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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1909)
EVENTS OF THE DAY i . Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. i u if: PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Lett Important but Not Lett Inter ettlng Happenings from Point Outtlde the State. HI t I I II Mark Twain has returned home with out benefit to his health from his ocean trip. It in definitely known that 18 per sons perished in a department store ire in London. A monster benefit was given in Xew York eity to help tho causo of home rule for Ireland. Cook's Unit prizo was $2.",000 from two loading newspapers for his "ex clusive" siory of his trip to the Pole, Abdication of tho king of Greece is considered inevitable and the crown prince's son has been chosen by the Military party. Leopold's legal wife will not at tempt to put her son on tho Belgian throne, but will fight for his fortune f many millions. . Tte successful uprising of the Young Tnrk party in Turkey has made Pal estine fite for the first time since the Christian era began. The committee from the University ef Copenhagen reports that Cook's rec rds are wholly insufficient to establish his claim that bo was at the Pole. John B. Bradley, who fitted out tho Cook expedition to tho Pole, says ho is thoroughly disgusted with the wholo Business. Oregon conservationists doclaro that two or threo varieties of insocts do siore barm to the forests of tho north west than forest fires do. Tho sepremo court of Oregon has COPENHAGEN TUBNS DOWN COOK Investigating Committee Can Find No Proof of Hie Claims. Copenhagen, Dec. 22. The committoe which has been investigating the data of Dr. Frederick A. Cook today offi cially reported to the consistory of the University of Copenhagen that Dr, Cook's records and observations were wholly insufficient to warrant a ver dict that he discovered the North role. The consistory of the university adopted the report of the committee, thereby flatly rejecting Dr. Cook's claims and throwing out his records and observations. Cook's data, according to the report, is no more convincing than was the newspaper account. Dr. Cook's private secretary, Lons dale, who represented the explorer here, is bitterly disappointed at tho verdict. Ho is making an effort to induce the consistory to withhold final judgment until the wholo of Dr. Cook's data can bo presented. Lonsdalo told the committee that missing data, which are part of Dr. Cook's original documents, were sent hero from America by a route differ ent from that by which the records already examined were brought. lie said this additional data would arrive in a few days. Tho consistory refuses to pay any attention to Lonsdale's appeal and the findings announced today are final so far as the consistory is concerned. Tho discrediting of Dr. Cook was a severo blow to the Danish scientists, who had stood firmly by him and given him support under the charges made by Commander Peary. The great recep tion given Dr. Cook upon his arrival here and the honors that were paid him by high and low, including the king, are rocallcd with somewhat open ly 'iisplayed chagrin. It is known that the Danish experts wore personally inclined to favor Dr. Cook, most of them already having come out in statements tending to sub stantiate his claims. A member of tho committee today said: "It took the committee but a few minutes to see that Dr. Cook's obser vations and so-called records were worthless. "Wo could have reported immedi ately, but it took several days to ro OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MONEY TRUST IN SIGHT. OREGON RICH IN GOOD OIL. Reported Big Strike Hat Been Made in Malheur County. Vale Every day's boring in the Vale oil fields increases the certainty that Orecron is destined to become one of the greatest oil producing states in the country, say prospector and oil ex perts who have witnessed the results of the well-sinking now in progress by half a dozen different companies in Northern Malheur county. The Malehur Oil & Gas company, af ter sinking a well 1,700 feet and get- tin? well into a chocolate formation, which is regarded as a sure forerunner of oil. capped the well and refuse ab solutely to allow visitors to approach it. This action is believed by others operating in the district to have been prompted by the fact that oil was act- EUSHINO SPEAGUE BRANCH. Three Hundred Men Pushing Klamath Line to Reservation. Klamath Falls Andrew Erickson, railroad contractor, has taken a sub contract to build the last 12 miles of the 25 miles of track to be built from Klamath Falls to Spragne river by Erickson & Petterson. Sub contractor Krickson has already established his camp on the Indian reservation and has about 100 men employed, and in tends to start a steam shovel in the j near future. There are now over 300 men em ployed in the railroad camps from here to Sprague river, and this end or me work is being rushed as fast as pos sible. The track is laid on the main line a distance of about three miles. The in dustrial spur from the main line to the lake is completed and the Tailroad can ually struck in the Malheur well and now take the material to be used in that the company prosecuting the de- construction work to the lake and then velopment work has some reason for (by water to the different points along not allowing it to become known that j fhe "''ore where the men are work- oil has actually been found in commer cial quantities. The Baker-Malheur company is down 900 feet and has let a contract for sinking its well 1,100 feet deeper, having taken this action after oil expeits from Pennslyvania and California bad expressed the be lief that oil would be struck at a depth of 1800 to 2000 feet. The Columbia Oil & Gas company, i which is largely owned in Spokane, is ' down 1200 feet with a 12 inch drill I At the waterfront the Southern Pa cific is building a large wharf an warehouse. These waterfront improve ments will be used in connection with the railroad construction, and when the work is completed will be used as freight houses, etc., in connection with shipping on the upper lake by the Southern Pacific. . Fattening Central Oregon Turkeys. Fossil The Young & Angell company and is passing inrougn me same iorm i3 fattening 150 turkeys for the Christ ation that was found in the eel- , . T. . ebrated Kern river district in South-L. t . - , , . , - - . em California. It was from this well that thcse blrds subsl3t durinS the first thn fhm oomnlo nf nil wna m-nrnrpri hw si months of their all too brief career the special government representative on tIie fish nnd fossils that abound in of the geological survey whose report !!,0ic:,eck ","d"e(!k banks It is said on the discovery resulted in a recom- ' ac U B "es" 01 an eastern urcgon goo mu naoreuiu couri 01 uregun ous - .. ., rdcred that the Portland Itailway 're 7 company must roduco fares to Milwau kie to 5 cents, and Oak Grove to 10 cents. Twenty-seven persons were drowned by the collnpse of a. wooden bridgo in Russia. " Two segrocs and one white man were killed and six negroes wounded in a race war in Louisiana, The probation officer of the night court in New York says the white Blave trade is on the increase. Provisional Prescient Estrada, of Nicaragua, has requested official reeog- it ion from the state department. A final appeal in the case of John R. Walsh, convicted banker, has been made to the United States supreme i. eourt. Leaders of tho American Federation f Labor urgo Secretary Nngel to make . a thorough investigation into tho van us phases of industrial education. Mine Anna Morgan, daughter of J. I Morgan, and Mrs. O. 11. P. Itelinont knvo taken up tho cause of tho striking birtwaist workers of .Now lork City. Dr. Prashcar, a noted astronomer of the university of Pittsburg, says he sops not beiiovo oither Cook or 1'eary or.n furnish any good proof of having rescued tne pole. Savants of the Danish nhivflrsify are deeply embarrassed by their former championship of Dr. Cook"! as they are unable to flnd any acceptable proof that he reached the pole, . )' A party of American explorers re ported to havo been devoured by canni bals on tho inland of Tiburon, in the gulf of California, have arrived safe at a small town on tho Mexican coast Grand Duke Michuel, of Kussiu, is aesd. The L W. W, of Spokane has givon p the light for free speech. A silver loving cup hus been present ed to Peary by New York frionds. Many new cafes will open in Sun Francisco under tho rulo of Muyor oloct McCarthy. Danish scientists ut Copenhagen are much inclined to think Cook's alleged records are false. Hoven railroad wrecks in ono week cause death of 88 and injury of over one hundred people. A flow of 150 barrels of oil ner dav is reported to have been struck in Cow Hollow, in Eastern Oregon. Green Kiver, Wyoming, has 31 de grees below zero. Trains are Into and sheep ar dying by thousitads on the ranges. , , A series of auti strike laws has been f use ted by the legislature of New Zea laud, but labor leaders dcclaro they will be no hindrance to strikes. Governor liuskell, of Oklahoma, open ly scrum's Attorney General West with bring reHpoiiKible for the two recout bunk failure in that state. The so-called notebooks on which Dr. Cook relied in a great measure for vindication had only accounts of his observations, rather than the observa tions themselves. These notebooks were thrown asido without a moment's con sideration. "I cannot understand how a man of Cook's reputed scientific attainments could have attempted to bolster up his claims with such flimsy evidence." ZELAYA'S RULE ENDS. Itaronem Vaughn, the legal wife of the lute kiug of ltelgium, will push her i son's claim lo tho tl Ftlllrt in ii.l.i t.i j secure tho bulk of Leopold's fortune. A negro bandit shot and killed the ftiotorman and Conductor of a St. Louis streetcar, robbed the conductor, and then let tho car run wild through the heart of the city. J. J. Hill says his rouds are prcpar ing to handle a heavy immigration to the. coast neat your. l.a Follette, in hi weekly magasine, i snarpiy criticise I'rcaulent Tsft and bis recent message. Prince Albert of Flanders, a nephew ef the lute King Leopold of llolgiutn, will occupy the throne. At exposition company has been in rorptiralad in Has Francisco to cele brate the completion of the l'auams ennui. The Fuitad Htates Sted corporation it preparing to abaudoa Pittsburg and tablist .elf at Gary, ludiaua, a so count of labor troubles. The Vousreh Oil company of Call foraia owned by J. J). aud A. 'it. Mpreek--Is mill establish a northwest r liuery aud (Lkfributuig ution at IVrtlsod. TriM is la the irrin nf l,ti.,.,.i ... i ! raids are using now pious, tUroa HhibuMw., who kits recent! rrtrae4 to Tukio frou, a vl.it lo Amer Madriz Assumes Presidency of Nicara guan Republic, Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 22. Jose Madriz today assumed the presidency of Nicaragua, succeeding former Pres ident Zelaya, who resigned. Madriz 'a recent threats to break with Zelaya, coupled with his subse quent announcement that his presi dential candidacy was supported by tho Mexican government, which had sent Honor Creel to Washington, to in tercede in his behalf, is construed by hfs supporters to mean that he will be president in fact as well as in nanio, mm wiai no intends to give the conn try n now denl. Americans hero, however, arn nnf in clined to accept this opinion. They be lievo the new president is pretonding ... nniu i.cm-e, m oruer to nrec udn t in possibility of intervention on thn nnrt of tho United States. Madriz has promisod tho revolution ists immunity if they will surrender. He has intimated that he will place Provisional President Estrada in a hieh offio. b Ultionolds, Nicarairun. Dec 22 T?n. ports from Rama today snv Estrada's nrmy in advancing against General Vas quoz, just outsido Kama, and that a battlo is expected iimneiliiiteW Ti.iu is tho first decisive move on tho part of tho revolutionists tion of Mndriz as successor of Zelaya ns president. Tho formal protest ngainst tho election of Madriz will bo based upon tho fact that thn Atinni departments wero not represented in the congress that elected Madriz ' Under Estrada, In tho impending bat tle, will be Generals Lulu T)1ht f feen, Matnty, Pacho and Chamorro. It is reported today that tho gunboat Waiiea has sailed up tho Mico river I. W. W. Leaders Deny Surrender. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 22. As a final resort in an attempt to thoroim),i the activities of tho Industrial Workers of tho World, Its hall was closed by tho pollco yesterday, who said it was a "disorderly place." About 100 mem bers went outsido of tho citv limits, where an indignation meeting was held About a dozen of the Industrialists vol- ...urered lo go insulo the city and "peak on tho streets, in violation of the ordinance. Tho I. W. W. workers repuuinie the report circulated Satur day night that they had surrendered and given up the fight. mendstion being made by Secretary of the Interior Ballinger that the whole district be withdrawn from entry and reserved as a source of fuel supply for the future use of the United States navy. The well being sunk by the East ern Oregon Oil company is down 800 feet and has passed through twoi , . stratas oi on sana. ine arm in mis well recently encountered hot salt wa ter, which is regarded as a sure indica tion of oil in commercial quantities. The Mammoth Oil & Gas company is another of the companies sinking a well in the district. This company is owned by men who have operated in other oil fields, and they express the greatest confidence in the district. One of the best drilling rigs in the dis trict has just been set up by the Vale Oil & Gas company, which is prepared to expend $25,000 in developing its claim. D. M. Hunt, who has had 25 years' experience in the oil fields of West Virginia, Ohio and California, and who is now superintending tho de velopment work of one of the largest concerns operating in the Vale oil fields, says: "The Vale district is the most promising that I have ever seen, and I shall be greatly surprised if it does notl turn out to be one of the greatest oil bier that ranges on bunch grass has wheat for dessert, and roosts on the highest peak on tho ranch, has a flavor all its own, that tickles deeper down into the diaphragm than any other kind of bird meat. Double Milton Light Plant. Milton After a shutdown of 50 days, ng which the capacity for generat ing electric current was more than dou bled by the installation of new ma chinery and the erection of a steel standpipe, the Milton light and power plant is again in service. The plant is equipped with the latest model water wheel and other machinery, and rep resents a total expense of $30,000. A water head of between 50 and 60 feet is now maintained. Gooch Gets Postotnce. Shelburn A postoffice has been es tablished in the new town of Gooch, located on the Corvallis & Eastern, about zv miles east of this place, and will be supplied with mail by the C. & E. trains daily except Sunday. The inhabitants of the town are chiefly en gaged in logging and lumbering. The large sawmill of the Fred Gooch Lum ber company is located at Gooch. Could Cripple Government by Refusing to Buy Bonds. New York, Dec. 21. So close have become the alliance nnd amalgamations of leading financial interests in Wuli street during the Inst three months that almost the absolute control of the coun try's financial affairs is now centralized in the hands of a few men, who are acting in concert. A money trust has come into existence, with J. P. Morgan at its head, the most gigantic combina tion of capital in the world. There is no concrete definite organiza tion to this latest trust; no legal incor poration, no elected directors, no list of stockholders. To use the descriptive phrase of the financial world, it is sim ply a "community of interest." Representative members of this com munity of interest, men who would be directors of an incorporated company are: J. Pierpont Morgan, private banker, its unquestioned leader; George F. Daker, chairman of tho boaid of directors of the First National bank; James Stillnian, chairman of the board of directors of the National City bank; William Rockefeller, vice-president of the Standard Oil company; Ilenry C. Frick, capitalist; William K. Vander bilt, as representative of his family interest. It would be impossible to figure the total of direct nnd indirect capital now centralized in this money trust. To be gin with, the banking firm of J. Pier pont Morgan & Co., being a private co partnership, makes no public reports, yet report places its deposits at .flfiO, 000,000, which its directors can utilize to advantage in financial operations. The assets of the three insurance com panies controlled by the group, invested largely in bonds of railroad and indus trial companies, aggregate considerably more than $1,000,000,000. Here are some of the things the trust could do: It could call $200,000,000 of loans over night and ruin any adversary. It could reduce credits to such a de gree as to cause extreme money strin gency and great commercial distress. It could tie up the cash holdings of New York banks by demanding certifi cation of checks for enormous amounts. It could deplete bank reserves in New York by causing shipments of cash to any part of the country. It could make money rate of interest almost as it chose, from 2 per cent to 100 per cent on call loans. It could cripple the financial opera tions of the government by refusing to purchase any bond issue. It could dictate the financial opera tions of the great railway systems and ! expanding industrial concerns. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF Tuesday, December 21. Washington, Dec 21. Representa tives Jlnmer, Mondell and Martin to day held a conference and agreed'' to unite in pressing for consideration the bill relieving homesteaders in the northwest from tho necessity of resid ing on their lands through the winter. Keports indicate that the weather is ii n us ti ally severo and many requests for this relief are being received. It is asserted that new settlers are finding it inipossiblo to remain on their lands. The senate today confirmed tho nom ination of Robert Bacon of New York to be ambassador to France. President Taft sent to the senate the nominations of 'General George Stono ot CaJiloima to be naval otlicer or customs at San Francisco, nnd Howard C. Shober of South Dakota to bo audi tor for tho interior department in this citv. The Mann "white slave traffic," bill was favorably reported to the house today by Chairman Mann of that committee. I lie report accompanying each. Tho same bills wero introdup.j in the senate by Senator Jone Washington, Dee. 10. In a brief session of tho senate todnv a resol tion by Cullom was adopted callin" on the secretary of tho interior for in' formation respecting mining disaster and facilities of the federal governme i for rendering aid in such cases. Senator Foster today introduced joint resolution authorizing the war de pnrtmrnt to return to the state of Lou isninii i in- orijjuini urumance of seyj sion adopted by the people of that state. if favorable action is taken upon the subject of Louisiana, it is expected that other states which seceded prior to the civil war will request similar returns Senator Piles today introduced the following bills: Increasing the limit of the cost of nellinghnm public build ing from $120,000 to $120,000- increas ing the cost of tho Everett building from $130,000 to $100,000; nppropriat ing $30,000 for the Eliza Island liKh ' house; appropriating $10,000 for Im.ni. the presentation of the measure dis-I for I'nget Sound customs service, tinctly disclaims any purpose to usurp Senator Jones today introduced bill in any way the police powers 'ot tho ninnori.iug mo purenase ot sites and states, Recommendations for changes in tho present law regulating transportation companies are contained in tho twenty-third annual report of the inter state commerce" commission transmitted today to congress. The report, however, is notable rath er for recommendations it does not contain. Five of the suggestions made iby the special committee selected by President Taft to draft changes in the existing interstate commerce act are offered in the report. tho erection of public buildings t U-n.,,.l !. '.,ill 1 t.., 1' i iniiLin .) n imi hjiu uiiu CI lensbllrtr Wash. The senate today confirmed the fob lowing Idaho postmasters: Joha E Jones, of Kellogg; Henry B. Curtiss, of Blackt'oot; Leola Wymun, of Mullan and also Presley F. Home as register of the llailey land office. Wednesday, December 15. Washington, Dec. 15. Sitting until after nightfall, the house buckled down to business today, passed tho Esch bill rennirinir milrnmla tn innlfa f1l ... .l' i A;nraj o,i v,;D " . " uuin- , Jy r,.rorts to the interstate commcro noon to fluirsday, January 4. j COInillil,8ion of all accidents, and a measure giving the commission power Monday, December 20. j to compel railroads to provide uniform Washington, Dec. 20. Both senate I equipment for their cars, and then took and house concluded- their labors by 21 "P for consideration the Mann Pana o'clock today. Tomorrow a holiday ad-1 ma canal bill, on which general debate journment for two weeks will bo taken. , was concluded. Aside from the confirmation of the I Vigorous opposition to the proposed nomination of Horace II. Lurton. of 'plan to abolish tho Isthmian canal coin Tennessee, to be an associate just ice ! mission antl to vest buildin? of tli in f. a if the supremo court., the principal j Panama canal and of governing the Feature of the senate proceedings was ' canal zone in one director-general aD- pointed by tho presidont, cropped out RAILROADERS DEMAND INCREASE Increase in School Population. Lebanon The school census of the producing sections of the United l'":''0'! ! A'" beenf.omP'd, States." IMPROVING O. R. t N. Contract Signed for $600,000 Worth of Work on Des Chutes Line. The Dalles Twohy Bros., contract ors, are putting an nrmy of 700 men to work on tho trackago of tho O. R. & N. Co. between The Dalles and Dos Chutes for the purposo of removing curves and reducing the grade to a mnximum of 15 per cent. The contract was signed just prior to Vice-President J. P. O'Brien's departure for New York a few days ago. The project is one of tho largest put under way for a long time, outsido of new construction, and will involve tho expenditure of at least $600,000. While liot admitted by the railroad officials at this time, it is understood that tho work means the preliminary and essential stop towards double track ing tho company's lino from Portland to Des Chutes, which distanco will bo subjected to unusually heavy traffic with tho -completion of a branch into central Oregou by way of the Des Chutes canyon. and it shows that there are 555 children of school nge in tho district, of which 20S nre girls and 257 are boys. This is an increase of 111 over the enumera tion of l!iu8, the total number last year being 4-14. New Theater at Medford. Medford Excavation has begun for the Page building, the work to be fin ished by February 1. The basement is HSxlSO feet. Tho plans for the build ing include an up-to-now theater and also storerooms aud offices. Big Crop Alfalfa Seed. J.akeview Georgo Gerald, of the Honey Lake valley, threshed 40,000 pounds or auaita seed this season, which at tho soiling price of 13 cents orougiit mm a nice income of $5,200. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Track prices: Bluestem, $121(n.22; club, $1.10; red Russian, i.us; valley, $1.(15. Barley Feed and brewing, $30(ii.31 per ton. Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36 per iun. K. P. Co. Wins Against Mining Co. Millstuffs-Bran, $26 per ton; mid- uoseourg mo Kosetmrg Jnnd office ; anngs, J33 ; shorts, $28.50(d 29. 50; rol decided the contest case between the j led barley, $31. J,",,." KIUTon,, company nl Oats No.l white, $32.50(iz.33.50, v v. Mum mining corn- Mark Twain Past Joking. New York, lvc. 22. Without the customary jest on his lip and com plaining of ill health, Mark Twain has returned from Bermuda, looking ill and admitting it. To the reporter, who greeted him as he stepped down the gangplank of tho steamship Bermu- urn uuiunrmi ilec nr.i.l 1... ....... l l I . ,.v nuuiM do no more active work. Half a dozen unfinished books will probably never aiitobiograiihv of winch 100.000 words out of the con- .ei p :e;i ni.ii.iHM have been written, v loinuicrutioii. London Says "I Told Yon So." London, Dee. 2. This city has all aiong in.et.tod the claims of Dr. Cook. I tie newspapers hero are issuing n tras telling of the failure of the ex i"1"1' suosuntute his claim to hav ing reached the pwl. About two weeks sgo a local newspaper published what i purports to i,0 . tory of the innufli oioncy f tU Cook observations and I win p8t two days all England l"M Krou more and more skeptical. Toiitfi Battle In Chicago. I'I'i.'sgo, Doc. 2l.-Troubl between lh. v..irr.g ,i,K.4 f fhiuatown ,,ru out ww ete,dv, ,j , result of reiver bait! i mhich so r mir, hol. ,., s M , I. Ilk )i,..mr.l .. . . - - - -i in i it-r won ii I in Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, 8(d 20 per ton ; Eastern Oreiron. tli- M21.60; alfalfa, $16(ul6.50; clover, $lf((i 16; cheat, $15(16; grain hay. ioui lb. Butter City creamery extras an- n - ---, m, "li ot Ull . ... I mo land, alleging that tho land was ,ancy outside creamery, 3c(ri3.rc per mineral in character. Tho bin.! ofliee lb. I store. 22k.fu24c. Buttr f officials found that the mining company prices average l.c per lb. under mm -.i-muHi iiDour iu,ouu on that ami adjoining property. lininir pany, ,n favor ot the former. The land ! f.18,,, on nur p.. in question comprises about 80 acre i 7." ,r ' "'"""'. lp and is situated in .losephino county. Tho railroad company tiled on the land soiuo time ago, but in March, this vmir tho mining company filed n protest on I l.l m!.. " ' Ui" lM "'' ll iUmaoatiiKt ! J HUB, regular butter prices Poultry-Hens, 14(.rl4,c; Springs. 14(il 14 iC: roOHtera )i7iin. A,,n,. iii Linn Schools Show Gain. ;i l9c; geese 14c; turkeys, live, 22S,r- Albany The report of County School j dressed, 26(i2S Superintendent Jackson of this city I EKKS FresrOregnn extras, 42), per shows that Albany schools this year do?n Eastern, 30r.:35c per dozen, have an attendance of 1.37S. Last'veari if , FruiU Apples, $13 box; tho attendance wa 1,210 Lebanon ! JJ""' " 1,50 lT box ' nbrrries, this year has 111 scholars more than ! f 9.fer brrd- tho previous year. North Brownsville! oUtw Carload buying prices- .1...... .. .4 . .. . . ... f ... t'n, . 11,1 . - ... n Kin oi u, .-viutn iirownsviiie 'tii m'c per sack ; sweet pota- 55, Halsey five, Nhedds two. Tanireut i toes, 1 3. (.( 2c per Dound. one and Oakvillo two. Harrisburg and ! Vegetables Artichokes. .75c per u,.a.n'r,jr fow"'rtowi",,w.S'ii" Il4Cpr ,el ;ry -oM!5 per crate; garlic, 10c Ontario Scholars Choaen 1 VT P?untl : """-fHdish. $1.50 per box; Ontario-The faculty of th. Oat.ri J 14" C ; sprouts, He per High school h. " "wiSSir11 4,U"h' lftf 1 75c teams, one of which will debate with 't, v . u, , llho lUker City High school January! b'ck V tables Turnips. $1 per .. and the other with a team from the i IV? ' crroU. 1 ! teta.$l. 60; parsnip ove High school on the Mailt A it tat. The sis students chosen to represent! Unions Oregon, $1.50 per sack Ontario are Herbert Williams. Eddie j Cattle - Best steers, $4.50o4 75 raper, Mum Margaret Dunbar, George 1 fair, to good. $4(,i4 25; medium and llardmsn, Howard Mallett an.! V i. ' fM,U t i kiv T-j - n,"um ano Ethel Millikin -MHlr. -Mi ; reedera. $.t.6(V.(J. ,5; common to me- ' dium, I2.60oi3.75; bulls $2ru2f0- Hood R.vsr Will Pava Streets ! I--60i3.60; calves, light, $5.25 Hood Rier- It baa h. . l" :ft! 4" that Hood Kiver will have .v-. "'-Hwt. $S.50(.i8.75 ; medium, streets before another winter It is I 8; V00""' kwHi .75. estimated that it will coat between ' , ?hrp" 1 . thera. $5.005.75; $50,000 and $60,000 to do tr.- I to H25H4.75: best ,ws. - , . VJ.l, MM All... Itll U Street work From 5 to 40 Per Cent Raise Asked by 75,000 Men. Pittsburg, Dec. 21. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Monday will serve notice on 75 railroad coinpanios east, of the Mississippi river that an increase in wages will be demnnded of from 5 to 40 per cent. W. G. Lee, national president of the brotherhood, tonight refused to intimate what action would be taken in ease the demand is refused. It is said the recent refer endum vote of the trainmen regarding the demand for an increase resulted in a practically unanimous vote in its fa vor. About 75.000 members of the brotherhood are employed on the rail roads affected. New York, Dec. 21. The action of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, as announced in Pittsburg" today, was not unexpected in New York. Knowing that the referendum vote was being taken, railroad heads are pre paring to meet the situation, and sev eral conferences have been held within the last two weeks, looking to a settle ment of the difficulties. i incinnnti, Dec. 21. With a refer endum vote of telecrrnnhers in tho em. ploy of the Big Four railway completed tonight, J. J. Dermody, fourth vice pres ident or mo unier ot Kailway Telegra phers, announced that 80 per cent of the members had voted for a strike. Dermody said that whilo the vote was practically unanimous, the result did not necessarily mean there would be a strike. He admitted that there was littlo probability of future conferences with officials of 'the Big Four, who have definitely rejected all demands, but sui.l tho question of a strike was now up to the committee of seven, which, with tho national body of the union, would settle the matter. About 1000 men are in volved. peec-ii inden with optimism and good cheer tor the liristmas season by Sen ator Dei v. The address of the New Yorker was called forth by what he characterized ns the pessimistic predic tions in Senator La Follette 's magazine and in many newspapers as to the ef fect of the tariff upon prices and as to the waste of natural resources. Washington, Dec. 20. "We will re port a general river and harbor bill about February 1," said Chairman Alexander, of the house committee on livers and harbors, today. Mr. Alexan der said his bill would carry much more than $.10,000100. Friday, December 17. Washington, Dec. 17. Denunciation of officials of the executive departments of the government who criticise with out just cause was made in a speech by Representative Mann of Illinois, and also another speech of similar tenor by Representative Fitzgerald of Xew York, who said "a certain dis tinguished official" was responsible, therefore, because of the bad example he had set for his subordinates. This enlivened an otherwise dull session ofjseutative Harrison of New York. in the house today in general debate ou the Ma,nn bill, reported by tho com mittco on interstate and foreign com merce. Scarcely less intense was the protest aroused when it was learned that the committee had recommended that the judicial power of the canal zone be vested in one circuit court and such inferior courts as the president may constitute. This would require the abolition of the existing suprome court on the zone. An appeal direct to the supreme court of tho United States is author ized, however, in questions arising out of the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States, involving a death sentence or imprisonment. Similar ap peal is allowed in civil eases involving more than $5,000. Representative Mann (Illinois), au thor of the bill and chairman of the committee, attempted to explain the necessity for his measure. "What are the sources of authority from which the president (Roosevelt) derived the right to claim to govern the canal zonef" interrupted Repm- It was understood generally that Mr. Fitzgerald had ex-President Roosevelt in mind. The District of Columbia appropria tion bill was read, but was not put upon its passage, and will be taken up Monday again. Some saving was ef fected by reducing appropriations for increases in salaries for district officers by eliminating altogether paragraphs making provisions for new offices. Representative Macon. Arkansas, again assumed the rolo of the "watch dog of the treasury" and made points of order against several sections of the bill, and not wholly without success. Rather unexpectedly the house agreed ui insert in tne bill an amendment np FOOD LAW MORE DRASTIC Department to Add Laboratories for Stricter Enforcement Washington, Dec. 21. A compre hensive enlargement of the activities of the department of agriculture in ad ministering the pure food act is con templated in orders Issued today. The object is to inaugurate for ports where the department has no chemical labo ratory a systematic inspection of food, as is done at ports where such luciimes exist. children of the district. Elks' Club Called Bar. Reno, Nov., Pec. 21. There is much comment concerning the trial of the F.Iks, which will occur tomorrow after noon. Kvery lawyer in this city who is an Klk has tendered h the Klks' lodge. More than 25 lawyers will appear to defend tho Klks. who have been arrested on the charge of con ducting a bar without license. One lawyer said today that the .1 ;,,...,;.. of liquors in the Klks' club does not amount to a sale, as all the Klks own the liquor, and what they pay for the liquor served to them is ii.'.,l t., pleuish stock. French Laud Roosevelt. A complete chain of lahnratorv His- propriating 17,000 for playgrounds for tricts has been established, with head quarters at the principal ports, to which will be sent sampl.s of import ed goods when found necessary. All imports, regarding the right to enter which under the pure food law any doubt may exist in the minds of the customs inspectors at the smaller places will referred to these chem ists. Officials say that the method will tend to do away with any tendency to import goods in violation of law at the smaller ports, where there are no laboratories, instead of at the larger poru, , aimougn their ultimate destin ation is the same. Headquarters are to be located, among other places, at Galveston, Denver, San Franciaco and Seattle. Washington, Dec. 17. Senatorial friends of Secretary Ballinger are pre paring to introduce and pass a resolu tion authorizing sweeping congressional investigation into conduct of the inte rior department, general land office and rorest service. Secretary Ballinger is in hearty accord with this purpose and said today he would welcome such an investigation in his department, for he is satisfied that a fair and impartial investigation will bring forth satisfac tory answer to every accusation that has been made asrainst him nn.l nir.iinat other officials of his department. Army engineers, in a report tent to congress today, recommend an approp riation of $9,000 for dredging a chan nel 40 teet wide and two aid a half feet deep in the Cowlitz river, from C astle Rock to Toledo, and the annual appropriation of $2,000 to maintain tho channel. Thursday, December 16. Washington. Dec. Ifl P.(.,:.. I the functions of a municipal legislative Paris Dec "l ti,.t . .,- t . or a municipal leg s ative - ; ;7 , eTemP"' "toll,,,. body the house today devoted nearly e election of Hiro.lore Roosevelt as a fie hoi,r to consideration of the Dis the loreign associate of the Academv nf Moral and To ht .-..l s..i......... i . i-ui. tribute to Mr It., . .. , ., .. " , 7 " vl. 1,8 '?t for 1911. " I'". no .ti mm moral creed Siletz Bill Handled Early. Washington, Dec. 22 Representa tive Hawley has conferred with mem bers of the tiublie lands committee with reference to his bill authorising the Secretary of the Interior to issue paten a to all settlers on the Silt res- eryation who have resided rrnon and . .. " ' Pill tl.ro -! l . . . ...w ui oiumoia appropriation bill --'',y"ou meir lanas and who have The measure carries $10,15(5,473 for the f 8ubrntted final proof showing compli- .... ii, -,. iwu.iv miro- Hinl his ins;st.ii..o l,.i . illleed bills nntlinti;n., .v.. - neither individuals n.n- ,,..ti...,. I ,' ... nublie b.iil.li.,,.. ... 1 . "on. 01 riKht to shirk their ,1, n i ,l AbeV Z JS r: Ji?y"""'' concludes: LIU COSl '0(I0 1 eace is praiseworthy, but its d.-sir-alulity has b.-eu iindnU- exaggerated if inspired by fear. Mr.' Roosevelt recalls to our age that 'war is an cvi, but , the greatest of evils.' " Satolll 8eriously IU. Rome. Dec SI. Cardinal Sutolli. recoil! ly suffered a relaiue fro,,, Lurton to Succeed Peckham. Washington, Dec. 16.-The nomina tion of Judgo Horace II. Lurton of p ; ' f' Xenn" t0 8UCJ the late jRutus . Peckham as associate justice ( of the United State, supreme court was who ; sent to the nnnni. t.i.. i .y. " '"""J oy rresiuent ptintis, was slightly improved this morn- 1 Lurton was '"nerly chief ing and insisted upon a chaplain cele J ,f th? '"I'reme court of fennes brat.ng mas-. i ,ll0 sick room. He i tbe t,m of hi recomraenda- also took communion. . '.on ,,v "- president was judge of the His condition this afternoon .! n.",.'l "rcuit court of the sirth m tic n worse veloped mi, th uernoon wai;i, , uun or me sixti Vlsrminit v. ,,...,. i.. iJUlll al district, to which t.. ere was so,,,., . 1... .; 1'omtcd in ly;i. iU u , , T rw fear, e euter.uined for the car ! d.nal s recovery. Manv tnlegram of' iiioinrv have bt . .,.,vv ft u ill , v mvm win me . law. h secured a promise to have the bill referred im mediately to the Interior department for report. This annliM tn Bn .niili-r whose entries are still held up. Postmasters Will Get More. Washington, Dec. 22 On January 1 the following fourth-class pofltoffice will be advanced to the presidential grade, and the salaries of the postmas ters fixed as indicated: Oregon: Her miston, $1,100; Sherwood, $1,100; Wallowa. $1,200. Washington: Al m.ra and Woodland, $1,000; Granite Falls. Kettle Falls and Orovi lie, $1,100. Idaho: Goodmg, $700; Jerome. $1,600; Burley, $1,300; Rigby. $l.200; Cam bridge, Cottonwood, Meridian, $1,100. M'Veagrt Favors Postoffica. ll'iukl..!.. rv Nsw Depot at Miltou. Miliou Milioa is to have a sew tcH.t. Ths pr.senl freirfhl hou. h Hops -1909 crop. lS.,iSt.e! io.w crop, normal ; li07 fnp, l:'C; I0n crop, He. Hides Dry hid,,, lu... 111. 1 llulltW JhJ; gl,ll Ul, Wa.hiBlPtoa. rw i- ."!;::?.." "r reported fa- i , . uuai agree-ouiy upon isourne's bill for a new Liners B. n , . "V "chJ toiy' bttn oua-1 poslolnce building in lortlan4. 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