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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1911)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK jluings of the World at Large Told in Unci. General Return of Important Event Pretentnd In Condensed Form fur Our Duty Readers. It ia i 1 thu senate I,orimer inves gatiun it costing thu country $750 .r dy. Juclk-n llonlwell acruae McNiim- n'l lawyers of t ry i n if to circumvent i ruling. A Swedish count ha arrived in America to help l nephew win un kiwrtrsn heiress. One hundred anil two American war assembled for naval review in L York hurtKir. Juwph I'ul itzcr. the deceased Jour- liilt, left II.IMm.llim 10 round liool of American journalism. A Chinese imM'ril edict promise rount ry a constitution, a cabinet ithout noblemen, and pardon to all rtttll. A California prospector wa caught vthe leg ly a fail of rock In a pro sct hole and held a prisoner for aev- f diy, till death ended hit uffer- Aviator Fowler crashed Into tho ind atiind when alighting at Tucson, nmnt. Tho machine was toped i I barbed wire fence and nu one u injured. A convention of the W. C. T. U. at .Itraukee lint ilM'lortl emphatically unit hi'h heelt and hobble skirt, lomplete control of railroad by the irritate Commerce commission and rvtiral elimination of state commis- n in foreshadowed by a recent Su pine court decision. In i;in soldier are pursuing a war titirniinntion on Arab sympathiz- of Turkey, men, Women at.d chil- lii tliko being lined up and phot an kt is they are raptured. erna and the Dr. Wiley hat convicted a Spokane re. of selling adulterated vinegar. Some ia faring a coal famine, the c having already reached $10 a 3. A California man hat grown fine f't in plain beach aand, without galion or fertilizer. Herrafter soldier confined in guard for minor offense will not be k'.ched by armed guard. Tnrkt furred the fighting In recent .'tgrnirnU with Italian, and the r ire in need of reinforcement. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat -Export basis: Rluestcm, , club, M)f.Hlc; red Russian, : valley, Mc; forty-fold, 82c. Millstufft Bran, I23.H0 tier ton: Mings. $.11; altortt. $24.60; rolled k!ey, $:u.i.3fi. orn-Whole, $33; cracked, $.14 ton. 't -No. 1 white. $30.60t.3l Un. Play- No. 1 Eastern Oregon, timo- '. $171.1H; clover, No. 1 valley. "ll6; alfalfa, $l:if U; clover, $11 -; Krain hay, $ Urn; 12. Hey-Feed, $31 per ton; brew : nominal. ;reh Fruits I'eachea, 3S'd.65c per peers, 7.1c (i $1.75 per box; pet, 7.WJOC per hoi; applet. $1.15 perboi; cranberries, $'J.2l(C 1 per barrel ; cataba $l.762 per ; huckleberries, 6V(,7c per pound, otatoe - Oregon, lc per pound; ''rt potatoes, 2c per pound, 'niont-Oregon, $1.25 per hundred. "tetanies Artichokes, 75c er 'n; beans, 6(1 10c; cabbages, 4z Jc pound; cauliflower, 60(n,76c per corn, 2rd; 30c per dozen; cu txra, $l(,il.25 per sack; egg Int, 6hi,Hc per pound; garlic, lOralze Pun(l ; lettuce, 40(i 86c per dozen ; h"UHe lettuce. $1 tier box: pep- 6Vit tie per pound ; pumpkint, H wishes, 124c dozen; sprouts, H l-r pound; squash, ljci lic per n; tomatoes. fi()c(n$l per box; Put, f I 'r iwr i.rlc tiirnlna.fi! , - - - i - i ' ' ' $1.76; parsnip. $1.25. Sultry ... Mens, 14(dl4,c; springs, ''4''; durks, young, 16(((16c; i lU'o 12c: turkev. alive. 20c: feil, choice, 2c. K - r reHh Oregon ranch, candled, lilc per dozen. "rk- Fancy, 9(i 10c tor pound. fl- Fancy, l.'l(n:Klic per pound. P 1SX l crop, 414(.i42ic; olds, mat. r1' - FaHtern Oreirnn- lfle ner aCPOriliniF In V. r t n L ir u V B I . br('17c per pound; mohair, 3f 37c. Wle-.Choice) trs !K 40oi R.75 : $ri.2r(,R.in! f.ir i,iK.25: ""n. $1.75((;B; poor. $3.76(a4.60; ''t cows, $4.B0((t4.75; fair, $lr( ' common, $2.60(((,3.60; extra c "payed heifer. $4.75w.B; r heifer,, $4.5O((t4.60 ! cholct) $3.B0((i3.75: srood. $2.75h3: rr")n. $2(-(.2.50: choice calves. l7.50; good, $7((S7.1B; common, s: choice tttgt, $4.60((t4.75; ' -25(,i,4.60. "Kt-Choice ligght hogs, $7.3509 i Rood to choice, $701.7.25; fair, ""1; common, $8016. 50. eep Choice yearling wethers, ? wmd, $.1. 600(3.85; choice ;inK wothert, east of mountains, ''"3.4((; eholro twos and threes. "'1-25; choice lambs. $4((i4.35; choice. tl',i I K unllev 3-75(,,4j culli, $303.60 GOVERNMENT BEGINS SUIT AGAINST STEEL TRUST Trenton. N. J.-The government' "ok -pianneu suit breuk up the t. T ,ru,,t" wa. begun here 1. 1 u BUl"" t;'r,-"'t court. It It the moat aweemnir nti.t...u tlon ever Immght by the department of juatice. 1 1 r M,"r,"n' Andrew Carnegie, "eiuiir. t.. II. Gary v " - ctcnwaii ami other promi nent in banking and induatria circlet re nameu at aerenilanta. I'lrect connection i charged by the Ki.cmni-nt iinween me aU-e corpora tion and all the large railroad and steamship lines, Standard Oil com pany, me l'ullman company, Int tional Harvester Western Union Telegraph company iiueriocKing directorate are Maid to nave given me steel corjs.ration trol over trade and commerce The steel corporation's provided can cellation leaaes on (Ireat Northern ore properties are declared illegal and non-enective until January, 1'J16. The steel corporation' acijiiiHition of the Tcnneasee Coal & Iron property ia declared illegal. K. II. JIary and II. C. Frick are al leged Ui have misled I'resident KMse velt when he permitted the absorption of the Tcnneasee Coal & Iron proper tiet in 1908. "Cary dinner" are declared to have been all powerful in suppressing comjietition and the obligation liens Usm participant characterized a even dearer than life Itself." The government ake not only the dissolution of the United States Steel corporation, but the dissolution of all conxtituent or subsidiary companies, which are alleged to have combined in violation of the law to "maintain or attempt to maintain a monopoly of the steel busine-. " Thirty-six suhsidary corporations are named as defendants. J. I'ierpont Morgan, John I). Rock efeller, Andrew Carnegie, Charle M. Schwab, George W. I'erkins, K. H. Gary, John I). Rockefeller, Jr., Henry K. Frirk, Charles Steele. Jamet Gay ley, W. II. Moore, J. H. Moore, Ed mund C. Converse. I'ercival Roberts, Jr., Daniel J. Reid, Norman B. Reim, P. A. II. Widenerand William P. Pal mer are named individual defendants. RAILROADS LOSE POINT. Requetttd Commerce Court Dtniet Rate Injunction, Washington, D. C At the con clusion of argument in the Pacific Coast cases, the Commerce court de clined to grant a temporary injunction in the Salt Lake case at the request of the transcontinental carrier. The Interstate Commerce commis sion ordered the transcontinental rail ways to adjust their rates to Utah and Nevada pointt so at to avoid discrim ination in favor of Pacific Coast term inals, to become effective November 15. Those decisions by the commission involving the construction of the long and thort haul provision of the inter state commerce act were reserved for decision, but the Salt Lake case, in j which the railways had asked for an injunction restraining the commission from putting into effect it order was derided by the court adversely to the railways. BONO ISSUE $100,000,000. AO ' DR. ANNA SHAW. RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION. FLEET HEADS FOR CHINA. American Battleships to Scene of (Revolution in Far f&tt Ixjs Angeles Their stay in Los An geles harbor cut to three scant days, the floating fortresses of the Pacific fleet will be rushed from this port to Honolulu or Guam, where Admiral Chaunrey Thomas will await orders for a dash to Chinese waters to pro tect American intvrests or to join the foreign fleets In a movement of inter vention. The plan originally an nounced by the secretary of the navy was that the entire Pacific fleet would lie outside the breakwater at San Pe dro for a period of two weeks. It is not considered probable that the full strength of the squadron as sembled on the California coast will be sent across the Pacific, as the tor pedo boat and destroyer would not be required in the clash or service the fleet will be called upon to face in PANICKY MANCHUS FLEEING PEKLN Fear Race Feeling May Precipi tate Massacre. Women Adopt Ditguitet Americans Hold Section ot Wall 6,000 Troops Mutiny. to Santa F Plans to Ute Immense Sum In Improvement. Topeka, Kan. A $100,000,000 ad dition to the capital stock and a $100,000,000 bond issue were author ized by the stockholder and directors of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad in their annual meeting here. This bring the capital of the road to $481,4X6,000. A big part of the convertible bond issue will be used for improvements, according to state ments made by the officers of the com pany. The purchase of the Garden City, Gulf A Northern railway, a line be tween Garden City and Scott City, Kan., wa approved. Also the pur chase of a part of the Southern Pacific between Needles and Mojave, Cal. Army Penalties Relaxed, Washington, I). C. Under a new policy inaugurated In the past year in army regulations and guard duty man ual, soldiers who commit offense which mean their incarceration in a guardhouse hereafter will be permit ted to discharge their duties as pris- oners wunoui ino vigilance i armed guard. Another important change affecting army prisoner i the establishment of a probation system, which allows the offender to be re leased after serving one-half of a sentence of ten days or more. Eddy Cult Held Menace. Washington, D. C A vigorous at tack on Christian Science was made at the annual conference of Unitarian churches here. Kef. George R. Dod- . . w I 1 tats son, Of ou lUl, cnaratwni "a menace to the country ana mj na tional life," and a "fanaticism.' Rev. Howard N. Brown, of Boston, said that Christian Science was sim ply an "offshoot of religion." and that Christianity was on trial for its life as not before In years. Beach Sand Grows Wheat. ryA..u n.ach. Cal. Sixty-four four-inch heads of wheat are produced from one root as the result of experi ments conducted by J. G. Buxton, of this city. Buxton desired to prove thnt good wheat could be grown in beach sand. The sand ho used was treated in no unusual way. and wheat planted in it was grown without mu ter, fertilizer, or cutlivation. 1 Amoy, China Placards have been posted on the city gates announcing that the revolutionists intend to take the city this week. The people of Amoy are further ap- Chinese wafers. The light draught prised that if they surrender peace gunboat and unprotected cruisers, ' fully order will be preserved, if not no however, probably will be included grantee of order would be given. among those to tail to the new rendez-. voiis. as these are most suitable for PekinThe 8ituation in Pekin mittf in th nvrfi nnil tht mnil hnr- bora of China, where missions are to Scorning worse. A veritable panic prevails among the Manchus, and j the Manchu women are adopting Chi- ! nose dress. Some of them are at j tempting to make their feet appear smaller by peculiarly constructed , shoes. Alost all departing trains are drawn So heavily are they lie protected and reconnoitering expe ditions landed. PRICE FIXING CHARGED. Chicago Butter and Egg Boards Un der Federal Inquiry. Chicago Government agents have j by two engines, nearly completed the gathering of data to be submitted to the United States grand jury in an investigation of the Elgin board of trade and the Chicago Butter and Egg board, to ascertain whether those organizations have controlled the prices of butter and eggt in violation of the Sherman act. It is said that documents have been submitted to the investigators by a Chicago commission firm, tending to prove the contention that the law is violated. Price sheets, copies of Be- loaded that tne people are Bitting on top of their household belongings. Officials are seeking asylum for their wives and children among the foreign ers. Prior to the revolution the news papers frequently cried out agaisnt the presence of foreign soldiers, but the natives are now fleeing to them for shelter. '.The presence of 15,000 Manchu troops insures the safety of the cap ital for the present. The only danger seems to be from a sudden attack cret by-laws and other papers said to have been obtained. A senate committee investigated these organizations two years ago, but nothing resulted. Subsequent to that the government brought suit to end the Chicago Butter and Egg board from maintaining its butter and egg quotation committees, in violation of the Sherman act. Call Convention Soon. Washington, D. C The call of the Republican national convention, to be issued by the national committee De cember 21, will provide for 1.0H4 dele gates, to be increased to 1,072 if Ari- ozna and New Mexico become states before the convention is held. The increase from 9S0 delegates, which comprised the Chicago conven tion in 11KI8, is the result of reappor tionment by congress, which increases the size of the house of representa tives from 391 to 413 members, or 415 with the two new states. are 1 against the throne and officials, which might precipitate the threatened mas sacre by the Manchus. Race feeling is becoming intensified. The price of provisions is still rising and a large number of foreigners are entering the legation quarter. The legation guards are preparing for emergencies. The Americans had sandbags piled on the corner wall, which is now under a strong guard. Picturesque movements of the Manchu troops through the city gates occur silently after nightfall to prevent ex citement among the population. Rumors are current that the emperor has been spirited away and that Prince Coffin Is Man's Pulpit. Central ia, Wash. James Ax tell, of the Centralis Salvation Army, is not squeamish as to how he attracts a crowd, but the method he adopted here was an unusual one. Axtell was placed in a cotlin at the hall and car ried down Tower avenue to the princi pal corner of Centralia. There he was "resurrected" for the regular street meeting, after which he was again placed in the coffin and carried back to the hall, where, from his coffin, he preached on "A Voice From Hell, and What God Thinks ot Centralia. Ching, who is too old for flight, has committed suicide. There are many such stories. They may or may not be true. The American legation has issued orders that the women and children living along the Pekin-Han-kow railway and also in the country to the west of the line shall proceed as soon as possible to the coast. deck Miss city, Couple Wed on Warship. San Diego, Cal. On the after of the cruiser West Virginia Pearl B. Lee Sturtevant, of this and Axel E. Tangren, shipfitter on the vessel, were married in the presence of 600 officers and men of the warship and two or three score civilian visi tors. The ceremony was performed under a canopy of flags. Rev. L. N. Taylor, chaplain of the Pacific fleet, officiating. The West Virginia's band furnished music. Niagara Rapids Braved. Niagara Falls Captain Klaus Lar son, of Detroit, made his second Ni agara river trip in a motorboat from the cataract to Lewiston. He com pleted the six-mile trip through the turbulent water In 25 minutes, coming through without a scratch. Larson says he is through with Niagara ad ventures, but next year will make a trip across the Atlantic in his boat, the "Niagara." As the Niagara entered the whirlpool Larson was caught in cross-current and almost drawn into the vortex. 'Ancient Fortune Divided. San Jose, Cal. The family of Dr. Thomas A. Pen-in, a physician of this city, say advices just received from Brantford, OnL, has established claim to $4,600,000 in the Bank of England, which has been lying idle there more than 200 years. The fortune will be divided among nine heirs. A sister, Mrs. A. Craig, of North Dakota, gets a ninth share and two nephews and three cousins, if found, will! get half million each. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE CENTRAL ROAD REPORTS. Net Operating Revenue of S4.063 Shown by Statement. Salem The Central Railroad of Oregon has filed its annual report with the State railroad commission, the re port showing operating revenues amounting to $22,959 and operating expenses totaling $18,901, or a net operating revenue of $4,053. Taxes accrued are shown to be $1,159, leav ing an operating income of $20,499 The road carried revenue earning pas sengers to the number of 31,602 and 2:1,014 tons of freight. The l'ullman Car company earned from operating $1,664,543 from all lines which are in or which enter Ore gon. Oregon s proportion on a mile' age basis, after deducting earnings purely local to other states and the proportion of interstate earnings which did not touch Oregon, is $395, 746. This proportion includes the gross earnings from purely local busi ness in Oregon, which were $100,933. Taxes paid in Oregon were $5,380. The operating expenses for the entire line in or entering Oregon were $1, 1 13,560, Oregon s mileage proportion of the operating expenses being $274, 353. The total net operating revenue for the Northern Express company was $560,401, the business as far as Oregon is concerned not being segre gated. WOOD EXHIBIT IS MADE.' HAZERS DISCIPLINED, John Day Headquarters of National Forest Gathers Collection. John Day The headquarters of the Malheur National forest at this place is preserving the exhibit made at the Grant County fair and will make it permanent. Already an excellent col lection of trees, woods and plants of the Malheur forest has been made and it will be added to constantly until the showing of Eastern Oregon woods is full and complete. When fully gath ered and classified the exhibit will be of considerable value to scientists, stockmen and lumbermen. this part ot (.astern Oregon is one of the finest regions in the world for the study of geology, as the forma tions are more varied and perfect than in any region yet discovered. It is probable that a complete showing of the various geologic formations will be added to the forest service exhibit at a later date. 8.000 SHEEP SOLD AT $2.25. Market Price in Klamath County Is Showing Improvement. Lakeview One of the largest stock transactions which has taken place in this section of the country for some time was the sale by David Elder to O. T. McKendree of 8,000 head of ambs. The price was $2.25. The ambs will be delivered at Klamath Falls, from where they will be shipped to markets on the coast. For a time they will be fed at Merrill, where the new owner has arranged for their care. lhe average weight 01 the ambs is about 60 pounds. The fact that the price is better than the market has shown lately, and for such a large number of animals, is regarded as tending to show better conditions in the market than have prevailed of late. The disparity in price which has existed between cattle and sheep has been rather discourag- ng to sheep ranchers, for while cat tle have commanded high prices. sheep have been a drag on hte market even at low figures. CATTLE CORRAL IS BUILT. Lukt Walker Constructs One on Klamath Reservation. Merrill The largest cattle corral in Klamath county has been built this this fall on the Indian reservation, on the David Copperfield ranch. David Copperfield is an Indian, and the cor ral probably will become his, although built by Luke Walker, a white man, who has put in scales for weighing cattle, with the understanding that when he takes the scales away the big corral will remain. . The Copperfield ranch is on Whiskey creek, five miles from Yainax, in the Klamath reservation. The ranch lies just at the foot of Black Hutte, about three miles from the mouth of Sycan river. Mr. Walker has taken out a permit for five years trading on the reservation, for which it is said he paid $250. Railroad Buys Land. Marshfield Announceent that 420 acres of land in the west part 01 North Bend has been purchased by a railroad company has given the people f that city much encouragement in their hopes for a railroad. There is nothing definitely known as to the purchase, but it ia claimed that either the Southern Pacific or the Coast Railroad, represented here by H. M. Summer, has bought the land. The tract lays along Pcny Inlet, where there is a large amount of level land which would be suitable for terminals. Five Agricullural College Sophomores Receive Penalties. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis Two men suspended for the re mainder of the year and three made to offer public apologies was the punish ment meted out by the student council at the college on account of the hazing of freshmen, which occurred last week. Those who are suspended until the fall of 1912 are Fred F. Glen, Port land, and Mont Oliver, Seattle, Wash. John F. Forbis, Portland; Freeman Mason, Pasadena, Cal., and Lester T. Hutt, Yamhill, made a public apology before the faculty and students gath ered at convocation. The men are all members of the sophomore class. COOS TAXES ARE OBJECTED. County Will Have All Timber Lands Cruised tor Taxes. Marshfield Many objections to the assessment on timber lands will be presented to the board of equalization of Coos county by the Coos County Tax association. The tax association is composed of many timber owners in this county. They will object to the' whole assessment on the grounds that in many cases the assessment has been raised when it should not be and that many tracts are assessed without equity in comparison to the land. All of the individual cases will be brought up and besides the tax associ ation several companies owning tim ber will also have objections to pre sent to the board. The county has cruisers at work now cruising all the timber in the county with a view of making a more equitable assessment. In the townships where the timber has been cruised by the county there have been advances in the assessment of about $2.50 an acre. MARSHFIELD MINE SOLD. Millicoma Development Company Will Sell Coal, Marshfield The Millicoma mine, on the east side of the bay opposite Marshfield, which for the past two years bas been developed by J. A. Ward, has been sold to the Millicoma Development company, a new corpora tion organized by local men. The de velopment work of the mine is prac tically finished, and it is the intention of the company to put coal on the Coast market. The concern has 430 acres of land. under which it is estimated that there are 10,000,000 tons of coal which is claimed to be of as fine qaulity as any procured in this country. The build ings and tramways have all been built and a shaft 275 feet deep has been sunk thus far. It is possible to load the coal from bunkers along a deep channel, so that ocean-going vessels can take on a cargo at the mine bunk ers. It is also the intention of the company to lay out a part of the land into residence tracts which will over look the bay. DAM BUILDS AT CHERRY. Hold Over 70 Acres of Water Will Lumber Company's Logs. Forest Grove Construction work on a huge dam across the Tualatin river at the new townsite, Cherry Grove, will begin at once by the Lovegren Lumber company in the southeast sec tion of Washington county, a few miles from the town of Gaston. This dam, which will contain more than 70 acres of water, will float the logs of the company, from which millions of feet of the finished lumber will be produced. The company recently completed its railroad into the timber-belted district and is now erecting a temporary mill, which will have a capacity of 60,000 feet per day. As soon as machinery from the East can be obtained and in stalled, a permanent mill will be es tablished, capable of sawing 150,000 feet a day and employing about 350 men. Trout Fry Transfer On. T. J. Craig, chief deputy game war den, has begun transferring between 250,000 and 300,000 trout fry from the Minam hatchery, in Wallowa county. nto Wallowa jake. The work will occupy about a week. The annual distribution of trout fry began several weeks ago, with the transfer of some 300,000 fry from the Bonneville hatch ery to different streams of Baker and Umatilla counties. The distribution of fry in the Deschutes river will be gin as soon as the work of stocking Wallowa lake is finished. Marshfield Lowlands Filled. Marshfield The lowlands of the ity In the north part of Marshfield are rapidly being filled by the govern ment dredger Oregon, which is at work here under Engineer Leefe. The north end of Front street, which was formerly a plank bridge, has been filled for a distance of several blocks. bulkhead has been built all along the water-front, and lowlands owned by individuals will be filled. Lake County Builds Roads. . Lakeview Work on three new roads in Lake county will begin at an early' date, the county court having acted favorably upon petitions presented by the voters and taxpayers. The trio of . highways to be improved Is composed , of the one from Paisley to the Harney county line, via Albert lake; one ; through Bullard canyon to Mud creek, on the Warner valley route, and new road to give settlers along the shore of Goose lake an outlet. Silvertide Catch Gains. Astoria The catch of silversides, which was light for several days, has shown improvement in the past few days, following the change in the weather. Not only the gillnetters but the traps and seines have been doing well. The Miller seining , ground is reported to have closed a few days ago, but now that the catch is increas ing, it may resume operations.
