Heppner gazette., July 26, 1906, Image 7

WEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
GROW RUBBER IN UMATILLA.
Colorado Man Says the Climate an
Soil Are Good.
Pendleton- -There is a prospect that
Umatilla county may become the rub
ber growing center oftne Pacific North
west in the near future. G. T. Dong
lai, of Durango, Col., representing the
rubber trust of the United States,
here lor tne purpose ol looking over
the country and making an examina
tion of the soil. He is now looking
over the country in the vicinity of
Echo, where the soil and c imate is
similar to that of New Mexico, Arizona
southern Utah and southern Colorado
where the plant is grown very success
fully. Tne plant is said to nourish in
dry sandy soil, and in semi-arid die
tricts. Mr. Douglas believes this sec
tion to be adapted to the successful
growing of the plant which he says re
quires about two years to come to ma
curity. It can be put in at from $8 to
$10 per acre and will yield from $100
to $200 per acre. Mr. DouglaB will
make a report of his investigations to
his company in a few days.
Sodaville as Seat of Learning,
Albany Articles of incorporation
have been filed in the county clerk's
office for the Mineral Springs college,
at Sodaville. The college will be open
ed nest fall in the building at Soda
ville formerly occupied by the old Min
eial Springs seminary, which closed i la
doors several years ago from lack o
financial assistance. It is now planned
to establish a school the equal of any
institution in Oregon, except thoBe sup
ported by the state. Classical, Ecien
tine, literary, normal, business and
musical courses will be taught, and the
institution plans to give degrees as
high as master of arts.
Demand for Labor in Linn County.
Albany There is no excuse for a la
boring man to complain for lack of
work in Oregon this year. In Linn
county there is a demand for laborers
of every sort, and especially those wno
will do farm work during the harvest
ing season, and who are willing to work
around a sawmill, or in the woods.
Farmers in Linn county are looking in
vain for needed assistance to garner
their ciop and the lumbering mills
along the rivers of Linn, Marion and
Lane counties are advertising for help
all the time. Many college etudents
are spending their vacation weeks at
the sawmills.
Labor Famine in Valley.
Salem As an illustration of how
great is the demand for manual . and
team labor in the Willamette vaMey,
the Willamette Valley Traction com
pany, in commencing work upon the
Portland-Salem electric line, was un
able to secure men and teams, and
employed a steam traction engine to do
the ground breaking. It is quite prob
able that help will have to be imported
from other states in older that the com
pany may be able to fulfill its contracts
with the city council of Salem to have
the line completed between this city
and Chemawa and ready for operation
on or before September 10.
Wasco Farmers Begin Harvest.
The Dalles Haying is well advanced
throughout Wasco county, the bulk of
the grain hay now being in the stack
and the second cutting of alfalfa has
began. More hay has been cut in the
county this year than for many years
previous. This was owing to so much
of the grain having been injured by
beat, making it unfit to thresh. Next
week cutting of grain will begin in sec
tions where fall grain is raised, and in
most sections barley will be ready to
cut by the last of the week. FarmerB
estimate that about half a crop will be
harvepted. The fall wheat will be No.
1, but" m st of the spring wheat will be
inferior.
Hot Weather Hurries Harvest.
Kugene The condition of the crops
in the Upper Willamette valley, espec
ially abound Eugene, during the rant
week have been excellent, and all the
farmers are happy. The haying season
is about half over and the crop to be
harvested will be one of the largest for
years. The warm wave which has ex
tended over the valley has been some
what detrimental to the wheat crop,
which, according to the farmers, has
advanced too far. Harvest hands are
reported scarce, even with the good
wages offered.
Hot Wave Spoils Prospects.
Moro The hot wave that has pre
vailed in this section for the past two
weeks has materially shortened the
very flattering prospect for a big wheat
crop. Reports from farmers are con
flicting, but there can be no doubt but
that all grain is more or les shriveled
and there will be not over half an aver
age crop. Many are already cutting
their wheat for hsy, but at the present
price for hay that will bring very satis
factory returns.
Exhibits for Jamestown Fair.
Salem Jefferson Mye's, president of
the Lewis and Clark fair commission,
and one of the commissioners to the
Jamestown exposition, was in Salem
recently closing np the affaire of his
commission and also consulting with
officers of the state fair board relative
to the collection of exhibits for the Or
egon exhibit at Jamestown. Colonel
Myers says that all exhibitors at the
etate fair will be asked to preserve as
mnch of their products as possible and
the commission will purchase such as
is meritorious for exhibit at James-town.
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
FOOD LAW QUESTIONED.
Legal Interpretation of Two Words
Means Much to its Friends.
Salem Upon the legal interpreta
tion of the words "adulterants" and
"adulteration" hangs the fate of Ore
gon's pure food law when it comes up
for desision before Judge George H
Burnett, of the Circuit court, for thi
county in the cise of the state vs
George Fendorick, who ib charged with
selling the state Urd that has been
adulterated with tallow.
fonaoncic, who is a meat dealer in
this city, is under contract to furniBh
the state insane asylum with a quantity
of lard, and it is charged by the state
dairy and food commissioner that the
lard furnished contains a certain per
centage of tallow.
ine point at issue is whether an
adulterant in foods means the substitu
tion gi a substance which is injurious
to the human system for a pure article
and if the court holds that tallow is not
an adulterant it will throw the whole
act open to technical violation in all
lines of trade in foodstuffs.
Big Real Estate Deal'at Eugene.
Eugene One of the largest real es
tate deals ever made in Lane county
was consummated recently when Eli
Bangs, Eugene's pioneer liveryman,
sold a quarter block of ground at the
corner of West Ninth and Olive streets
to G. M. Bonnett, a farmer of this city,
for $35,000. A two story brick build.
ing and a large frame livery stable
building are on the ground, and they
are included in the sale. Mr. Bangs
secures in the deal a 960-acre stock
farm in Harney county, which his son,
Abraham, ot this city, will conduct.
Grocers Not To Buy Infected Fruit
Salem County Fruit Inspector E. C.
Armstrong has called upon all retail
grocerymen and secured from them an
agreement not to buy from farmers any
fruit infected with Sin Jose scale. The
dealers were willing to make the agree
ment and will keep it in letter and
spirit. If the retail merchants prevent
the sale of diseased fruit to them, the
nspector can give his entire time to
watching the farmers who peddle fru
about town direct to the consumers.
Construction Slow.
The Dalles W. F. Nelson, president
of the Oregon Trunk road, says con
struction work is progressing slowly be-
ause of the scarcity of laborers. Mr.
Nelson expectB to secure plenty of la
borers after harvest. It is the purpose
of the company to push the road on to
Madras, a distance of 110 miles from
the Columbia, as soon as it can be
built, and then to build through Cen-
ral Oregon and make connection with
some southern road.
Treasurer-Elect Files Bond.
Salem State Treasurer-elect George
A. Steel has filed his official bond in
the sum of $50,000, which was approv
ed by the governor. Later he will be
rqeuired to furnish an additional bond
the sum of about $500,000, the
mount to be determined by the gov
ernor.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 71c;
bluestem,
r3c;
red, 69c; valley, 71c.
Oats o. 1 white feed, $j2; gray,
$32;
$31 per ton.
Barley Feed, $23.75 per ton; brew
ing. $24; rolled, $24.5025.50.
Rye $1.50 per cwt.
Hay Valley timothy No. 1, $11
12.60 per ton; clover, 8 50(i9; cheat,
$8.507; grain hay, $7($8; alfalfa,
$11.
Fruits Apples, 1 1.50 1-75 per box;
apricots, $1 501.75 per crate: cher
ries, 48c per pound; currants, f10c
per pound; peaches, 75c$1.10 per
crate; pears, $1.502 25 per box;
plums. $11.25 per box; Loganber
ries. 9l.351.40 per crate; raspberries,
$1 751.H5 per crate; blackberries, 8c
per pound; gooseberries, 8c per pound.
Vegetables Beans, 537c per pound;
cabbage, 1?4C per pound; corn, 25(335c
per dozen; cucumbers, 75c$l per box;
lettuce, head, 25c per dozen, onions,
10(ai28'c per dozen: peas, 45e per
pound; radishes, 10(31 5c per dozen;
rhubarb, 22Jc per pound; spinach,
23j per pound; tomatoes, $1.25(2.25
per box; parsley, 25c per box; squash,
$1(3)1.25 per crate; turnips, 90c$l
per sack; carrots, $11 25 per sack;
beets, 1.251.50 per sack.
Onions New, red, lSlc per
pound; new yellow, l2c per pound.
Potatoes Fancy graded old Bur
banks, 4050c per sack; ordinary,
nominal; new potatoes, 75c$l 50 per
hundred.
Butter Fancy creamery, 1720c
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 21 t22c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 122
13c per pound; mixed chickens, llj
(f12c: fryers, 16(il 7c; broilers, 15
16c; roosters, 9(310c; dressed chick
ens, 1415c; turkevs, live, 16ai7c;
turkeys, dressed, choice, 17(a22l,c;
geese, live, 808Jc; ducks, 2l1(dtl3c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, 11c; olds, 8c
per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1823c; valley, coarse, 22V4023c;
fine, 24c; mohair, choice, 2830c pei
pound. '
Veal Dressed, 57c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound,
cows, 4S5c; country steers, 56c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78c per
pound; ordinary, 5 (3 6c; lambs, fancy,
88tfc.
Pork Dressed, 78c per pound.
TO KILL LIBERTY.
Czar Will Use Army to Enforce His
Will in Russia.
St. Petersburg, July 18. If reports
in circulation in official circles this
morning are grounded on fact, the su
preme crisis in the anairs ot the kus
sian nation is impending, and within a
fortnight at most events must transpire
that will result either in the perpetu
ation of absolutism in Russia or the
map of Europe will be changed.
According to reports, the czar, after
weeks of swinging from one extreme to
the other, decides that be cannot grant
the reforms demanded by the people,
and has decided that the arbitrament
of physical force shall be appealed to
He has, through Generals TrepofT,
Kaulbars and other leaders of the 1 offi
cial military class, canvassed the offi
cers of the army, and has decided that
they can be depended on, if it should
come to a clash with the people, and so
he has decided that from now on the
wishes of the czar and his wishes alone
shall be considered.
This means, should the rumors be
true, that the douma will soon be dis
solved and that the new cabinet will
represent more than ever the wishes of
the governing classes and disregard the
demands of the people already made
through the douma.
None of the members of the cabinet
who could be reached last night would
discuss the matter. However, the de
lay in announcing that the various de
mands of the douma are even being
considered, the concentration of tried
troops at all centers where advocates of
a constitutional form of government are
strongest, and the generally defiant at
titude of the bureaucracy, all tend to
lend credence to the report.
Disturbances in all interior Russia
continue, and riot, murder and rapine
are the rule. In many camps pitched
battles between soldiers and malcon
tents are reported, but all details are
completely censored and are not per
mitted to become public.
CLIMAX OF ADMINISTRATION.
Roosevelt Will Invoke Conspiracy Law
and Dissolve Standard Oil.
Washington, July 18. Dissolution
of the great Standard Oil trust may be
the result of the prosecutions soon to
be begun against that corporation by
the government. Assistant Attorney
General Purdy, who has direct charge
of the preparation of the prospective
cases, returned to Washington toaay
Irom St. Paul, where for two weeks he
has been in consultation with Special
Counsel Kellogg, of the latter city, and
District Attorney Morrison, of Chicago,
and, while he refuses to discuss details
as to the plans underway, there is good
utbority for the statement that the
administration is aiming at a more
vital object than fines or even impris
onment for the trust offenders.
The cases against Standard Oil will
be made under the conspiracy act. It
ia of recent memory that conspiracy in
restraint of trade in violation of the
provisions of the Sherman anti-trust
aw resulted in the dissolution of the
Northern Securities com pan'-. More
ecently the government won another
sweeping victory in the courts and dis
solved the Western paper trust. The
same sort of success met the movement
against the elevator trust in California.
The breaking np of the monster
andard Oil combination may come as
the culminating grand climax of the
Roosevelt administration, and in the
ght of today's developments persons
in Wabington have recalled to them
with striking force these words epofcen
by President Roovelt shortly before
the adjournment of congress:
"The proFecutiou of the Standard Oil
company is the most important thing
in this administration."
Bartlett Was Short $33,000.
Waehingten, July IS. It was stated
at the Treasury department today that
an investigation recently concluded of
the aff iirs of the late Major Georee A.
Bartlett, disbursing officer of the Treas
ury department, shows a shortage ap
proximating $33,000. About $14,000
of this amount, however, issaid to have
been innocently paid out on fraudulent
vouchers presented by James Boyd, a
clerk in the Mrine Hospital service,
who in September last was arrested and
is now in jail pending his trial for mis
appropriating government funds.
Colombia Wants Commercial Treaty.
New York, July 18. The following
cable dispatch was received in this city
vesterday from Bogota, Colombia:
"Colombian National Commercial con
gress, assembled in Bogota, represent
ing all parts of the republic, has unan
imously adopted resolutions endorsing
favorably the negotiations begun by
President Reyes and Minister Barrett
for new treaties with the United States
and Panama. This action is most im
portant, 'assuring the support of the
business interests."
Millions Left by Beit.
London, July 18. Friends of Alfred
Beit, the Siuth African financier, who
died July 16, estimate that he left a
fortune of between $125,000,000 and
$150,000,000, and expect it will be
found, when his will is published, that
legacies azgregating many millions, if
not the bulk of his fortune, will be de
voted to public benefactions in Eng
land and South Africa. It is not prob
able that the terms of te will will
be published for several weeks.
Armistice Stops Fighting.
Fan Salvador, July 18. The bellig
erents today agreed upon an armistice.
It is claimed that the Guatemalans
during the recent fighting used explos
ive bullets, notwithstanding the fart
that Guatemala signed the Geneva convention.
BRING STANDARD
MEN TO KNEES
Gnvernment Has Sufficient Evidence
ro Convict.
Aim Is to Prove Guilt of Heads of
Monopoly Testimony of Highest
Railroad Officials Will Be Used to
Secure Indictments Oil Officials
Getting Shaky.
Cleveland, July 17. The Plain-Deal
er this morning says:
Basing his opinion upon the testi
mony already submitted to the Federal
grand jury in this district, Attorney
General Moody believes that the gov
em ment has at last secured the evi
dence which will bring the Standa-d
Oil company to its knees. The return
of District Attorney Sullivan this morn
ing from an all day conference with the
attorney general a New York yesterday
will make a complete change of the
government's policy in connection with
the fight to stamp out trade discrimin
ations in favor of giant corporations.
The change of plans includes a com
plete reversal regarding C. J. Grammar,
vice president of the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railway. Gram
mar will not be indicted in this or any
other Federal district. Instead, be
will be asked to assist the" government
in forging a chain of evidence about
the necks of some of the biggest Stand
ard Oil officials in the country.
It is known that the government offi
cials are eager to obtain one more link
in the evidence already secured against
the Standard Oil company. A most
determined effort will be made to com
plete the chain through Grammar and
Clark. What the government officials
particularly want is the names of the
Standard oil officials through whom, it
isal'eg)d. rebating arrangements were
nide with the Lake Shore and other
th 1 oads. With these names in their
ponaession the government attorneys
will be ready to strike.
MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS.
Railroad Men Cannot Agree As To
Meaning of Rate Law.
Chicago, July 17. Executive officials
and general counsel of every railroad
weet of Chicago had a conference today
with a view to determining the mean
ing of all of the provisions of the new
rate law. J. C. Stubbs, traffic director
of the Harnman lines, presided and
outlined the purposes of the gathering.
It developed, however, that there
were almost as many views regarding
the interpretation of the statute as
there were lawyers and traffic men
present. It was decided, therefore, to
appoint two committees, one of traffic
men and one of legal men. The traffic
men are to meet and arrange their
plans for carrying the law into effect,
and whenever they encounter a provis
ion that they are unable to solve they
are to call on the legal committee for
opinions. In the meantime the com
mittee of lawyers is to hold meetings
and determine what it considers the
statute requires.
GRAIN BAGS RISING.
Shortage is Accentuated by Recent
Fire in San Francisco.
San Francisco, July 17. It iB esti
mated that 6,000,000 grain bags were
destroyed by the recent fire and in con
sequence the market is paralyzed. New
orders cannot be filled and brokers on
'Change are in a quandary as to tLe
future. The price for bags has jumped
nearly 50 per cent and at that the com
modity is not to be had. Formerly
sacks sold for 63 to 6) cent6 and to
day the price of lOS cents prevails.
The prospective supply reaches in
round figures to 40,750,000 sacks, and
against this must be chalked the needs
of California, computed at 23.500,000
packs, and for the north 27.000,0)0
sacks, leaving a deficit of 9,750,000,
with no possible output to cover the
shortage.
Czar May Keep Goremykin.
St. Petersburg, July 17. There are
no developments in the cabinet situa
tion. The murder of General Koslov
is reported ti have made an exceeding
ly bed impression on the emperor and
the Xovoe Vremya denies that the cab
inet has resigned. The hesitation at
Peterhof has raised hopes in the minds
of some of Preaiier Goremykin's col
leagues that he can hold on, even in
the face of the adverse vote in the up
per house of parliament on Saturday.
Russia will be represented at the Inter
parliamentary union in London.
Earthquake in New Mexico.
Albuquerque, N. M., July 17. This
section of New Mexico experienced a
slight earthquake today. Objects
moved perceptibly and a dull, sicken
ing sensation was experienced. No
serious damage ha leen reported. The
people in the Armiio building thought
that the building was alo.it to cil lapse j
snd rau into the street. Towns south
of Albuquerque also felt tb shock and
residents of Soco'ro and San Marciale
are in a state of alarm.
Put Rojestvensky to Work.
St. Petersburg, July 17. It is under
stood that Admiral Kojestvenskv, who
was acquitted by court martial of the
charge of cowardice in surrendering to
the enemy after the battle of the sea of
Japan, will be restored to the active
list of the navy and assigned to a prom
inent position on the technical commit
tee of the navy.
fiEVIVAX OF THE ANCIENT TOURNEY IN' ENGLAND.
f
The military tournament held In England this year has for Its most
picturesque feature a representation of a Tudor tourney. The pageant be
gins with a procession of men, mounted and dismounted, In armor of the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, splendid costumes of the period, or ornate
uniforms. The chargers of the mounted are richly equipped and wear full
armor. A prominent figure Is the lord of the tournament, suitably attended
and followed by the knight herald, the chief marshal, squires and pages,
trumpeters and standard-bearers. Then come the challengers, four knights
In armor, followed by men-at-arms, pursuivants and pages. The Jousting
concludes the pageant, the breaking of a lance being the signal for a fanfare.
MEDALS FOR ARMY MEN.
Veterans of Three Recent War to
Wear Sen Badge.
To gratify the pride and stimulate
the ambition of the soldiers of the reg
ular army the general staff has Issued
an order requiring veterans of the
Spanish war, the Philippine Insurrec
tion and the Peking relief expedition
to wear bronze medals as a part of their
uniform on dress parade and occasions
ot ceremony. This will give the boys
something to be proud of. The general
taff also provided a special badge to
be worn by soldiers of the regular army
who have been awarded what Is known
as the certificate of merit. This certifi
cate Is bestowed upon enlisted men who
REGl I.AR ARM Y MEDAI.S.
have distinguished themselves for god
conduct, gallantry and soldierly quali
ties. It Is not so high as the medal of
honor, but Is very much prized and en
titles the holder to $- a month extra
pay.
Secretary Taft has ordered similar
medals for veterans of the Civil War
and the Indian wars, under similar reg
illations. These medals are not for
volunteers, but for regulars only.
The following Is n description of the
several designs :
Civil War Obverse: Head of Lin
coln In circle composed of Inscription:
"With malice toward none, with char
ity for all." Keverse: The words.
"The Civil War." and the dates, "is,;!
1 vuV' l" : circle contused of a branch
of oak and a branch of laurel
Indian Wars Obverse: An
I:d::l'l
In
mo
war bonnet brandishing a sjar and
unted on a pony in a circle :n-
jmsed of the words, "Indian War."
and conventionalized arrow beads ar
ranged like a laurel wreath either side
of a buffalo skull. Keverse: A mili
tary trophy w ith the name of an Indian
campaign, in a circle of the word.
"United States Army," and thirteen
stars.
Merit Obverse: Eagle In a circle
composed of tin words, "Vlrtutls et Au
daciHe. Monumentum et Iraemhi:n."
lUverxt: The wvrds. "For Merit." ur-
rounded by a laurel wreath In a circle
composed of the words, "United States
Army," and thirteen stars.
Spanish War Obverse: A conven
tionalized "Morro" In a circle composed
of the words, "War With Spain," and
a conventionalized branch of the to
bacco plant and stalks of sugar cane
on either side, with the date, "1898."
Keverse: A military trophy above the
word "Cuba" or "Porto Rico," or "Phil
ippines" in a circie composed of th-
words, 'United States Army," and thir
teen stars.
Philippine Insurrection Obverse:
Conventionalized coooauut palm tree,
with the Scales of Jutiee on the right
and the Lamp of Enlightenment on the
left, In a circle composed of the words.
"Philippine Insurrection," and th
dates, "1S80-1904." Keverse: A mili
tary trophy above the word "Luzon,"
"Mindanao" or other designation of a
campaign in the Islands in a circle com
posed of the words, "United States
Army," and thirteen stars.
China Kelief Expedition Obverse:
The imperial Chinese five-toed dragon
in a circle composed of the words.
"China Kelief Expedition." and tho
date', "l!X)0-l!01." Keverse: A mili
tary trophy above the words. "Pekinj;
Tientsin" or other designation of the
campaign. In a circle composed of th
words. "United States Army," and thir
teen stars.
The military trophy adopted for the
reverse consists of an eagle perched on
a cannon, with five standards signifi
cant of the five great campaigns In
which the United States army lias been
engaged; an Indian spear, shield and
quiver, a Filipino bolo and a Malay
kriss. The morro selected for the de
sign on the Spanish war medal Is in
tended to be characteristic of Cuba
rather 'lian Spain.
The eagle on the merit medal Is
taken from the famous marble Roman
eagle In the possession of Iird
Wemyss. formerly Lord Elcho. well
known for his great Interest In the
I'ritlsh volunteers.
o ( bance for lllunluns.
There was no false pride about Lu
cinda Madden, and she had no illusions
at the age of 4'! when she accepted
Hiram (iregg"s offer of marriage. Sim
was a hard-featured and sharp-tongued
person, and she knew it.
Also, however, she knew her capabili
ties as cook and housekeeper, and she
was well aware that Hiram (Jreg's
slow wits and shiftless ways had made,
him anything but a favorite with ths
feminine portion of the village. She
found things to like In Hiram, by look
ing hard tor them, but she pressed ta
keep him well In hand.
"Well, Lucindy." wld Hiram, one
evening, two or three days before th
wedding, "here we are. going to be
married, after all. both of us. I pies,
Lucindy. I'm about your first offer,
ain't IV"
"You are." said I.ucinda. firmly, "and
I'm your last offer. Iliram. and goitiij
i,. le if my health holds mt. o w
won't make any more talk over that."
t'oulil t lie In Tv I
-ra." s.i'.d little Tommy,
i ,V-iv sell.-'; teacher sajs if
lure.
"n.y Su;i
I'iil giol
i I'll co to heaven.
I "We'lV" asked his pa.
I "Wed. you said if I was cl I'd c
t, the circus. Now. I want to know
who's ly'.n'. you or ber." Cath ltj
I standard.
Womaa'a Talk.
A woman d'sn't talk any more than
a man she only ay less. Tlw Bo-bemldo.