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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1910)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK TANG TAKES REINS, Doings of tho World at Large Told in Brief. General Resumo of Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Roadors. President Taft celebrated his 53rd birthday, Thursday, Septmeber 15. g Governor Haakell, of Oklahoma, charges Koosevelt with insincerity. Roosevelt defends his "New Nat ionalism" in an address at Oyster Bay. uncie joe tiannon has been re nominated for congress by a small ma jority. San Francisco police are charged by the mayor with protecting dancchall proprietors. Fourteen cases of cholera were found on a ship which had just arrived at Al- mema, Spain, from Egypt. It is estimated that 2,400 people went to the Salem, Ore., fair from Port land on Portland day, September 15. TT 1 . nignwaymen neia up two auto par ties within a mile of Oregon City and Becured about $1,000 in money and jewelry. The fire loss on the south side of Frazer river, B. .C, is estimated at $200,000, and several persons are missing. President Taft, in a letter to Secre tary Nagel, announces that Federal patronage will not be withheld from in surgents. Retail grocers of the state of Wash- mgton have passed resolutions against trading stamps, premiums, and the parcels post. senator uevenuge tola the conven tion of Indiana bankers that the govern ment should have supervision over all big corporations. Caleb E. Powers, who was alleged to have been concerned in the murder of Governor Goebel, of Kentucky, has been nominated for congress. neien uouia gave a children's circus at her country home in New York, in which over 400 members of her sewing class and friends participated. George H. Primrose, the world famed minstrel, is about to be re-uni A. 1 AV 1 m m m tea wun ms wire, irom wnom he sep arated last July. He is now 60 years old. Progresslvo Friend of America Re sumes Control In China. Victoria, B. C. Kokumin, Shimbun, of Tokio, in tho courso of a long ar tide on tho change of policy at Pckin in recalling Tang Shao Yi and making overtures to Yuan Shia Kal to return, BayB tho appointment foretells great development of American influence in China in tho futuro. Tho Kokumin says: "It is out of tho question to expect that the policy of Tang Shao Yi, who secured his position as a representa tive of the Yuan party, will bo favor ablo to Japan. Moreover, ho is a no torious pro-American statesman and his appointment forotclls the great de velopment of American influence in China in the futuro. Ho represented China in America and made many promises in America regarding Man churia nnd railway questions. It will be interesting to watch the progress of these dead promises." The Kokumin looks upon Tang Shao Yi as "one of tho principal factors in diplomatic circles in the Far East," and considers him the enemy of Japan and friend of America. Tang Shao Yi, who was reinstated in his post of minister of communica tions last month, is decidedly progrcs sive. After his restoration the re gent, Prince Chun, issued a strict edict notifymg viceroys and governors that foreign loans are indispensable in the development of the imperial railway system, ana instructing them to sup press anti-rorelgn agitation. Tang is an anient inend of America. (INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND Am nmimn b-v w btv vi bv m in n ihb n mil ' i i a m m m YEAR OPENS SEPTEMBER 23. I PENDLETON PLANS "ROUND UP' OroKon Agricultural College Has Ex pended $134,000 In Facllitlos. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lls. Twenty-ono new members on tho faculty roll, four new buildings on tho campus, and much additional equip ment for the laboratories and class rooms havo been mado necessary this year at tho Oregon Agricultural col lege, which will register tho students for the fall somcstcr September 23. Among tho new men on tho faculty, a notable addition is that of Dr. E. G Peterson, of Cornell, to fill tho chair of bacteriology, loft vacant by the resign nation of Professor E. F. Pernot An other appointment of interest is that of Mrs. Anna Z. Crayne, a graduate of tho University of Virginia, and of the St. Louis Medical college, as dean of woman, to have charge of tho social activities, discipline and health of the girl students of the college. Dr. J. F. Morel, of tho Universities of Belgium and Paris, will have charge of tho new department of veterinary science, and G. R. Samson, of the United States department of agricul ture, will be instructor in animal hus bandry. H. S. Marks, also a Cornell man, will fill an instructorship in me chanical engineering, while J. F. Meis ter, a graduate of the same institution, . fit i . . . . win De instructor in electrical en gineering. BOULEVARD TO SEA IS PLAN. SEA WALL IS WASHED OUT. Ask J. J. Hill says business men are fool ish to entertain fears for the future. Five persons have died of cholera at Danzig, Prussia, and many more are ill. TheiSouthern Pacific has subscribed $40,000 to the New Orleans exposition fund. Railroad officials say increased freight rates nearly all goes back to the people. if ire destroyed an Alaska cannery, together with $120,000 worth of freshly packed salmon. Cornell university receives $689,000 out of the $832,859 estate of the lute Professor Goldwin Smith. A hunter near Scappoose, Or., has been miBsing several days, and it is be lieved he has become demented and is fleeing from his would-be rescuers. Government authorities state that within a hundred years the Indian will be unknown, having by that time be come completely merged into the white race. Witnesses in the sugar frauds trial Bay they never knew a weigher who would not undenveigh, if paid for it, and never knew an importer who would not pay for underweighmg. During the progress of a play at San Francisco, Margaret Illington, leading lady, was given a dose of ammonia, full strength, instead of greatly dilut ed, and was nearly strangled before she discovered the mistake. Friends of Senator Lorimer are plan ning a big banquet in his honor. secretary JNagel is mentioned for a place on the Supreme court bench. President Estrada, of "Nicaragua, proposes a new treaty with the United States. A launch party of 15 Bellingham people is missing, and it is feared they are lost in a gale. High society people composing the Narragansett club of Now York are on trial for gambling. David Eccles, millionaire lumber man of Utah, will have to stand trial for timber land frauds in Oregon. Maine has elected a Democratic gov ernor and three representatives, and may elect a Democratic U. S. senator. Railroads throughout the country report an average gain in earnings of 10.1 per cent for August, as compared with August 1909. Ten high officials of the Swift, Ar mour and Morris packing houses have been indicted for conspiracy and ille gal monopoly. Disastrous forest fires are Bweeping Whatcom county. Washington, and have burned many ranches and every house in the town of Hazelmere. A; Tacoma young woman, with only a dog and a horse for company, will hold down a claim for 80 days In a wild and lonely spot near Dietrich, Idaho. Scores of Men Work to Save Houses on Long Beach. T A m uo3 Angeies scores oi men are working unceasingly to fortify resi dences along the ocean front at Long Beach against the waters which broke through a protecting cement wall and left the houses exposed to the fury of the breakers. Many beach houses were left under mined by the washing of the waves, ana unless tne iounaations are rein forced within the next few hours they will fall into the sea. A half mile of the breakwater, as much of the sea wall, and nearly a mile of concrete sidewalk were washed out. One building collapsed from the force of the waves. An apartment house of 40 rooms is in a most perilous position, and there iB every probability that the building will fall. The house is now standing on the sheerest ledge. The danger had been threatened for three days and residents were appre hensive of their momentary peril. Electric light poles fell during the night like ninepins. The trouble is due to the unusually high tides. ALL PARTIES GIVEN SHARE. Marshfield s Mayor Proposes to Property Owners for Land. Marshfield Construction of a boule vard and park from Marshfield to the sea will be approved by the city coun cil if the co-operation of tho property- owners concerned can be secured. The idea originated Iwith Mayor Straw to secure a strip of land 350 feet wide from the west end of the city straight through the timber to Tarheel point, and to build down the center of the strip a fine roadway. The land is owned mostly by the Southern Pacific, the Southern Oregon company and the Coos Bay Water com pany, and these owners will be asked to donate the right of way. The road would extend through beautiful timber. to Wild Wost Show. Two sleepers carrying Portland rail- ... i til vfiar tti ii i i road men win go out uu mu on tno ovoning ui oujiu.-hiu v, for Pendleton, whero tho railroad rep- . .. XI . - flnnl roscmatives win wiwn " i i ...i ., i . in tiirt I'nnmfiLon "roundup." Tho "roundup" is advertised by Pen- hn "wild and woolly, fast and lurlous. Among mu nuu 1 !.a n tin nlinvun will 1)0 brotl- CnO UUBllnK, BIUVH iuiiiiiki pony express races, wild horso races, pacKing coiuubu), iiuiouuih, war. Btcer riding, horsybnek pistol shooting, fancy riding and roping. HOP CROP LARGE AND GOOD. Scarcoty of Labor May Prevont Some Being Harvostod. Eugene Tho hop crop about Eu- geno this year Ib large and of find quai ls Im f ihn Vir.lti in an nenren thnt it is -j i 1- i t t i r ii ...in UUUUllUI II BUIMV- V j,.w.w.w ..... be able to harvest their crop. Hop ! i ..II l.l. ! tl.n .nna important yards, and on account of .. . it i. i inn iirv whuliilt uil' iiuij iiuvu uuvuiu r ed to a largo size with very few loaves, nrt llinf nlrtlsfnrv i a nnoif In thn With. ert Hayes yard 150 more pickers could be used to advantage, and unless some situation some of the hops in this yard cannot be harvested. Metropolitan Street Railway Impartial in Campaign Gifts. ew xotk Tne admission that ev ery corporation with which he had ever been identified had not only contribut ed to political campaign funds, but had contributed to the campaign fund of "everybody that ever ran for office" was made on the stand by H. H. Vree- land, ex-president of the Metropolitan Street Railway company. Mr. Vreeland could only be made to specify amounts for the year 1903. During that year the corporation of which he had then been president, the Metropolitan Securities company, had contributed $20,000 to $30,000 to the Republican State committee and $17,- 000 to $18,000 to the Democratic State committee. The company may have also made campaign contributions lo cally, but the witness was not positive on that point. New Island Rises in Sea. beward, Alaska A new island was added to the Aleutian chain at the same time that the towns of Unaiaska and Dutch Harbor were shaken by an earthquake September 1. The island rose from deep water, at a point where a sounding by the Geodetic survey last year showed 70 fathoms. The island is in the form of a great rounded hill, very close to Perry Peak, the island that rose last year and was discovered by officers of the revenue cutter Perry. The revenue cutter Bear brought news of this discovery. Chinamen Buy Revolvers. btockton, (Jal. Tno sudden run on the gun stores of this city by China men, who are arming themselves in the belief that a tong war is certain, has fresulted in almost every high priced revolver being sold. The own ers werejsurprisea Saturday morning to havo Chinamen call in twos and threes and purchase tho best makes of pistols, paying from $10 to $20 each for what they, believed to be reliable weapons. Eight Injured by Airship. Milwaukee Eight persons, five wo men and three men, wer more or less Bears Work Havoc. Crescent Bears, driven by the for est fires from their usual feeding grounds, are attacking sheep in the re serves near here. One herder stated that within three weeks more than 200 head out of a band of 2,000 had been killed by bears, a loss of 10 per cent In the dark woods where the sheen are bedded down for the night, the boars sally out of the underbrush and by BWif t attack work havoc with the band and escape before the herders are able to train their rifles upon the ma rauders. A change of feeding ground for the sheep apparently makes no dif ference, for the bears follow after and are on the job as soon as darkness falls. As a result, it is expected that the sheepmen will remove their charges from the forest reserves to the winter range much earlier this year than last Farmers Will Study Irrigation. Creek irrigation project havo planned n nilVillr mnnfincr fnr Rnnf nmlini t fi iDirn n vinur Tn nmtininTinir Tnrmiini with thr honplitM ni trricrnMnn. It In 1 .. i :.. t i - i w - - immense dam, to be built about three miles above Weston, and to irrigate thousands of acres of rich land devoted i ...l i r -! ri i . . w . w m-9 .H..U 1 V. 1J M have been prepared. Coos County May Get Sawmill. mnrsnnmn it ir rnnrrii Thnr tho uiuurniu, may uuuu a sawmill in Curry county either at Chetco or at acres of timber in Curry county. PORTLAND MARKETS. Prune Dryer is Burned. Roseburg Igniting from a defee tive flue, the large prune dryer owned by Morris Webber and situated about six miles north of Roseburg, burned to the ground last Sunday evening. The dryer was filled to its capacity with fruit which was to have been shipped to Portland and Seattle markets. The building and drying equipment was valued at about $4,000, while the loss of fruit will probably bring the total loss close to $8,000. Fruit Fair for Hood River. Hood River Tho new fruit fair building proposed by the Hood River apple growers is now assured. The growers ot the valley asked the citi zens of the city to aid tho project in the sum of $5,000, and in a few hours the entire amount was subscribed at the solicitation of a special committeo A large brick building will be erected at once and will be ready for the apple xatr to he neid in Uctober. Coburg Orchard is Sold. tugene Benjamin F. Riddle, of Mcdford, bought 25 acres of the Ar thur Roach apple orchard, paying $360 per acre, or $10,500 for the tract. This orchard ib located near Cobure and is planted mainly with Baldwin and Jona than apples. Mr. Riddle says that tho Bame orchard, if near Medford, could not be bought for less than $1,000 per acre. Gravensteln Trees Yield S47. Hood River Dr. W. R. Collev re ports the largest yield of Gravensteln applcB in the valley. Ho packed 251 boxes from eight 14-year old-trees. It will be interesting to know that tha fruit sold for $1.50 per box, or at the rntn nf $47flR nnr )rnn Af Utn r l.. I! 1 1 ...I m.:il.t ' " T i'w " "'D ihiu oBiiwDijr Hijiiieu iibio uu a ""K"H an acre conta n nrr fiO f!rnon0fnir. n nwAnl r Mr rltimn Vit A v V ft 1 M IJniinif I - - WMU wiuinauu, unycii ujr nuuui iivcvy, trees WOUltl hrlnt? In swerved sidelong from its course and plunged into a crowd before the grand stand at the state fair. Tho aviator was uninjured. None of "the injured will die. between $2,500 and a gross $8,000. return of Plague Has Grip on Italy. Rome, Sept. 17. During the last 24 hours in the department of Apulia, in Southeastern Italy, there were five deaths from cholera and. nine new cases of the dieeaso. Schools for Klamath. Klamath Falls Three school build. ings being erected in Klamath county will be ready for occupancy bv tho time for opening tho fall term, Iwhich is early in September. Ono of these is at Bly, ono on Tulo lake In ftho .now Bohemian colony, and tho other at Henley, Wheat Track prices, export basis: Bluestem, 92c; club, 84c; red Rub- Turkey red, 8490c. Barley Feed, $2222.50 per ton: t .1 tnr r l ii v ri pit nr nno i i msir hif u 4 lamette valley, $19(?L20 per ton: East ern Oregon, $21(22; alfalfa, new, $15 (g)ib; grain hay, 51415. Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33 ton. iuiiituuuB urun, zmlz4 per ton: middlings, $31; shorts, $2526; rolled Parley, $S24.5U25.50. Oats White, $27.50 per ton. dreen Fruits Apples, new. 50c7 i.j:o per nox; plums, 40(ffl76c: ncars. Iitnra 1 1 A7iM Oft - box; $1.35 per lug; 20rfi22c basket. cranberries $8.50 ner hnrrnl? melons. $1 PCr hundred: cnntnlnnnnn - oc(Q,'$i.(u per crate. caouage, Zc; cauliflower. S1.G0 nor f rrfn AnlAvn fin.. 1 f j- cumbers. 25(?i)40c nor Iww? nrrfrnlnnf r wrri" u. iujt uuuiiu: Kuruc. ottuuc: irrecn onions. 15c ner dozen: nnnnnm r,n pound; radishes., 15(f;20c ner dozen! 00c ner box: pnrrnfn Sltfiil OK sack: ueets. si. 50: narsn rm. Sliwn or.. turnips, $1. Potutoes Oregon. $1.25 ner him. dred: sweet ootatoos. Hn nor nmirwt unions xnow. ai.ku ner nnnk. UEtD-Lii u ii in i i'ii r ri 'ii i rnpninra i f, t UfaW, LUllUILU IJ .lf Jll'i I' liutter City creamery, solid naek. j v j l. 111 iinn ) i ri i -M. ruirrnii Tit- W 1 - M- w S X m ftUWbU. 111L k if country store zanyzbc. fOUItrV liens lie: unrinrra 11... ducks white lG(?M7c turkeys, nve, zuc; dressed, 2225c; bijuuuh, $o per uozen. Pork Fancy, 18c per pound. Veal Good average, ll12c pound. Cattle Beef steers, cood to fihnipo $5.2506.50: fair to medium. ZA or.fih 4.75; choice spayed heifers. S4.G0rfT) una. uu; medium to good beef cowa, H.7K? IiiiIIh !l VRfHtA. t.. i ri choice. (ih.1t,: ml vna llirlif t nr. mr, neavy, sa.voMD. nogs TOP, S10M10.75: f n r in medium, $9.5010. Sheep Beat Mt. Adams wothera. 24 (f24.25; best vallev wethem. sn ok 1 l II ! ' . ucni, vunoy ewes, jawj.50; lambs. choice Mt. Adams. $5.25S)5.50! iiSiic; olds, nominaU ifuui aoturn urcgon, iiJ(Y0i7c per I'UUilUi VUIIUV. I IHIl I I f" nnk...lM tf i V "-. II1UI1UI1 . Cascara bark 44&c, pound: salted calf. 18c anto,i n o. ii i . 1 suited stags, uc; green hides, lc less; dry hides, 1017c; dry calf, 17 ion; ury Binge, I iCalZC. reus urv. lOic: Baltftd. imtptmn' take-off, 4075c; Bpring lambs, 261 45c,