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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1911)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of (he World at Large Told in Brief. General Reiumt of Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Spokane high school girls will limit cost of graduating gowns to $10 each. The timber ouptut of Washington for the past year is estimated to be worth $54,750,000. Representative Underwood, of Al abama, has declared against the in itiative and referendum. A free ship bill in congress may de feat the combine against an Atlantic Pacific steamer line via the Panama canal. John D. denies that he took any un . due advantage of the Merritt brothers in securing title to vast mineral de posits in Michigan. A gigantic smuggling plot has been revealed whereby hundreds of Chinese have been brought to Chicago and New York from Canada. Governor West, of Oregon, has com muted the sentence of another murder, and asserts he will not allow capital punishment so long as he remains in office. I. W. W. disturbers at Aberdeen, Wash., attempted to rescue some of their number from jail, but were routed by streams of water from the fire hose. A Portland justice court decided that a willow plume is a necessity of lift for a woman, and a dry goods house in that city is unable to enforce " payment for the ornament. A French newspaper correspondent with the Turks at Tripoli says that city is in a state of seige, and that the Italians have not made any material progress since the war started. Los Angeles women hold the balance of power in the politics of that city. Persia begs the powers to interfere and prevent the aggressions of Russia. Alarm and distress increase in Seat tle as the water supply rapidly disap pears. James J. Hill ex tolls the wonders of the Pacific Northwest at the Chicago Land show. Millions will change hands in Los Angeles at the coming election if the Socialists are defeated. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Export basis: Bluestem, 83c; club, 80c; red Russian, 73c; val ley, 80c; forty-fold. 81c. Corn Whole, $37; cracked, $38 ton. Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings $31 ; shorts, $24 ; rolled bar ley, $35"i36. Oats No. 1 white, $31ftr32 ton. Hay No. 1 Eastern Oregon tim othy, $18rnl9; No. 1 valley, S15ril7; alfalfa, $13. 14; clover, $Ufril2; grain, $11 r'i 1 2. Barley Feed, $32.50fa33 per ton; brewing, nominal. Fresh Fruits Pears, $1.251.60 per box; grapes, 50cw$l; cranber ries, $11.50't 12- per barrel. Apples Jonathans, $1.50ri2.25 per box; Spitzenbergs, $lr.;2.60; Bald win, 75cr $1.50; Red Cheek Pippin, $ 1.25ft 1.75; Northern Spy, 11.25ft, 1.75; Winter Banana, $2ft,3; Bell flower, $lft 1.25. Potatoes Buying prices: Bur banks, $0cft 1.20 per hundred. Onions Buying prices, $1.15 sack. Vegetables Artichokes, 75c dozen; beans, 5ft 10c; cabbage, lftljc per pound; cauliflower, 50cft $1 per dozen ; California, $4 per crate; garlic, 10ft 12c per pound; lettuce, 75cft80cper dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1.25 per box; pumpkins, lftljc per pound; sprouts, 8';9c; squash, lifarjc per pound; tomatoes, G0cft$l per box; carrots, $1 per sack; turnips, $1; beets, $1; parsnips, $1. Butter Oregon creamery butter, solid pack, 37c; prints, extra; but ter fat. lc less than solid pack price. Poultry Hens, 10ft 12c; springs, 10ft 12c; 'ducks, young, lCft 17c; geese, lljftl2c; turkeys, live, 18ft 20c; dressed, choice, 22Jft24c. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, 50c per dozen. Pork Fancy, PJft.Sc per pound. Veal Fancy, 12Jft 13c per pound. Hops 1911 crop, 44ft 45c; olds, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, 9ft 16c p-r pound; valley, 15'(j,17c; mohair, choice, 35ft 37c. Cattle Choice steers, $5.45ft5.85; good, $5.30ft4.45; fair, $5.15ft,5.30; choice cows, $4. 50ft 4.85; fair, $4ft, 4.25; common, $2.50ft3.50; extra choice spayed heifers, $4.50ft4.60; choice bulls, $4.25ft 4.50; good, $4ft 4.25; common, $2ft2.50; choice cal ves, $7.2r,ft7.50; good, $7ft7.25; common, $4" 5; choice Btags, $4. 50ft, 4.75; good, $4.25ft4.50. Hogs Choice light hogs, $.75ft 6.85; good to choice hogs, $5. 60ft, 6.75; fair, $6.25ft6.50; common, 6ft 6.25. Sheep Choice yearling wethers, coarse wool, $4ft5; choice yearling wethers, east of mountains, $3. 40ft. 3.60; choice twos and threes, $.1.20 8.35; choice Iambi, $4. 60ft 4.75; good. $4ft.4.25; valley lambs, $3.75ft, 4; culls, $3ft,3.60. NEW TRIBE FOUND. Eskimos Who Resemble Europeans Sea First White Man. Edmonton, Alberta After spend ing three and one-half years on the Arctic trails of the wilds of the far North, J. C. Melville has returned to civilization. One of the tribes of Es kimos that he visited had never seen white man before. These people show many traits com mon to the European races. They probably are actual descendants of survivors of Sir John Franklin's two ships that were lost in these regions in the middle of the 19th Jcentury and never heard of again. Another theory is that they are the descendants of the Scandinavian set tiers of Greenland, who in the middle ages had to move from that conutry and proceeded along the Northern coast of the American continent and finally settled among the tribes some where in the vicinity of where they were found by the travelers. So great is the struggle for exist ence within the Arctic Circle, that the female infants are destroyed lest they prove too great a strain on the slender resources of the tribe. A mother will bring up one girl, and only one. If any other girl baby is born, it is ex posed to the cold to kill it. Boys, on the other hand, are regarded as an asset to the tribe. They can work and hunt and fish and forage for them selves. One result of this savage, though from their point of view, necessary slaughter of the females is that the men far outnumber the women and many of the former have no wives. He confessed that there are days in the Northern winter when he and the other white men of the party could not venture outside for any length of time owing to the severity of the weather, although the hardy Eskimos and Northern Indians pursued their hunting trips with apparently little or no discomfort from the bitter weather. TRUNKS ARE HELD. Customs Officers to Question Los Angeles People. New York Customs men of this port seized several trunks with valu able furs, laces, gowns and trinkets, which Miss Louisa Bradbury, a middle-aged woman, fashionably dressed, and said to be member of a prominent Ixjs Angeles family, brought into this country on the steamship Lusitania. Miss Bradbury wept bitterly over the atTair. She is not charged with at tempting to smuggle in goods, but she frankly said she purposed to make no declaration as to their value. She and her niece, Marion Winston, of Los Angeles, were questioned as to why they had delied the customs an thorities. After the hearing, deputy surveyor of the Port Smythe said that Miss Bradbury had given the excuse that many of her ffends had brought fore ign goods back from Europe without paying duty. She refused to give their names, but some-other source named several Is Angeles people who, Smythe said, will be summoned before the customs officials there. Thfe customs officials estimate that Miss Bradbury's goods are worth $4,- 000 here and she will have to pay this sum, plus the possible penalty of $1, 000, to recover her baggage. PLUMBING TRUST GIVES UP. Government Evidence Against Com bine on Coast Strong. Washington, D. C. The "plumb ing trust," which government officials say controls the sale of plumbers' sup plies in most of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast regions, has cap itu'ated to the department of justice and is seeking to avoid court proceed ings. Representatives of the trust will present their ideas of dissolution at a conference to be held later in the week. , The evidence against the combina tion, it was said, is strong. United States District Attorney McCormick, of I -os Angeles, who is familiar with the workings of the combination, has been ordered to Washington by Mr. Wickersharn to be present at the conference. Pirates Threaten Liners. Hongkong The West river is swarming with pirates and traffic to Wuchoo and Kwangsi province is ser iously imperiled. The steamships are greatly alarmed and are considering the suspension of service. They are continuing for the present with an armed crew. Much indignation has been arosed by the attack by pirates on the British steamship Shiuon a few days ago, when Chief Officer Nichol son was murdered. The people are becoming clamorous for intervention to put down the lawlessness Yuan Now Against Rebels? Paris The Pekin correspondent to the Temps nays that Yuan Shi Kai has again changed his attitude and has or dered a resumption of hostilities at Nanking, whither reinforcements have been sent. It is understood that he is again strongly ssupporting the dy nasty. The change is attributed to the rally in Shan-tung, and it is also probable that Yuan ran mare easily obtain the financial support he wants by breaking with the rebels. Japanese Reinforce Guards, Tokio A statement issued by the foreign office says the Japanese troops at Pekin and Tien-tsin will be rein forced immediately. Such reinforce ments are limited to one battalion of infranty and machine guns. I INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE CARE OF PATIENTS FREE. State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Will Start Publicity Campaign, Salem That physicians and people throughout the state generally are not informed as to the scope of usefulness and purposes of the State sanatorium for tuberculosis, was one of the conclu sions of the board having that institu tion in charge at a meeting held there, and as a result a campaign of public ity will be inaugurated, that informa tion along these general lines may tie disseminated. The sanatorium is an institution for the tubercular poor, and the cost of caring for this class of patients there is nothing. Members of the board are convinced that lack of knowledge has resulted in many poor families keep ing coses of tuberculosis on their hands because they believe that they can illy atTored to place the invalid in a sanatorium. The entrance requirements for pa tient into the state home are few and simple. The attending physicain vis its the county judge, and a certificate is issued that the patient is suffering from tuberculosis. The patient is then admitted to the sanatorium with out cost and is cared for there until a cure is effected. "Oregon's sanatorium for tubercu losis, although comparatively new, stands high among the sanatoria of the various states in the number of its cures and in its efficiency as an insti tution of this class, " said George F. Rodgers, a member of the board. "We are satisfied that a lack of knowledge of the uses of the institu tion has resulted in numerous cases being neglected, anil possibly in deaths, because people without means have thought that the cost of caring for the patients at a sanatorium of this nature would be too great for slender purses to bear. The cost is absolutely nothing, the aim and object of this sanatorium being for the tu bercular poor and to blot out as far as possible this disease among that class." The board found a large force of convicts at work completing the laun dry building, heating plant and roads and drives about the town. O. A. C Plans New Work for Farm ers' Short Course. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis A course in rural hygiene is to be inaugurated this winter at the Ore gon Agricultural college during the short course. A popular course of lec tures will be given on the factors fa vorable and otherwise to health in ru ral communities. Prof. T. 0. Heck with, head of the bacteriology depart ment, will give these lectures. "The farmer ordinarily gives far more attention to the health of his stock than to that of himself and fam ily," said Prof. Beckwith, shaking of the proposed lectures. "The point that the health of the people may be reckoned in dollars and cents to the community escapes the average citi sen in his mad scramble for more evi dent wealth. For example, it is com puted that the annual loss to the United States through human tubercu losis amounts to $800,000,000, which is approximately three-fourths the val ue of the entire wheat crop of the country. This immense annual loss, about 75 per cent of which is prevent able, is due solely to carelessness and ignorance of the most rudimentary rules of life and health. Of vsstly greater importance than the money lions is the pain and suffering, most of which can be prevented by a little care and knowledge." The short course lectures, which will be illustrated with stereopticon views, will cover such subjects as water supply (especially from wells) their location and construction as to health; sanitary methods of sewage disposal, the use and abuse of ceptic tanks; transmission of disease, such as tuberculosis and typhoid; Mies ami germ carrying; cause of colds and grippe and other epidemics. TO HAVE PUMPING SYSTEM OREGON HEN IS CHAMPION. Agricultural College Chicken Lays 259 Eggs in Ytar. Oregon Agricultural College, C'or vallis Professor Dryden, of the "poul try department of the Oregon Agri cultural college, announced at the close of a year's test that the college has captured the world's champion ship for maximum number of eggs laid in one year by a hen, the total number of egs laid being 259. The test just completed shows an odd coincidence. A full-blooded Ply mouth Rock and a Leghorn have tied for the world's record. The former shows a maxiumm of 27 eggs laid in October, while the latter does not run so high fur any single month, but falls below 20.eggs a month only in March. The former record of 251 eggs was held by a hen raised at the Maine ex periment station several years ago. Prof. Dryden says In reganl to this method: "This is a matter of breed ing, feeding and care. For example, in the same pen with the record Ply mouth Rock hen we had another Ply month which laid but six eggs dur ing the year. She received the same care and feed." DRY LANDS TO GET WATER, White Lake District Likely to Get Needed Irrigation, Klamath Falls Prospects for se curing irrigation in the district known as White lake, and across the Califor nia line in the valley lying along the Eastern edgevof Lower Klamath lake, seem very bright just now, as the Van Rrimmer Ditch company has made an agreement to permit J. H. Wise and others to use Water from the com pany's canal. W. S. Wiley, formerly attorney for the Klamath project of the reclama tion service, represents the new com pany formed to use the ditch water supply, which proposes to take about 50 cubic feet of water a second from White lake through the Adams cut to a point where it will be lifted by a pumping plant and then spread over the lands through two ditches. The lands to be improved lie in township 41 south, range 10 east, W. M., Klam ath county, and townships 47 and 48, range 3 east, M. D. M., Siskiyou county, California. Grant County Optomistic. John Day John Day arid Grant county are enjoying a revival of com mercial activity. The Sumpter Val ley railroad is expected to extend its lines to this point the coming summer, and many other improvements are pro jected. The promised railroad activ ity has stimulated activity at all the towns. Within the past few weeks several farms have changed hsnds, a restaurant has opened in this city, two livery stabels, a hotel and two meat markets have been sold, several build ings have been erected. Armory Nearly Ready. Dallas The new armory building is nearing completion and the con tractors say that it will be ready to turn over by December 1. The official dedication will not take place until the latter part of January, for ar rangements are making to bring the annual meeting of the National guard association of Oregon to this city then. TO TEACH RURAL HYGIENE. Electric Power to Ba Used in Irri gating Arid Land. La Grande Another plan of reclam ation of the areas of arid and semi- arid land in Grande. Ron le valley, one heretofore deemed impracticable on so large a scale, will be given tryout here thiswinter an 1 next summer. The Eastern Oregon Light and Power company, having operating stations all over Eastern Oregon, will carry on the experiments on 1,600 acres of land which the company controls in the heart of the few patches of land that are dependent on artificial water dur ing the summer. Mining engineers are on the ground ready to commence digging ami dril ling the first well. A distance of 50 feet downward, or where the water raises automatically, the diggers will construct a slum an underground res ervoir run at right angles to the shaft and extending 60 feet in each direc tion. This reservoir, or slum, will fill with water and act as a reserve pond when the drain from the pumps on the well is heavy. Electricity is to be used as power for pumping. TIMBER OWNERS FIGHT TAX. Forest Assessments in Coos Bay De clared to Be Too High. Marshfield The county judge has been notified that the Menasha Wood enware company and the Field Timber company will appeal from the findings of the county board of equalization in the assessment of timber lands. It is said that other timber companies will probably join in the movement. Representatives of several timber owners appealed to the county board for a lowering of the assessment of timber lands generally throughout the county. While some changes were made in individual cases, the hoard refused a general lowering of the av sessment. It was alleged by the timber owners in their original petition that the tim ber was not assessed fairly as com pared to the ranch land of the county. Has Novel Fish Screen. Gold Hill -Charles Kell, local black smith, has secured a patent on his fish screen for power and irrigation ditch es. The invention consists of a screen cylinder, rotated by paddles hung on the axis inside the screen. As the cylinder revolves it carries trash and drift over and down stream, prevent ing the passage of fish up the ditch. The invention is the result of the screening law, on the statutes of all western states, requiring all power and irrigation ditches to be effectually screened against the passage of fiHh. Law Will Ba Enforced in Future, Salem The corporation department of the secretary of state's oflico has declared that the law will he enforced in reference to the filing of annual re ports of corporations. A fine of $100 is provided for in the law on failure to file such reports. There are numerous companies that are from one to three years behind with such reports, and the department intends to clean them up. All of the companies so delin quent are being notified. Lower Columbia Poultry Show. Astoria The members of the I-ower Columbia River Poultry association are busily engaged in making prepara tions for their annual poultry show, which is to be held here from Decem ber 19 to 2L inclusive. The associa tion will accommodate 400 contestants. When mvkey CJ as TV- 5s ANTED, by a mar rled couple, una lonesome, homesick American. Must be alone In I-ondon and ric.trou of eating Thanksgiving turkey with couple from home. Address will t found at window l" Helen Graham turned after putting up her small sign on the wall of an American rendezvous In London and spoke to the man behind window P. "Now. Mr. (iray. you l" ba sura to send some very nice Americans to ni. won't you? 1 mi trusting entirely to your selection" The ever ready smile of the American cams to her lips and eyes. "Just fancy sny Yankee's being otherwise." laughed the Kngllshmnn "Hut I will routine my choice to two whom I think worthy of your hoapl tailty "Mow will you manage to tarn un desirable away?" questioned Helen, who was not quite sure ns to the out come of her unconventional schema for Thanksgiving guests "I shull ti lt tliciu Hint the Invitation hss already been accepted, Mrs (ira hnm " The KiiKlMimnn smiled. In bis turn. He was not without his own plans. "I do not contemplate ilffl culty " "It's awfully good of you to do this for me " Helen's eves reflected for a moment the wlstfulncss of her heart. "You see, at home Thanksgiving Is such a chummy, bite hearted and happy day that I Just couldn't stand It not to manifest a little good fellow ship. Mr. (Irslinm and 1 would have wept over the turkey. I'm sure " The bin lounging room of the ren deivous was practically deserted when Helen Uraliam ami her husband mads their way out on the Hnymarket. "What a change from the crowds In July!" remarked Helen. "All the better for our advertise ment." said Graham. "There won't he many applicants. I thouKht on wanted two guests?" "I do, but I put one down on tha add, so that they will not come In crowds. A single person Is mora like ly to bo loueaoino, anyway," sha fln Ished. "I'll bet you put dray up to sending a man and a woman." rhldvd Hob Graham as he assisted his wife up the wobbling stairs of a Kensington 'bus. In the meantime Margery Hornier walked leisurely along thu Hnymarket toward the rendezvous. Her erwt back and trim, artistic costume pro claimed her an Amerlran girl. And Hugh Gray, the man behind window I), was waiting for Margery Honner. He had selected her as one of the guests for Mrs. Graham's Thanksgiving dinner. Hhe had bnnn calling for her mall only during tha last three woks, but Grsy had discov ered her charm the very first time her big blue eyes seemed to coax him for letters. He looked up when sha stood be fore hlin. "I want several letters this morn Ing." she Informed hlrn, her lips part ing over a row of erfect teeth. "Seven letters. Miss Honner." ha said, giving them to her eager hands. "Thank you When I read these I'm going to ssk you about this." she said pointing to Mrs. Grnhnia's Invitation Bhe threw herself hnpplly on to the great leather-cushioned circle In the center of the room and became en grossed In news from home. Robert Ieitr swung In from tha street, his broad shoulders swaying under an Americ an rnln coat and his American eyes seeing everything with in range They lighted at sight of Margery Honner. And while her eyes wera lowered over her letters, Margery Honner's heart gave a little Jump when some body big and broad psaseil her on his way to window l. Hhe hnd covertly admired his clear cut lines and tha honest look In his eyes. Tha girl approached window D again. "Tell mo," she asked, "If you know anything about tha person who put this notice here?" The Englishman smiled his appro 1 of her directness. "A very charming little woman." be said quickly. "A Mrs. Graham. ' Hha and her husband sre strangers In I.on don and are simply longing for a friend on whom to lavish a generous impulse. "Where do they liver Ml., Honner had made up her mind. She wa h..-. sick and dreading the coming Thanks- K.....n away rrom all her puople. Hha reflected Hint no harm could possibly come of so discreet an offer. The address she got was k. own hoarding house In Kensington Robert lie.ter watched her leave swsy M,'P 1,1,0 "lb whlrl In his turn he addressed the clerk Iter w embarrassed, ha was un gelded ., , ,1I1W , vrvfRrt) ,iU an 'A? Mn """""ent Ha Milled blr -nli. f !,.. d. sir. In the a lltUI ll llll I I was bor. . great likl. jH sr 1 1 h ntatn I "Hha Is Miss thinner1 st without wsttrh, fur ths ,Lti When IXlter left 111, J rendesvous. he had Mrs Orsb.7 dress In his ' pocket Mi c ' down a certain notice which saL Vmr iu ma planning 0f . 7 1 Ins dinner. lttH On the last Ttmr.,1.. .. iu notj a tailcab whirled to the wrt beautiful little bom on Bl ) rosu. aiargery Homier ttt "1 in uainuw vi grsy chiffon Uk, Hha carried a huge bunch of rv? plclously Ilka American betuuti ' small suuare package. W "I received your note, Mlug,, said Mrs. Urshaiu ss .h. iiiutlBlra And Inf., I,.. . " ... .., her heart sha thanked Mr, (. tils excvllent choice. -And su, Ins to be even mora uncoontiij ! nisi iieuies, ana tftt quickly In order to hlda sny train. "I don't wsut Mr. Uu friend of my buslnml. to knot-1 "You are dear - u, think of aJ burst out Margery, " and u, ,!j brought you soma ronos" 81 rJ ui ii'mw uuuquei llllu ins Inns' hostess. "How sweet, Margery," un hJ snyiy. "Don't mention tt " "lleUm." put In Mrs. Gmha. "Holei!." finished Msrnryu cause they wera both btpy ifa laughter reached the two a , were already smoking ths ply friendship. "You must say 'hello Jrk"u, as wa get to the drsBJ prompted llrleu as tha two aVtceJ tha stairs. "Hallo, Jsck." cried Msnrtry W two equally good looking ms na their entrance. Jack Graham did not Ionian "Hallo. Mar)." he threw Urkiaf "you put on my favurlta noncJ you? Coma here and iwri IM teitr. Miss Honner Mr. Drtt They shook hands sn4 ktsrf eyes hid themselves lt bsNals surprise and yes. dcllgttf-at him. "Tall me." cried Msrtery siastf "have wa time to d ors'.llt J fully American, before dlostr? I fore anyone had antrl. ibt J away and back again with th fJ age sha had brought with It estanded It to lleUm "Oh. you dear!" There ) isj In Helen's voice as she kntH'S bosrs of shelled k(k orn to hw bna "I haven't stH-n any of th! far months ." Hha turned swiftly a bell and the maid apiars4 ftmt with soma long handled com There was a choky itnialloisl thrusts of all four wtita these) J3 Implements of Amerlcnn lift was and they hnd the effect of smU tha last barrier of ronvntlos sW , among tha new msde frlenilk "The siwirt Is rustic." crlad rkaf falling on her knees befors uw kf but I hive It!" "And these fires are Mssl, forsi ping." eiclalmed her hutband tn at tha bed of red coals. Hi "X Mi "Tha Sport Is Rustle." aown on nis unrm ri ... ..... . .,.,i.r! i1"! on, nimj, uv oa.m11 ter. fill this popiwr for Ml ""Tl Hob iKsiter looked at ths J hsppy fsces In the gl ot i-J .u. ' n ... mi Itlni In"1 n ..-n.. fr it r:tnr 01 vr roasted corn rmrstcd picture stsmpeu m-" ; . .... .-i.ttv ths trsw , xreraniiiu tna gin oesiiin mm .-nil", was clear cut like a cameo sJ shadows, una iw - hl gt met tha unguarded look " J and flush" not caused Df ' J mounted her cheeks lr ring Bis embnrrasameiit I him her popper. "Here." she snld. 7"u nothing-pop awhile. He took the long hni- her hand In the transfer. . Bo Intent was the lr,""Vt(J far had tha memories rv.M home land that they did n' J soft voice of Ihe maiu nounoed dinner. t .t l..t two In ths psw- J bad never been a ThankM'J nar more complete ul'lLi1 wings of tha turkey sun '. j ously .bout ths intrrchanf hearts In bis glee
