Heppner gazette., July 27, 1905, Image 3

ortlan4 Ijeudu In Wheat Ship.
uieutn.
I'ortland. July 22 For the 12
months ending June 30. Portland ex
ported more wheat than any other port
in the United States, and is the only
city on the Pacific coast to which that
honor has ever fallen.
The shipments from Portland were
1,474.147 bushels, valued at $1,331,913
San Francisco came uext with 1,315,447
bashe!s; the Puget Sound district is
third with 1,246,616 bushels. These
figure were compiled by the depart
ment of commerce and labor.
In 1904, Galveston took the lead, with
17,135,435 bushels. In 1905. she ex
ported only a total of 56,000 bushels,
but at the same time sent more grain
across the sea than any other port in
the country, with the exception of the
three named.
While Portland has gained first place
ehe is considerably under the showing
ghe made in 904, when she diapatr
,470,453 bushels of the Cereal to foreign
markets. The decrease is easily ac
counted for by the fact that thousands
of bushels of wheat have been sent
from this le'ritory in the past year to
California and inland points. It is es
timated that the Willamette metropolis
has Bent at leat twice as much whea
to domestic points as she exported. In
1904, San Francisco exported 1,774,431
bushels of wheat and the Puget Sound
citie9 1,723,073, and consequently in
that peiiod Portland exported as much,
as both districts.
The flour exports from this port for
the past year reached 766.858 barrels,
va ued at $2,991,341, which places ber
fourth on the lift in this line of busi
ness. Ne York comes first with a
shipment of 2,030,001 barrels. Puget
Sound lecond with 1,609,173 barrels,
and Philadelphia third with 985,080
barrels.
For the year the value of the wheat
and flour exports from Portland total
$4'313,254; in 1904 they amounted to
$6,031,514. The decrease is due to the
great quantities ot grain sent down the
iioaet aud to interior points. It is also
held that the w r in the Orient contri
buted in no small measure to the shortage.
Tettmnter'n Strike EnAed.
Chicago, July 21. Six hundred lum
ber drivers of this city have voted to
declare the strike off and leturn to their
former positions, regardless of the ac
tion of other striking unions. Depart
ment store drivers began voting jtoday
on the que 'tion of declaring the strike
off and the railway express drivers ar.d
track teamsters will soon vote. This
action is being taken without the sanc
tion of the strike leaders, the teamsters'
joint council having adopted amotion
advi"ing the strikers oo the local anions
that the time has come to vote the strike
off. Following the calling off of the
teamsters' strike by the joint council
the strikers broke ranks today in order
to secure work. In moBt canes the con-
ditions imposed by employers was bid
ing union buttons. Of five thousand
men who quit, probably not more than
1500 will be taken back within the next
few days.
I'be employers held a meeting today
and adopted rules to govern the con
duct of employes, which will be one of
the conditions on which the st.ikers are
taken back.
The strike has cost 21 liven, $15,000,
in money and 500 injured in rioting
ew Trial for William.,.
Itlorton Welcomes Inquiry.
Off to lig Canal.
New York. July 20. John F. Stevens,
tho newiy appointed chief engineer of
the Panama Canal, nailed today for
Panama on the steamship Mexico.
Chairman Shonts of '.he Cuial Commis
sion accompanied him. Mr. Stevens
will assume control of operations im
mediately upon a riving at the is-thraua.
Neither Mr. Shouts v-or Mr. Sttvens
has visited the isrhiuu before and both
said they would pteJ'er to wi.it until
their return before talking of condi
tions down there. They told eomethi' g
of the plans, however, and the woik
they propose to do a? once to assure
success.
Mr. Shonts slid he hail heard ruanv
complaints teg uding coudiMons on tie
isthmus, but had paid no attention t j
them.
"There are men down there who have
a just complaint, and that is that they
have nothing to do but work. They
have no amusements and no friends.
Men 2000 miles from home under these
conditions get homesick, of course.
What they want is amusement, healthy
games and outdoor exercise. In order
to rem 'dy this, we will establish a sep
arate depar'metit aud we expect to es
tablish clubhouses across the isthmus.
"Mr. Stevens and I saw the President
and we talked over the canal plaits in a
general way. Of course, the kind of
canal to be dug in yet to be decided up
on. I should say that it would take 10
or 12 years to construct a sealevel canal
and about five years to dig a I ck canal "
Mr. ShonlA said that arrangements
have been made to carry on the woik
without any interruption, whatever,
should Mr. Shorts resign as chief en
gineer. "I Lave tried the Chinese in this
country and found them good. I will
try many experiments until we pet tie
best kind of laborers."
New York, July 20. Chairman Mor
ton, of the board of directors of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society, made
th1 following statement today in regard
to Governor Higgins' message to the
Legis ature recommending an investi
gation of the life insurance companies
of the state:
"I do not object at all to an cfficiul
investigation of the life insurance com
pmies of the state. The more com
ptete and searching the legislative in
vestigation is the better it will suit me
and the better it will be for the Equit
ab'e. We hope that the proposed in
vestigation of all New York insurance
companies will be as exhaustive as I
propose to make the investigation of the
affairs of the Equitable which began
over a month ago by chartered account
ants.
"So far as tte Equitable Society is
concerned, it is my inteetion that the
poliiy-holders, the tiustees, the new
directors and the chairman of the board
shad know the exact condition of the
company from top to bottom."
Portland, O e , July 20. After being
closeted together f r 4C hours and tak
ing 42 ballots in which the vote was 10
tor conviction and two for acquit al, the
jury in the Williamson Gest-er Biggs
case reported to Judge Dehaven in the
federal circuit court at 1 o'clock todsy
that it could not agree and was dis
charged.
Judge Dehaven askerj if the jury ut
derstocd that they contd fin 1 one de
fendant innocent and the jury said it I
did. W. O. Cook then addressed the
court, saying that the jury had balloted
many times with the same result, that
each man had taken a part in the dis
cussion and that it was evident that no
verdict could be reached.
Judge Dehaven then dismissed the
jury from further attendance on the
court. The two jurors who stood out
against the majority were for acquittal
or com pro ise. It has been ascertain
ed that 0. Cook, who was supposed
for a long time to have stood out alone
for acquittal, was favorable to the gov
ernment.
District 'Attorney Heney Btated he
would like to try the Williamson case
over at once, whereupon Judge Dehaven
ert the Williamson case for tomorrow.
Judge Bennett, fo- the defense, was
much averse to going to trial tomorrow
and pleaded for lime in which to "get
ourselves together," but Judge Dehaven
hiviDg said the cee would be S'tfor
to morrow, when the work of impanel
ing a jury would begin and by the time
this was done the witnesses would be
on hand. '
there w. re nin indictments by the
special United 8 ates g and jury in
timber fraud cases,
New Wheat at 8 Cent.
Lewiston, Idaho, July 20 The first
Bale- in the Lewisto;! market took place
ioday, nd beats the piice opening in
the Pabuse country by half a cent
uo vonmer Clearwater company
bought 7000 bushels of Al b uettem of
George W. Iiiggs at 68 cents a bushel,
the wheat to be delivered at Lewiston
TJl er tfcills, It is the highest opening
recorded in the wheat market here for
many years, and the company is ready
to purchase still more eaily wheat at
the same price. The wheat was grown
on Mr. Riggs' farm on the Lewiston
flat, and is nearly threshed, the ma
chine now being at work in the fitld.
It will be delivered here by tem forth
with. E W. Eaves, manager of the V"Ur. i r
deal water company, sys the wheat is
of fine quality.
The Kettenbach company, limited,
reports having purchased 10000 bush
els of bluestein today on the Lewiston
flat, bat divided to give the price.
Olared for Action.
When the body is cleared for action,
by Dr. King's Nw Life Pills, yon cr
tell it by the bloom of hea'th oo tin
ohfeks; the bright.-je.s of tbe eyes; the
firmufsq of thn tii-h end mutely; th
bnoynnoy of the mind. Try them. At
Slocnm Drug Co.'s drug store, 25 cnts.
Before You Oi;7e?
Tombstones, Marble
or Granite Work
You will do well to see
Monterastelli Brothers
and get prices. Thej hae
a fine stock on hand.
MAIN STREET, HEPPNER, ORE..
Nine Indicted.
Boise, Idaho, July 20. It develops
A Touching Story.
is tbe saving ffnrn death, of. the bab
girl of Go A. Eyler, Cumberland, Md
Ha writes: "At the age of 11 months,
our little girl was in deeliniDg health,
with serious Throat Trouble, and two
physicians gave her up. We were al
most in despair, when we resolved to
try Dr. King's New Disoovery for Con
sumption, Cough and Colda. The first
bottle gave relief; after taking four bot
tles she was cured, aod is now in per
fect health " NVver fails lo relieve at d
onre a cough or oold. At Slocum Drrg
Co.'s drug store; 5oo and $1 guaran
teed. Trial bottle free.
SI
lloycolt on Yankee tioodw.
Washington, Jaly 19. The sta'e de
partment has been infoimed by its con.
suls that the Chinpse boycott against
American coeds, which was instituted
to-lay, was organized by the trade
guilds in five pcita, Shanghai, Carton,
Tientsin, Hankow ami Newchwang. It
is believed he boycott will not be suc
cessful or do any particular injury to
American goods, except in the cities of
Canton and Shanghai, where the guilds
are stronger than elsewhere.
There is no official action w hich the
United States goyemmetit can take as
long a-j it remains a simple boycott ori
refusal to purchase American goods,
but it is thought the boycott will be dis
couraged by the Chinese government as
far as possible.
domestic Pe
in the family is not to be ex
pected where a poor cook stove
is used. That is only natural.
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STEAMER LINES.
Han Fmnnurn Pnmivn Rnnnv ar.iB
sails from Portland 8 p. m. every 5 days.
Bout, aprvlon hptivonn Pnrtlan4
Orofjon City, Dayton, Salem, Independent
Corvallis aud all Columbia and Willamette
mver poinu.
SNAKE RIVER ROUTE.
Steamers between Riparla and Lewiston lear
Riparia daily at 10:40 a. m. except Saturday,
returning leave Lewiston dally at 7 a. m.excett
Friday.
J. B. HUDDLESON, Agent, Heppner.
A. L. CRAIG,
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iwinrnr ntxw
vumm ma lo in
Fresh and Salted Aleats
Fish on Fridays
ewMi iWiHnpiMai:wi uu pi err mi in n iimi i
Highest market price
paid for fa stock
fulling Hafo (irnln,
Harvesting throughout Wasco cotuily
is now in full blast. Headers are run
ing everj where, an ! a few threshers
have etaried. Combines have rjbeen op
erating all this week in the vicinity of
Dufnr, and reports are that the yitld of
wheat in many fields averages 0 bush
els to the acre. North and east of Du-
fur the yield is somewhat lighter, and
the average in the north end of the
county will probably not be much over
1) bushels to the acre of wheat and
probably 2-" to P,0 of oats and barjpy.
Tbe weather for harvest in ideal.
iloycott Effectivr.
Shanghai, July 21. The boycott of
American eoods is now effective, al
thegh all rnnning contracts will be al
lowed. All schools and colleges in this
f ection will discard American books.
Economical in Fuel, Satis
factory in Results, and as cheap
and good as a good grade of
Stoves can be sold.
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F1RST.CLASS
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Kept constantly on hand
and tan be furnishes on
rhort nctire to parti
wishing to drive into the
interior. First class : :
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