ised $256,760. Mlllet'B "Going to Work" wss tha atar offering, fetching 158,100. Three fine Corota brought $29,000, $23,000 and $22,000 respectively. Of all tha animals which are born and spend their Mvea In subterranean cavern, there are no bird, and but one mammal, the rat. BUYS Bid SILEfZ TRACT, Nearly 3.000 Acres In Ressrvstlon Taken By Investment Co. Portland Interest in the dairy coun try south of Tillamook baa been In creaaed by tha announcement that near ly 2,000 acres of rolling la.id In tbe northern part of tha Bllets reaervation baa been gotten by a Portland company for subdivision Into small tract. Tha Oeeanside Investment company has acquired this property, 26 miles south of Tillamook. The land waa allotted to the Bllets Indian 20 years ago, which eeeounte for IU lack of cultivation ana improve ment. The time having expired, tbe Indiana are at liberty todiipoaeof their holdings, a large part of which baa been secured by the Oeeanside In vestment company. It la aaid to bs in axcetlent condition for dairying purposes. Cranberries seem to do indigenous to that portion of the eoaat, owing to tha accumulation for centuries oi pea. Certain requirements for the highest cultivation of crsnberies will bava to be met and for this purpose, tbe Ocean aide Investment company Intends to at tend to tha preparation of tba Dog un der expert advice. Other companies have iu reeded In developing cranoerry tract noeaeealna? tb condition found In that section. For dairying, no location In tbe United Statee compares with the Ore gon eoaat, all tha way from Astoria to Newport- Tbe rolling enaracier or tbs land north of tha SileU river, the enormous acreage available, tba per- netusl errowlh of Brass and tbe favor- stile climate unite in making tba un durtaklnir of the new company seem- intnv a commendable one. One of the features of the property is Oeeanside lake, a body of fresh wa ter four miles In length and a mile vide, deeo and supplied by several mountain streams, iota lane naa charms for tha sportsman. O. R. 4V N. Bu Union Cmlril. La Grande The purchase of the Union Central railroad or uregon, operating between Union station, Union and Cove, ana union ana am Lake, and already having rtghta of way for tha major portion of tbe distance to Elgin, by the Uregoo Kauroaa s Navigation company, is freely ru mored throughout Union. It ia thought the purchase is tbe first atop towarda acquiring an easy grade from Hot Lake to J'yle canyon, oeyona Union, where an easy grade can ba se cured in lieu of tbe steep Telocasset hill. The purchase ia in line with the former announced policies of ths O. R. & N. road to get a Pyle canyon climb up Te locaeeet hill. It la preaumea wai ne purcoa-a ui tba independent road meana that the main line will abllt from ua present . . f . T I. !. ,U- eourse ana leave not wh ' grade already established and connect with the Cove roaa running w union. From Union to the new road would have to be constructed, and if the line ia built up Pyle canyon, a secluded spot free from drifta in the winter, a 3 (V foot bridge wouia lei me main une back In its original course at a point just below Telocaseet. Ths proposed Pyle canyon route has been under discussion for some time. Say Eugene-Coos Bsy Rood Assured Eugene F. B. Kidder, one of the promoters of the railroad from Eugene to Coo Bay, via Siualaw, ba returned to thi city from Minneapolia, where he ha been conferring with people who are backing him. He will be fol lowed In a few day by J. H. Thomas, a civil engineer, who haa built aeveral linea In the Middle West, and John Baird, another railroad man, who will be associated with Mr. Kidder in this enterprise. All have left good posi tions in Mlneapolla to take up thla new work, and will make Eugene their home with their families. They aay that aa soon aa tha aurvey and right of way are secured a large railroad corporation 1 ready and wil ling to build the road. A fund to complete this Jwork ia now being eub scribed and tha promoter aay it can be ralaad In a few daVS. These men have come here at tha Io dines of tha Lana County Asset com pany, a body of local business men, I who have worked hard on the proposi tion for tha paat year, and who now believe that their work haa begun to show fruit To Estsblish Psper Mill. Hood River It la poisible that Hood ! River will be tha place selected for a psper mill. William Goodnough, who haa a farm in Hood River, and who ja an experienced paper mill man, met with tha board of directors of tba Com mercial club recently and outlined hi plan, and tha matter waa further tak en up at a mass meeting, Mr. Good nough believe that Hood River would afford an ideal aita for a mill of thia character. 8AVE ORCHARDS FROM PES1 Filing on Klamath River. Salem H. K. Brown, made a filing on a waterpowar aite on Klamath river yesterday in the office of tha atat en gineer. He paid a fee of $1,070. The value of tha filing ia represented to be $280,000. Tides Uncover Agstes. Newport The recent high tidea have uncovered here large areaa of agate bearing gravel, and when the weather D8rmlts large crowds may be Seen on the!beachea aearchlng for tha agntea, ' which have made Newport famoua Systematic Spraying and Prunl Works Wonder. Eugene What may ba accomplish by systematic spraying and judlcit pruning of old orchards ia illuatrat in tba experience of John Tnranx who has a 86 acre farm in peacbi cherries, and walnuta on tha island I tween tbe millraee and tbe Willamel river on tha outskirts of Eugene. 1 purchased thi farm five years ag Tba cherry trees looked to blm, I aay, Ilk a tamarack patch that bt been burned over. Mr. Tbramer cut back tba ehen treea vigorously and sprayed well. Tt drat year tba entire crop waa 6,0( pound free from bltroiabea. Tba aa ond year tba yield from tbe earn pa of tbs orchard waa 14.000 pounda. Tl third year waa proportionately great He now holds bis warehouse recelp for 82,000 pounds, representing la: year' crop. Hia net profit from fot acrea of cberrlea last year waa $544.4 after deducting all proper charge ft expense. From one and a half acn of peaches he obtained a clear profit $426.85, after deducting all expanse On three quarters of an acre of h older cherry orchard on which 60 tret are crowded, tha average yield was 6 000 pounds. Mr. Thramer'a potat crop will go 226 buabela to tbe acn tba loss from freexing beiog vet (mall. Weather Bureau Discontinued. Baker City Tba weather bursa which haa been maintained here sine July 1, 1889, will ba discontinued, fo the present at least, according to ir formation received by D. C. Gruno the observer, from headquarters s Washington. All tba instruments an. record of the sUtloa were destroy in tbe fire which wiped out the wool. quarter block, and there ia not an; money available at preaent for the es toblisbment of another bureau. Evana Will Rslse Hogs. Eugene Cbarlea W. Evan hai leased tbe 200-acre farm four milei southwest of town, belonging to hu father in-law, Baxter Fernbam, a will go into the hog raising business He will also work the farm land on th 80 seres adjoining tbe Fsrnham farn and ia planting a part of it to orchard New Company at Halfway. Baker City Article of ineorpora tion bava been filed for tbe Pine Mer eantile company to do business at Halfway, Or., with a capital stocK of $00,000. Tha company wtll also handle real estate. J. B. Wood, Isaac McMallen, J. R. Hunaacker and nank Clark are incorporators. New Csr Shops at La Grande. La Grande Tba Oregon Railroad A Navigation company has unofficially announced that new shops are to ba built here during the coming summer. Tbe plans are VII completed and draw ings and detaila are ready for tbe be ginning of the work aa soon aa possible in the spring. Telephone To Lakaview. Silver Lake The Farmers Tele phone line of thi vslley and tbe Inde pendent Telephone line of Summer Lake have made connectiona with the Moss Telephone company, at Paialey, and now one can talk to Lakeview on that system. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices Blues tem, $1.15, nominal; club, $1.05; red Rus sian. $1.04; valley, $1.05; 40 fold. $1.09. Barley Feed and brewing, $28 ton. Corn Whole, $36; cracked $36 ton. Oats No. 1 white, $31 per ton. Hay Track pricca Timothy: Wil lamette valley $19fd C20 per ton; Eaat ern Oregon. $21(i22; alfalfa, $17 18; clover. $16; grain hay, $1617. Fresh Fruits Apples, $183 box; peers, $11.60 per box; cranberriea, $8(t9 per barrel. Potatoes Carload buying price: Oregon. 70(i80e per each; sweet pota toes, 2iC(i2X per pound. Vegetable Artichokes, $11.26 nerdoxen: csbbaee. $1,756(2 p r hun dred; sprout, 9c pound; squash. 2c; tomato-, $3.50 per crate. Onion Oregon, $1.60 per sa. Butter City creamery extras, S7(o! 89c; fancy outside creamery, 86S7c per lound; stote, ozjc uuuer fat pri ea average I he per pound leaa than regular butter price. Eggs Fresh Oregon extras, 82 32 He per do.; Eastern, 17s22c. Pork Fancy.llc pound. Poultry Hens, 1718c; springs, 17 18c; duck, 20t22,c; geese, 13(d) 14e; turkeys, live, 20t,25e; dressed, 27 ft 30c ; aquaba, $3 per dosen. Veal Extras, 12C(13c per pound. Hops 1909 crop, prime and choice, 2021s'c; 1908s, llSe; 1907s, 11 Ho per pound. Wool Esstern Oregon, 1623 pound; mohair, choice, 25c l-aacaia oara -u ji puunu. , - Hidea Dry hldea, 18nj)18o pound; V dry kip, 18518,e; dry calfsin, 19(a) 21c; salted hidea, 10($10)'c; salted calfkln, 16o pound; green, 1 e leas. Cattle Best steers, $5; fair to good $4.504.75; strictly good, $3.754; fair to good eowa, $33.60; light calves, $5((t5.60; heavy calves, $4&6; bulla, $3. 603.76 ; stags, $34. Hogs Top, $9; fair to good, hoga, $8.608.76. Sheep Beat wethers, $5.60; fair to good, $55.50; good ewes, $4.506; lamba, $66.60. 4. San Fran- of Mw Mc- g Berlin Bakery and f.OFFFF HfilKP Everything New and Clean. Try our Coflec and Cake. HOULTON OREGON Helens Bakery v St. Pies, Cakes, Bread All Kinds OI "S ewT-a-r-B t J. E. RAMSEY, Propr. TO" SINGER SEWING IMWR Oldest and Most Reliable A MacLune That Has Stood the Test of Time and Is Used Throughout the World $10 Is It Worth Your While to Save Either of These Sums? $15 You Can Save $10 to $15 Over the Portland Price by Purchasing of H. MORGUS, Agent S. Helens, Oregon THE ARCADE ST. HELENS An Up-to-Date Moving Picture Show, in the old Muckle store building, which has been re modeled for the purpose. Three shows every evening, beginning at 7:30. 3 RED CROSS SHOES 1 Carry a Complete Line of these fine shoes. They are the best of the good ones. It lr four fee Serviceable, Stylish. Low Priced and SILVERWARE Full Line Rogers' Bros, and other celebrated manufacture. imate later' waa followed by a bear sbock tbat cauaed the earth to tremble. It ia supposed to hare been a meteor, bat may have been cauaed by the exploaicn of dyna mite in a mine. Body Laahsd to Mast. Crissfleld, Md., Feb. 4, Tha body of Captain W. A. Bradabaw, of tha oyster boat Effla Smith, waa found lashed to the mast of hia wrecked -easel today. Tba crew of three men . are missing. 4 i i i FANCY CHINA t WARE S TOY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION LADIES' SUITS AND CLOAKS The latest Styles and Best Makes. Fancy Groceries For The Holiday Trade We Will Duplicate any Portland Price MORGUS