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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1906)
Heppner Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER OREGON Reeder's Has Bill to Carry Out Land Commission's Policy. 'Washington, March 13. The time is not jet ripe for the passage of a bill authorizing the leasing of vacant pub lic grazing land?, but sentiment in favor of Federal control and regulation of the public range is growing steadily, and eventually such a system will be inaugurated. Representative Reeder, General Review of Important Hap- 0f Kansas, has advanced ideas on this penings Presented in a Brief and Blject, and believs that the best way uomprenensive wanner ior Busy t0 expand Bentiment in favor of the I leasing system is to keep the topic be- RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS LEASING GRAZING LAND. Readers National, Political. His torical and Commercial. Hoggatt Alaska. will be named governor of stopped Dowie's sup Zionists have ply of runney. Both China and Japan deny there is any disturbance iu China. Anthracite operators are believed to have agreed to reject the miners pro posals. A bill has been introduced in the Iowa legislature legalizing the killing of incurables. Details of the fight between Mores and American troops show that the battle lasted four days and 900 of the rebels were killed or wounded. Millions are starving in Northern Japan and now winter weather has added to the misery. Straw and acorns are the principal foods. An almost total failure of the rice crop is the cause of the famine. The Harriman lines will put on a new through train "from Chicago to Portland. No'stops will be made and no passengers or express will be car ried, nothing but mail. This charge wi.l make a saving of an entire diy. In Wyoming Westtrn Nebraska and Northern Colorado there is 12 inches of enow and stockmen fear heavy losses, as the weather is extremely cold. Kansas and Montana have snow at d heary winds and street car and railroad traffic is badly demor. 1 zed. The Iowa senate has parsed an anti railroau pass bill. American troops killed fiOO native outlaws in a battle in the Philippines. Fire at San Francisco in a five-story building caused a loss of over $750 000 An agreement on Morocco is abo it to be readied at Algeciras, the kaiser backing down. lne Chinese government reassures the nations that there will be no upri ing ag.iinst foreigners. The Hariman lines will be equipped with the block signal system from Omaha to Los Angeles. The house committee on naval affairs favors the appointment of not more than 30 dental surgeons in the navy. President Roosevelt has been asked to step in and attempt to settle the dif ferences between the coal operators and miners. fore the public. With that end in view he has drawn and introduced a general leasing bill which reads as follows: "That the president is hereby au thorized to set aside by proclamation such portions of the public land es in his opinion should be created iuio graz ing districts. The control and custoHy of the lands thus withdrawn shall be placed in the hands of the secretary of Agriculture, who is hereby authorized to classify and appraise the grazing value of such lands and to appoint suc h officers as the care of each grazing dis trict may require. "The secretary of Agriculture is also authorized to charge and collect a rea sonable fee for grazing permits and to make and enforce such regulations as may be appropriate to the conditions of each ganrzing district. These regula tions shall be framed and applied with special reference to bringing about the largest permanent occupation of the country by actual settlers and home makers. ill public lands thus withdrawn and controlled shall at all times be continue to subject to entry and Bettle ment under suitable regulations. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON WOOL SALES DATES SET. STIR UP RADICALS. The house committee on elections has favorably reported a bill providing for the election of senators by direct vote of the people. Tbe Port of Portland commission has voted the Hill company right to bridge the Willamette below Portland accord ing to the plans submitted by the rail road company. Miss Susan B. Anthony is still very weak. The Algeciras conference is talking of compromise. The government has evidence of re bates given the sugar trust. No successor to Premier Rouvier has yet been named in France. Frantic efforts are being made to save Zion City from bankrupty. Frequent robberies have caused the closing of money order offices in Po land. Three officers of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company have been indicted for stealing. Two officials of tbe Standard Oil have called on President Roosevelt and seem anxious shout investigation of trusts. J. Ogden Armour, head of the Ar mour Packing company, complains be cause of secret service men dogging him. Russian Reactionaries are Inciting to Open Outbreak. St. Petersburg, March 13. Some of the reactionary organizations are push ing the agitation against the radical elements to a dangerous point. Today a "League of the Russian People" held a service in the Alexanderevsky mon astery, to celebrate the manifesto on March 8 as a victory for the old regime Later, at the Horse Guard menage, the fighting society cf the same organiza tion held a public meeting and listened to inflammatory speeches by Dr. Dou brovin and Professor Nikolsky, two ex tremist leaders, at which the orators openly summoned their followers, the Black Hundred, to kill the Jews and hang Count Witte. Prince Mestchersky, editor of the Graznanin, who supported the Witte section, charges the bureaucracy .with having sympathy with the court clique, which is opposing the hands of the cabinet, and with inciting class hatred and strikes, with the purpose of mak ing the national assembly a failure. He quotes Professor Nicolsky as de- claring that friends of the autocracy should see that a number of re vol u tionaries are elected, in order to fur nish an excuse for dispersing the na tional assembly with bayonets. Entire Product Will Be Disposed of in Open Competition. Pendleton The wool sales dates for Eastern Oregon have been decided upon as follows: Pendleton, May 22, 23, June 5 Heppner, May 25, June 8, 22; Con don, May 29, June 27; Shauiko, May 31, June 1, 19, 20, July 10; Wallowa June 12, 29; Baker City, June 14, July 12. On these dates practically all of the wool of Eastern Oregon will be sold, as all of the dealers have decided not to make any advance sales to the buyers This means that all wool of Oregon must this year be bought in open com petition at the different sales days. The Umatilla County Woolgrowera' association has decided to test the va lidity of the migratory stock law of Oregon at the earliest possible opportu nity. Judge Ellis declared (he law unconstitutional some time ago. Tbe case will be tried again and the law, if defective, will be remedied, inis is a law which places a tax on all sheep brought into the state for grazing pur poses from the outside. Affidavits will also be forwarded to the Interior department showing that Oregon sheepmen were unjustly treated in the redivision of the Wenaha re serve. An effort will be made to enlist the aid of the Portland and Pendleton commercial clubs in Umatilla county'B fight. Big Year for Grand Ronde. La Grande La Grande and the Grand Ronde valley are looking for ward to tlie most prosperous season in the history of Union county. So many and so definite are the indications that there is little doubt, even in the mind of the most confirmed pessimist, that 1906 will be the banner year foi this section of Oregon. Heading the ;et of good things in store for La Grande a.e the Oregon Railroad & Navigation com pany's projected improvements. Agents have secured options on large tracts of land along the right of way for increas ed yard room in this city. Never Voted tor President. McMinnville Major George L. Scott, who recent! retired from the United States army after 35 years' continuous service, returned to the place of his birth in this county last week, for the first time since enlistment. Although nearly 60 years of age, Major Scott has never cast a vote for any president of tbe United States. He left Lafayette, Yamhill county, for West Point, when 21 years old, and before he had voted. During his long enlistment Major Scott has been in active service in every state in the union except Oregon and Maine. He is retired on full pay. COMMISSIONER NEEDED. Settlers Have to Travel 40 Miles to Transact Land Business. Wallowa A land commissioner is badly needed for Wallowa, and appli cants for that position are wondering what causes the delay by Judge Wol verton. At present, Homesteaders or persons locating on timber land have to go either to Entersprise, or Promise, a distance of 20 miles, and return There has been a land commissioner here for several years, but owing to the removal to Enterprise of Judge O M. Cookins, the office was vacant. Los tine, ten miles distant, had a commis sioner, but tie was killed early in the winter by a runaway team. Now there is no commissioner nearer than Prom ise, where there is one, or Enterprise, where there are two. Wallowa is cen trally located and nearer vacant lands than any of the towns supplied except Promise. There are at present many hundreds of acres of timber and agricultural lands near Wallowa to be taken up, but with the extra expense of from $5 to $8 add ed to the filing and locating fee it makes even a homestead an expensive luxury. Before three months, however, very lit tle vacant valuable government land will will be left for seitlement or base. The advent of a railroad this section is bringing many settlers. CASH FOR JETTY. pur- into new Coos Has Plenty of Water. Coquille Coos county has been large ly under water for the past ten days. The water is the highest known this winter. Logs have been coming out in large numbers. There were about 40,- 000 logg in the north fork of the Co quille and 15,000 have been gotten out, with about 8,000 still in the smaller tributaries. With the clearance of this large number of logs it will make it a busy season in the lumber camps of this county. With the building of the logging road up Cunningham creek logs will be plentiful. CHANGES IN CABINET. The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries has fixed March 22 as the date for considering what ac tion shall be taken on the ship subsidy bill. Chinese crews on the Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria have been caught emugglirg arms and ammunition out of San Fra.iciso for Boxers in China It is not known how long this has been going on. France looks to America for a de claration in her favor on the Moroccan queetion. The next steamer sailing for the is land of Tahiti will carry relief for the sufferers from the recent tidal wave Tbe War department says it will not discontinue the purchasing agency at Portland as has been reported. A son of John Boznffi, an Italian banker of New York, has been kidnap ed and ia being held for a random of 20,000- The Chinese boycott felt in the United States. January. 1906, show a bout 1780,000. Bonaparte May Succeed Moody as Attorney General. Washington, March 13. It is under stood there are many cabinet changes in contemplation. Attorney General Moody may retire early in the summer Secretary Bonaparte, of the Navy de partment, may have the place if he wishes it. In that event G. L. voq Meyer, now ambassador to Russia, will likely take the avy portfolio. Postmaster General Cortelyou will succeed the secretary of the Treasury when that official retires in the fall,- nnlees present plans change. One great problem in tendering the Supreme court vacancy to Secretary of War Taft is who to get who can take the great problem of the Isthmian canal and the Philippine While Secretary Taft. although desiring ulti mately to have a position on the Su preme court bench, does not feel like leaving the cabinet at this time, Wash ington believes he will be the successor of Justice Brown. is just being Exports for falling off of The property of tbe rope trust, lo cated at Boot on, is to be sold by the sheriff. Failure to pay interest on bonds issued is the cause. Census of Isle of Pines. Havana, March 12. Dryden Fulton, who was appointed to take the census of the Isle of Pines and who was ar rested by the Cuban authorities be cause he did not have their permission to do so. arrived here last night. He says the cenEus was practically com pleted before the Cubans stopped the work. Fulton says there are less than 2,000 inhabitants on the island, and estimated the number of Cubans at 1.000 and actual Americans at about 700. He says that the number of male Cubans of voting age is 200. Guard for British Legation. London, March 13. The correspond' ent of the Tribune at Hongkong says that Capta n WTard, commanding a de tachment of 40 artillerymen, will pro ceed to Pek in at he end of the month to guard the British legation. Taotai Wen, confidential secretary of the viceroy of Canton, in an interview, paid he did not think the anti-foreign movement in the south was serious, and disxieeed the idea of trouble at Pek in. Oil Famine on Nehalem. Nehaiem The good people of Neha lem are going to bed with the chickens now, for the simple reason that there is nothing else for them to do. Gaso line, kerosene and other illuminating oils are not to be had, and such make shifts as can be found are discouraging to any literary effort in the long winter evenings, supposed generally to be de voted to mental improvement or social relaxation. The reason for it all is that no boat has come into Nehalem bay for four months, and it is on water transportation that Nehalem depends Coming from Tennessee. Arlington Thirty immigrants from Tennessee have arrived in Arlington and will found a colony in Gilliam county, if suitable farming land can be secured. Their leader says fully 20 more families will arrive within the next three months. They are in search of at least 100,000 acres. All eay they are pleased with this county and its climate. A number have gone out in livery rigs to view tbe country south of here, known as Rock creek and Schutler flat. Fight Fruit Pest. McMinnville As a result of the re cent organization of the Horticultural society in Yamhill county many meet- ngs have been held in several parts of the county. The fruitgrowers are man- resting an unusual interest this year advancing the fruit industry and war has been waged against the San Jose scale and other fruit pests to such an extent that spraying in both city nd county is being carried on with exceptional vigor. Money for Schools. Salem The secretary of the State Land board paid into the state treasury cash received on account of the various school and college funds during Febru ary, as follows: Common school fund certificates, $28,347.35; common school fund lands, $1,638; common school fund interest, $4,677.22; agricultural college fund, $300; agricultural col lege fund interest, $181.60; total $J4,981.17. Famine Imperils in Morocco. London, March 13. The Daily Mail's correspond -nt at Tangier says hat the fai.u-e of the wheat and bir- v harvest is threaten 1 throughout Morocco. With no reserve from last vear. he ad. a terrible famine seems to be impending. Property for Veterans. Eugene The will of Tavid A. Gibbs, an old soldier of tbe Civil war, who died in Eugene recently, has been ad mitted to probate. The probable value of his property is $1,000, and three fifths of the proceeds of the sale are bequeathed to the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic, the re mainder being divided between the Circle of Ladies of G. A. R. and the Woman's Relief corps, equally. Gibbs had no near relatives. Sheepmen to Meet. Pendleton The executive committee of the Umatilla Woolgrowers' associa tion will meet with tbe sheepmen who were rejected from the Wenaha reserve to discuss the question of securing per mission to take sheep across the Uma tilla Indian reservation. The Oregon sheepmen feel that they have a griev ance because the Washington men se cured the majority of the grazing per mits. PORTLAND MARKETS. Farmers Are Not Enthusiastic. Salem A good roads meeting was held at Macleay last week, but the meeting did not prove to be very en thusiaetic for the permanent improve' ment of the highways. The prevailing opinion was that tbe farmers cannot stand the expense of bringing the roads to an easy grade and giving them a crushed rock surface. Fine Coal Vein Struck. Coquille While workmen were driv ing a tunnel on the coal property of Charles Gage, on the lower river, they struck a fine vein of high grade coal. They are driving through it to another vein, which is much larger and of bet tor quality. The find promises to bs very valuable. Last of Polk's Hops. Indepeidenre The last of this year's Independence bop crop was told hy Hill Brothers to Charles Lives ley. The lot of 406 bales, with the exception of 26 bales, went for 9 cents. The remain- ng 26 bales were of the fugual variety. and were sold for 7 cents. Wheat Club, 67c; bluestem, 68jc red, 65c; valley, 7071c. Oats No. 1 white feed,$27.50; gray $27; per ton. Barley Feed, $2324 per ton ; brew ing. 124024 50; rolled, $2425. Buckwheat $2 25 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $13(9) 14 per ton; valley timothy, $89; clover, $7.508; cheat, $6 7; grain hay, $78. Fruits Apples, $1(32.50 per box; cranberries, $12.6014 60 per barrel vegetables Asparagus, 11012c per pound; cabbage, z per pound; can li flower, $22.25 per crate; celery, $4.505; rhubard, $2 25 per box; sprouts, 67c per pound; parsley, 25c; turnips, 90$1 per sack; carrots, 65Q 75c per sack; beets, 85e(a$l per sack Oniors No. 1, 70 75c per sack; ho. 2, nounral. Potatoes Fancy graded Burbacks, 5560c per hundred; ordinary, nom inal; sweet potatoes, 22c per pound. Butt r Fancy creamery, 2730c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 15316c per dozen. Poultry Average old hen, 13'414c per pound; mixed chickens. 12l3c; broilers, 20 22c; young rooster, 12? 2c; old roosters, 10I0)c; dressed chickens, 1415c; turkeys, live, 16(3 17c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 1820c; geese, live, oQtifc; geese, dressed, I0 12c; ducks, 1618e. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10(3 10c per pound; prim. 8)9c: medium, 7(J$8c; olds, 57c. Wool Eastern Oregon avenge best, 1621c per pound; valley, -24 26c; mohair, choice, 30c. Veal Dressed, 38c per pound. Beef Dressed bills, 2?3c per pound; cows, 3(34)c; country steers, 45c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 80 Pork Dressed, 639c per pound. Provision Is Made in Amendment to Sundry Civil Bill. Washington, March 9. The senate committee on commerce today voted unanimously to report favorably Sen ator Fulton 's amendment to the sun dry civil bill, appropriating $400,000 for continuing the work on the Colum bia river jetty, with a view to its pre servation unt:l congress shall hereafter make provision for its completion. On advice of Senator Frye, chairman of the committee, Mr. Fulton did not at tempt to amend his amendment, as recommended by the secretary of war, so as to authorize contracts to com plete the jetty, to its full projected length, because it was universally agreed that any such change would certainly defeat the entire amendment and kill the $400,000 appropriation fehich now seems within grasp. Rather than run this risk, Mr. Fulton ai-ked for a favor bale report merely on his amendment as originally drawn. The commerce committee, before act ing, gave a hearing to Mr. Fulton, who at some length pointed out the neces sity for tbe adoption of his amendment, showing that, unless the money is pro vided, more than a mile of uncom pleted jetty will be entirely loBt, be cause of the certain destruction of tbe tramways. Unless his amendment is adopted, Mr. Fulton declared the tram way would be utterly destroyed by teredos during the coming season, and, once the tramway is gone, the half- finished portion of the jetty will be ab solutely lost, because it will be impos sible to build new trestles over unfin ished rock work. This loss, he said, would cost the government fully $500, 000, and would set back woik on the jetty not less than two years. He showed that good business principles demand that the incomplete work be protected, and this can only be done by the immediato expenditure of $400, 000, as explained by the army engin eers. " The committee was thoroughly con vinced of the advisability of mak'ng this appropriation, and assured Mr. Fulton that it would individually and collectively a'd him in securing the adopt.on of his amendment. While the committee is not favorable to making appropriations for new river and harbor work at this session, it re gards this project as an extreme emer gency, lo increase the chances cf get ting this appropriation, the committee authorized a favorable rep rt on original bill identical in terms with Mr. Fulton's amendmnet, and, in case one plan fails, the other will be pressed henator riles, of Washington, wno is a member of the commerce committee and extremely friendly to Columbia river improvement, is an enthusiastic supporter of Mr. Fulton's amendment He, like other members of the commit tee, believes the action of the commit tee today makes it absolutely certai that the senate will attach the amend ment to tbe sundry civil bill, but real lzes that a fight will come when the bill goes back to the house. MINE DISASTER SHOCKS FRANCE Nearly 1,200 Men Meet Death in Gas Explosion. Fire Follows and Cuts Off Miners From Rescue Gas Pours Into Passages, Hampering Relief Work Whole Nation In Mourning Gov ernment Troops Aid. SEA-LEVEL CANAL FEASIBLE. Professor Burr Says It Can Be Dug in Ten Years. Washington, March 9. Professor W A. H. Burr, of New York, a member of the board of consulting engineers, ap peared before the senate committee on interoceanic canals to discuss tbe type of canal to be constructed across the Isthmus of Panama. He said that since the report wlb prepared, his re neciions convince him more than ever that a sea-level canal was more feasible than a lock canal. The witness was examined at length concerning the control of the Chagres river, and declared that the solution of the problem presented was entirely feasible. He declared he could see no reason why a sea-level canal should not ne constructed in ten years, as no doubtful engineering feats were con templated in the majority plan. The committee adjourned until 10 30 o'clock tomorrow, when it is under stood Professor Burr will attack the wisdom of constructing a canal of the lock type provided for in the minority report. Oppose Alaska Fishery Bill. Washington, March 9. Representa tives of Alaskan canners and fishermen appeared before the house committee on territories today to oppose the Cush man billl. C. W. Dorr, Captain D. II. Jarvis, Representative Humphries and f red Stimson, of Seattle, addressed the committee. The Cushman bill gives the department of Commerce and Labor practically a free hand in regulating Alaskan fisheries and the measure was criticized chiefly on the ground that it centers too great a power in the depart ment. No More Naughty Posters. ii iron, itiarcn . enfationai, vic ious and suggestive billboard pictures were condemned by a resolution adopt ed here tulay at the quarterly meeting of the hoard of directors of the Associ ated Bill i oster A Distributers of the United Sta'ea and Canada. The reso lution instructs members of the asso ciation to refuse, after the expiration of tbe year's contracts on August 1. 1906, to pot such pi ten res and titles as may be declared objectionable. Paris, March 12. A mine catastro phe of incalculable horror and magni tude Das stricKen the great coal center of Northern France. An explosion of fire damp at 7 o'clock Saturday morn ing carried death and destruction throughout the network of coal mines centered at Courrieres, and fire follow ed the explosion, making rescue diffi cult, and almost impossible. All France has been profoundly shocked by the magnitude of the dis aster, which is said to be the greatest in the history of continental mining. President Fallieres sent his secretary, accompanied by Minister of Public Works Gautier and Minister of the In terior Dubief, on a special train to the scene of the disaster. The ministerial crisis was temporarily forgotten, senat ors and deputies joining in the univer sal public manifestations of sorrow. The scene of the catastrophe is the mountainous mining region near Lens, in the department of ' Pas de Calais. Here are huddled small hamlets of the mineworkers who-operate the most pro ductive coal mines i.i France. The subterranean chambers form a serii s of tunnels. Six of the outlets are near Lens, and others aro at Courrierep,. Verdun and other points. The output of these mines Js partic ularly combustible, and is largely used in the manufacture of gas and in smelt ing. About 2,000 miners woik in the group of mines, and with their families1 make a population of from 6,000 to 8, 000 souls. The explosion took place shortly after 1,795 men had descended into the mine Saturday morning. There was a. deafening explosion, .which was follow ed by the cages and mining spparatus being hurled from the mouth of the Courrieres mine. Men and horses near by outside the mine were either stunned or killed. The roof of the mine office was blown off. Immediately after the explosion flames burst from the mouth of the pit,. driving hack those who sought to enter, and dooming those within. The work of attempting to rescue the imprisoned miners was hastily begun by officials, engineers and miners from the surrounding mines, who formed parties and made heroic efforts to pene trate the smoke and foal gases and! bring out the imprisoned men. The families of the entombed miners- crowded about tbe shaft seeking fathers or husbands, and threatening, in their efforts to. obtain details, to force back the gendarmes who kept them 'from the mouth of the pit. The populace of the strict is appalled by the disaster. which affects every household. Those persons who were rescued we.e terribly burned. The latest estimates place those who- were taken out at 591. The worst fears have been realized and it is now cer tain that those entombed, numherinir ,193, are dead. It is also almost cer tain that but few bodies will be recov- red, as the fierce flames have entirely consumed those who were shut in the mine. Two-Cent Fares for Virginia. Richmond, Va.. March 9. The Churchman bill fixing railway passen ger rates at 2 cents per mile for 500 and 1,000 mile tickets pasted the house Itoi'ay. It has previously passed the senate and now goes to the governor. British Steamer Sinks. Halifax, N. 8.. March 12 The Brit- sh steamer Hawkins foundered off calterie, on the Cape Breton coast. It is not known as yet if the members f the crew managed to escape in tbe small boats and are safe in some iso lated point on the coast. The Hawkins as commanded by Captain Panes anil carried a crew of ah-ut 25 men. She sailed 'from here February 15 for Pnrt. Morier, an outport of Cape Breton, on the Nova Scotia coast, and nothing had since been heard of th- vessel until the news that she had gone to the bottom. Raid Anarchist Meeting. Philadelphia, March 12. A squad of policemen tonight raided a meeting of 200 anarchists while Johann Most, of New York, was on the platform de livering an address. The meeting was held in honor of the anniversary of Moat's birth, and he wa reciting the story of his life when the police enter ed. He desisted at the command of the police, who then cleared the hall. The crowd resisted tbe police, and in the confusion blows were exchanged. John D.'a Great Charity. Denver, Colo., March 12. It was re ported here today that John D Rocke feller was to put $1,000,000 into the Juvenile Improvement association, pro viding that the association become na tional in eope and that Judge Lindsey remains at the head of theoragnization. In a statement given out tonight Jud e Lindsey intimated that thestatemtni premature.