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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1911)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief! Generar Resume of Important Events Praaantad in Condanaad Form for Our Busy Readers, Premier Aaquith says woman suf frag ia a big political mistake. The French objection to the Moroc can pact waa beaten in the chamber of deputies. The aenate inclinea to expedite in very way the abrogation of the treaty with Russia. King George, now emperor of India, reviewed 60,000 Britiah and native troopa at Delhi. A Portland boy of aix yeara held lantern while hia father captured burglar in the house. The United States attorney general adviaea supervision of mergers by the bureau of corporations. The practice of giving eomplimen tary railroad pasaes ia to cease entire ly at the close of the year. Portland Elks will offer $10,000 in prises at their national convention and celebration in Portland in 1912. The president of the National Wool growers' association denounces Bryan aa a foe of the livestock men. A St Louis jury is "on strike' against the instructions of the judge and refuses to return a verdict. Ex-governor Gooding attacked the Pinchot policies in a speech before the National Wool growers convention. Archduke Henry Ferdinand, of Austria, would abandon his titles and heirship to the throne in order to carry the girl of his choice. Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher, a prom lnent Portland minister, who accepted a call to a Los Angeles church gets increase of f 1,000 per year in salary. The government hsb hatcheriea on the Columbia and tributary stream! re about ready to begin the planting of 21,000,000 salmon in Pacific Coast streams. Taft approved the commission's re port opposing Federal regulation of railway securities. British railroad directors have granted full recognition of the Rail road Workmen's union. Fire destroyed a portion of the buildings of Luna Park, at Coney Is land, New York, causing a loss of $160,000. Work will begin immediately on 13,000,000 irrigation project for the Silver Lake country, Oregon, to water 100,000 acrea PORTLAND MARKETS. CANTEEN IS ASKED. Wheat Track pricea : Bluestem, 82c, club, 79c; red Russian, 78c; val ley, 80c; forty-fold, 80c. Corn Whole, $37; cracked, $38 ton. Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $30; shorts, $24; rolled bar ley, $3738. Oats No. 1 white, $31 per ton. Hay No. 1 Eastern Oregon tim othy, $1818.60; No. 1 valley, $154 16; alfalfa, $13tf14; clover, $1112; grain hay, 1202,13. Barley Feed, 36C37 ton. Fresh Fruits Peara. 60c(?t$1.60 per box; grapes, Jl.Zwal.60 per box; cranberries, $11.60(0,12 per barrel; casabaa, $1.60 per crate. Apples Jonathans, $1.602.25 per box; Spitzenbergs, $1.(2.60; Bald win, 75co,$1.60; Red Cheek Pippin, $1.26ii&L75; Northern Spy, $1.264 1.76; Winter Banana, $23; Bell flower, $1.10rt;;1.60. Potatoes Buying price: Burbanks, 90cz,I1.20 per hundred. Onions jobbing price: $1.60 sack, Vegetablea Artichokes, 90c per dozen; cabbage, lw,Hc per pound; celery, 75c;l per dozen; cucumbers, $1.25,1.75; garlic, 8rttl0c per pound; lettuce, $2.60 per crate; peppers, Sdt, 10c per pound; pumpkina, lfr,lc; squash, llUlc carrots, $1 per sack; beets, $1; turnips, $1; parsnips, $1. Hops 1911 crop, 4345c; olds, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, 916c per pound; valley, laVWc; mohair, choice, 350?, 37c. Butter Oregon creamery, solid pack, 36c; prints, extra; butter fat, lc leaa than solid pack. Poultry Hena, 1414Jc; springs, 18(?14c; ducka, young, 160417c; geeae, 1301,14c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, choice, 23c. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, 42c. Pork Fancy, 80 9e per pound. Veal Fancy, 130(13ic per pound. Cattle Choice steers, $5.405.76; good. $5. 250i 5. 40; choice cows, $4.60 t4.75; good, $4.25to,4.60; choice apayed heifers, $4.750i5; good to choice heifers, $4.60Ot,4.60; choice bulls, $4.260,4.60; good, $40(4.25; choice calves, $70(7.60; good, $6o 6.60. Hbga Choice light hogs, $6.800j 7.10; good to choice hogs, 6.5007,6.70 fair, $636.25; smooth heavy hogs, $5.26(6.60. Sheep Choice yearling wethers, $40f4.25; choice twos and threes, $3.8501,4; choice killing ewes, $3.2604 S.60; choice lambs, $4.250i 4.60; good to choice, I40J4-2; calls, $3043.76. General Wood .Says Army Demand Restoration of Resorto. Washington D. C. Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, favors the restoration of the canteen to army posts. He declares in his annual report that the concen sus of opinion in the army ia that the canteen should be re-established. Oeneral Wood also makes some rec ommendations for the garrisoning Panama canal forts. He says it i necessary to provide garrisons to pro tect the canal and to insure its neu trality, and for that he recommends 12 companies of coast artillery, four regiments of infantry at full strength, one battallion of field artillery, one squadron of cavalry and some auxil iary troops. In recommending short-term enlist ments, the chief of staff says that the argument that men would not return to the colors in time of war ia "an unwarrantable reflection on the patri otism of men who have aerved the colors and returned to private life." General Wood opposed the bill pend ing in congress which would consul I date the adjutant a and inspector gen eral'a departments with the general staff corps. EPIGRAMS WIN REWARD. Girl Stenographer Unconsciously "Muses" Way to Promotion. Chicago Musings of a sten ographer employed by the 111 i noi Central railroad, jotted down in her notebook, came to the attention o the officers of the system, and a neat card bearing the epigrams so discov ered has been sent to each stenograph er in the service. The girl is Miss Helen Lee Brooks, who since the dis covery has found herself the secretary of the division superintendent at Mat toon, 111. Here are some of the epigrams on her notebook cover, which have been sent out: "The girl who prides herself on be ing a 'good fellow' ought not to com plain when men in the office take her at her word." "It's just as easy to boost as to knock, and it goes further." "It is the ambition of some sten ographers to go on the stage; of oth ers to be married; none wants to keep on just being a stenographer." As employers, some men are dim cult; all men are impossible." ELKS MAKE GREAT PLANS. Expect 60.000 Visitors and Delegates to Grsnd Lodge in 1912. Portland, Or. The Elks' Grand Lodge commission in charge of ar rangementa for the next annual re union to be held here in July, 1912, is preparing to entertain 60,000 Elks and visitors during the convention week, July 8 to 13. A canvass has been made of the preliminary reports received from the 1,300 lodges in the order and that vast multitude is re garded as conservative. Grand Ex sited Ruler John P. Sullivan, who was here last week arranging for head quarters, etc., saya Portland will have the greatest attendance ever gathered at one of these sessions. Indications now are that more than 100 special trains will bring the visit ing Elks here, and the railroads and terminal company have been asked to provide parking space for fully 1,000 Pullman sleepers for that week. LANDIS SCORES USURERS, Bank Clerks Who Stole to Meet Da mands Escape Lightly. Chicago Loan brokers were excori a ted by Judge Land is when he gsve light sentences to two young bank clerks who hsd falsified bank records to cover up a shortage of $500, taken to satisfy a debt to a "loan agent." A youth who earned $110 a month was sent to the house of correction for 60 days, and the other, a $60 a month clerk, waa fined 1 cent, which his counsel promptly paid. The money lender, Carl Carroll, who is also a lawyer, has been cited to appear before Judge Landis and show cause why he should not be barred from practice in the United States District court. Holly Forests Looted. Lot Angeles Armed with axes, hatchets and butcher-knives, thous ands of holiday parties from all over Southern Califroina invaded the hills about Los Angeles in search of holly to use for Christmas decorations. In stead of cutting off tops of the bushes, however, most of them cut close to the ground, with the result that thou sands of acres of holly-bearing terri tory were literally stripped and will never grow the desirable Yuletide de corations again. The matter will be brought to the Forestry department. Lloyd-George is Injured. London David Lloyd-George, chan cellor of the excheqaer, was aeriously injured when leaving a women a liber al meeting, at which he had just made a speech. A male suffragist hurled a brass- bound box at the chancellor, which truck him full in the face, cutting hia lip and badly injuring his eyea. A doctor who was in attendance on the chancellor said he had a narrow escape from losing the eye. Armed Arabs Menacing, Paris The Temps' correspondent ith the Turks telegraphed from Azizia under date of December 15 that thousands of well-armed Arabs have been concentrating there in the past two days. A body of noted Arab fighters arrived at Azizia on that date, after a 48 days' march. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE INDIAN LAND OPEN. Klamath Reservation Offers Rich Opportunity. Klamath Falls Agitation to have the Klamath Indian reservation form ally opened has led Superintendent Watson to say that the reservation u virtually open now and that no form al action needs to be taken. The con ditiona are somewhat different from those on other reservations whi have been opened in that nearly nil agricultural lands have been allotted to the Indians, snd the only acreage remaining unallotted is in timber. This does not mean that there is no opportunity for white men to acquire homes und property on the enerva tion, says WaUon, who asserts that it offers the greatest opportunities to the homesoeker of any reiiervation ever opened in the United State. There is no such thing as free land now. he says, and for thut matter never was, as in land openings only about 20 per cent of the applicants ever received anything and it usually cost them as much as it was worth before their aettlement was completed. According to an estimate made last year, there were 5,500,000,000 feet of standing timber on tho reservation and fully one-half of this is subject to application for purchase. Naturally most of this will be bought by lum bering concerns and manufactured It is asserted that this development will mean a big thing for the reserva tion and the northern part of Klamath county. At this time there are thousands of acres of the best sgricultural lands on the reservation for sale, says Watson. The best lands can be bought at very low figures. He says that a third of the farm lands around Modoc Point, and from a third to one-half of the sagebrush and meadow lands along Sprague River, belong to the estates of dead Indians. These lands were among the first to be selected and al lotted and naturally were the choice pieces. Application can be made at any time for their sale, and after ap praisal bids are advertised for, and the lands usually sold to the highest bidder. SLEEK GOATS TO PRANCE. Northwest Angora Association to Hold Show at Dallas. Dallas The Northwest Angora Goat association, in conjunction with the Polk County Poultry association, will hold their annual shows here from Jan uary 3 to 5, inclusive. Cash prizes and premiums have been offered by the promoters of the goat show, and many exhibitors have en tered or have signified their intention of displaying their choice animals. The committee supervising the goat show is made up of O. S. Grant, A. L. McDonald, H. L. Fenton, J. C. Guth ne, li. W. McKee ana W. A. Ayres In a letter issued by the committee exhibitors are asked to communicate with W. A. Ayres, Dallas, Or. Spe cial prizes have been offered to com pet i tors owning bucks ranging in age from 9 months up, and does with the same age range. rirms offering special prizes include William Brown & Co., Salem; North- west Angora Goat association; Ami-r can Angora Goat Breeders associa tion; Multnomah Mohair Mills, Port land; Angora Goat Ureedera' Journal, Portand; William Riddle & Sons, Monmouth; Angora Rug company, Salem, and the Oregon Agricultural ist, Portland. The Angora Goat Breeders' Journal also will give a year's subscription of the Journal to every exhibitor at the show and to every purchaser of an An gora buck. Space will be given at the show for the exhibition of sheep. Hillsboro Man Raises Peanuts. HillRboro F. A. Haines, of. Hilln- boro, has demonstrate! that peanuts may be grown for commercial pur- poses in the Willamette valley in the rich loam soil of the bottom lands. Mr. Haines, out of curiosity, planted some peanuts a year ago. The other day while digging in the garden he found the peanuts in the ground, fully matured and of good quality. It is generally believed that a sandy soil is required to raise peanuts, but it has been proved by several experi ments conducted by horticultural ex perts that the black loam soil of the Willamette valley river and bottom land will grow the peanut with sur prising success. Nehalem Harbor Improved. Nehalem With less than $50,000 ipent on the improvement of the Ne halem river bar, positive results have Iready been obtained, with the full assurance that a continuance of the work will accomplish what was de- red. 1 hose commercially interested In the vicinity of Nehalem subscribed the $50,000 to have the tortuous and ncertain channel straightened and deepened by the building of a jetty. This undertaking waa not looi.ed upon vnrahlv bv shinnlnir men. who con- lidered it waste of money. For Better Rural Schools. Corvallia The State Bankers' as sociation has named a committee of ix men who will have charge of the movement for improving rural condi tions, especially in the matter of edu cational facilities, so as to stem the tide of country boys an1 girls going into the cities, and keep them on the home farm, for their own future profit as well as for the best interests f the state and nation. EXPERIMENT FARM BUSY. Tka Buildinra Put Ud and 200 Acres Cleared of Sagebrush. Hurna The Harney County agricul tural experiment station, six mile east of Hums, has been a busy place since Superintendent Itreithaupt took rharire of it late in the summer. The entire 200 acres in the farm is now cleared of sagebrush and 100 acres of it has been plowed. Three good buildings are also prac tically completed a large barn, mosshouse and a residence. The barn is built in modern style, with hip roof, k'ivinir a good deal of loft room for hay; the messhouse is of good size and plastered on the inside; the residence is a larire bungalow and is to bo plastered. The water Supply for the building will be pumed by gasoline engine from a splendid well which was drill a few months ago to a tank built in the ground, and from this it will be forced by pneumatic pressure to all parts of the buildings. There will be interior washrooms and lavatories. which will be connected by tiling with a septic tank constructed on scientific principles. The clearing of the ground of sagelirugh was accomplished with a piece of 12x12 timber 24 feet long, shod its entire length with steel bar, to which ware hitched from eight to 12 horses, according to the size of the sage. The brush was mowed down and pulled out in most effective style. The land plowed this fall will be sown and planted to various crops and another lot of plowing will be done in the spring, to be sown and planted with the same kind of crops, so as to test the respective results. STATE COMMISSION BUSY. Railroad Body Meat and Secures Evidence at Union, Union -The State Railroad eommi sion hus been in Union taking testi mony in the case of the Central Kail road of Oregon. Clyde H. Aitchison and Frank Miller, of the commission W. C. Kurle, civil engineer; James W. Crawford, second assistant attor ney general and Aimer Jones, stcno grapher, made up the party. The Central Railroad of Oregon was repre sented by Attorney C. E. Cochran, of I.a Grande; the Commercial club of Union by 11. F. Wilson, of Union. Evidence was taken and it is un derstood that the commission will de cide the points at issue at the next regular meeting. I he repair and continued operation of the road from Union to Union Junc tion is one of the principal points at issue, the company having conceded that it was their intention finally to abandon that portion of this road and make Hot Lake the connecting int with the O.-W. It. & N. road. The members of the Commission then pro ceeded to Baker to take testimony rcl ative to the Sumpter Valley road. NATRON EXTENSION PUSHED. Work on Present Contract Hurried Depot at La Grande Half Dona, Fugene That work on the present contract of the Natron extension ia rapidly nearing completion is the statement made by F. R. Hamhlet, general office manager at Natron. Where three large labor ramps have been ma:ntained all summer. Mr. Hamblet says, there is now but one ballasting camp with about 50 labor ers. Une work train is employed in clearing slides, which have been fre quent, and in maintaining the track. I he depot building.at Ixwell i about half completed, and when it ia com pleted the contractors will move on to Jasper, and then toOakridge. Changes in the lines of the original survey east of Oakridge, which is the eastern terminus of the contract just being completed by tho Utah Con struction company, are being rushed, nd further contracts will be let within a short time. The next con tracts to be let probably will cover a stretch about 12 miles in length, and will be up the Salt Creek canyon. Oregon City Grows Fast. Oregon City That Oregon City had the most remarkable growth the past year in ita history in shown by a re port made by Miss Anita McCarver, who has completed taking the citv school census. Miss McCarver rcnort that 67 residences have been erected in the city since the census waa taken one year ago, and 100 homes have been remodeled since then. Not more than 25 homes have heretofore been the average. The increase in the attend ance at the Oregon City high school this season was 100 per cent. Oregon "U" Grsds Tesch. University of Oregon. Fuirene A. cording to the high school files of the state, over 100 graduates of the Uni- versitv nf Orecrrin an nna l Oregon high schools. They are repre sented in 45 separate high schools and in 22 counties, Eugene high school leading with 11 and the Portland schools next wth nine. The class of 1911, the last to leave tho University, has the largest number teaching, 32 in all. Pacific After 8100,000. Newberg -Pacific College is launch ing campaign for an addition of $100,000 to the endowment. I'resi dent Pennington is to withdraw from all classroom work to take the lead in this campaign, but will not retiie from his executive duties aa head of the school. tHjc Crtflc By HARRY KVINQ CftEENC t IIKItK was a time when rl WiilltiiL'tiiii hint mmnraU ly been conceded to be a brand new genius In tho tlnum-litl world - marvelous being who roiiM chunge- stones Into breud and serpents Into SKXf 1 fowl; then all at once iVli. iLvLA ho found himself In th throe of bankruptcy, lie bud exhausted bl resource and was for tho time N'lng hopelessly Insolvent Pay by liy hia Unix hundful of re muliilng change vimlHhe.l In steadllj dlmltilnhlni: rutin a Ida men I be- citnm i lieuper and further apart, un til llmtlly he had hut a dime left. Thli coin ho resolved to ssve for suine lasl and most desperuN' extremity, and hi even determined to fust for days l fore parting with It. And fast fo dtiy he ill. I. while oft times the day rnme mm li too fast. When Christum evo ranio he hai not lusted food for tbrva duya. lb felt that ho could endure It no longer, thut tli lust and most desper ate, extremity hud arrived and that now ho must apt-nd his dime), lie was pluiiKed deep In meditation when ho felt soinotio touch his arm and turned about. Heslile him there stood a gaunt man with cavernous cheek. foverUh, wild lh eyes, and a atomnch that curved the wrong way. Th apparition ad dressed him In a crouklng voire. "for (iod's suko, trangor, buy me something to eut. I am penniless and Uon the verge of committing crime. I have worn out my shoe looking for work, and while I have a Job promised me It will bn a week before It Is open. And meanwhile 1 am starving, friend, atarvlng. In tlio name of ChrUtlatilty spare inn enough for a meal out of your plenty." Walllngton stnred Into tho evening duak a he fluttered hia taat and smoothly worn dime. He knew well enough what this other man was suf fering, for had he not been In the same aluge twenty four hours before! Ana to give a man a dime In such case was o grossly Inadequate. Yet what could ho do? He turned about Close before him was a restaurant where he had spent hundred of dol lar In his palmy d.iys and who pro prietor ho knew well. Yet ho owed a bill thero for his lust big after theater dinner party of many month ago, and he had never hud the courage even In hi semi starvation to go In and ak for more credit. Yet now It must be done, for hero waa a human being tarvlng upon the streets. Wel lington shuddered. It waa plainly hia duty to nil this man's stoma, h. and for the lust time he would exert those powers of persuasion which once up- fell Prl on a tlmo few men had been able to resist He took tho stranger by the arm. "Come with mo." ha rnmimnl. ed. They entered tho restaurant and WallliiKton walked straight up to the proprietor. "Hob." said he. ! n you a pretty stiff bill, but I am going to go to work In a week and then I will begin paying vou oft. Now I w.nt you to do me a lust favor. I owe you aimut forty ilollar. and a rnnnl nt dollars more won't moke much differ ence to you. It I Christmas eve and my friend over there la alnrvtnv N I want you to fill him up to the- chin on good, solid food and charge It to me. I will not ask you for any favor again If you will do this last tt,in The proprietor looked at hia old pa tron thoughtfully. All right." Iin lnnnntiK,4 length. "Helng's Ita rhrUltr... I'll take a chance on you even If you are nown and out. Tell vmi, tr i. order what he wants." Ho Wellington sna inn strnnger nt down together and Walllngton Ion fill himself with good things until i nisi wun nis Ntnmarh again curved the right way, tho droop gone from hia shoulders and the fevnruh n.i, .... Ishcd from bis eyes, the s-nreed on. arose. "My friend." aald the atraanavaaffJ t could not havo endure.) it another da) but of course you have never known w'iat K IS to an Ion ,lv. ,i,l,... food. And when tonight you go home an aown to your table to your feast, remember that tlu.r i. .. cast fellow being upon the streets who messing every mouthful th.t eat. Oood-bv. r'hritin Walllngton hi-1,1 ,,i hi. k.- -r, , i uftuu, UUUU- "j. .iranger, and good luck to you. It ! a mere trlflo. Hnppy to navel oeen ablo to give you a lift." Then.' .VH.l?iUp ,0 Kr,'n',ny'i hash houM1 and had his dime s worth f Coffoe ud ' sausage AMefiife Home-Cfirtir i : WAii - f B Clltk iDoktl J I vry thU ru, 1"le ioJ I'leDtally bj Bin mtl longi0 for . scene, in j (raveled two dsy tti jj Sleeper. Vaguely conhttf J ney's end with all m hlp bla starved nature u J Ing When he arrived at kla oU J cblll. grey Chrlitmu aJ is only to find that 11 a wa Silent absence ha.) beri to, iet ior lrlenlhlp. Tb J nii ui km uui ervMU, J wore strange, unwelcome U ing out on tli oiolu at reel which ha had lin J bered aa being throni, mj ewepi over Blot. This waa Dot wnat be vip his pocket he drew out tit J paper which had really knJ o many miir, and I0014 K j terly. It was only a dettw Uient eut from a paper of 1 J and ran In the uul Townley, at bis reildeace,' 1 In fancy he saw nj maiden, who I ought her hap pineal only la vL'',' the eye of the youth by bersl.le. There were Joy. belle there, too, aa they left the church with the fragrance of mu tual lore about them. The bells peal ed on outside. and willing fancy MktasX la to the realm of "mlg til Un In aa Instant be made if fe to visit once mors lb sM cottage not msoy nte ax. which he bsd hoped SfiMtn fore to take a bride. Hi W and aee It, even If Its if'! dltlon only added to til and pain. Two hours later he through the crisp country 11 winding oath whtck led bllng. Ivy-covered cotuta As the last turn Droufx sight of the bouse k tM prise. lie had expected ! ruin, and decay, but bitrli upon a trim, well kept otu soft, rrunntnr sons. It t roai reawakened the tender aiewj lung, n 1 w - -. unlatched door. ' Half believing that It an leading him still, heeoterei softly, end. following lb 1 Into the Inner room, aod a! glow of the warm flrellfat The sweet, tired fsced, singer turned as bis across the light, and tb sssl and trembling. rlrM'" she whlSDr4 have you come to reproadsf. todayl Not today!" The strong man s voles W held out his arms. "Nance!" he cried JorhwT In moment b wil tns. blng. to bla breast "Oh, Oerald! Is It rexItfK Is very good. I thought 1 dead." For several w v r 'j moment tW tbui, u i Bian'l I1 Ing os tinged W be iMtn Into t m vo .Inner b as t csugbt mil t9 for l AM. t p r CbrlitW 1 M -1. answered. 1 1 "V", ----- Inn I hsva of ten come - , "Ilut you are expectlnl j be said, calling attention M Jl 8b. flushed prettily. lklJ as young aa she bad In Wfi the morning, as she wpiw-j "I was expecting r";" Ha smiled happily ' f ' J smile faded, and be sn - Into cbalr. NuA' "This la all foolisnnese. , said sadly. "iou k. In the old days, you wuid now. and I could not IM other man's thousand. j A amlle hovereo - face as she flitted o" busily preparing Then she slipped bh'"411J lesnlng over whispered I Win ") 1 tx. cheeks: "Purhsoa Toil do oi that that Mr. Towniej back to bla famUr rein." The man spmnf 4 took bor Into hi stronl i v j Tt la not too late, as f .re still young. WIfo to make you nappy!" W Her answer 'i burst of Christmas belli , from the village churcl' , ke did not need br w- lf-tf to ' see bar eyes
