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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1911)
boot Hf EVENTS OF TUB VVKM ks of the World at Large I old in unci. in New York City irt Resume of Important Eventl Prtiantod In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. N .... .ml Kunaia have settled all mi sna counter war. ii estimated that burglar have IJillll.UOU If June 1- Sm-ialixt mayor of Mil waukre, hu been sued fur slander by t of tht' I ircuit court. ui Kruttschnitt predicts chaos llirrlman I i i-aa If demand of rail (roluyea are granii. nr parties of strikebreakers are iout'tiV nurrieq ncai, prmum operate me iiimmin unea in of a iirike. kurrirane ami high tide combined hirlftn., S. C, caused the of five ihtsoiis and Immenae Tty damage. it destroyed the buildings of the Northern mint?, In the Blue Lrdiitrict of Oregon, and started wtruui forest lire. . a. ... . a 1 1 F I L ernnicnl roou r.xperc vtrney naa ,d green orsnges from market, California; growers rear to ship fruit Kant, lest It be confiscated. Chinee stesmer la en mute to t'nitwl States with 72 young Chi tudents sboard. including two rfl, all oi wnom are coming o id American schools. llciala declare that all prerautlona mi by law were fully observed In moving picture theater at Canons- Pa., in which Z8 ieople were in a panic following a falae of fire. n salmon pack on the Columbia for the aeaaon ia estimated to be tc.ouo.ooo. a painting "Mona Lisa, atolen tha Louvre In Parle, la aaid to been taken to Belgium on ,-ht train. Krt. Jane Dowie, widow of the lata 4r of Zion City, will atart new njr at her aummer noma near uhall, Mich. barrel of oil exploding in tha of a mine at Ely, Nev., cauaed ieath of aeven men and aerioua in to three othera. PORTLAND MARKETS, fcVat New crop, blueatem, 83(t t club, 7i,80c: red Ruaaian. 78c: I ff, 7i.H0c. IlillitulTa Bran. S24.60ot.2S per : middlinr. $12: ahorta. 125.60 l; rolled barley, $30.60lS1.60. turn-Whole, 33; cracked, $34 per luley-New, feed, $28(l,28.60 per E. Brewing, tM'il 33. U-0ld white, $27 per ton; new, T-Timothy. valley. $l!W(.16: al- ',$11; clover, $8.6041); grain I'J.Mh.i 10. rih Fruits Cantaloupes. $Un.2 crate; peachca, 65cfi $1.25 box; trmelons, lc pound; plum, 90c 1.76 crate: prunes f 1.75 box: new pjn, $1.752.60 box; blackberriea, 'U.75: pears. $1.25tl.75 box: "baa, 2.25i,2.60 wr doien; Ps, I1.60W.1.65 ner box. Vegetables Beans, 6ll0c; cab- $2 per hundredweight ; com, mc er dozen; cucumbers, $ld(. 1 per lark; eggplant, 6ri8c pound; lie. 10r. I2c iKiund: lettuce. SlHri riin; hothouie lettuce, $1.25w. per box; peppers, Pfn.lOc pound; luhea, 124c dozen; tomatoes, 90ct 25 box; new carrota, $1.76 per ! turnips. $1.25; beets, $1.76. lotatoea Oreiron. Urn He ner M; sweet potatoea, 4J(n,6c per 'inq. Onions 'Walla Wnlla. 11.75 ner hdred. ' i'oullry-Hena. ISrtilRJc: anrinira. h du. k-i, young, 17c; gocite, 11c; wy, i8.. ijc. Gutter-('it v rremnorv ten 1 anil """id printa, in lM)xea, 81c iwr "". leu than box Iota, cartona and I'erv extra "K r'renh Drucrnn ranch. hlle.1, 2.;r dozen. ""K- Fancy, lojotllc per pound. val - Fancy, lSni.Uc per pound. ""!-l'.lll contracta, 40(i41c per "w; l'JIO eron. 3S(r.40c: li0 P, 27c- i.l.l. l1,.,on. ""l-Choice Kaatern Oreiron. 9((C c P"r ixiiind, according to ahrink- Hey, 15r17c jter xund; mo- ohoico fin.. t7i- Cattle- Kxtra choice ateera. $5.60 y6: good, $5.2,r(d.5.60; choice $l.f,ll(,l I 7R. ij or... 1 ro. '"5; choice bulla, $3.50f,i 3.75 ; falvea, 200 pounda and under, Kfw" J"10 ; K'K,1 40 cho,c clvea. W" " ! Common tJ.. KhnlM RMl.5(if,(J.75; Knodt 4.'2rfil 4.50. , r.xtra chn Ice liirht hoca. 1W"8.2li: chol- n,.i, 7,i79K '"f'UKh, $fl.2r,(,i0.fio. 8wen-Ch,U ,i .u in ii!'. ! ch",c two ,nd thr,,M' 1! i. mountain lamha, il u .R; ""' l ley lamba, $4 RECIPROCITY STIRS CANADA. Speakers Allige American Products Will Flood Market. Ottawa, Ont. Report coming in rum an ani oi . atiaila ihow the In tenaity of tha election druggie now under full headway, and reflect aim the poaition and progrea of the var loua elemenU on tha main laiun, reci procity between Canada and the Unl- iea siatea. Although the campaign come whili harvesting I at ita height, conven tlona and political meeting are draw I n IF ,,uno. ...... II I . . uiiuarHiiuieu ior size. It ia conceded that a greater nercen. tags of votes will be pollod than ever ueiore in l anada. Keciprocity haa continue.! the il,,m inant iaaue since I'remier I.aurier and Opposition Leader llonien made their Initlul addreiaes. Since then Mr. llonien haa remained in Ontario, NK-aking duily, while .I'remier Laur. ier, after one Ontario meeting, hus awung over ine r renoh-Canadiiin prov ince of Quebec, where he has been ad dressing from one to two meetings each day, including Sunday. Meantime the premiers of various provinces and other leaders have been arraigning themselves on the firing line, rremier Whitney, or Ontario, I'remier Mcliride, of llritish Columbia. and I'remier Hazen, of New Druns- wick, have taken the stump in oinwsi tion to reciprocity, and to the return of the I.aurier candidate. Clifford Si f ton, formery a member of the Laurier ministry, is holding meetings in Ontario, at which he denounced the reciprocity agreement. The grounds taken for and against reciprocity are shown in the reports coming from all sections. The fight against reciprocity is made on both economic and sentimental grounds, The opposition speakers declare that agriculture in the United States is so much better developd than it ia In Canada that the Canadian farmer will be swamped by the arrival of food products from the United States. Con servstive papers have been printing offers Jfrom alleged American fruit, dairy and provision firms to sell cheees. fruit, vegetables and other provisions to Canadian dealers at leaa than the prevailing Canadian rates, as soon aa the reciprocity agreement ia confirmed. PORTUGUESE NOT UNIT. With Divldsd Party, Nation la Facing Crisis Strikes Added Menses. Lisbon The political aituation in Portugal is taking a aeriou turn. The Republic party ia completely divided. The advanced element, under the lead ership of Alfome Costa, provisional minister of justice, and the conserva tive section, under Antonio Almeida, provisional minister of the interior, and Senor Camacho, "declared open war at the elections for the presidency, the moderatea winning tha day. The difference in the strength of the two sections is not great and Pres ident Arriaga ia devoting all his en ergy to conciliating the rival factions, but the chancel of hia succeeding are not considered easy. 'MONA LISA" CLEW FOUND. Cherbourg Police Say Two Man Want Aboard Ship With Panel. Cherbourg In connection with the search for the painting, "Mona Lisa," which disapeared last Monday from the Louvre at Paris, the port police have reported to the Paria headquar ters that, on Wednesday last two men carrying two frame canvasses separ ated by wooden panel, aailed aboard the Kaiaer Wilhelm II for New York. They think that possibly the panel concealed the painting "Mona Liaa." The authorities in Paria have been ad vised. Rome Visitors to the gallery at ilia Carlotta, on Lake Como, recent ly have remarked the disappearance f a copy of the painting "Mona Lisa," executed during the lifetime of Leonardo DaVinci. No one konws ,hat became of it, and the newspapers uggest a connection between its co isttppcarance and the menj OIH In Lynching Plot? Lincoln, Neb. Misa Eunice Mur phy, living on rancn near Loay, Neb., is wanted by the atate authori ties on the charge of having incited the murder of her sweetheart, Charles Sellers. Sellers was hanged the dghtof June 18, by Kenneth Murphy, the girl'a brother; Harry Heath, her cousin, and Alma and George Weed. Miss Murphy Is suposed to be at In- pendence, Mo. Requisition papers have been issued. It is alleged that h rxoected to inherit his property. Msn on Log Dsfiss Rapids'. SaultSte. Marie, Mich. While 6.- tiersons looked on James rollocK, riverman, of Tower, Mich, shot the . Maries river rapids on a log. ror feat he received $35. In a canoe ith Indian guides. Pollock was en to the head of the rapids. ix nutes later, after having neen lired about the thousand gigantic boulders and often obscured from iew, he emerged from the rapids ithout a scratch. Girl Toised Overboard. Holland, - Mich. Angered, he said, because Grace Lyons, of Chicago, broke her promise of marriage, wai ter Hopper, of Chicago, attacked her . . . tt Im ... i .ft- on board the steamer i urumi - lake and tossed her overboard, iter L I. waa tint 'fftrVlVH rm.. Newi of the IMrtl V Wain tragedy was flashed by wireless and officers were waiting for Hopper when the boat reached tha aoca. VICE PRESIDENT OF HARRIMAN SYSTEM. WHO IS HASTEN ING WESTWARD FOR CONFERENCE WITH WORKMEN. 000 a St hi w tak m w DO Jii.its hiiirintioirr. ' MEN ARE TREATED FAIRLY. Kruttschnitt Say Harriman Lines Should Be Praised. Omaha Julius Kruttschnitt said when here Saturday forenoon on his way West that the strike question rested wholly with the employes of the Harriman linea. In an interview, Mr. Kruttschnitt declared that the matter of a strike on the Harriman system waa up to the men and that the railroad had never refused to confer with ita employes. So far aa we are concerned, said he, "we are having no trouble with our men. We are paying the best wages of any road in the country, and notwithstanding that business has been bad for months, we have been carrying on our payrolls a large num ber of people not needed. We have always treated our men with fairness, and at the present time are paying out annually between $300,000 and $400, 000 to superannuated employes." Mr. Kruttschnitt refused to discuss the question of reorgnizing the feder ated labor organization. Ue would not express an opinion aa to whether or not the present retrenchment move ment on the Harriman system had reached ita limit. It all depended upon business, he asserted. In this connection, Mr. Kruttschnitt declared the Harriman lines should be praised for deferring the cutting down of their forces so long, rather than be blamed for doing it now. Other roads, he said, had been laying off men for months. WAR'S GLORY EXPENSIVE. Alsace-Lorraine Comas at SI. 000 an Acre to Germany. Paris Thomas A. Edison, the American inventor, sees no glory in war, but be believes the coming of the aeroplane haa put an end to it. "As I look at the historical monuments of this city," he continued, "I fail to find any bargains among them. The Arch of Triumph does not impress me, for I alwaya see beside it another and greater atch, thousands of feet high, made of the phosphate of the bones of victims sacrificed for Napoleon's per sonal glory. Conquest costs ; it never pays. For Alsace and Loraine the Germans have paid more than $1,000 an acre, and they thought they had gained it free; and their little march around the Arch of Triumph waa in the end the costliest promenade ever made. "But this well-assumed war lords vocation has come to an end. The German Emperor's spasmodic twitch- ngs are but the death throes or the conquest business. There are too many newspapers and schools in tne present day of civilization to allow of the antiquated methods of those over ambitious men who, hiding behind their selfish aims, in a loud cry for the glory of their country force ruin on their people. "Anyhow, the war game nas Deen Coait Guns Hit Targets.1 Fort Stevens, Or. The 12-inch mor tars were fired in full service target nractice. using a 1040-pound projec tile and firing several thousand yards to sea at a rapidly moving target towed by the steamer r'irnance. Out of 10 shots fired eight were hits. This is a phenomenal record for mor tars, one hit out of 10 being consid ered fair shooting, bcause of the fact that mortars are fired several miles in the air Bnd under most difficult condi tions. Mortars are fired at one-minute intervals. Burn Judge in Effigy. Seattle United Statea District Judge Hanford waa hanged in effigy Saturday by crowd in front of Dreamland rink at a mass meeting to protest against his action in issuing a temporary Injunction in the trouble between the Seattle, Renton & South ern railway and its patrons In the Rai nier valley. Judge Hanford issued the injunction restraining passengers and the city from Interfering with the company' efforta to collect extra fare. Miner for 8-Hour Day. Denver The executive board of the Western Federation of Miners went on recofd In favor of the Hurd eight-hour day law and authorized vigorous campaign to keep the bill from being referred to the people. spoiled for good by the perfection of the aeroplane. I have been told as a fact that France was able to enroll in one day 1,200 airmen for the aero plane branch of the army. This tempered in no mean way the position taken by Emperor William in the Mor rocco question. Think of the effect of a fleet of 1,000 aeroplanes, and thev can get more than 6,000 of these air engine for the price of one dread naught,. All the great destructive possibilities of the. aeroplane are dwarfed by the moral effect on popu lations caused by the fear alone of indiscriminate annihilation." FIVE KILLED BY COLLAPSE OF UMPQUA VALLEY BRIDGE Roseburg, Or. Five men were al most instantly killed and five others were injured, four of them seriously, when the big wooden bridge spanning the Umpqua river in Coles valley, 18 milea northwest of Roseburg, col lapsed and fell into the water, a dis tance of about 60 feet All the killed and injured were member of the Douglas County bridge gang, and had been at work repairing the ill-fated structure for about three week. With the south end of the bridge in tact, the crew began removing the false work to the opposite end of the structure to replace some defective eyebeams. They had only partly completed the task when the whole span suddenly quivered and an instant later crashed to the water below. The entire crew was removing the floor planking when the collapse came, and none were able to escape. The injured were cared for by neighboring farmer and doctor were rushed from Roseburg and Oakland in automobiles to the scene of the disas ter, where everything possible wa done for the injured men. The five bodies of those killed, were also recov ered by farmer and taken to Rose burg for interment. . The bridge consisted of a single rpan 332 feet long, and waa built in 1891. at a cost of $22,000. A steel bridge will probably be built in ita place. FINDS NEW RACE. Part Elklmo, Part Scandinavian. Yet Know Neither One. New York Finding of a race of people never before included in the books of anthropologists, race that is Eskimo in habits and Scandinavian in physique, by Wilhjmar Stefasson, leader of the American Museum' sci entific expedition, may solve two or more historical mysteries. This strange race, inhabiting the Arctic region of British America, never had seen an Indian or an Eskimo, the ex plorer says in letter received from him in Brooklyn. Railroad Hospital Aided. San Francisco Mrs. E. II. Harri man has given $50,000 to Dr. A ins worth, chief surgeon of the Southern Pacific system for the establishment and endowment of a bacteriological and pathological laboratory for the benefit of the employes of the com pany. This announcement was made by Dr. Ainsworth, who said the labor atory would bo in the Southern Pacific general hospital in ban francisco. Negotiations are now on to engage an expert from the Rockefeller Institute, of New York, to take charge. Oil Trust to Reorganize. New York Arrangements are be ing made, it was announced Thursday, in the reorganization of the Standard Oil company to provide for holders of fractional shares of stock in the Stan dard's 33 subsidiary companies. The earnings of the corporation continue at the rate of more than $80,000,000 a year. Attorney for the company are now engaged in reorganizing its con stituent companies and electing offi cer and directors. Two Frozen on Mountain. Colorado Springs, Colo. W. A. Skinner and his wife, of Dallas, Tex., were frozen to death near the summit of Pike' Peak Thursday. Their bod ies, almost covered by anow, were found side by side by a man walking down the peak. Skinner and hi wife had started to walk to the top of the peak. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE GOOD OF CHILD IS AIM. Alderman Urge Importance of Hy giene in School Study. Salem A shorter course in tech n I cal grammar, complete course in drawing, nature study, agriculture, industrial work and music and manual training, opening with course of study in physiology and hygiene, in which special emphasia ia laid on prac tical hygiene, are some of the features in the new course of study for the schools which haa been prepared by Superintendent Alderman. The man ual of the revised course of study will be ready for distribution about Au gust 30. Clean finger nails, well brushed hair, shiny shoea and clean clothes are other recommendations. In commenting on the new courses the superintendent says: "In carrying on the work outlined in this course of study I hope the teachers of Oregon will, first of all, look to the health of the boys and girls. See to this then, if there is any time, teach the other work offered in this course. The primary object of the study of physiology in our sschools sh iuld be to teach an intelligent care of the body." Teacher are advised to return to the old-time recess of not less than 15 minutes during the morning session and again in the afternoon, but it is said that the recess will do no good unless the teacher makes supervis ion of the playground serious part of the day's work. The more simple facts of sanitation are expected to be taught. In speak ing of this Mr. Alderman says that it is of more value to the boy who ex pects to live in the country to know that the well should be dug in a place where it will not receive the drainage from the barn or the closet than to know the exact number of bones or muscles in the body. The teacher are also advised to teach this work by examble as well a by direct method. The school grounds and the outbuild ings are to be cared for; the interior of the buildings should be kept clean, and, where the buildings have not special ventilating system, every win dow is to be provided with window board, so that the children may have an abundance of fresh air. INDIAN HOPPICKERS BUSY. Grower Near Chemawa Say Aver age Crop Is of Fin Quality. Chemawa Hoppicking has begun in this locality in the Lewis Savage yard. This yard is being picked by the Indian pupila of the school, aa it has been for the last 12 or 15 year. In addition to this yard the Indian boys and girls will pick the George Savage yard, the McNary, the Bent Jones and the Yerkes yards. The demand for help in the hop yards come from mile around, and the schol authorities are able to sup ply but a small proportion of those re quested. The Indiana are very clean picker, and the high prices this year will require that the bop be picked extra clean. The girl of the school are taken to the yards early each day in carryalls and hayracks, chaperoned by the teachers of the school. Their noon luncheon is sent to them and they re turn in the evening to the school for late supper. The boys are sent out to the yards in charge of an employe and go into camp, remaining until the yard is picked. They take along a camping outfit, and each day meat and bread and fresh vegetables are sent to them.' The hop this year are only an aver age crop in this neighborhood. The quality of the hops is excellent. SCHOOL FUND LOAN OUT. Farmer In State Quick to Borrow on First Mortgage. Salem Within 15 day the state board received appplication for over $260,000 worth of school fund loans and as a result it has been necessary for the board to again shut off appli cants. This condition indicates that there is an immense demand for money throughout the state. All loans from the school fund are made on first mortgage farm lands and the loan cannot exceed one-third of the value of the property. A limit of $2,500 is placed on the loans. The board has been passing favorably on those loans which are for $1,000 and less, as a greater num ber of people will be served this way before passing to those applications which are for larger amounts. It prob ably will be several months again be fore the board will announce itself as ready to receive further applications. Yamhill Ha Heavy Timber. McMinnville A cruise of the tim ber lands of Yamhill county by the assessor's office has revealed a quarter section of fir timber that is generally conceded to be the peer of any other quarter section of timber in Oregon and Washington. This body of tim ber lies on the north fork of the Yam hill river and contains 94,700.000 feet of saw timber, valued in the county assessment at 60 cents per thousand, which total $51,400. Eeclss Get Government Pin. Portland One hundred million feet of white pine timber located in the government timber reserve In Sumpter valley has been awarded to W. H. Ec cles & company, of Ogden, Utah, on a bid filed by Mr. Eccles in June last He has just received notice of the award from the department n Wash ington, D. C SOIL EXPERT IS HERE. H. W. Grunsky. of Medford, to In spect Oregon Farm. Medford The United States de partment of Agriculture ha recently a)igned ore of its experts in Irriga tion, H. W. Grunsky, of this city, to conduct aerie of investigation in one or more of the many promising agricultural districts east of the Cas cade range. The irrigation investigation office has gradually extended its field of operations frjm small beginnings, 15 or 20 years ago, until now it has corps of trained engineers invading each of the states west of the Missis sippi river as well as many of those east. Of all the "office and branches of the department of agriculture there is perhaps none more directly helpful to the condition of the individual farmers and the districts in which it operates than this office. Mr. Grunsky has opened an office at 530 Beck building, Portland, and is anxious to get in touch with all in terested farmers. "My first duty," said Mr. Grunsky, "will be to decide just where to oper ate, and what lines of investigation will be most helpful. We do not care to throw ourselves into the arms of disinterested parties, but will go where, other things being equal, we receive the best welcome. The funds at our disposal are limited and we need the co-operation of wide-awake farm ers who are willing to meet a half way in experimentation. Some of the most probable lines of inquiry open are: The amount of water to be ap plied for the best economic returns; time and number of applications; effect of water on soils and effect of irrigation on different crops with re spect to a particular locality." SHIPPERS GET REQUEST. Northwest Fruitmen Granted "Stor age in Transit" Rata. Portland Fruit shippers in the Northwest were granted the long-prayed-for "storage in transit" rate by the varioua railroads operating out of this territory. This information was received in Portland by telegram sent by Frank W. Robinson'general freight agent of the Harriman lines, to Harvey E. Lounsberry, assistant general freight agent. All other road have advised their local agents of the arrangement. In effect the new rate will be 10 cents per hundred pounds on apples sent from anywhere in the Northwest to any Eastern destination, in addi tion to the regular published freight rates. Storage will be permitted at any main line point subject to local conditions, such as switching charge and warehouse rates. This arrangement will give the Northwest dealers advantage of the Eastern market as soon as possible after favorable prices are quoted. A. shipper will be able to bill hi fruit through to his Eastern market and store it at any convenient point. When the market i aufficiently at tractive he will be able to continue the movement to destination. This additional charge of 10 cents will enable the shipper to take advan tage of the through rate. Otherwise, if he desired to store his fruit so aa to be near the market he would be re quired to pay the combination of local rates. APPLE CROP TO BE LIGHT. Hood River Growers Expect Only Half ot Last Year. Hood River "If the demand for small-sized apples, which prevailed throughout the markets last season, continues this year," said Charles R. Castner, county fruit inspector, "Hood River growers will find a ready market for their products. Because of the desire of the consumer to be able to purchase small-sized fruit last year, the local orchardists have not done as much thinning this year as last." W. K. Newell, president of the state board of horticulture, was in this city and met with the different fruit men, marketers and growers. Estimates of the valley's product this season place the crop at between 60 and 60 per cent of last year's. The Apple Growers' union is distributing among the growers estimate blanks. These probably will be in before the middle of September, and then it will be possiblle to make definite estimates. Citizens Improve Own Harbor. Tillamook Without government aid, and relying solely on their own resources, residents of Nehalem have undertaken the construction of a jetty at the mouth of the Nehalem river, which will give them excellent harbor facilities. At a cost of $50,000, a jetty from the south shore of the Ne halem, extending 2,000 feet seaward, with a solid wall of rock rising from 10 to 30 feet above the river bottom, will be built. Canal May Be Rushed. Oregon City President Hedges, of the Oregon City commercial club, has received telegram from Representa tive Hawley giving the information that no further congressional action was necessary in connection with the construction of the canal on the east side of the Willsmette river at the falls. Mr. Hawley is of the opinioa that the -work will be started soon.
