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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1907)
Hcppncr Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week PLAN TO HIT HARD. HEPPNER OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important, Hap penings presented In a Brier and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political, His torical and Commercial. Secretary Taft haas arrived in Japan. Germany's influence in Turkey is growing. Rudyard Kipling is at Montreal, Canada, and will visit the Pacific coast Bryan will announce his candidacy for presidental nomination on the Dem ocratic ticket December 7. A Seattle man who had been bound by the courts not tc beat his w ife hired another man to do it for him. Missoula, Mont., is said to be the only town left on the Northern Pacific where the boilermakers' strike is felt. One of the dummv locators used in the Idaho lan$d frauds says he filed on the government land just to accommo date a friend. Telegraphers Want to Call Out Leased Wire Men. Chicago, Oct. 1. More aggressive warfare against the commercial tele graph companies is being planned by the striking operators. At their meet ing today Chairman Likes announced that within a few days the companies would realize that they were in a real fight. The suggestion from New York that all operators working leased wires be called out was vigorously applauded President Small, who left the city Friday night with a lot of documentary evidence against the telegraph com pan ies, was in Washington today on a se cret mission. It leaked out that the visit Small made to St. Louis Thursday was for the purpose of meeting Com missioner of Labor Neill, who was in that city at the time. It is said that Commissioner Neill is reluctant to take up the trouble until it is definite' lv decided who has power to settle for the operators. So far each city has been looking after its own strike, and no oue has been empowered to propose terms of poace. Commissioner Neill is said to be ready to call on the companies provul ed he is given assurance that any set' t lenient he may make will be accepted bv the men on strikei It is said that within a few days a vote of the various unions will be taken to place the entire question of a settlement in the hands of the national executive board. INEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON EASY TO GET CARS. WANT HOME RULE. San Francisco graters kidnaped the managing editor of the Bulletin, who is hostile to them. It was seven hours before he was rescued. Through the carelessness of an oper ator to throw a switch a passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio crashed into a freight train at Bellaire, W. Va. Fif teen men were killed and a score injur ed, several fatally. The Asiatic squadron has arrived at San Francisco. There has been a small outbreak of Boxerism in China. The strike of railroad boiler makers seems to have been broken. There have been many deaths and much ruin from floods in Spain. Judge Wickersham, of Alaska, has resigned and will give up the fight. The Deep Waterways commission has started down the Mississippi from St. Paul. miners in Mon an increase in About 2,500 coal tana have received wages. An entire town in Japan has been destroyed by the overflowing of a river and 600 lives lest. Rumors are current in New York that railroad telegraphers may soon join in the strike with the commercial men. Representative Lormier, of Illinois, may be appointed chairman of the house committee on rivers and harbors in place of Burton, who has resigned to take a place on the waterways commis sion. Lipton will send a new challenge for the America's cup. The Japanese government is settling the Vancouver trouble with Canada di rect. P. II. McCarthy has been nominated for mayor by the San Francisco Labor party. The Harriman and Fish factions are again fighting over the Illinois Central railway. A general strike on the railways of Havana has started and may spread throughout the island. Chicago's new ordinance covering street car lines will add $1,250,000 a year to the income of that city. It is estimated that Joljn D. Rocke feller has given to various institutions, principally colleges, $102,055,000. The Indiana Pipe line, a subsidiary of the Standard Oil, made a profit of $4,091,022 m 1903 on a total invest ments of $2,228,758. Railroad Commissioner Wilson tried to convince the jury that Ford had nothing to do with bribing the San Franiscco supervisors. It is reported that the Federal grand jury In ban Francisco baa found s indictments against the Southern Pa cific and Pacific Mail Steamship com pany for giving rebates. Hearst says he has no idea of being a candidate for president in 1908. Daniel A. Ryan has been nominated for mayor of San Francisco by the Re publicans. The government will spend $42,000 in removing obstructions from the Co lumbia apove Wenathee. The influx of Chinese into Jamaica is becoming serious. Some action by the government is likely Borah will insist on trial, even if the others implicated in the Idaho land frauds escape on technicalities Every Hindu in British Columbia who can raise the cash is going south before the cold weather sets in. An attempt was made to kidnap ex Supervisor Lonergan, of San Francisco, etar witness in the Ford bribery trial. Governor Chamberlain suggests that a fuel famine may be averted in East ern Oregon this winter by the 'railroads giving a low rate on slab wood. The American Bankers' association, in session at Atlantic City, N. J., de clared against postal savings banks, but favored government supervision of savings banks. Vote at Alaska Primaries Was Prac tically Unanimous, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 1. Bringing with him defiance of anything Governor Wilford B. Hoggatt said to the contra ry, Tom dale, Jong-term delegate to the national congress from Alas ka, arrived in town today from Nome on board the steamship Northwestern. Gale is emphatic in de claring that 99 per cent of the residents of the northland are anxious for home rule and are standing on their demand for some sort of legislation by the na tional lawmakers whereby Alaska shall be freed from the chains which now hamper her progress. Gale has been all over the territory and has kept in touch with the poli ticians and with the citizens. The primaries were just over when Gale left Nome, and he says that the majority cast for home rule was practically unanimous. He has with him a rough draft of a bill which will be introduced into the next congress by United States, Senator Samuel H. Piles and which, it is hoped, will become a law. If it doee it is calculated to remove the legisla tive swaddling from Alaska. While Delegate Gale does not go into details regarding the claims of Gover nor Hoggatt, he went so far as to say that the governor's oft repeated asser tions reeardine the antioatnv to home rule in Alaska are creatures of his ow desires, and of the desires of the bi mining interests, toward whom Gover nor Hcggatt is declared to be extremely friendly. BROWN AFTER VENGEANCE. Trolley Line Proves Great Aid to Freewater Shippers. Freewater The several packing houses in this city have about, complet ed their season's prune packing and will now begin on the apple crop. Over 100 carloads of fruit, chiefly prunes, peaches, pears and plums, have Deen snipped irom nere uuring me pasi 20 days over the O. R. & N. and the Walla Walla Valley trolley line vja the Northern Pacific. The shippers say that since the ad vent of the traction company and their ability to furnish Northern Pacific re frigerator cars, troubles have ended re gard ing the securing of cars as the O R. & N. agents have "loosened up'1 wonderfully, and even take the trouble to call up the growers over the long distance telephone to ask if they can supply them cars. Such a state of affairs has heretofore been unknown in this city, and of course the shippers appreciate it. The apple crop is a good one and top notch prices have already been offered and accepted. The apple trees have been well sprayed this year and the good derived thereby is already showing itself by the absence of scale. There will be over 100 car loads of apples from this point. Hay shipments are becoming general, the ranchers con signing their hay to points on Puget sound where prices are good. Harvesting has begun on the third alfalfa crop which promises to be above the average yield. SIGN UP FOR ARID LANDS. Calhoun's Attorney Alone Instrumental In Kidnaping of Older. San Francisco, Oct. 1. The alleged attempt to kidnap Fremont Older could not truthfully be made to appear to have been under those defending them selves from charges of bribery, accord ing to Patrick Calhoun, of the United Railroads company. "The facts are," said Mr. Calhoun "that Mr. Luther Brown, who is a law yer of Los Angele-3, and one of the assO' ciate counsel of my defense, was attack ed by the Bulletin, which printed an infamous story concerning him in con nection with an alleged attempt to kid nap ex-Super visor Lonergan. Mr. Brown swore out a warrant in Los Angeles county and had the war rant approved by Judge Cook, of San Francisco county. Older was then ar rested and an attempt was made to take him to Los Angeles. It was but an ordinary arrest." It is further pointed out by Brown s friends that it is perfectly obvious that it would have been futile to have at tempted the arraignment of Older in San Francisco county in view of the close relations existing; between Older and the prosecuting officials of San Francisco county. Company Building Stockade. Spokane, Oct. 1. Hillyard, the Great Northern's town just beyond the city limits of Spckane, is agog today over the building of what bears all the earmarks of a stockade in the company's yards, presumably forSthe housing of Etrike breakers from the East. Com pany officials refuse to discuss the high board fence that has arisen in a day and night, but the strikers now claim that the coming of strikebreakers will cause a walkout of the machinists. Al ready the company lias been obliged to lay off 40 of its 0 machinists. Would Refuse to Go Back. New York, Oct. 1. Thomas M. Pier son, Eastern vice president of the Or der of Railway Telegraphers, addressed a meeting of commercial telegraph op erators today. He said the fight was winning the admiration of the railroad telegraphers everywhere and there need be no apprehension about the aid of the latter. It was declared that in case the Btrikers were asked to return to work pending arbitration, they would refuse. Mexico to Greet Root. Mexico City, Mex., Oct. 1. The official reception committee having completed arrangements for the recep tion of Mr. Root and party in this citv is now considering that portion of their vieit that will be spent in the interior. Money in Clover Seed. Albany Local dealers are building up a lucrative business in handling the clover seed produced by the growers of this section. Carter & Robson, of this city, have made a specialty in sup plying alsyke and red clover seed to one of the largest seed concerns in Wiscon sin, bhould it be possible to obtain the cars, a total of 240,000 pounds will have been sent to Milwaukee by the end of this week. The local film seeks to purchase sufficient seed to make out a shipment of seven carloads with a total valuation of about $25,000. This opens up a new market for the clover seed raised in this section and will have a tendency to strengthen the local market and bring the top price to the valley growers. It is said that the I supply is not equal to the demand and that a lucrative business awaits grow ers who will specialize in the growing of clover for seed pui poses. Freighting at Klamath, Klamath Falls An average of 15(3, 000 pounds of freight every five days is being hauled into Klamath Falls by the J. M. Mclntyre Transportation company. Other freighters are carry ing smaller amounts. The merchants are stocking up for winter trade, as the freight rates are higher during the bad roads season. The Mclntyre company is keeping 13 teams on the road, each making a round trip every five days. After October 1 the freight will be tin-1 loaded at Keno, 18 miles down the river from Klamath Falls, and brought up on the steamer Klamath. While the haul from the end of the track of the California Northeastern railway to navigable water, and thence by boat to Klamath Falls, would be easier than the present one it is not likely that there will be any change in the present route until spring. Rich Strike in Quartzville. Albany A rich ledge of quartz has been discovered in the Quartzville min ing district by Grant Lindley, a resi dent of Lebanon. Lindley came out of the mountains this week with samples of some remarkably rich ore, but said little about the mine, as he had not yet filed his notices of location. He has now returned to the site for that purpose. The samples of ore Lindley found have not yet been asfaved, but the discoverer expects it to prove richer than anything yet found in the Quartz ville country, and says he has plenty of the ore. Agreement Reached for Closing Up Deal in Crook County. Salem Without yielding a single point in the conditions, the state land board has reached an agreement with J. E. Morrison, president of the Des chutes Land company, and the new contract for the original Oregon Devel opment company's segregation of 31,- uuu acres of arid land in Crook county has been fully signed and sealed. The new contract, which grants an increase of lien price per acre to $36, provides that the land shall be reclaimed and the system turned over to the Water Users' association within five years and free from incumbrance. The company entered objections to several of the most material conditions, all of which were overruled, and the contract was accepted practically in toto. Fine Showing at University, University of Oregon, Eugene The University of Oregon opened its doors Tuesday, September 24. The first and second days' registration has shown an increase of more than 20 per cent over the registration of the same time last year. Almost every high school and academy in the state is represent ed, and a large number are presenting credentials fiom Eastern preparatory Bcnoois. ine year will mark the high est point in enrollment that the uni versity has yet reached. The very ser ious question that is presenting itself is how to take care of all students. The laGk of funds has made it impossible to rurnish and heat all of the rooms in the library building, and for the same reason, the new girls' dormitory will have to lie idle for the year. Students, however, are adjusting themselves readily to the conditions, and the out look for the year's work is exception ally good. Can't Get Care at Albany. Albany Though local shippers of perishable goods are successful in get ting cars, the car shortage for grain shippers is now worse than ever. Pres ent conditions here are pronounced worse than that which prevailed last year, so tar as grain dealers are con cerned. Now the condition has reached such a point that exporters of grain cannot even get cars for Oregon ship ments. It is only in the past few dayi that this condition has existed gene rally, though one shipper has had an order in for 25 days for one car for an Oregon shipment and no car has come. Several orders have been in a week and are not being realized. LINK OF ROCK ISLAND. Hermiston Wants Experiment Station. Pendleton Whether or not an expe rimental station will be established at iiermiston under the irrigation profit now seems to be in the hands of the board of regents of the Agricultural col lege and the members will be here in a ehort time for the purpose of invest! LI 1 1 . J T i 1 1 . , KHiiug me nmuer. n win men De un to me people or me irrigation section and of the county to show the necces 'A . 1 1 1 ll. uy lor me Drancn station in order to secure it. Many After Timber Land. Klamath Falls A section of forest reserve laud near Klamath Falls is tc be opened at an early date and already many locators are ready for the rush to the tall timber. Several parties are expected this week from Michiagn and Wisconsin expecting to secure claims and it is said that nearly every section of the state is already represented here Ihere is but little interest locally, al mougn it is said the claims are excep tionaiiy good ones. Hoppickers Dig Beets. La Grande A large force of Japan ese are now harvesting the beets in Grand Ronde. Most of thene are from the hop fields in the Willamette val ley. The fields will be dotted with beet diggers After a week's work the La Grande factory will be started for the fall run. PORTLAND MARKETS. Rush for Lake Lands. rrineville A rush is being malp from this part of the state to the north ern part of Lake county, where the Fremont forest reserve will be opened for entry Octolx-r 28. The land oifice officials are anticipating great crowds of entrymen when the office opens Octolier 28. Many people are going prepared to stay on the land ami attempt to tret squatters' right?. Every means of con veyance will be pressed into service. Postoffice Called Harriman. Pri neville A postoffice has been es tablished in Harney county near Low- en. l he new office is on th nrnrwv;,i Burss-Ontario railway line and has been named Harriman by the PoHtoflice department. Sturgeon Weighs 510 Pounds. Astoria One of the largest itureeon ever caught in the Columbia river was brought to Schmidt's cold storage plant a few days ago. It weighed 510 nonnd. and was caught in a Baker's bay trap. Wheat Club, 83c; bluestem, 85c; valley, 82c; red, 81c. Oats No. 1 white, $25 25. 50; gray, $24.5025. Barley Feed, $2324 per ton; brew ing, $2627; rolled, $2526. Corn Whole, $31; cracked, $32. Hay alley timothy, No. 1, $17 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1920; clover, $11; cheat, $11: grain hay, $1112 alfalfa, $1213. Fruits Apples, $11.75 per box; cantalouprs, 75c$l.50 per crate; peaches, 8oc$ 1. 10 per crate; piunes, 5075c per crate; watermelons, llc per pound; pears, $1.251.50 per box grapes, 50c$1.50 per crate; capaba, $2.25 per dozen; quinces, $11.25 per box. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25 per sack; cabbage, lMlc per pound; celery, 75c$J per dozen; corn, $1 1.50 per sack; cucumbers, 1015c per dozen; onions, 1520c per dozen; parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers, 80 10c per pound; pumpkins, 11?4C per pound; radishes, 20c per dozen; J spinach, be per pound ; squash, 60c $1 per box; tomatoes, 4050c per box; sweet potatoes, 2Mt per pound. Onions $1.50 per sack. Potatoes 75 85c per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 27'e'35c per pound. eal o to 12b pounds, HOyKJ-gC per pound: 125 to 150 pounds, 7&c; 150 to 200 pounds, 67c. Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 8 8c; packers, 78c. Poultry Average old hens, 1314c per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c; spring chickens, 1314c: old roost ers, 89c; dressed chickens, lG17c; turkeys, live, old, 1617c; young, 18 19c; geese, live, 89c; ducks, 15c. Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 31 32c per dozen. Hops 1907, 79c per pound; old, 45c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 16 22c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 20 22c, according to fine ness. Mohair Choice, 2930c per pound. Mt. Hood Railroad Headed for Salt Lake City. Portland, Sept. 30. There is abund ant reason to believe that Portland and Salt Lake are soon to be connected by a new link in a transcontinental rail road chain that is to be forged as fast as labor and suflicient capital can com plete the task. Concealed behind the soemlngly local electric line enterprise of the Mount Hood Railway A Power company are said to be the matured plans for the Salt Lake project, backed by the mil lions of Senator W. A. Clark and his associate interests. E. P. Clark, of Los Angeles, directing genius of the Mount Hood road, who gave hia per sonal attention to the initial work done in Portland, came to the Pacific North west as the personal representative of his distinguished namesake. With the secrecy that smacks of the previous 'conquests ot George Gould but which, it is believed by persons well advised, is in reality the linking of the Rock Island system and the Moffat railroad between Denver and Salt Lake City, the plans for the new road into Portland have been practi cally completed. Though it has been denied, and will be denied again, it can be asserted with confidence that the site of the Inman & Poulsen Lumber company yards and docks between Fast Sherman and East Caruthers streets will the be water front terminal of the new line. Practically all details for the entrance of the road to the city have been concluded and meanwhile engineering parties have completed the location across to the i'astern slope of the Cascades, thence southeasterly to ward Central Nevada to the eastern terminus at Salt Lake City. It may surprise some engineers to learn that a route has been found by which the line will make a gradual as cent of Mount Hood, to the southeast of that eminence and through to the upper Deschutes on a compensating grade of less than 1 per cent, but such is a fact and the construction crews already en gaged in the vicinity of Bull Run and between that point and Fairview will be rapidly advanced along the route so that considerable of the heavier part of the work will probably be completed during the winter months. Aproaching the Deschutes at a point not far from the mouth of Warm Springs creek, it will follow up the Deschutes, cross the spur of Walkers range and thence proceed in a south erly ccurse to the drainage of Sprague river and thence up that stream to the southeast, through the Klamath Indian reservation and thence in a nearly di rect line to Winnemucca. The main line will be built with re gard to the shortest mileage and best route, while branches are projected to tap the irrigated districts of Crook, Klamath and Lake counties, but these are to follow the completion of the through line which is just at present the objective feature of the entire en terprise. Engineers have been over the route repeatedly, parties having easily main tained the secret of their purpose and work because of the activity of the Harriman system engineers in the same territory. SWEET A READY LETTER WRITER Correspondence Produced in Borah Land Fraud Case. Man Who Will Turn States' Evidance Underwent Kaleidoscopic Changes of Mind and , Called for Borah's Help Speculator Did Not Always Trust Steurenberg. BORAH JUROR ILL. Possible That Sickness May Block Idaho Land Fraud Trials Boise, Sept. 30. Peter Neth, one of the jurors -empaneled to try United States Senator W. E. Borah, was taken violently ill last night and it is said his indisposition may stop the trial, al though this cannot be definitely told until today. The nature of Neth's illness is being carefully withheld, but one of the gov ernment's counsel said last night that be believed Neth to be suffering from temporary mental drangement due to the excitement of the trial. Many rumors were afloat last night as to Neth's condition but no authora tive statement was given out. The day following his acceptance as a juror Mr. Neth asked many questions of Judge Whitson as to whether buying improved homestead tuted a crime. He rather brokenly and tion was paid to him. Boise, Sept. 28. Half a Fcore of let ters which the government attorneys in the trial of Senator Williaam K. Borah declare go to show the complicity of ex Governor Steunenberg in the alleged timber land fraud conspiracy were in troduced in evidence late yesterday and read to the jury. The letters were written by William Sweet, cne of the indicted men, who, it is reported, will take the stand as a witness for the United States. The documents were produced by J. H. Richards, the local attorney, to whom they were written and who acted as legal adviser to Sweet. Most of the letters were dated from New York and Boston and several of them were replies to letters or tele grams urging him to return to Idaho. "I can't see why I should come back unless it is in regard to timber, and that is all in the governor's hands," wrote Sweet in one of his notes. Then he proceeded: As to the money coming to me, put it in the bank. I have absolute faith in the governor. He came to my assist ance and helped me out of a mess I never ought to have got in. I don't know what I would have done if it had not been for the governor." In another letter Sweet gave the- amounts he was "in" on the timber deal. The total amount was about $29,000, including a $7,500 note signed by himself and Steunenberg. Shortly after this Sweet wrote to his attorney that he had read in the papers of a timber inspector being sent to Idaho. Borah's name was drawn into the case for the first time just before ad journment, when Henry 8. Worthman, another local attorney, took the stand and produced more letters from Sweet. In one letter to Worthman he wrote: Richards used his power of attor ney to turn all my money, $10,000, over to bteunenberur. and it is like pulling a cat through a stocking to get back. I wish you would see W. E Borah about this and get him to make little statement of the governor's ob gation to me. He is the governnor's attorney, but is a first class gentleman and knows a little statement is only fair to me. Tell him I haven't the scratch of a pen from Steunenberg to, show that he has $10,000 of my money. He said the copy of our agreement was lost." INDICTS HARRIMAN LINES. property const i speaks English but little atten Challenge Under Old Rules. London, Sept. 30. The officers of the Royal Irish Yacht club have de cided, instead of sending a reply to the New lork Yacht club today, to call a meeting of the Irish club for October 2, at which the answer of the American club to Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge will be fully considered. Sir Thomas is so desirous of arranging for another contest that he said to the correspond ent of the Associated Tress today that he really believed after all he would challenge under the old rules if he could get a designer of note. Extend Strike to Railroads. New York, Sept. 30. Reports that the commercial telegraphers' strike would extend to the railroad telegraph ers were revived heie and elsewhere today. Samuel J. Small, national pres ident of the union, is now in St. Louis. and from there it was icported that he was in conference with the national officers of the railroad telegraphers, :ind that inside of the next fortnight developments might le expected in that direction. Another Blow to Saloon. Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 30. The state Supreme court today held the Pendleton Jaw to be constitutional. This statute alxilishes saloons in all cities of 100.000 or less, "hereafter corpo rated." in- Federal Grand Jury at San Francisco? Finds 124 Counts. "" San Francisco, Sept. 28. The Fede ral grand jury yesterday returned five indictments of 124 counts against the Southern Pacific company and the Pa eitic Mail Steamship company charging violations of the interstate commerce law. These indictments, if followed by convictions, are suflicient to render the corporations liable to fines aggregating from $124,000 to $2,489,(100, the mini mum fine prescribed by law on each count being $1,000 and the maximum fine $20,000. The defendant corporations are ac cused of secretly cutting to $1 the pub lished rate of $1.25 on through ship ments of matting from Kobe, Japan, to. San Francisco and thence through the United States. Two indictments of eight counts each were returned against the Pacific Mail Steamship company, which transported the cargo from Kobe to ban Francisco, and one indictment of eight counts and two indictments of 50 counts each were returned against, the Southern Pacific company for for warding the cargo in broken lot ship ments from this city eastward. Decisive Victory for State Omaha, Sept. 28. Judges T. C. Munger and W. II. Munger, in the. United States court tonight denied the injunctions asked for by the railroads operating in Nebraska to prevent the state railroad commission from enforc ing the laws reducing grain rates. The restraining ordei issued some time ago by Judge T. C. Munger was dissolved. This is regarded as a decisive victory for the state, although it is presumed the case will be appealed by the rail road companies to the Supreme court of the United States. Oppose Breaking Contract. Chicago, Sept. 28. Three members of the national executive board of the Telegraphers' union declared today that they would vote against calling a strike of union operators employed in broker and newspaper offices, in which event, being a majority of the board, the request of the striking New York ojierators will be refused. No official action has been taken, for the reason that no communication has yet been re ceived from the New York local. Cruiser Colorado Arrives. San Francisco, Sept. 28. A wireless message from the armored cruiser Col orado, of Rear Admiral Dayton's squad ron, received today at the naval train- ng itation in this harbor, reporte that II on board were well and that the oyage from Honolulu had been un even tfol. The veesel will arrive here-tomorrow.