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GOLD HILL JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26? 19U
NO. 17
Gold Hill District^ Soon to Enter Era of Great Mining Activity
RAILWAY STRIKE IN [ COLONEL
BRITAIN IS ENOED
Companies to Arbitrate Differ­
ences With Men, Who Have
Returned to Work,
London.— A great wave of relief
•w ept over the «»untry when shortly
after 11 o'clork the announreniint
*« ■ made from the board of trade of
Area that the railway atrlke had been
settled and that the men would re
turn to work Immediately.
The settlement followed a day and
a night of fierce rioting
Thia was
especially so In portions of Scotland
and Wales, where the military and po
lice were absolutely defied by the
workers, who bitterly resented the In
tgrfe
(rference of the government, which
had manned the slgual boxes and
trains by railroad tnen drafted from
the ranka of U,e red ooatg.
It also came In time 4« prevent an
absolute famine In many cities whlcb
depend on the railroads for the food
supply. The fact that bread riots
were threatened In many places and
that cotton mill employes in the great
centers of the north and the Scottish
and Welsh miners were preparing to
lay down their tools, caused the gov­
ernment officials to bring the strong
eat pressure on both sides to consent
to arbitration
Lost of the credit for the ultimate
success of the efforts toward peace
appears to rest with David Lloyd
George. chancellor of the exchequer
who worked for conciliation when all
others of the Interested
parties
«•» med to have given It up
ROADS PREPARE FOR RUSH
Autumn Homeaeeksre* Movement Ex
pected to Break Reoerds
Chicago.— Preparations are being
made by western railroads to handle
an unprecedented movement of land
seekers to the Pacific Coast states
this fall. Special colonist rates are In
effect from September 15 to Octobei
15.
These rates are usually made
twice a year, In the spring and In the
fall, and range from ,33 from Chicago
to ,23 from the Missouri River, for
one-way trips.
During the colonist movement In
the spring nearly 90,000 persons'
traveled Io the Coast, according to es '
tlmatss. Present prospects are that
the movement this fall w ill even ex
eeed that number.
I
David Lloyd-George, chancellor of
the exchequer, to whom credit
largely due for settlement of
British railway strike.
Colonel John E. Gilman, oommand-
sr-ln chief of the G. A. R., which began
Its annual encampment at Rochester,
N. Y., Monday.
Brief News of the Week.
Fruits and vegetables of many sorts
w ill be sold In Ch'eago by weight In-
• " ad ot bJ measure after January 1.
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Ten thousand elk from tbs Jackson
Hole country are to be shipped to
Colorado and distributed over that
the railroads having agreed to
transport the animals free of c h a w
The engineers In chsrge of the
work of raising the battleship Maine
have decide# to suspend the operstlor.
of exposing and exploring the hull
until after they cleared away tne
wreckage
New York state and the Middle
West have . bumper apple crop for
expose shipment this year, according
to a bulletin of the Boston Chamber
of Commerce.
The political campaign In Canada Is
Increasing In Intensity as It pro­
grosses, and scarcely a city, town or
hamlet from coaat to coast but will
hear the oratory of the platform
speakers during the week
The curtailment a m o n _ __ _____
England cotton and woolen mills has
extended to New Bedford, Fitchburg,
Amesburg and Wakesfleld, where be-
tween 30,000 and 35,000 operatives
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were given two weeks vacation, with.
New Mexico Rejoices Over Statehood. I out pay.
Albuquerque, N, M — The news ot
....— .
the passage of the statehood resolu-,
tion In the House and the successful
culmination of New Mexloo's 50 year
i„aac a Manning, of Oregon, now
struggle for statehood was received consul to La Gualra, Venexuela, was
with wild rejoicing throughout the J nominated as consul at Barranqullla,
territory.
Colombia.
Mias Ida Conquest, the actress, w ill
be married In October to Rlccardo
Bertelll, oldest ton ot the late Ad-
West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' miral Luigi Bertelll, of Genoa, Italy.
Association Now a Reality.
Oscar A Brindley soared higher
Astoria. The Oregon & Washing from the ground at Chicago than an
ton Lumber Manufacturers' Associa­ aeroplane had ever been before and
tion, ai the meeting held In this city, set a new world's record at 11,726
voted to affiliate with the southwesv feet.
erri Washington and Parlile Coast as
Partners on the stage for many
s dations, thus forming what will In years, Edward H. Sothern and Julia
future be known as the West Const Marlowe, America's foremost Shakes
Lumber Manufacturers' Association. pearean stars, were married in Lon­
The object Is the belter exploitation don recently.
of the manufactured product of the
Joy filled the home of Theodore
mills of this section
Roosevelt, Jr., In San Francisco, when
The Oregon trustees of the new the stork left an eight-pound daugh­
merger were elected as follows: WII- ter as a gift to Mrs. Theodore Roose
lamette Valley district. A. C. Dixon. velt, Jr., daughter-in-law of the ex
Engine; Astoria district, George B. president Of the United States,
McLeod. Astoria; Portland district,
President T aft, John Haya 1-Ia-n
L. J. Wentworth, Portland.
v
mond, James J. III1I and Secretary o.
News of Noted Persons.
LUMBER MEN MERGE
Alaska Frontiersmen Die.
Seattle.—T w o o f t ' -'
>n '.metscu
lar figure- 'n " »• I :n h tie lan ! his
F r y cios
th; g icn t (I v <• i Ka
ta ils when M ike Duval “ the la th e r
of Natalia," who si one t'mc was one
of the most highly valued members
of Genera! Nelson A. Miles' scouting
forces, was drowned, and "French
Pete" Emalard, a p lo tte r of Alaska
a'nce five years after Seward's pur-
chase, and discoverer of the famous
Treadwell mines, «led from heart
trouble.
GOVERNOR |N D MRS. HARMON WITH TWO OF THEIR GRAND­
CHILDREN.
GOVERNOR DECIDES PLANS COMPLETED
TO GIVE UP HOSICK
FOR TAFT’S TRIP
Sacramento, C a l—Governor John
,0B h»» honored the requlaitlon of the
«»»«rnor of Indiana for the return ot
J«™es , Hoslck.
. , , a Los v Angeles detec
^or trlal 00 * charge of kidnap-
ln< from Indlana John J. McNamara,
now hal<1 ,n lx>K An«elca *n coanec-
t,on wltb the destruction of the Tim es
i p,ant-
! In honoring the requisition. Cover-
nor J o h u s o said:
"I think Hoslck
ahould be returned to Indianapolis to
a,and ,rla l on char“ ea brou« ht ,n ,n
1 d‘c‘ ment'_
hJ m J he.re " no
7 ? ’ “" * ^ . A ?
.‘L n.° t._.bd
on the kidnaping charges than that
tho McNamara« should not have been
brought to California."
E. J. Fleming, representing Los An­
geles and the defendant, appeared In
opposition to the requisition.
Henry Seyfried, epeclal prosecuting
attorney for the Governor of Indiana
urged the requisition, declaring that
Indiana was sincere In desiring Hos
ick for trial; that a crime had been
committed by the Los Angeles detec­
tive In spiriting a citizen of Indiana
away without due process of law and
without giving him an opportunity to
exercise bla rights as a citizen of In ­
diana
SAENGERBUNDS COMBINE
W alla W alla Chosen by 8ingere for
Next Assembly.
S e a ttte .-T h e preliminary step was
&ken toward consolidation of three
tre at Saeng. rbunds at a meeting of
the North Paclflc Saengerbund here—
the North Pacific, with headquarters
at Seattle; the South Paclflc, with
Headquarters at Los Angeles, and the
Paclflc, with headquarters at San
Francisco.
W alla W alla was awarded the 1913
Saenderfest. Los Angeles had com?
with . a strong representation and
n^ade strong efforts to obtain It for
tlielr city, but after considerable de-
bate they decided to withdraw and
hare their 6arngerfeet in 1914.
Astoria Lets Contract for Dam.
Astoria.— The water commissioners
hove let the contract for construction
of the dam at the headworks of the
the Inferior W alter L. Fisher will be water system to Bidwell, Hayden *
the principal speakers at the 14th an­ Co., of Portland, for »74,889.90. The
nual me. ting of the American Mlulng contractors have until October 1 to
Congress, to be held In Chicago Sep­ begin work, and must complete the
tember 26, 27, 28 and 29.
Job within a year's time.
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Valuation On N. P. Up »17,000,000.
Each Town to Have Day.
Olympia._The
valuation of the
Dallas»— Preparations for the big
Northern Paclflc operating depart­ Polk county harvest festival to be
ment has been .Increased »17,000,000 held In this city September 6, 7. 8 anu
by the public service commission. Its
», are being made rapidly, and a most
true vai „ , wln be reported to the successful fair Is expected.
It has
gtate tax commission at »427,260,000 been decided to give each of the prln-
th,„ , ear „ a„ | nst »110,308,460 In clpal cities of the oounty— Falls City,
past years.
i Independence and Monmouth—a day.
Washington —Plana for President
T a ffa trip through the Weat and the
Pacific Coast were virtually complet
*<*•. T h ® Journey w ill be almost as
extensive as that taken by the presl-
dent on his famous "swing around
the circle," jn i 909 when be trawgipd
more than 13.000 miles and — dWT a -
states.
H e will break ground for the Pan-
ama Canal __
Kxpogltion
_______ at San
clgco make gcoreg of addresses, and
attempt to scale Mount Tacoma.
According to the present arrange-
ment'
President will be gone six
Crimes and Mishaps
The body of Mrs. M yrtle Reed M o
Cullough^. the well-known novelist,
was fount! In her home In Chicago.
Mrs. McCullough took an overdose of
sleeping powders.
Dr. A. W. McDavltt, a San Bernar­
dino (Cal.) dentist, la alleged to have
Immured Miss Jessie McDonald for
15 months In a cell-like room adjoin
lng his dental offices.
Three men, alleged to have been
members of the mob which at Coates
ville, Pa., took Zach W alker from a
hospital and burned him to death
have been arrested charged with mur­
der.
Batteries, alarm clocks and explos­
ives held as exhibits by the prosecu­
tion in the dynamite conspiracy case
of the McNamara brothers, will be
shown to the attorneys for the de­
fense, according to an agreement
reached by the attorneys.
The trial of Henry Clay Beattie for
the alleged murder of his young wife
on July 18 were begun at Richmond,
Va., Monday— a trial calling for tha
elucidation, the prosecution officers
say, of as mysterious a crime as the
South has recently knowa.
A controlling interest in the Bill
Nye mine on Galls creek has been pur­
chased by a French syndicate repre-ent-
ed by R. B»,oilier, who has jo-»t complet­
ed the transaction with F C. Bellafny,
representing the eastern cani'alists who
owned the mine. Operations, which
have been suspended owing t • litigation
among the peop:e represented by Mr.
Bellamy, will be resumed immediately.
lh e Bill Nve, which is »quipped
with a stamp mill and an el-ctric power
line, has been a good produce-, [t was
formerly owned by H B. N ie , and
under his management much rich rock
wa> taken out.
The five-stamp mill on th - W eath -r-
by property in Sams Valley, known as
the Truetbuster, w ill soon be m opera­
tion.
The new two-stamp m ill on O. C.
tiffany's La„t Chance mine on Galls
creek will be running next week.
G. L . Haff has bonded bis Blossom
mine on Sardine creek to San Francisco
people.
«#•
Since th e selling of th eir power
'merest-», the Rays have announced
that they will henceforth
d-vote
their energies to the development oi
their mining properties which means
that the Braden on Kanes creek will
soon be ie operation, and probably
soversl other mines owned bj them in
this district.
With the Sylvanite and Grey Eagle
in operation, together with the other
mines op which work will soon be re­
sumed, the Gold H ill district w ill -ee
more mining activity
for many
years.
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W alnut Growers Are Pleased.
Eugene.— According to local walnut
growers this year w ill be one of the
best in the history of this country in
the nut industry. It is expected to
harvest 50 pounds to the tree and
with between 40 and 50 trees on an
acre w ill produce 2000 pounds or
more. The nuts w ill sell at 17 or 18
cents a pound, which means that an
acre w ill produce »360 worth in a
year.
weeks. In that time it la expected
he w ill make nearly 200 speeches
from the rear platform of his private
car and at places not on the regular
schedule.
The President probably w ill leave
ognlzed September 17, returning East
about November 1. From California
Man Is Killed by Own Gun.
the President w ill go north to Port­
Heppner.— W hile stepping from a
land and 3eattle. Three days are to
log in the mountains near Black
be spent In Washington state, and the
route eastward will allow him to atop
President T a ft aent to the Senate Butte, in the Blue Mountain range,
in Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas and the nomination« of Leslie M. Scott, of Richard Conroy, a sheepherder, was
Minnesota.
Portland, to be United States marshal shot and fatally wounded by the acci­
for Oregon, and C. V. Johnson, of dental discharge of a shotgun. Con­
Corvallis, to be customs appraiser at roy lived for about 11 hours after the
Eagles Begin Session.
accident, and for part of that time he
S in Francisco.— W ith 800 delegates Portland.
was able to converse with those about
On
September
•
Portland
w
ill
have
In attendance, the grand aerie, the
him.
opened
In
the
business
center
a
13th annual convention of the Fra­
ternal Order of Eagles, was opened in branch of what promises to be the
Ea* Ie8' H all here Monday. One thou- largest banking Institution in Ameri­
can history. It w ill take the name
Band more delegate« w ill arrive on
of The Portland Branch of the United University Regent, Plaintiff, Alleges
8peclal tralna' on whlch
of
10,000 Names Are Fraudulent.
States Postal Savings Bank.
vl’ itora a,so are exPec,ed « *• be­
Portland
w
ill
have
a
vice
commis
Salem.—
Alleging fraudulent signs
lieved that the total attendance w ill
sion if an ordinance now being pre- tures to the number off 10,211 on the
reach 40,000.
flared is approved by the mayor and referendum on House bill 210, appro­
council.
This commission is to be priating »328,258 to the University of
T H E M ARKETS.
composed of 15 members, appointed Oregon, and fraudulent signatures to
by the mayor, and it w ill be their duty the number ot 10496 on the referen­
Portland.
to Investigate all forms of vice la the dum on Houae bill M l , appropriating
Wheat— Track prices: Club, 77c;
»176,000 for «’ library building for the
city.
blueatem, 81c; red Russian, 75c.
Emphatic protest against the an same Institution, two suits were filed
Barley—-Feed, »26 per ton.
tion of the O.-W. R. A N. Co. in in the circuit court here by ex-Justice
Oats- No. 1 W hite, »24 per ton.
granting Puget Sound port3 a ra'e on Woodson T . Slater, asking that the
Hay— Timothy, valley, »16; alfalfa,
wheat c . • to that enjoyed by Fort
secretary of state be perpetually en­
»11-
lend, if vc ccd by many Po’ tland joined from placing these referendum
Butter—Creamery, 30c.
grain d ih s, shippers and millers, measures on the ballot to go before
Eggs— Ranch See.
who vitiw the move of the railroad as the people.
S. H. Friendly, of Eu­
Hops 19! ' crop. 40c; 1909, 35c;
one discriminatory agxlnst the city.
gene,
a
member
of the board of re­
coni . acts, 45c.
gents of the university, Is named as
Wool — Eastern Oregon, 9@16c;
plaintiff.
Sheridan Veterans’ Host.
W illamette Valley, 15(®17c.
Sheridan— The fifth annual encamp­
Mohair— Choice, 37V4c.
ment of the Yam hill Veterans' Asso­
The Amalgamated Sugar Company,
ciation is being held in this city, which has been seeking to obtain all
Seattle.
Sheridan Post 1- the water of Catherine Creek for use
Wheut—»Bluestnm,. 84c; Club, 79c; August 22 to 26
working with the commercial club to In irrigating its beet sugar plantation
red Russian. 77c.
make the encampment the largest In Union county, won a partial vic­
Barley— »28.50 per ton
ever held In the history of the assr tory In the federal court at Portland
Oats— »27.50 per ton.
elation.
Eggs— 84c.
when Federal Judge Wolverton to-
Hay— Timothy, »16 per ton; alfalfa,
sued an Injunction restraining Frank
»16 per ton
Negro Waives Hearing.
Hempe and between 15 and 20 other
Dallas.— L. J. Majors, the negro ar­ farmers of Union county from using
Forest Grove — A district 8unday rested by Sheriff Grant, of Polk more than 180 cubic miners' Inches
school convention will be held at the oounty. and charged with an assault of w ater under six-inch pressure from
Methodist Episcopal church In this upon Mrs W Jorgenson at West 8a the creek during August, September
elty Saturdav, August 26. Delegates lem, has decided to waive a prellml and October. The suit to not yet ad­
w|„ be present from all the Sunday nary examlnatlen.
Majors is In the judicated. however, the lajunetloa be-
echooia ia Washington county.
eounty Jail here.
lag only temporary.
Portland Notes
INJUNCTION IS ASKED