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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1910)
MIST. r;..-,' " yOLXXIX.- .V? .f 5 Tj fl J ST.IIELEN8I OEEaON,!ritnAY,J rEBBUAUY 18, 1910. NO. 13. EVENTS OF THE DAY Kmy Itesj Gathered trca An I Psrts cl tts Wcrll fZEPARED PCS TEE EUST READEB M ,y La Important but Net leas Inter j ling Happening from Point i - Outside th tUt. ; ;.-;t'.. " - 3 . Dr. Cook and hi wlf ar In Santi ago, Chile, l Bis were killed and wight seriously Injurwl by a Ualn collision In Georgia. . fcensos supervisors will favor man In 'preference to woman for census enunv ' orators. ' ,t ' Trouble with the miners union threaten to cloaa all mlnaa at llutte, Montana. . , Northern Iiiabo report 18 inches of now. tba bavl-et of tba season, and high winds. Commander Peary was decorated for bla achievements and euraod by bla op ; puaents tba aaraa day. i. ' Tba Coraaa adltor, Inchan Angan, who assassinated Marquis Ito, baa barn aantancad to death. A tuba on tba torpedo boat destroyer ' Hopkins tiplotlad at San Diego, killing ; ona man and badly Injuring seven. ; After spending f 16,000 In training a promising young singer, Samual Kraut baa baan au for f 100,000 for braaeli of, promlM by tba girl ba . odueatad. f. t j j t ? -Jj Mareal Rodal, ala aurvlvor of tba 167 paraona H on . board tba Ganaral Cbaiur. Uta atoamar waa blown to piooa by m larrifla axploalon Juat aa a big wava rarrlnj blm off. , A netad obaarrar at niruff, Ari zona, oaclaraa ba baa wltnaaatd tba omatructlon of an axtanalva canal on Ua planat Mara, wbleb Irrlgataa k trip of land 1,000 mil In langih and SO milaa wklo. A Brltlab atMnwr wont aabora In tba Stralta of Magallan, and 61 paraona - wara kmL Ex SarraUry of tba Trtaaury 8haw aaya If tantral bank waro aatab llabad tha SUndard Oil company would control It, ' ' Mr. Saga donlaa report of proinla euoui charity gifta In tba Sooth, but admit giving away larga wmi during bar racant trip. ' Tba naval tug Nina, with a eraw of tlawft, la mtnalng on tba Atlantic tmaat, and many naval vaaaalf ara aoarcbing for bar. A MlnnaaoU U)"fTph operator, with ona foot cut off and both laga brokan, crawlad half a rnila and pro vantcd coll la km. Tba Pranch AnUretle aipcdltloo undr Charcot rvacbad 70 dvgrnaa aoutb latituda aond mappad many bun drad milaa of naw country. OffUlala of tha Francb trana-AUantie Uamablp company bava no tkllnga oi nyona baing aavad from tba loot , ataamar Ganaral Cbaniy atocpt tba ona paaaangar pickad up by flabarman. In a apaacb In Dublin, R4dmond da mandad that tba bouaa of lorda vato tba Engl lab budget, and bla attltuda may onita Ua Iriah and Badlcala un.r ona bannar, raaultlng In tba eomplaU ovartbrow of tba bouaa of lorda. A Pranch Knar waa wrarkad In tba Mediterranean and 1 66 livaa loat Nlcaraguan rala ara preparing io mova on Managua, and tba fall of tha city la corn Ida red carta In. Bandit looted tha po tonka, ganaral tore and botal In Divlda, Mont, and acapad to tba mountaina. I Society woman In Wuhlngton, D. C, ara getting cxmaltlarably worrlad over tba high coat of living. Tha caarlna of Kuaala la aald to ba near daatb from nervoo trouble brought on by fear of aaaaaalnation. An Iowa man rune a dear farm, and baa a bard of about 100 dear, from which ba aella vanlaon, hide and antr lent. 3. P. Morgan In announced at tha president Of tha Pan-American bank, tba greateet banking Inatitutlon In tba . world. ' - v- 8 tone burled from the volcano Poaa, on tba laland of Coata Rica, bava killed many vlllagera who Hed near tha mountain. . Ona of tba greatest railroad builder of the prevent time aay cement and - concrete will eventually iupereede brick for nearly all building purpoeoe. It la fearel that tha eruption of tha volcano Poaa, on tha Wand of Coata Rica, may eeuae earthquakee In the Panama canal lone, and poeaibly Injur tba canal. . ' King Gu.tav, of Sweden, I recov ering from a aevere operation. It la renortad that tha Canadian Mn.th.rn llnut - hackad bv J. P. Morgan, baa acquired tba holding of coal land on Vancouver Inland owned K tha nunamui familv. at a DrlCC of $11,000,000, Eaitarn banker rofuae to finance J. P. Morgan's propoeed telephone mar- Mm n.iu.ll flaira ha o-iven II CO.- 000 to'varloua chariUble Institution HERMANN JURY DISAGREES One Man Block Conviction Eleven Believe ex-CommiMioner Qull ly. But Cannot Con " "'- vlnea tha Twaffth " Tortland, Feb. 14. One juror, and ona alone, ba saved Binger Hermann from conviction on the charge of con spiracy to defraud hi country out of It public lands. That ona juror withstood the pleas of bla frllow talesmen from Friday forenoon at II n'clock until this morn ing at SY Bis petition proved beyond tha power of argument to shake, and tha twelve men came before judge Wolvertoa this morning with the re port thst they could not resch a ver dict Judga Wolverton discharged the jury from further duty,' and tha first trial of Hinder Hermann was closed, after flvs week of testimony and ar gument. When further Instruction waa asked of the judge Keturdey, fear began to be felt of a bung jury. The hours that peaed without a verdict Sunday brought conviction that the jury would be unable to agree. This morning the conclusion was confirmed by the appesrance of the jury la tba courtroom, when it fore man announced that an agreement was ImpuMible. add asked that the 12 men be discharged from further attendance upon the court ; ; J t ' a . Judge Wolverton wa loth to bava the case terminated without a verdict Uut the poeitlva aaauraoea of the men that agreement could not be reached, left no alternative. In view of the long time spmt In deliberation, and the positive sssertion of the jurors that they could not agree, tba judge found It useless to confine tha men longer. and discharged them from the case.. Tlgreemnt bad been fe ired, but few who had been speculating on tba issue bad thought the margin would be so narrow a one. Mr. Ileney and hla assistant were absolutely confident of a conviction. Mr. Hermann, on the other side, expressed hia faith in ac quittal, and did not seem to worry over tba delay In reaching an agreement it When .the report of disagreement waa made, the aged defendant showed more signs of concern than at earlier stages of the case, and when it wt ru mored through the corridor that only ona man stood out, friend of Mr. Her mann realised the danger to which be bad been subjected, and gave voice to their concern. George Selkirk la tba one man wbo bang the jury., 'J "WEST WARNS WALL STREET. TatV Lincoln Day Speech Meets Wiih Approval. ' ' Chlesgo, Feb. 15.That the country m been reassured by President Taf t In bis Lincoln-day speech in New York that tba administration has no Inten tion of turning tha busineaa world toiwy turvy. and that the law-abiding corporations have nothing to fear, are keynote sounded today In too editorial comment of the country on the e peach. Western editors admonish wall street thst it is time to put IU bogeys away and get down to business on a basis of belief that legitimste business is aafe under the Taf t administration. Tba sentiment seems to ba that the president fell short of convincing the people that the tariff law is to be trusted for result and that in spite of the New York speech, will go on aa before. The Democratic press expresses the view that Mr. Tsft is solicitous of the intenlty of his party and that there is no leas eaua for worry now than there wa before. He Is credit! with a sin cere desire to avert enyinms; inai would upset tba business equilibrium, while at the same time airing stead faatly to bia declared policy of making the corporations subservient to the public welfare, and not paramount With in exception oi a iew ara, who do not relish we iu oi me establishment of a postal aavings bank system, and soma manufacturers wbo re opposed to the new law relating to tha regulation of eorporatlona, the men of affair In Chicago generally Indorae tba president s speech and policies. Ststes Unite on Cletma. Madison, Wi., Feb. I5.-Governor Davidson has decided to try to Una up the executives of severs! states In a combined effort to have the Federal government settle long standing claima for money due for publio landa. Com hlnad effort would secure a settlement It Is believed, where individual cnoria would ba fruitless. Wisconsin's claim la for $600,000, and tba letter to Gov arMir Hav. of Washintrton. and F. W. Benson, of Oregon, calls attention to tha claim of those state for $90,000 and $80,000 respectively fc ' . , Allesed "Still" on Farm. Asotin. Wvh..Feb. 16.WUIIam E. -Norrl, a wll known farmer of Ana-ION inni waa arrested yesterday for al leged operation of an illicit distillery. on hi farm near Anatona. lie P - , nearad before UnltM Biavee vviuiuia-; ioner Shaughneaay, and gave bond for $2,000. Norrl bad -All! I... .k. .nlHi-mllt 7k. .1 the al - . i legea sun unuer u wh. , "er.ni Eitirar BeE farm. The machinery is expensive .Vsof .nH eomnleta. Norris will appear attV " ,' " , ... o v the April term of tha U. S. court - Wort Feared for Tug. . - mate of Orexon. m . .. . , tnbia, at ihe court Boston, Fsb. IB. No news of , luh missing naval tug, Nina. yMUnJm.ci k it. r. .k. rjiariaatnwn navy yard nntva ir k. .V. Pabruar, 6, cam. ted., to re.Uv. t b.. sh. W to th. bottom HAPPENINGS FROM AROUND OREGON I DRAIN 6.000 ACHEaV , Coqullle Land Owners Cooperate to ; , ; Reclaim Marshee. ,i ; Oiuille Five thouatnd acres of rich Coqullle valley land 1 being re claimed by drainage system through the co-operative efforts of farmers owning tba land. This work bas now been under way for over 12 months, though the actual work baa been going on - for ft far less period of time. At the present four reclamation projects ara under way. , Tba , first, and oldest I tha Beaver Slough drainage project The first move In this plan for the reclamation of tha bottom land of the Oqullle val ley waa begun, by petition, over five yearaago. However, the flrot petition was killed by the opposition of cold footed property owners in the propoeed district After a district was formed which cut off the greater portion of these dissenters and the petition car ried and the project was launched. The Beaver Slough drainage district Includes 1740 acres of bottom land, which will ba drelend, and the cost of the complete project will be aboot $17,000. Tba complete project Will in clude over , eight miles of drainage canals, the main canal being CO feet wide and the lateral cenelaeverSt feet in width. In connection with the main lataral rilttuta will ba - dna- toroagh the land, -and , ibea wiU be4tlon and that be give a decision.- All extended through their private holdings by tha Individual so far a tbey aee at At tha point whre the main canala Row Into tba river tide gate wDl be installed which will allow the water to drain from tba land freely, but will pre-, vent the tides from overflowing over the lowlands, aa baa formerly been the case. These lateral canala are about 30 feat in width and attend from the main canal to the foothills east Tha second of tha projects is tha Fat Elk drainage district, which is located on tba aoutb aide -of the river and which extends two or three miles above tha city. It will entail the dredging for about mile of -canal and severs! mile of Isteral Jltcbee. Tbia project embraces 2.27S seres of bottom land and will make of the section of the river directly across from this city a veritable paradise in the way of dairy land. About four milea of canals are complete and it is thought that without further delay the work will not occupy more than two months longer. The main canal follow tba channel of what i supposed to bava been the old river and will be fitted with the usual tide gate. Including the laat assessment, this project ba coat $28,423, and the end is not yet be third, the Harlocker project ia practically a private plan of increasing tha va'ne and productiveneea ef a pro gressiva fsrmer'a land. It waa started by L. Harlo ker, of this city, for the purpose of draining hia farm about five miles below town. He was joined by several neighbor, wbo have agreed to atand a portion of the expense. This project ambracea 661 ecrea of land and baa cost $2,000. Tha cost of digging lateral di tehee from the main canal through tha land will perhapa ag gregate $1,000 more, tba entire system cost about $3,000. There will be about one mile of lateral ditche when the project is complete.' The main ditch ia between $6 and 80 feet in width. Commission Order Rata Reduced. Salem Having found that rates on apples and green fruits In less tnan carload lota aa charged jointly by tha rv.rvellia A Eastern railroad and South ern Pacific company between Gatea and Portland ware unreasonable ana un just the railroad eommisison made an order universally reaucmg no rmm 2U eenU on a 100 pound. The rates " 'JI.I L. -. On tha same coronwwiuaa wiw. Gatea and Salem were likewise order- ad reduced, the order to take effect within 20 daya.. The former rate be tween Portland and Gates on apples wa 37 cent a 100 pounds and baa been reduced to 84 H eenta. The rate on ap nlea between Gatea and Salem waa re duced from 35 rente to S2 cento a 100 pounda. Tba rate on green fruits in leas than ear load lota from Gatea to Portland waa reduced from 43 to 40 eenta a 100 pounds and between Gatea and Salem from 42 to 89 K eenta a 100 pounds. ' ' . ' The investigation was made on com taint of A. H. Hudson of Gates. Tile Company to Improve. Salem The Salem Tile A "Marcan tile company is preparing for an unua oally busy season. The company will nm its factory both summer and win ter and will enlarge on the preaent quarter so aa to mora than double the previous output Five thousand dol i.ra will ha aoant on tha plant making It tha beat in the state, and capable of tUini rtsVoVtlfViw; ITHE te olQrsfoator - f"yj Kckereou Wc ende rw1 Hejruolds, her t o'Coaniir.- KeUna Dru OI nia""" aoieraon, .i i i , - - NlebolMamUll we oereiiiaKar of Oresnii, ysn are Station Hair Brushes, C Bath Bn -- 'gtjfi: have Deeu"" um!r . . , WOOL GROWERS OBJECT. : Charges are Made Against (( H s O'Brlsn of Wallowa Raaerve. i Baker City Trouble between the sheepmen of this section and the -forestry officials bas reached an acute atage and there is every probability that Itbe grievance of tha Baker-Union Counties Woolgrowers' association wl'l be ap pealed to the officiate at Washington. A meeting waa neia in wis ncy between K. II. O'Brien, of tha Wal lowa reserve, snd District Forester Chapman, and tha woolgrowers of tbis section. Tba growers allege thst last year the officials agreed to allow on toe Wallowa reserve 126,000 sheep from Wallowa county and 150,000 from Baker and Union counties, but only 6S.00O sheep were admitted ' from Walla Walla and 69,000 from Baker and Union counties. The sheepmen new aak that tba original limit ba es tablished again snd the larger Dumber of sheep admitted. , Serious charges are made against &. H. O'Brien, of the Wallowa reserve, the sheepmen believing and .intimating that Mr. O'Brien's business interest, his relationship commercially, socially and financially ara of such a nature that be is unduly influenced In matters pertaining to tba ranget The sheep men demanded of Mr. Chapman that they have a bearing on these allega- complaints were reduced to writing' and Mr. Chapman took the ease unoer ea visement It is generally believed that tba meeting ia merely tba founda tion for an appeal by the sheepmen to Washington, r- r- 1 Stockmsn Will Orgsnlze. Labevtew A meeting bas been call ed for February 25, by the stockmen of Lake county, to talk over the pro posed formation of a stockmen s asso ciation. Tbis meeting will be held at the court bouse in Lakevisw. One of the speakers will be Forest Supervisor Guy M. Ingram, of the Fremont na tional forest While Lake county baa been one of the beat stock . counties in the West there baa been little effort on the part of stockmen to get together. Franchise to LakavTew Company. Lakeview The Lakeview A Pine Creek Electric company haa been granted a franchise by tba common council here, to run for 33 years. Tbia is the second company that ba been granted a franchise by the council since November 1. The former company boilt many mile of line and set a eon- sidwsble number of poles for further extensions. ...-.' ?.!. -, t . Bg Profit on Fsrm. Tillamook The 168-acre , farm known as the old Mills place on the Wilson rivsr waa sold laat week by Joseph Durrer to Ben Jacob for $21,- 000. Mr. Durrer bought tnia ranca three ' years ago for $8,000. Mr. Jacobs baa been a renter of the ranch for tba peat three years, and knows what it will produce. This speaks well for Tillamook county real estate. Will Plow by Steam. Stanfield M. A. Mills haa ordered a 70-horse power traction engine, which ba will uaa in farming hi large ranch. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track pricee Bluestem,' $1.16; club, $1.07; red Russian, $1.04 1.06; valley, $1.06; 40-fold., 11.10. Barley Feed and brewing, W 28.60 ton. Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36 ton. Oats No.l white, $31(ii81.50 too. Hay Track price Timothy: Wil lamette valley, $1920 per ton: East ern Oregon, $2122; alfalfa, $17(S18; California alfalfa, $16 17; clover, $16: grain hay. $17(7118. Fresh Fruits Apples, xi.Z5(i3 box; pears. $1.501.75; cranberries, $89 par barrel. . Fotatoest Carload buying prices Oregon, 7080c per sack) awaat pota toes, 2i(l'2Jc per pound. 1 Vegetablea Artichokes, $1.26 per doxen: cabbage. $2 per hundred; cauli flower, $1.75 per doxen; celery, $4 per crate; sprout, 9c per pound; aquaaa, 2c; tomstoea., $S.253.60 per crate; turnlpa, $1.25 per sack : rutabagas, $lft1.26; earrota, $1; beets, $1.25; paranipa, $1. - ! Onions Oregon, $1.50 per sack, Butter City eraemery extras, 87 S9c: fancy outside creamery, 8637c per pound; store, 200f22c Butter fat prices average l)c par pound, un der regular butter pricee. Egge Fresh Oregon ranch, 2829c per dosen. ' l Pork Fancy, ll(fil2 per pound. Poultry Hens, 17kdi!18c; springs. 17W6il8c: ducks! 20(i23c: geese, IS (d)1 4c; turkey, live, 23((i:24c; dressed, 27ffJ30c; squabs, $3 per dosen. Cattle Beat steers, $5.60; fair to good steers, $4.6l(a5; strictly good cows, $4.60; fair to good cows, $3.75 4; light calves, v $55.60: heavy clve $45; bulla, $3.603.75; stan. $301-4. Hogs Top, $99.25; fair to good hogs. $8.60(ij!8.75. Sheep Beit wethers, $5 60; fair to good wethers, $4.60M6; good ewes, $4.76(0)5: lambs, $6fi)6.50. Hops. 1909 crop, prims and choice, 2021Ke; 19u8s, 17.e; 1907a, lltfc Mr nound. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623c per pound; mohair, choice, 256 ;. Caseara bark 4 H paan4 ' Hide Dry hide, mm X per pound: dry kip, 18)l8Ke; dry calf skin, 19((i21c; salted hides, . 10(Ji lOHc; salted calfskin, 16c pound; green, Ic leas. CALHOUN DEFENDS WOMEN. Thinks Maids snd Mot here Need aa , Much Consideration a Birds. Springfield, III., Feb. 11. William J. Calhoun, United State Minister to Chins, ' appeared before the Supreme court of Illinois today,' in appeal to have that body overrule a dec ia ion bear ing upon the ten hour day for women. Judge Tutbilllast July beld the law limiting the working day to ten boors unconstitutional on the ground that it infringes on women's right to contract for tba hire of her labor. Minister Calhoun was one of the large number of Chicago men and ire men opposing the decision who ap peared before the Supreme eoort The minister to China told the court that be would confine hia addess to a singls phase of the case its humanitarian or commonsensa side. "I am not a radical or a socialist or an anarchist," be aaid, "and I don't even belong to the so-called 'uplift movement,' of which we have beard so much recently. - But I do take suffi cient notice of some of the abuse which exist in this highly snd artificial ly developed civilisation of our, and which call aloud for correction. "In the doctrine of the freedom of contract there 1 more of fiction than morality. When men and women are dependent upon their daily wages; when they are face to face with pov erty all the time; when the loss of a day's work and a day's wsge mean not enough money to pay rent or not enough to buy food, it i not fair, it is not common sense, to say that they en joy any freedom of contract for tba aale of their labor. ' ' "Many women in their straggles for food and shelter, yea. and for life itself, ara willing even eager to work long boors every day in the week and every week in the year, year hi and year out, until their bodie break under the train. But the wishes of such women iboold not be allowed to militate against the welfare of woman kind and mankind in general. When a woman, be aba maid or mother, baa worked in factory ten long hours, i haa tailed the limit the laws of this country should allow. 'But should the selfish desire of a few men to sell goods, to grind out more orders, be allowed to stifle the needful demand of maidenhood and motberboodT" States Attorney Wayman, of Chi cago, who also asked the Supreme court to eat aside the ruling of Judge Tutfaill, declared that tba legislature should have power to protect human beioga. aa it baa the power to protect animate. 'The legialatura, we are. told, baa no right to protect women from the ne- sity of being loreed to work 24 hours a day." he aaid. "Yet it can protect quail and grouse and prairie chickens. It ia an absurd legal propo sition." ' Attorney Haynie, representing the Illinois Manufacturers' association, ar gued for upholding the decision of Judge TuthilL MRS. SAGE SCATTERS MONEY. Distributss Thousands Among Charit able Inatitutlon of Texa. Galveston, Feb. 11. About ten or 12 eleemosynary institutions and charita ble eoeietiea are the beneficianee of the Ruaaell Sage millions in amounts ranging from $00 to $26,000 by res- son of a visit from Mrs. Russell Sags toTexaa. She denied herself to all newspaper Interviews. Major Slocum, aald to be her nephew, with his wife. ia accompanying Mr. Sage. The reported contribution to char itable causes amount to something be tween $140,000 snd $160,000, but the list is not complete as there are sever al donations ranging from $500 to $3,000 not given out A charitable ward in a large boa- pita in El Paso is to receive $25,000. An orphan aaylum in Uvalde county gets $20,000, and a sanitarium fund for tuberculosis patients near Brackett- ville will be swelled $25,000; Del Rio home for bo me lea children receives $15,000. and $10,000 goes for a sani tarium at Boame and Pecos, and $16,' 000 for a hospital for consumptives. Queen Lil Gives Up. Chicago, Feb. 11. Ex-Queen Llliu- okalani, of Hawaii, arrived in Chicago today from Washington, where aha made her laat and futile plea to bava congress compensate her for the crown landa which were taken from her by the United State government at the time of the ialand revolution in 1893. Discouraged in bar mission and broken down in health, the former ruler, who has reached the age of three score snd ten, is going back to the land of her former splendor, where the people still call her Queen. V ..... . Each Laavaa Big Estate. San Francisco, Feb. 11. Through a petition for letter of . administration filed in the Superior court here today it was learned that three members of the same family bad died within a per iod of ten days, each leaving an estate valued at $10,000. The wife and mother, Mrs. Theresa Kane, died first snd she was followed to the grave three daya later by the husband and father, Patrick Kane, while James Kane, the 53-year old son, was the last Big SR.000,000 Melon Cut. Philadelphia. Feb. 11. The share holders of th United Gas ft Improve" ment company, at a apecial meeting here today voted to cut a $9,000,000 melon. Tbey agreed to a 10 per cent dividend, payable In stock; Cotton mills now under construction or about to be constructed in. the South represent an outlay of about $20,000, 000. Berlin Bakery and rOFFPP HOI ISP Everything New and Clean. Try our Coflee and Cake. HOULTON OREGON TSa. di. weiens paitery All Kinds Of Pies, Cakes, Bread T. E. RAMSEY, Propr SINGER SEWING MACHINE Oldest and Most Reliable A Machine That Hag Stood the Test of Time and la Used Throughout the World d1A Is It Worth Your White to Save f 1 C P 1U Either of These Sums? tj) It) 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-tc-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. Stylish. jt seeds ef t year foot SILVERWARE Full Line Rogers' Bros, and other celebrated manufactu'rs. FANCY CHINA 'WARE 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 R MORGUS .14 'M" RED CROSS SHOES I Carry a Complete line of these fine shoes. They are the best of the good ones. Serviceable. Low Priced and W s '' In Tezaa. ' ... 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