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Hcppner Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER. OREGON GETTING FLEET READY. 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 torical and Commercial. Foreign inves otrs are buying cheap stocks. Another dot to murder the czar has been thwarted. Money is moving West under Secre tary Coitelyou's threat. Native laws and customs make death inemvenient for stiangers in Egypt. An Oklahoma hank cashier is miss ing, also $50,000 of the institution's cash. An extra session of the legislature is certain in California to relieve San Francisco. New York back statement shows a depleted reserve bu', inif porta of gold will replenish it. Secretary Taft's carriage was hauled through the streets of Manila by en thusiastic Filipinos. Records show that nearly two-thirds of the bubonic plague eases at San Francisco have proven fatal. The wood trust at Tacoma has ap parently busted, as there has been i big drop in prices and first class cord wood now sells at $2.75 per cord. Secretarv Taft has left Manila for Vladivostok. New York bankers say they are send ing money West as fast as possible Formers of clearing house certificates at El Paso, Tex., have been caught. The Santa Fe railroad is to be tried on another indictment at Los Angeles. A threat to dynamite Great Northern trains in Montana has led to placing of guards on many. San Francisco has appealed to the government for money with which to fight the plague. Keswick, a small California town near Redding, has been almost com pletely destroyed by fire. pThe national convention of the W. C. T. U. is enthusiastic over the pro hibition gains in the South. Advices from Unalaska say a peak 300 feet above the sea has disappeared. The peak was raised by a submarine earthquake several years ago and its disappearance is attributed to the same cause. Taft has decided to complete his tour of the world as originally planned. Gold imports from foreign countries will continue in payment for crops. A number of small banks at various places in the Southwest have failed. One of the Vanderbilts has offered the Y. M. C. A. of Newport, R. I., $100,000. Three large factories at Bridgeport, Conn., have closed on account of money stringency. Four European countries have raised the discount rate to stop gold exports to Amenica. Roosevelt ha; promised to investigate the paper trust and recommend a re peal of paper tariff. Estrada Palma, former president of Cuba, fays American rule ie better than independence with anarchy. The United States Dietrict court at Los Angeles has imposed a fine of $330,000 on the Santa Fe railroad for granting rebates. Senator Ileybnrn, of Idaho, has pro tested to President Roosevelt against gold deposits in New York by the gov ernment until Western banks have been paid what is, due them. An Arizona bank has suspended tem porarily. New York banks will now give relief to other cities. Portland banks have engaged $1, 600,000 in foreign gold. Chicago telegraph operators have voted to suspend the strike. Shins Will Be Prepared to Sail On Scheduled Time. Washington, Nov. 12. Every detail of t.ie preparations for the sailing of the battleship fleet to the Pneitic ocean is now well in hand, and by December Hi. the date on which the vessels will pass out of Hampton Roads, in review before resident Roosevelt, members of the cabinet and high otlicials of the navv. arrangements for the comfort of v the men en route will have been at tended to. At all of the navy yards the work of making necessary repairs is being pushed and these will be com Dieted bv December 1. Provisions are being stored aboard their coal bunkers are their capacity. Four carried by each vessel for anv emergency. The cost of provisioning the fleet is estimated at about $375,000, contem plating the feeding of a force of 15,000 men for 100 days. Only this week con tracts were awarded for head cheese. tausagee and veal. Advantage will be taken of the two ocean cruises to make several tests with the provisions aboard their preserva tion, packing and handling Incidentally to the visit of the fleet to the Pacific coast the Navy depart ment is making arrangements to obtain a place for small arms faring there, so as to give the men an opportunity for practice in that capacity EXCAVATION OF HERCULANEUM NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON STUDENTS PACK APPLES. the vessels, and being filled to anchors will be so as to be ready Money Will Be Appropriated to Carry On the Work. Rome, Nov. 12. The proposal to continue the work of excavation as ilerculaneun has become so popular at a result of the efforts made by Charles Waldstein, professor of fine arts in Kings College, Cambridge, England, that the Italian government is about to take the matter actively in hand. Bignor Kava, minister ot public in struction, upon whom the work actual ly depends, has prepared a bill to be presented to parliament which provides for an appropriation of $100,000 for ths purpose of removing the houses forming the modern town of Resina, which is located over Herculaneum and an appropriation ot $J,UUU tor tne actual excavation work. This latter sum does not inc'ude the salaries of officials. In the meanwhile a special commission under the presidency of Professor de Petra, of the University of Naples, has undertaken preliminary studies for the commencement of the work. P ofessor Waldstein is about to bring out a large volume showing what has been done up to the present and setting forth what he considers necessary to in sure the complet on of the work. He will maintain that if carried out ac cording to modern methods the excava tion of Herculaneum will call lor an expenditure of $200,000. AGUINALDO IS HOPEFUL. Corvallis Experiment Station Will Ship Carload of Newtons. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis A carload of first-lass Newtowns, from an orchard operated under a lease by the horticultural department at the college, is being prepared for shipment, the grading and packing being done by students in the agricultural course. The work is a drill in that important department of horticulture, and they get regular credits for it in their col lege work. Two days were spent re cently by John Castner, a packing ex pert from Hood River, in giving the students special instruction. The Newtowns being packet! for ship ment are from the five-acre Meeker orchard, but a few bundled yards from the college. The land was leased last year for purposes of experiment. A portion of it was given the highest scientific cultivation, and the remaind er allowed to go in much theeanie fash ion that is usual on Willamette valley farms. The difference in the appear ance of the two portions is so marked as to leave no doubt of the efficacy of care. Scarcely a single box ot market able apples will be secured from the neglected portion, while from the culti vated part at least 600 boxes of the fin est fruit will be secured. The test seems to establish that New- towns are a desirable variety for plant ing in the Willamette valley. Professor Lewis declares the color of the fruit from this orchard is as fine as can be produced. The apples will grade 3, 4 and 4 tier. WESTON STUDENTS WORK. President French Hopes to Make Normal Self Supporting. Weston The Weston normal will become a self supporting institution if the ambitions of President Robert C. French are realized. It may offer young men and women an opportunity to eecure an education on their own re sources. With this plan in view, Pres ident French has just purchased 65 acres of excellent timber land 10 miles from Weston, where boys may work at wood cutting during vacation, the pro duct to be sold for the benefit of the school. It is the hope of President French to develop the industrial side of life, and he believes the opportunity to work should be offered every young man and woman attending school. Even now many young men and women are working their way through school. Krag-Jorgensens for O A C. Corvallis The Oregon Agricultural college cadets have just received from the government about 400 of the latest improved Krag-Jorge risen rifles. These guns will in patt take the place of the old guns now in use, which will be re turned to some arsenal. There has just been formed a third cadet battal ion. The new companies are I, K and L, and three more captains and othtr necessary officers will be selected from the students. REPORT BIG STEEL OUTPUT. O. A. C. Registrar Bus . Corvallis The registration at Oregon Agricultural college has already reached 887, not counting the specials in muBic , ties are closed and dairying. This is an unprecedented I down was the Oregon Lumber Lumber Mills Shut Down. Pendletcn Many lumber mills in Eastern Oregon are closing down on ac count of the money stringency. The Meacham Lumber company shut down and 40 men are out of work. Several small mills in Union and Baker coun- The largest mill shut mill at enrollment lor tnis time ot tne year and demonstrates plainly, in the opin ion of those informed, that the regis ra tion will easily reach 1,000 or 1.100 be fore the close of the school year. Ev- ertyhing is mcving along smoothly at the college and President Kerr is giving complete satisfaction as head of this great institution. South Baker. This employed 200 men. Many Blue Mountain mills are closed, he Umatilla county mills are still running. Change in Instructors. University of Oregon, Eugene Mr. Wiley J. Huddle, who has been in structor in the University of Oregon during the past three years, has just been appointed a member of the public utilities board of the state of Wiscon sin. His othee will be that of state gas inspector, with a salary of $1,8U0 and traveling expenses. The vacancy in the department of chemistry at the univer sity has been filled by the election of Dr. W. L. Shinn, of Wisconsin. Apples for President. Freewater The Freewater Commer cial club will send a fine box of apples to President Roosevelt. These apples have been donated by D. C. Conrad, whose Spokane Beauty vaiiety took the prize at the Walla Wulla fair, and caused much favorable comment. They will be sent to Washington, D. C, in a few days. Production Probab'y Will Be Curtailed This Month. Cleveland, O., Nov. 11. Reports from the building trades reveal some remarkable conditions. Although for a number of weeks new business has been reduced to a small volume, statis tics of production for the past month show that seldom in the history of the trade have such large tonnages been turned out. For example, the Ameri can Bridge company, the largest produc er of structural materia), turned out 60,000 tons last month, but sold only one-third of that amount. A steel corporation made surprising records at Pittsburg. The Carnegie company broke records at its various plants. lhe Illinois Steel company not only broke all its previous records but did sc in every Individual depart ment in all three works, South Chicago, Milwaukee and Joilet. . Even more surprising than all these was the blast furnace production for October, which, according tc the statis tics of the Iron Trade Review reached a new high point in the history of the trade, lhe production being 2,352,530 tons, compared with the largest output, 2,291,030 tons in May of this year. In other words the production for October was at the rate of about 28,000,000 tons a year. The statistics for November w'll doubtless tell a vastly different story. Many sheet and tin plate mills have been closed and the sheet bar mills of the steel corporation at Columbus and Bellaire are idle. The corporation now has 21 blast furnaces out of commission and independent concerns are curtailing their product. Hence it may be confi dently expected that the output of both pig iron and finished materials would be much smaller this month than for any previous month of the year. BRAZIL CUTLET FOR JAPAN. BIG LOSS AT SUPERIOR FIRE Damage Along Lake Trent Pieced at $2,500,000. Flames Originate from Unknown Cause in Great Northern Storing Plant, Containing 600,000 Bushe s, of Grain, Which Is Entirely Con sumed Well Insured, Confident of Benefits From Taft's Visit to Islands. Manila, Nov. 12. A feature of the visit of Secretary of War Taft to Manila was the presence of Aguinaldo at sever al of the functions, for the first time since his capture. Discussing the visit of Mr. Taft to Manila with a represen tative of the Associated Press, he said "It is my belief that the benefits to follow the visit, to the peonle of the Philippines, will be greater than they can reckon at the present time. Iam at present unable to form an opinion, offhand, of the advantages, but I am confident that it has done good. The inauguration of the assembly has gone a long way to cement the friendship of the Philippines with the people of the United States. It is the fulfillment of a solemn promise, which many expect ed would not be fulfilled. The secre tary of war did not bring independence for many people in his pocket, but he brought the means of attaining it. He told us how we can get it. The Fili pinos are thankful for the information, and pleased at what the secretary has done, especially in the interests of ed ucation and agriculture." Open Umatilla Lands. Pendleton By a special order of United States Land Commissioner R. A. Ballinger, 2,640 acres of land under the Umatilla irrigation project will be restored to entry. The opening of the i land was made on the advice of the en- cinpprs in ptmrcn rif thp nrrn'p'F Jan. uary 28, 1908, is the date set for fil-! ing", and no rights can be obtained by going upon the land prior to that time. The date for the restoration is Decem ber 28, 1907. - Northwest Rural Carriers. Washington, Nov. 9. Rural carriers appointed for Washington routes: I air field, route 1, Christian Hanson car rier, Ole M. Blorn, substitute; North Yakima, route 5, Matt W. Rickman, cairier, L. B. Stockman, substitute; Spokane, route 11, Stuart G. Dowdy, carrier, Emma G. Dowdy, substitute. Klamath Opening in a Year. Klamath Falls Hiram D. White, allotting agent of the Indian service, is now at the Klamath reservation en gaged in the last allotment of lands. The work will occupy perhaps a year. i It is thought the opening of lauds for settlement may take place soon after. The striking telegraphers of Spokane Lave decided to call off the strike. The total foreign gold engagements for New lork is now close to $36,000, 000. The Denver mint is coining gold bul lion intc money at the rate of nearly a million dollars a day. The first ship-ment of foregn gold has reached New York. The consign ment contained $7,100,000. Trie Oregon commission to the Alas ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition has select ed a site for the state building. An American made watch has been granted a certificate of sccuracy by the Geneva, Switzerland, obsei vatory. " Congressman Bourke Cockian, of New York, was arrested for illegal vot ing, but later turned loose, as a migtake had leen made. A great earthquake in Guatamala did much damage to property. The Bank of England has again rais d the discount rate, but gold purchases continue. i Quake Ruins Town. St. Petersburg, Nov. 12. The first direct reports from the scene of the great earthquake at Kartagh, Russian Turkestan, about three weeks ago reached this city from a corporal who accompanied the relief expedition sent to Jamarkan. Telegraphing under date of November 9, the corporal says: "The town of Karatagh was completely de stroyed. The victims numbered about 400 in Karatagh and about 10,000 in the adj ining district of Denausk. All the villages in the vicinity were wreck ed. Many more may be dead. Texas Probes Mill Trust. Austin, Tex., Nov. 12. An anti trust suit has been filed by the attorney general in the Twenty-sixth District court against 120 Texas milling com panies alleged to be in conspiracy in restraint of trad.e The state allegfs that trie defendant companies have vio lated both the 1899 and 1903 acts and asks lor penalties against each defend ant in the sum of $75,000 for the al leged violation of the art of 1899. and $56,250 for violation of the act of 1903. Begin Seeding at Athena. Athena Seeding in this section has begun in earnest since the rain began. Up to that time a great many farmers were afraid to begin seeding lest there should not be enough moisture m the ground to sustain the growth of the wheat. But now they feel assured, and there will be thousands of acres of land seeded during the next few weeks. The large fanners have from four to six I drills running daily, and each drill plants from 20 to 25 acres a day. Farrrs Selling at Woodburn. Woodturn A Salem syndicate ha? purchased a 161-acre tract weft of Woodburn for the purpose of dividing it into fruit tracts and running a spur into Woodburn from the Portland Salem electric line- Sales of farms in this section to homeseekers from the Much Fruit at Milton. Milton The fruit men of this vicin ity estimate the fruit crop at 300 cars in the district about here. In addition to this there has been an immense ; quantity of fruit shipped by package expresa. Negotiations Pending for Immigration of 5,000 Anruilly. Washington, Nov. 11. Barred from the United States, Japanese coolies are turning to Brazil, where, according to the Brazilian Review, they hope to gain ready admission. This newspaper, published in Rio de Janeiro, sayj: "It is reported from Yokohama that North America and Australia, being practically closed to the Japanese im migrants, Japan will now turn its at tention to Brazil, as a point toward which its surplus population shall be directed, and that negotiations will be opened with the Brazilian government forthwith to arrange for the landing of 5,000 Japanese in that republic every year. From Milan also comes an an nouncement t) the tffect that the Jap anese government has proposed to the Italian ambassador at fokio that the Navigazione Generale Itali na fchall undertake the transport of these emi grants and for that purpose shall estab lish a new steamship eerv'ce from Yo kohama to Genoa. From Genoa to Brazil, as is well known, the Naviga zione Generale already runs a direct line. There is said to be no doubt that the Italian company will establish the new line, seeing a guarantee for the transport of 6,000 third-class passen gers from Yokohama to Genoa every year." Duluth, Minn., Nov. 9. Fire of an unknown origin last night destroyed the Great Northern elevator "A" in Superior, together with 600,000 bush els of grain, principally wheat, all of which was fully covered by insurance. The elevator was owned by the Great Northern railroad but was leased to the A. D. Thomson company of Duluth. Tne sparks soon ignited the Giand Republic mill on Tower Bay slip, the Great Lakes Diedge & Dock company's dock and the Duluth Superior Storage company, which contained the finish ing plant of the Webster Chair com pany. The fire started at the southwest cor ner ot the elevator dock, and before lb was noticed had communicated to the elevator. An alarm was turned in and four fire tugs responded, but ow ing to the intense heat they were driven out of the slip and devoted all their ener gies to paving the adjoining pioperty. The steamers W. A. Parent and W. A. Rogers were in the elevator slip loading wheat and the latter was to take out 200,000 bushels of wheat. The fire was under control by 1 o'clock and the damage is placed at $2,600,000. ARREST BANKERS. LADD AID3 DEPOSITORS. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Club, 87c; bluestem, 89c; valley, 87c; red, 85c. Oats No. 1 white, $29.50; gray $29.50. Barley Feed, $28.50 per ton; brew ing. $30; rolled, $3031. Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $23; clover, ?io; cricar, sio; grain hay, $1516; alfalfa, $14. Fruits Apples, 75c$2.25 per box; peaches, $1 per crate; watermelons, lc per pound; pears, $11.25 per box; grapes, locutfi.to per crate; quinces, 50cU per bo-; huckleberries, 78c East are of daily occurrence. There is (per pound, cranberries, $1010.50 per much activity in both city and farm ' harrpL property and Woodburn s prospects were never so bright as the are now. Enlarging the Cannery. Brownsville The Brownsville can nery is building a large addition to its plant. It will be about 100x160 feet and will give capacity to handle the fruit output of the whole neighborhood. Apples are still coming in by the wagon load. Another carload of the prepared fruit was shipped last week, lhe rail road company will nut in a switch. The fruit now has to be hauled about 200 yards to the nearest eidetrack. Lives Lost in Italy. Rome, Nov. 12. The rain storms and floods throughout Italy continue. Railroad tracks are ling carried away n several plaos, and reports are being received of the destruction of houses and the destroying of rattle. Several human lives bave also been lost. Normal Training in High Schools. Salem Statistics compiled- bv the department of education show that 88 high schools reporting in Oregon out side of Portland last year graduated 2, 574 students, of which 74 are employed as teachers. The state normal school board has formulated a teachers' train ing course for high schools, so that the ill m leacners wno gn irom those schools to teach in the rural districts shall not be without preparation. State Will Sue. Salem Governor Chamberlain, as president of the state board ol educa tion, has wired defaulting textbook manufacturing concerns failing to enp ply public schools as follows: "Yon are in default as to some books contract ed lor. If contract is not complied with 1 l onre bond." the state board will sue on 1 Vegetables Turnip?, $1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25 per sack; cabbage, 114C per pound; cauliflower, 25c$l per dozen; celery, 50c$l per dozen; corn, 85c$l per sack; cucumbers, $1 per sack; oniens, 1520c per dozen; parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers, 817c per pound; pumpkins, li He per pound; radishes 20c per dozen; spinach, 6c per pound squash, 114C per pound; tomatoes 2550c per box. Onions $22.25 per sack. Potatoes 7585c per hundred, de livered Portland; sweet potatoes, 2J4C per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 3032c per pound. Veal 75 to 15R non's 7U,3Hc; 125 to 150 pounds. c; '0 tn 200 pounds, W";tJ' Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7(3 7$c; packers, fj7c. rouitry Average 01a hens, lie poi pound; mixed chickens, 11c; Fpriii(. chickens, 11c; old roosters, 89c: dressed chickens, 13(3)1 4e; tnrkevf. live, old, 16c; young, 18c; geese, live. 910c; ducks, 14; pigeons, $11.50: equabs, $23. Eggs Freeh ranch, candle), 35c per dozen. Hops 1907, 7(39c per pound; olds 4c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 622c per pound, according to shrink age: vaiiey, zuraizz, according ir shrinkage; fineness; mohair, choice, 2930c per pound. , Pledges Full Payment to Savings Ac counts at Portland. Portland, Nov. 11. By a pledge from W. M. Ladd last Saturday, savingn de positors in the failed bank of the Title Guarantee A Trust company are guaran teed full payment of their claims, amounting to $405,000, and the Mar quam block is to be turned over to the bank as an asset for payment of all creditors alike. The Marriuam block. owned by the Oregon company, has been held as security for a debt to Ladd & Tilton of $007,000, by assignment to Ladd & Tilton of the stock of that com pany as collateral. Ladd & Tilton, therefore, are not to be preferred cred itors. By the terms of the pledge, the re ceiver is to administer the affairs of the bank, and pay off depositors to the full measure of the assets, and if, in two years, savings depositors shall not have 1 Conditions of Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to Be Investigated. Portland, Nov. 9. Developments yesterday in the affairs of the Title Guarantee & Trust company were a fol lows: District Attorney Manning says he will cause the arrest of otlicers of the bank today on complaint of C. F. Ehman, who deposited $1,330 lhe day before the hank closed. Ehman agrees to swear to complaint charging the bank ollicers with having accepted deposits, when I hey knew the bank to be insolv ent, contrary to law." State Treasurer Steel's violation of law in depositing $.'100,000 school funds without security id considered by Dis trict Attorney Manning, of Multnomah, and District Alton ey McNary, of Mar ion, as basis fur criminal piosecution. Opinion that Steel should resign i held in numerous quarters and is shar ed by Governor Chamhei Iain, but Steel says he will not resign. Resignation would enable the state to sue bondsmen, for indemnity. Governor Chamberlain will continue holidays indefinitely, and probably will issue one proclamation for all of next week. SEND CASH WEST. received all their money, Mr. Ladd wil make good the deficiency. The word ing 01 Mr. Ladd a otter makes no men tion of interest on the deposits during the two years. Lives With Gold Leaf in Skull. Baltimore, Nov. 11. Richard Swan ger, who whs unconscrous for 11 days from a depressed fracture of the skull, causeu oy a tree railing upon him, is recovering from a remarkable eurgical operation as a result of which he will carry a quantity of gold leaf in his head. The surgeons at Maryland Uni versity hospital found a part of the brain covering and a part of the brain itself adhered to the curameter. The brain covering end the gray matter were separated and the gold leaf was placed between the parts. Steals $1,000,000 Jewels. Chicago, Nov. 11. A dispatch to be Record Herald from Cleveland, O., -ays: Local detectives are searching ior 91, into, OH) w rth of jewels raid to ave been stolen from the wife of a Pittsburg milli'Hiai'eonatrain Itetween ''ew Yoik ami PiMslu.rg November 1. In her belt j-vel bag were diamonds, rneraWD, parls and othr costly jew !ry. N 1 qiPFtior8 will be asked and ho'isan Is of dollnrs in reward will be laid f- r thp return of the property. O I r- oecreiary oorieiyou swings tiiuo Uver Eastern Barkers. Wasington, Nov. 9. The West is to receive all the assistance at the com mand of the Treasury department to meet the great demand for money to move the crops. Secretary Cortelyou discussed the situation with the presi dent jesterday, and bus formulated a plan, which will he curried into effect, unless the Eastern banks rise to the occasion and show less selfishness. Mr. Cortelyou is of the ( pinion that the larne importations of gold and the bousecleaning which has been done in New York have placed the banks there in a materially improved condition. The government no longer feels the ne cessity of aiding the Eastern situation, but is impressed wilh the importance of meeting the situation which exists-, in the West, where there is pressure for cash for crop-moving purposes. More Disasters in Italy. Rome, Paly, Nov. 11. Storms ac-mpint-d by torrential rains have g.in rausel floods in several Darts of Daly and a number of vessels have been vpockpd in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas. Chinese Have but One Friend. Shanghai, Nov. 9. The Chinese offi cials are incensed at the refusal of the Shanghai municipal council, which is predominantly British, to permit the Chinese universities to use the public? recrpation grounds for athletics, giving as a reason that the grounds are for whites alone, though Japanese and East Indians have not ben excluded. Native persons, comparing this hostil ity with the sentiments expressed in Secretary Taft's speeches, unanimously declare that the Chinese can only de pend on Americans for true friendship.. Union Pacific Drops Mining. Chicago, Nov. 9. It is announced here that the Union Pacific has ar ranged to retire from the commercial coal business on January next. As a preliminary, orders have been issued for the construction of a bianch line 2i miles in length from Rock Springs to. an exteneive coal field in the north owned almost exclusively by independ ent operators. Heretofore the policy of the road has been not to run branch lines to independent fields. Only Seventy Survive. St. Petersburg, Nov. 9. A dispatch received today from Samark and bv the oihi ial telegraph agencies says that a special representative of a local news paper who was pent to Karatagh in the Hissar district of Bokhara, which waa destroyed by a landslide following the earthquake of October 21, reports that 3,400 persons perished and only 70 es caped.