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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1906)
Heppner Gazette bMMdTharariayaf Each Wttk HEPPNER.. .OREGON BAD BEEF SLEW SOLDIERS. RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political, His toricaJ and Commercial. The Election. Portland, June 5. With only about one-half of the ballots counted, Bourne has a small lead over Gearin for sen ator. In the First district Hawley appa rently has a big lead over Galloway. Ellis also has the best of the fight in the Second district. A full count will be necessary to de cide the race between Chamberlain and Withycombe, although the former is about 50 votes ahead now. Apparently woman suffrage has been defeated. The statehood fight will be resumed in the senate. The elevator trust has admitted vio lating the law. The Smoot case may be shelved until the next session of congress. Losers in San Francisco may sue the Traders' Insurance company. Eleven persons were killed in train wreck near Providence, R. I. The Northern Pacific is to put on two new trains between Chicago and the coast. The German Butchers' association has petitioned for the exclusion of all American canned meats. Martial law has been proclaimed at Cananea, Mexico, where rioting by striking native miners has occurred. A man who closeely resembles the one who threw the bomb at King Al fonso has committed suicide in Madrid The Englishman has been released, as he was in no way connected with the outrage. Governor Kibbey, of Arizona, has issued a statement warning all Ameri cans from crossing the Mexican line while the present trouble continues at Cananea Sweden and Norway have each negotiated a loan of $15,000,000. Conferees on the rate bill have agreed on almost all points. Patterson has been nominated for governor by Tennessee Democrats. A new schedule on lumber has been made Northwest lumbermen by the railroads. General Greeley advocates the erec tion in Han Francisco of barracks capa ble of housing 50,000 refugees. The California legislature has con vened in extra session to give relief to the earthquake and fire district. Madrid authorities have arrested an Englishman who is suspected with hav ing connection with the throwing of the bomb at the king. The czar has been warned to be care ful in making his decision on the pend ing land bill. Ihe peasants threaten to rise if refused land. knew it seven I knew then, taken up at Gloon overspreads Madrid in conse quence of the bomb throwing on the occasion of King Alfonso's wedding. While the festivitise continue there is no zest. Striking Mexican miners just across the line from Arizona attacked a party of Americans. In the fight that fol lowed the killed on both sides reached 45. Troops have been sent to the scene to preserve order. Japan is reported to be preparing for war with China. Railroads may be fined millions for giving the Standard Oil rebates. No agreement has been reached on several important amendments to the rate bill. The Traders' Insurance company has offered a compromise to San Francisco policyholders. Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, says noth ing can be done to improve the sanitary conditions of the stockyards. Dr. Louis A. Weigel, the first Amer ican authority on the Roentgen ray, is dead as the rseult of cancer contracted from working on the machine. King Alfonso and Princess Ena are now man and wife. The wedding was one of great splendor, every ruler in Europe having a personal representa tive present. Just as the Spanish king and queen were about to reach the palace after the wedding a bomb wac thrown at the royal carriage. Its occupants escaped unhurt, but 16 persons near were killed. Roosevelt has prepared to force the meat packers to agree to government inspection. If they refuse he will make public the entire findings of his special commission which investigated affairs in Chicago. Southern Morocco natives have re belled against the sultan. In a battle between Britieh troops and Zulus, 70 of the 'atter were killed. Senator Burton has announced that he will resign if a rehearing is denied. More than 50,000 people took part in the Memorial day parade at New York. Two tftouand marines have just been arrested at Odessa, Russia, for disaffection. General Miles Says Disclosures Are Not New to Him. Kansas City, June 5. General Nel son A. Miles, who is here on his way to Colorado to address the State uni versity stuudents, said tonight : "The disclosures about beef and other packing house products now be ing exploited are no news to me. I years ago. I told what Had the matter been that time thousauds of lives would have been saved. The adulteration of food products is the co lossal crime of the times. "I believe that 3,000 United States soldiers lost their lives because of adul terated, impure, poisonous meat. There is no way ot estimating the number of soliders whose health was ruined by eating impure food. I know only of its harvest among the soldiers and can only guess how many lives it has cost the republic. "I have a barrel of testimony on the subject in the way of affidavits that I collected when I made my investiga tion seven years ago. The investigat ing committee closed the case and re fused to hear the 200 witnesses whom I had ready. At that time I could have secured the testimony of 100.000 men that the canned beef sold to the army was impure, adulterated and unwholesome." NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON SCHOOLS GET THE BENEFIT. WATER DELAYS TRAFFIC. Cloudbursts on the Columbia Play Havoc wijh O. R. & N. Tracks. The Dalles, Or., June 4. As the re sult of a series of heavy rains yesterday afternoon, culminating in a severe cloudburst at one point, three bad land slides have occured on the O. R. & N roadway in consequence of which there is another blcckade of traffic, although a large force has been sent to the scene of disaster, and hopes are entertained tht the tracks will be cleared today. Two of the slides took place between Quinn and Blalock, and are each fully 300 feet wide, with from one to seven feet of debris deposited on the tracks The worst slide, however, occured at t point three miles east of Blalock, where heavy clouduurst came down the canyon and carried out three bents of the railroad bridge, cutting out a ditch 35 feet in width and 18 feet deep. A force of 250 men was sent out from this place in response to the demands of the situation along the main lines, while 50 additional men were dispatch ed to the Columbia Southern line at Biggs, where steady showers ffave pre vailed all day, delaying the trains, but causing no washouts of the tracks. So far as known there were no fa talities. TO PROTECT NIAGARA FALLS. House Committee Regards Jurisdic tion of U. S. Unquestionable. Washington, June 5. Chairman Burton, of the house rivers and harbor committee, has submitted a report upon the bill to protect Niagara falls. The report says in part : "The committee regards the jurisdic tion of the United States over Niagara river as unquestionable, because it is a navigable stream in the greater part of ts length.'' The bill authorizes : The issuance of permits to individu als, companies or corporations already using water to the extent to which wateri s now being used. The iesuance of further permits both for the diversion of water on the side of the United States and for the trans mission of electricity created by water power from the Canadian Bide; this, however, in all cases, with the limita tion that such permits shall not impair the scenic grandeur of Niagara falls, the navigability of the river or its in tegrity as a boundary stream. All permits to be granted under the bill are wvocable within three years by the secretary of war and shall in any event terminate at the expiration of three years. Library Commission Issues a List of Books Ready for Purchase. Salem The State Library commie sion has just issued a pamphlet con taining the list of books for school 11 braries for the state. The liBt includes 787 standard books by the beet authors, from whicn tne school boards may choose books for the school libraries. In accordance with the state law, the library commission recently called for bids to Bupply about $15,000 worth of books to the schools of the state, this amount being the sum total of the li brary tax for the entire state. The bid accepted reduced the price of ail books from 15 to 30 per cent. The schools get the benefit of this reduction by ordering from the list prepared by the commission. Books treating on all subjects suitable for pupils in the pub lic Bchools are included in the list. By the terms of the contract the books are delivered to the county seat of each county at the price named in the list. Each school district in the state will select books such as they desire accord ing to the amount of money they have to expend. Some of the districts are raising money by private subscription and entertainments, in addition to the library tax money, with which to pur chase books. A very respectable li brary of 80 or 90 volumes can be pur chased. Injunction is Dissolved. Albany The temporary injunction against the Home Telephone company, granted three weeks ago at the instance of the Pacific States Telephone com pany, has been dissolved by Judge Wil liam Galloway, and the Home company is again at work installing its system in this city. Judge Galloway held that the Pacific States company had no right to attack its rival in regard to its fran chise, for that was a matter entirety between the Home company and the city officials, and that the plaintiff company did not substantiate its other claims in its complaint. Lane County Farmers Protest. Eugene The Southern Pacific com pany's new trestle across the county road west of Springfield is still engross ing the attention of the farmers of the county and the business men of Eugene and calling forth protests from them. One row of piling was driven squarely in the middle of the road, leaving two passageways with only a width ot 13 feet each. This will not permit of self- binders and other farm machinery pass ing through, and in order to go from Eugene to Springfield or vice versa they are compelled to go several miles out of the way. Open-Air Treatment at Chemawa. Chemawa Dr. C. P. Fryer, the school physician of the Indian ichoel, has established in connection with the school's hospital an outdoor sanitarium for the care of pupils who may be in clined toward tuberculosis. Several tents have been Ucated in the school orchard, near the hospital buildings, and more will be set up as soon as they can be obtained. This outdoor treatment will be watched closely by the school management, who hope that it will result in great good and in head ing off those inclined to contract this dread disease. VALUABLE COAL DEPOSIT. Three Veins of High Grade Bituminous Uncovered Near Eugene. Portland Three veins of the highest grade of bituminous coal, two of which are 10 and six feet thick, respectively will soon be worked on Spencer creek 10 miles southwest of Eugene. J. W Zimmerman, secretary and manager of the company organized to work the mine, is in Portland buying coal cars "The outcroppings are very promis ing," declares Mr. Zimmerman. "We are convinced that we have one of the richest coal mines in Oregon, if not in the Northwest. The discovery of this coal was made many years ago, but the owner of the property refused all offers for it until I secured it last year. Since March 1 we have had six men at work sinking a shaft. Within 60 days we will be in a position to work the mine "Business men of Eugene have ap pointed committees to visit the ground and examine it, and they are cnthnsi astic over the prospect. Samples as sayed prove the coal to be of the best quality. Funds for working the mine have been supplied by meichants of Eugene. We are assured that the Southern Pacific will aid us as soon as we demonstrate that the property is valuable. There will be no difficulty getting the coal to Eugene, or the main track of the Southern Pacific, as there is almost a level grade from the mine. Booth-Kelly Company Raises Wages Eugene The Booth-Kelly Lumber company baa announced a general ad vance in the wages of its employes m the mills. Hereafter the base of the wages will be $2.25 a day instead of $2, as heretofore. This is the second advance within a few weeks, the first having been made in March. The ad vance applies to all mills and to hoth the night and day crews. Scarcity of labor is given as the cause for the ad vance. Spesking of the labor situa tions, Manager R. A. Booth stated that large number of men coming to the mills are looking for permanent loca tions, and are, in a way, the pioneers of others to follow. Reforms in Turkey. Washington, June 5. Some commer cial reforms in Turkey are reported by v ice Consul General Smith-Lyte, of Constantinople, to the Bureau of Man ufacturers. The organization of a board of English merchants there has accomplished the opening of bonded warehouses, aod is demanding more fa cility in customs operations, euprres sion of the Hedjas stamp, free access on board, free importation of foreign securities, with the exception of lottery bonds, and suppression of the difficul ties in connection with the free travel Big Dividend Declared. Mexico City, June 5. The National bank of Mexico has declared an annual dividend of 18 per cent. The net pn.fi t realized was $5,685,325, and $4,579,- 000 was distributed as dividends, while the reserve fund was increased by $568,325. The National bank is a pri- vateb ank, but is fiscal agent for the government, as well as doing the usual banking business. Its annual'dividend s always lookedlupon as an index to business conditions. Defines Term Freeholder. Salem Attorney General Crawford, in reply to a query from the county clerk as to the meaning of the term freeholder, as used in the Oregon stat utes, Bays that it means a person who s the owner of an estate in fee in land. The question arose in regard to the swearing in of voters on election day. The law siys that the affidavit of the applicant must be supported by the sworn statement of six freeholders, which the attorney general construes to be six landowners, not property own ers, as the law is generally construed Strikers Shoot Guards. Cleveland, O., June 5. Fifteen sr a wen shot in a riot w uh striking miners at S eubenville this evening. Frantic telegrams have heen rent to the rovernor by the sheriff for militia. The sitnation is very critical and more trouble is imminent. Refuses to Sell Lambs. Arlington William Smith, one of the leading sheepmen of Gilliam coun ty, has disposed of his clip of wool from 8,500 sheep. The clip from each sheep brought him an average of $2 50, or $21,250 for the lot. Mr Smith has refused to contract this year's lamb crop, to be delivered by May 1, 1907, he to reserve the wool from the same, at $3 per head. This is a good indica tion that sLeep will bring a good price for several months yet. Wants All Bands in State. Salem The Foarth of July commit tee has completed all arrangements for the big celebration to be held in Salem. In addition to the usual Fourth of July feature, the committee decided to make arrangements to secure all the hands in the state that can be induced to come to the capita' on that day. Not less than 10, and probably 20 brass hands will furnish music during the day and night. Circulating Libraries. Salem Miss Marvin, secretary of the State Library commission, has jnst sent out four new circulating libraries They go to Woodville, Jackson county; Kiirkekin, Washington county; Riddle, Douglas county; and Lake Creek, Jackson county. The Dalles Invites Neighbors. The Dalles Citizens of The Dalles are preparing a celebration for the Fourth of July, which they plan to make a rouser of its kind. The 3d and 4th will be given over to celebration in the old fashioned way, all nearby towns and suburban communities being invit ed to come and participate. Funds for carrying out an elaborate two days' program have already been raised and committees appointed to take charge of the reception and entertainment of vis itors and the general details of the cele bration which are not yet completed. Dredge Makes New Reservoir. Salem The government dredge, which has been working on the gravel bar near this city, dredging for a new filtering reservoir in the river bottom for the Salem water works, has com pleted the work. The secretary of the treasury allowed the dredge to come and do the wotk on condition that the water company pay the expense of ope rating the dredge and the salaries of all the officers and men connected with the operation of it. Pests Threaten Valley Wheat. Salem Since the last crop report from this county a complaint has come from several localities that wheat has been seriously attacked by aphis and the Hesian fly, which are beginning to threaten the crop by their ravages. It is not yet known how widespread this attack is, but several farmers are com plaining. PORTLAND MARKETS. PLAYING. SHYLOCK. Insurance Companies Knock Off One Third San Francisco Losses. Oakland,, Cal., June 4. The word insurance is all one hears in San Fran Cisco today and tne language used re garding the dilatory tactics of the in surance companies is far from compli mentary. The people have not tbe slightest faith in the statement given out tnat most oi tne companies are anxious to settle promptly and dollar for dollar. Their doubt appears to be well founded, for the insurance com panies, with a very few exceptions, have shown a tendency to slice off about a third of their liabilities when settled. Cases such as this are common. A man who had $400 insurance on goods worth $600 geta about $300 when he is through with the adjusters. He has really been compromised with. The insurance company haa driven a bar gain. It has been estimated that, of $170, uuu.uuu owing, tne companies will pay about $120,000,000, holding out $50,- 000,000 which belonga to the insured. It is difficult to compile facta, as the insurance officials are not communica tive, but it is estimated that the losses already settled have been on a third knock-off basis. They call it stealing here. While the people are gradually be coming wrought up and may attempt to force action by the insurance com panies, they know they are practically helpless and that legal action will only cause further delay. They must rely on the adjusters and take what they get. Everyone ib awake to the situation of the two home companies, which per force can only settle slowly. Their se curities and tba basis of their securities are destroyed and the people whom they count on to cash them are unable to do so. They must unload slowly or not be able to settle at all. WILL PUBLISH MEAT REPORT Roosevelt Will Send Complete Find ings to Congress. Neill-Reynolds Investigation Intended tor Private Information, but Will Be Published Because Packers Oppose Inspection Drastic Law Necessary to Curb Them. DEFENDS HIS INSPECTION BILL. Crumpacker Says It Is Against Inter ests of Beef Trust. Washington, June 4. Judge Crum packer, of Indiana, today met the in sinuation that his bill to provide for the inspection of meat offered for inter state and foreign commerce is "the packers' bill" by the statement that, if the fees to be charged to the packers by the Beveridge bill were eliminated, the Beveridge measure would meet with unqualified approval from the packers. "The Beveridge bill," said Judge Crumpacker, "would act so as to drive out of business all of the small inde pendent packers and would put tbe beef trade entirely in the hands of the beef trust. The small sellers of beef and other meats throughout the country could not afford to pay the fees for in spection and they would have to hand over their business to the trust. As for the insinuation that my bill is framed in the interests of the packers, will say there is no packing interest in my district; that I have seen no packers about the measure, and that I stand for it as calculated to meet tbe demands of the situation. I don't care what the packers want. I care for what the country ought to have." Washington, June 2. President Roosevelt decided today to make pub lic the report of Professor Charlee P. Neill, commissioner of labor, and James B. Reynolds, of New Yoik, con cerning the condition of the meat pack ing establishments aa they found them on an inquiry instituted by tbe presi dent, primarily for his own informa tion. The report will be accompanied by a special message of President Roosevelt, in which he will take strong grounds in favor of immediate and drastic legislation to correct the evils which are exposed in tbe report. The President had not expected to make public the report of Mr. Neill and Mr. Reynolds. He felt that ita publi cation might injure the meat packing industries in this country. Primarily, the information contained in the report v a to be obtained to be used as a basis for the legislation proposed in tke amendment to tbe agricultural appro priation bill by Senator Beveridge of Indiana. He did not imagine there would be serious opposition to a propo sition to afford inspection of such meats prepared for domestic consumption aa is afforded to meat products intended for shipment abroad. Th meat pack ers, however, rose in arms against the Beveridge amendment, being insistent in opposition to it, not onlv in princi ple, but on the question of paying for the proposed inspection. Representative Wadsworth, of New York, called on the president today. He is chairman of the agricultural com mittee of the house, to which the pro posed amendment will be referred. He indicated to the president the intention of the committee to consider the amendment proposed by Mr. Beveridge and adopted practically without divis ion by the senate, and to prepare a substitute for it that would "be fair to 11 parties concerned." The attitude of Mr. Wadsworth wsb not satisfactory to the president. Id view of the facts reported to him by Mr. Neill and Mr. Reynolds, the presi dent is of the opinoin that immediate legislation of a drastic nature is neces sary to cure the evils which have been developed. He decided, therefore, to make public the Neill-Reynolds report. HERMANN TRIAL JUNE 10. GROUND INTO SAUSAGES. in bluestem, 75c 3U; gray Mosessohn is Named. Salem Governor Chamberlain has appointed Davis N. Mosessohn, of Port land, a delegate to the Lake Mohawk conference on arbitration, which meets in June. Wheat Club, 73c; red, 71c; valley, 72c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $29 per ton. Barley Feed, $24 per ton; brewing $2424.50; rolled, $24.50(325 50 Hay Valley timothy, No. 1. $12 13 per ton; clover, $7.50(38; cheat $67; grain bay, $708; alfalfa, $13 Fruits Apples, $2.50(33.50 per box apricots, $2.60 per crate; cherries $1.25(81.50 per box; strawberries, 7(3 12c per pound; gooseberries, 56c per pound. Vegetables Beans, 10c; cabbage $11.25 per 100: green corn, 4050c dos.; onions, 8(10c per dozen; peas 5c; radishes, 10c per dozen; rhubarb 3c per pound ; spinach, 90c per box parsley, 25c; squash. $2 per crate turnips, $101.25 per aack; carrota, 65 75c per aack; beet a, 85c9$l per sack Onions Bermuda, 4c per pound. Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks, 0O65c per hundred; ordinary, nomi nal; new California, 2c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 1720c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 19(&19)c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 1213c per pound; mixed chickens, 1212c; broilers. 17lc: roosters, 10c; drees ed chickens, lS14c; turkeys, live, 1518c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 20 23c: geese, live, 910c; geese, dressed, old, 10c; young. 12c; ducks, old, 14 15c; young, lbl7c. Hops Oregon, 1905, 1012c. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 18!821c; valley, coarse, 2323c: fine, 24 25c; mohair, choice, 2830c per pound. Veal Dressed, 3fir per pound. Beef Dressed bulls. 3o per pound; cows, 425c; country steer, 56c. Mutton Dressed fancy, 78c pound; ordinary, 60c; lambs, with pelt on, 8c. p0Ik Dressed, 79c What Becomes of Some Employes Packing Houses. Paris, June 4. Chicago meat will be barred out of France if the object of today b meeting of the League of Pub ic Hygiene, backed by several scores of French packers, can be attained. The league expects at least to get the government to inaugurate a new system ef inspection which will prevent taint ed meat from entering the country. A French emissary, it appears, visit ed the stockyards in Chicago and ob tained employment for a year as French correspondence clerk. According to hin testimony, no meat coming from Chicago can be eaten with safety, moet sensational evidence was cases had occurred of workingmen ing accidentally into the Bausage chines, their bones being ground with other contents of the vat and issu ing in tbe form of food for human con sumption. The that fall ma up Pens Shoshone Reserve Washington, June 4. Tbe president has issued a proclamation opening to settlement and entry a portion of the Shoshone Indian reservation in Wy oming, tbe area being approximately 1,150,000 acres. A registration of ap plicants will be held at Lander, Sho shone, Thermopolis and at Worland, provided the Big Horn railroad is doing passenger traffic to the latter place, comencing July 16 and ending July 31. the drawing will be held at Lander, Wyo., commencing August 4, 1906, and continued as may be necessary. City Will Investigate. Ch'cago, June 4. The city has de cided to appoint a commission to in- Court Holds Witnesses Can Return to Portland in Time. Washington, June 1. Judge Gould having overruled the motion to post pone the trial of Representative Her mann in this city until the October term of the court, 1hs case will come up for hearing by or before June 10, unless the trial of the pending post- office case continues longer than now anticipated. It is believed the trial of Hermann will conpiime only three to five davs. and, in the opinion of the court, the witnesses who will be summoned to ap pear against Hermann here ran give their testimony and then reach Port land in time to testify in the land-fraud trials, which begin there June 21. If he can possibly arrange it. Francis J. Heney will come to Washington to prosecute Hermann, and immediately upon the conclusion of this trial will go to Portland to take up the land cases before Judge Hunt. If Heney is un able to come to Washington, the prose cution of Hermann will rest in the hands of District Attorney Baker. It now appears that no further postpone ment of this case is possible. Deadly Effect of Wood Alcohol. Rawlins, Wyo., June 2. William Wardlow and Jesse Keating, convicts, died at the state penitentiary here yes terday from the effects of drinking wood alcohol. They were workers in tbe broom factory, where shellac varnish is used in finishing tbe handles. They secured the varnish bottle, and allow. ing the shellac to settle, drank the wood alcohol, which is used to cut the shellac. Both died in horrible con vulsions, having first become totally blind from the tffects of the drug. At death the body was black. Will Make No Changes. Chicago, June 2. Mayor Dunne to day declared that nothing would be done to change the sanitary condition of the stcckvards beoynd routine in vestigate the conditions at the stcck j spection. He professed ignorance as to yards, with a view to determining how tar the rn:eni criiiciMn if met ho Is em ployed it justified. Mayor Dunre to mv. after a ronWence with Health Commissioner Whalen, decided to ask the co-operation of the Federal govern ment, and the authorities will be atked to name several members of the ctm nisei on. May Adjourn About July 4. V.,cMvptrn, ,Jnn 4. Members of congress who visited the White House today predicted that final adjournment -nn Id not be had until the Fourth of July. conditions there, and referred inquirers as to nis intention to Health Commis sioner Charles J. Whalen. Dr. Whalen was angered when told of the charges. He said that he did not want any "longhaired radicals appointed to go into the stockyards to foment trouble.'r Postal Bill Sent to Conference. Washington, June 2. The postoffice Appropriation bill was Bent to confer ence by the hone today. Sims, of Ten nessee, invmned against the iniquity of sending a bill will 83 amendments to conference without permitting tbe- house to consider them.