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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1908)
Heppner Gazette TWuiar f Cadi Wck HEPPNER .OREGON 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. More mines are being opened at Gold field. Council Bluffs, la., has started a war on gambling. Great Britain is alarmed for her nav al supremacy. The kaiser advocates the study of English in Germany. The fire in the big New York sky scraper showed an insufficient water supply. Mulai Hafid has been proclaimed sultan of Morocco and he has started a holy war. The new Japanese ambassador to the United States declares that all trouble will soon be over. In a mad rush to get seats at a the' ater in Barns ley, Eng., 16 children were trampled to death. The colors of the American man-of-war Chesapeake, captured by England in 1813, have been offered for sale in London. General Manager Mohler, of the Un ion Pacific, declares the prohibition wave now sweeping the country will stop expansive railroad work. A strike of 200 newsboys in Boston created quite a disturbance. Three po lice officers were assaulted, stripped of their badges and one officer and a by stander seriously injured. The jury in the Thaw case has been completed. The battleship feet has arrived at Rio Janeiro. Warsaw, Russia, terrorists are busy again and the city is in a turmoil. T. C. Becker, of New York, is to assist Heney in the Oregon land frauds. France may insist on arbitration be tween the United States and Japan to prevent war. Alton B. Parker attributes the re cent financial panic to Roosevelt's "at tacks on property." The steamship Aki Mara, from the Orient, has just arrived in Seattle with 1,200 tons of fireworks to be used by Coast Chinese in celebrating their New Years. Heney has been stirred up by the decision of the Appejlate court in the Schmitz case and says he will push the other indictments against Ruef and send him to prison for life. Four policemen were killed and fire nearly 30 injured in the burning of a New York skyscraper. The fire started on the fifth floor of a 12-etory building and the structuie is a total loss. The monetary loss is placed at $5,000,000. Only seven jurors have been secured in the Thaw case. ! Fire at Green Bay, Wis., caused an estimated loss of $60,000. Fire at Minneapolis destroyed a fur niture warehouse. Loes $125,000. Abyssinians have captured an Italian town and exterminated the garrision. Bcnaparte Fays he will soon start a suit to dissolve the Harriman merger. Rev. Johnston Myers, of Chicago, has fed more than 2,000 hungry men in four days. Trains in the new Brooklyn subway are not well patronized and have not relieved the crush on the bridge. A large increase of the national guard Hawaii is urged by the War depart ment in ji communication to terriotrial authoiities. The round house and other buildings of the Lake Shore railroad, at Elkhart, Ind., have been destroyed by fire. Loss. $125,000. There has been such a large reduc tion in the arrivals of immigrants that many of the 500 employes at Ellis Island, New York, have nothing to do a reduction in the force is prob able. Three jurors have been finally ac cepted in the Thaw trial. F. Augnst Heinze has been arrested for falsely certifying his brother's checks. New lork rent strikers threaten to burn the tenements if they are forcibly ejected. Officers of the Chicago Great West ern railway deny that a receiver will be asked for their road. A monument has been erected at Point Loma, Cal., in memory of the dead of the Bennington. New Mexico is working to get a statehood bill through the senate. Union with Arizona is not wanted. Members of the Mineownera' associa titon at Goldfield have agreed to pay an increased wage to specially skilled workmen. A grand jury has uncovered gross f rand and graft in the affairs of St. Joseph, Mo. A number of indictments have been returned against city officials. TO RECA L TROOPS. Nevada Must Net Shirk Responsibil ity, Says President. Washington, Jan. 14. President Roosevelt has determined to withdraw the Federal troops from Goldfield, Nev shortly aft r the legislature begins its special session tcday. This intention was made known at the White House today, when the report of the special investigation commission was made public, together with a letter from the president to Governor Sparks, dated January 4. The president says he shall be governed by the recommends tions in the report unless the governor can show that the statements of the re- port are not in accordance with the facts. The report says: "The conditions did not support the general allegations In the governor's request for troops, nor were his specific statements established to any such ex tent as to justify his use of these state ments for the purpose of getting Fede ral troops." "But we must firmly believe that upon the assembling of the legislature, or within a few days thereafter, the troops should be removed, regardless of any request for their retention that may be made by either the legislature or the governor of Nevada, it being es sential that the state of Nevada shall understand this situation completely shall recognize the fact that there will, at that date be thrown upon it, and it alone, the primary responsibility of keeping order, and that, recognizing this responsibility, it may take such action as is the duty of the state and as will be sufficient in the premises." LAND OFFICE FORCE SHORT. Commissioner Says Department is Handicapped in Efficiency. Washington, Jan. 14. Commission er Ballinger, of the general land office, has completed his annual report for submission to congress. He asks an appropriation of $500,000 to carry on the field work of his bureau in the pro tection of the public lands, an increase of $250,000 over the current appropria tion. During the fiscal years of 1895-7 there was recorded for investigation 24.459 cases of all kinds; of these the agents investigated and disposed of 12,- 104 cases, and 12,355 cases remained for examination July 1, 1907. There were 2,243 land entries relin quished after the case was in the hands of special agents for investigation, 353 entries were cancelled after hearings had upon special agents' charges; 367 unlawful enclosures of public lands were removed restoring 1,940,120 acres to the open range. There were 27 con victions connected with these cases. The total of moneys recovered by the government in all special agents' cases was $386,251 and 2,372,224 acres of land was either freed from fraudulent claims to title or released from unlaw ful enclosure and occupancy. MOROCCO FACES CRISIS. Sultan Abd El Aziz Is Forced From Throne by Reports.. Tangier, Jan. 14. There is conster nation among Moroccan officials at the sensational news from Fez announcing the proclaiming of Mulai Hafid as sul tan and the dangerous conditions now pre "ailing in the city. Couriers who have arrived here announce also that the people of Mequinezhave proclaimed Mulai Hafid sultan. According to the latest information from Fez, the Ule ma8 or wise men, were forced to decree the overthrow of Abd El Aziz, the sul tan of record, and proclaim Mulai Hafid sultan in his place, by the attitude of the people, who were greatly excited over reports that Abd El Ariz had sold the country to France. The announcement by the public criers was received with irantic joy. Mulai Hafid was proclaimed sulian un der certain conditions, which he must accept together with the title. Among these are the following: That he reject the A lgeciras act, ex pel the French troops from Morocco, prohibit access to the interior for Euro peans, who with the Jews, it is set forth, should be allowed to occupy only quarters in the ports reserved for them; prohibit Moorish subjects from placing themselves under the protection of for eign consulates, secure Morocco's rights in the frontier question with Algeria, and suppress taxation. Storm in East. Chicago, Jan. 14. Chicago and its environs were cut off for several hours yesterday from wire communications from other points by a snow and wind storm which began before dawn and raged without a break all day. Snow continues to fall. A northwest gale drove blinding masses of wet snow be fore it. The warmth of the atmosphere caused the heavy flakes partly to melt and stick to whatever they touched. As a consequence overburdened wires and poles were put out of commissipn in all directions for hours. More Defensea Needed. Seattle, Jan. 14. "We realize the desirability of providing additional de fenses for Puget sound as rapidly as possible, and when I get back to Wash ington I Ehall lay the facts before con gress and recommend additional fortifi cations," said Lieutenant Colonel Fred erick V. Abbott, assistant to the cheif of the engineer corps. United States army, having charge of fortificitions of the United State, hvt night, who ar rived here from Manila Wednesday. Japanese Sends in a Bid Honolulu, Jan. 14. The award of ; bids for material for the construction of 19 improvements for Parl harbor has been held up. because the lowest bid der is a dummy for some Japanese con tractor, it is will be rejected. probab e that all bids I NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON NEW KLAMATH INDUSTRY Stockmen Organize Company to Op- erate Packing House. Merrill The organiation of the Kla math Packing A Commercial company, incorporated is about complete. The capital stock is $500,000. The company has purchased of N. 8. Merrill ten acres of land at the foot of Front street, bordering on Lost river. The object of the concern will be to pack and ship all kinds of meat. Dur ing the past season over 25,000 head of cattle and sheep have been .driven through this city to Montague and thence shipped to Sacramento and Oak land, where they are slaughtered for market. There are many conditions which make this long drive and shipment un satisfactory. Among these are the loss of flesh on the 100-mile drive, the dam aging of meat caused by the goad stick of the cat tender, the fevered condition resulting from the close confinement, the cramped position in the crowded cars, and the general unfitness tor market of the four footers upon arrival at their destination. The slaughter of these animals in this county will insure perfectly health ful and palatable meat, will eliminate the shrinkage, and will double the profits of the etcck raiser, as he will receive not only his first profit as pro ducer, but as a stockholder in the com pany will receive a wholesaler. second profit as Because of the lateness of the season, corn paratively little work can be done this year, but the company will be put upon a working basis and several hun dred head of hogs vi 11 be converted into hams, bacon and lard. Early next spring conveniences for the preparation of all by-products will be installed. MAKE WARFARE ON SCALE. Marion County Fruitmen Learning to Fight Dread Pest. Salem The most practical, interest ing and instructive discussion of San Jose scale ever given in Marion county was heard Jhere last week when Coun ty Fruit Inspector E. C. Armstrong ad dressed the meeting of the Marion County Horticultural society. About 200 growers of Marion and Polk coun ties were present, and it was the nnan imous opinion that if similar talks and demonstrations were given in every part of the Willamette vallev this win ter, it would be but a shert time until the great enemy of the fruit industry would be under control. That a very large number of growers do not know scale when they see it, and therefore are in a very poor position to fight it, was evident. Mr. Armstrong made his address so plain and illustrated it so fully that no one who was present wiu ever have trouble in distinguishing this pest. To Develop Oregon Borax. Burns The Oregon Borax company, of which Joseph Gaston, of Portland, is president, has commenced the work of developing the soda and borax de posits at Alkali lake, on the edge of Lake county near the Harney county line at Gray's Butte. A large amount of lumber has been ordered for perma nent buildings, and Superintendent Zell Young, with a party of carpenters, is on the ground to carry on the work. In addition to these preparations, the sheet iron for boiling and settling tanks has been ordered in California ' and will be shipped up to the lake by the narrow-gauge railroad from Reno to Alturas, where the tanks will be constructed on the grounds. Beets Do Well In Klamath. Klamath Falls That Klamath basin s to become one of the leading sugar beet districts of the country is evidenc- ed by the results of analysis of sugar . beets just received from C. O. Town- send, pathologist in charge of sugar beet investigations of the Department of Agriculture at Washington. The sample sent was of three beets grown on a test patch of a quarter acre of land a mile from Klamath Falls, on which was produced 8,385 pounds of beets, or nearly 17 tons per acre. New Library Building Open, University of Oregon, Eugene Dur ing the holidays many of the recitation rooms tf the university were removed from Villard hall to better quarters in the new library building. Occupancy of the new building has been delayed, owing to the fact that there has been no 'money available for heat. The problem was solved by turning off the heat from the entire upper floor of Vil lard hall and sending it through the pipes into the library building. Laying Out Reclamation Work. Klamath Falls The reclamation ser vice has several surveying parties lay ing out next year's work on the Kla math project. One party is now en gaged on the second unit in the Olene district, while Engineer Sargent has a force on the extension of the Keno canael, paralleling the Klamath river, south. Hides Take Big Drop. Pendleton After the highest prices ever paid for hides in Eastern Oregon, in the past eight weeks, prices have now dropped to the lowest price known. Only a few weeks ago dry hides were quoted in this city at 18 centa per pound. Aow dry hides are worth but cents and green hides but 4 cents Fulton Files Hit Petition. Salem C. W. Fulton has filed a copy of his petition for Republican nomination for United State senator. DALLAS AFTER A CANNERY. Frultmen Believe 1 hey Will Have Market for Crop. Dallas A committee appointd at the meeting of the Horticultural society last week for the purpose of securing the co-operation of the fruit raisers of this vicinity in the establishing of cannery at Dallas, is hard at work. With the exception of the berry crop, sufficient fruit is raised within a radius of five miles around Dallas to easily support a cannery, and it is believed that the establishment of that industry in this city will result in the planting of enough of the small fruits to keep the cannery in operation during the en tire season each year. A company will be formed and the farmers, fruitgrowers aDd business men will be solicited to take stock in it. Heretoforre the fruit crops of this vicin ity weie shipped to the canneries in Salem and Newberg. Many Counties Represented. University of Oregon, Eugene The following table, taken from the records cf the register's office, shows that the Btudenta of the University of Oregon come trom every county in the staie. There are now in attendance in the de partments at Eugene, exclusive of mu sic, 400 students, which is the largest body of students of college rank enrolled in any institution in Oregon. That : they are not from the hemes of the rich is shown by the fa a that nearly 70 per 'cent of them are either wholly or par- tially earning their own way. Most of them are registered from the smaller cities of the state that support good high schools. The following counties are represented: Baker, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Doug las, Gilliam, Grant, Jackson, Joseph ine, Klamath, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Washington, Whashington, Wheeler, Yamhill. Cow Earns Her Feed. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis A five-year-old iloletein at the college dairy made a milk yield of 13, 744 pounds for the year ending Decem ber 31. The product carried a butter fat record of 446.55 pounds, and yield ed 520.97 pounds of butter, that at j prices current during the year brought ' $170. She was not pushed in the ieed I ing, but given the ordinary rations in cident to any well-kept dairy. Her food for the year cost $40, leaving a nef profit of $130. No Delegate to Dry Farming Congress Portland Oregon is the only one of the semi-arid states not represented offi cially in the Trans-Missouri Dry Fann ing congress, which will hold its second : session in Salt Lake City, January 23- 26, and efforts are being made by Man ager Tom Richardson, of the Commer cial club, to secure someone from East ern Oregon. The Oregon Development league is willing to offer credentials to ! any representative citizen of the state who will attend the meeting. Big Milton Ranch Sold. Milton For the price of $28 562.50 Henry L. Frazier, of Milton, has sold his ranch near this place to William H. Harder, and the deal represents one of the biggest individual transactions made in this section of the country for many months. The Frazier ranch is located just southwest of Milton, and contains 246 acres of wheat land. This reei- sale also included dence in Milton. the Franzier PORTLAND MARKETS. Butter Fancry creamery, 3235c per pound. Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 9c; 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 5 6c. Poultry Average old hens, 1416c per pound ; mixed chickens, 14c; spring chickens, 14c; roosters, 810c; dress ed chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 1617c; dressed, choice, 1820c; geese live, 9 10c; ducks, 15c; pigeons, $11.50; squabs, $23. Egas Fresh ranch, candled, 30 32 g per dozen. Pork Block, 75150 pounds, 6 7c; packers, 647c. Wheat Club, 84c; bluestem, 86c; valley, 84c; red, 82c. Oats No. 1 white, $27 .5028; gray, $27.5028. Barley Feed, $27 per ton; brewing, $32; rolled, $30. Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33. Hay Vallev timothy, No. 1. $18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $2122; clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $15 16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14 Fruits Apples, 75c$2 per box; peaches, 75c$2per crate; pears, $1.25 1.75 per box; cranberries, $9.5012 per barrel Vegetables Turnips, 75o per sack; carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per sack; beans, 15c per pound; cabbage, leper pound; cauliflower, 75i$l per dozen; celery, $3.253 50 per crate; onions, 1520c per dozen; parsley, 20c per dr zen ; peas, 10c per pound; peppers, 817c per pound; pumpkins, lOl.'ic per pound; radishes, 20c per dozen; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 810c per pound; squash, lQlKc per pound; tomatoes, $2 per box. Onions $1.601.75 per hnndred. Potatoes 4060o per hundred, de livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2 75 ($3 per hundred. N Hops 1907, prime and choice, 5 Pf pound; olds, l2c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 1320c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 1820c, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 2930c per pound. HARLAN SEES WAR. White and Yellow Races Mutt Fight for Supremacy. Washington, Jan. 13. Justice John M. Harlan, of the Supreme court of the United States, peered into the distant future at the annual dinner of the Navy league of the United States and told of a day when the white and yellow races will meet in a conflict that will shake the earth. The distinguished jurist was speaking in the interest of a mighty American navy. He said: "If I had the opportunity I would vote for an appropriation of $50,000,- 000 a year for a period of ten years for a larger navy. The great importance of a navy is shown in the constitution, which restricts the appropriations for the army, but sets no limit to those for the navy. There is no such thing as friendship between nations as between men. Nations make no sacrifices to preserve friendship and do not forbear to do certain things because it does not meet with the approval of another na tion. Do you think England cares a cent for. what we think of her navy, or Germany cares a cent for what we think of hers? "The trend of the immigration of the white people in the past has been from east to west. There has been none from the west. Just across the water there is a country with an immense population whose commeice we are seeking. We refer to the people of Asia as the yellow race. There are 400,000,000 Chinese, as strong physi cally and mentally as we are. There is over there another nation whose people are progressive and ambitious. We may some day see a skilled army in Japan of 5,000,000 to 10,000,000. They will say: 'You claim Europe as your country. This is ours. Get'out.' " "I don't think they have any such idea now, and we have no hostility to ward them. But there will be a con flict between the yellow race and the white race that will shake the earth. When it comes I want to see this coun try with a navy on both oceans that will be strong eonugh." GREAT ACTIVITY EVIDENT. Government it Rushing Work on Our Coast Defenset. Washington, Jan. 13. New coast defenses are being installed and old ones re-enforced at Pacific ooast points, Guam, Hawaii and Manila. This work of fortification is being carried forward swiftly and upon a gigantic scale. Coal depots are being replenished, huge searchlights installed, harbors mined, big guns placed and ammunition maga zines filled to overflowing. So quietly has this work been going on that few outside cf the officials han dling the work have realized the enorm ous undertaking under way. This work was started last May, and it is expected that a year will see the completion of the outlined program. It is acknowledge that the fortifica tions at Manila, Guam, Puget sound and Honolulu are inefficient and it is at those points that the greatest work is being done. San Francisco and other coast points are declared to be perfectly equipped to repel attacks. While not acknowledging any appre hension, the administration is rushing the work with real viuor. It waa learn ed from an authoritative source today that one of the potent factors in determ ining the dispatch of the fleet to the Pacific was a realization of the weak ness at certain points. The presence of the fleet in the Pacific remedies all de-1 fects and structural weakness in coast defense points. As long as it remains there it will make up for any short coming in coast fortifications. By the time the fleet leaveB the wa ters of the Pacific it is believed all the weak points will have been reinforced and the defenses will bo of a modern and approved type. Twelve million rounds now enroute to the Far East furnishes enough am munition for a possible army of 50,000 men. The normal need of the army in the Phiiirmines is about 2.000.000 roundB annually. Aside from this there 1 iB an exceptionally heavy draft of shells ' and tcrpedoes. Not So Many Idle Workmen. . Chicago, Jan. 13. Statistics gather ed by the Chicago association of com merce tend to alleviate the pessimism felt concerning the local industrial sit uation. In response tc letters sent out to 616 business firms which a year ago gave employment to 97,000 persons, it is stated that these firms are now em- ploying 86,400 persons, a decrease of 1 1 10 . 1 : . L art' less than 12 per cent, and within "0 days will bae added 4,920 hands. David R. Forgan, president of the asso ciation, declares that the statistics were gathered from every branch of industry. Surgeons Forget Tools. Red Lodge, Mont., Jan. 13. A local surgeon who has performed an opera tion on Charles Jcakinen, a young Finnish minister, for the removal of the cause of pain in his chest, found in the cavity left by a previous operation two pieces of rubber tubing four and five inches long respectively. To one was attached a safetypin, badly rusted. The rubber tubing was nearly a half inch in diameter. Joaklnen is recov ering. Vetuviut Still Spitt Ashes. Naples, Jan. 13 Mount Vesuvius continues to throw out ashes and incan descent matter from its chief crater, the cone of which, formed by the last eruption, collapsed recently, the earth tremblings being felt long distances. CRISIS NEAR IN JAPANESE AFFAIRS Secretary Root Sends Fair Warning Which Stirs ToKlo. Exclusion Law May Be Pasted by Congrett Unless Japan Stops the Flood of Immigrant Coolies Count Hayathl Adroitly Evade the Issue. Washington, Jan. 11. Negotiations between the United States and Japan have reached a serious stage. While war as an eventuality 1b not seriously apprehended, largely because of Japan's unpreparedness, it is known that the historic friendly relations are strained almost to the point of breaking. 4 The official denial given at the State department of cabled feports of de mands having been made upon Japan are literally true in a diplomatic sens). but the denial, in a measure, is an, evasion, and the The "oral representations exchange of "memoranda," to plan English, mean just reduced this: Ambassador O'Brien, acting under instructions, lias, since reaching hia post last October, been attempting to- secure Irom the Japanese government satisfactory assurances that under the pledge given at the time of the passage of the immigration law last February the Japanese government wuld assist in restricting the emigration to this- country of objectionable Japanese labor. Twice has he communicated to Secretary Root replies obtained from Count Hayaski, in which the Japanese- government attempts adroitly to dodg the issue. Mr. Root has submitted to the Jap anese government, through Mr. V Brien, statistics prepaied by the de partment of commerce and labor, show ing that the immigration of the unde sirable class of Japanese since the Japanese government gave its promisee has been monthly at least twice as larite as before the promise was given. and during some months four times as large. The presentation of cold statistics showing laxity, coupled with the inti mation that congress may adopt more si ringent measures, possibly an exclu sion law, broguht from the Japanese government the second reply, which reached Mr. Root a few days ago in the form of a cablegram which cost several thousand dollars. Mr. Root is now preparing an an swer, with the assistance of several ex perts in Oriental affairs. The Japanese government will be Informed that 'assurances cannot be given that an ex clusion act will not be paesed, but that the administration will exercise its influence to prevent such legislation, if possible, pending negotiations. The issue in official circles in Japan has caused acute agitation, and btcause of the strained condition of aflairs, Mr. Root will not unnecessarily precipitate matters, with the battleship fleet so far from its base in the Pacific. Estimates Too Low. Washington, Jan. 11. Because cf chanced conditions from those existing; in 1905, when the minority of the board of consulting engineers of the Pana ma canal submitted its report, it is now admitted in responsible quarters that the fptitnarfl mmin liv that, romri tnr- building the canal was far too low and that the cost may approximate $200, 000,000. Thia includt-s various inci dental items, such as administration, sanitation and improvements aggregat ing several millions of dollars in Pana ma and Colon, which, however, will be refunded by the Panama government, and the expenses of the zone govern ment and various expenses incidental to the relocation and acquisition of the Panama railroad. The estimate of the board in 1905 was that the cost would be $139, 765,200, but this estimate did not in clude expenses on account of interest. during construction, zone government. sanitation and Rent Strikers Evicted. New York, Jan. 11. Eighty evic tions of East Side rent strikers took place today, and Monroe street waa filled with a picturesque litter of dis placed furnishings. It is believed that the Btrike situation is now near a solu tion, and claims of victory are being- made ny Doth sides. The ind cation are that the honors are about even for - wi , . . . ' although most of the tenants paid the rent asked when they saw that eviction was inevitable if they longer refused, others obtained concessions from land lords. Convicted of Illegal Fencing. Omaha, Jan. 11. Perry A. Yeai-t, a prominent cattleman who has been on trila for conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment in land entries, was today found guilty and recommended to the clemency of the court by the jury. Yeast bad many thousand acres of the North Platte forest reserve under ille gal fence. However, the count nnon which he was found enilty was of con spiring with old soldiers and widows to obtain land fraudulently. Withdrawing Troops From Muncie. Muncie, Ind., Jan. 1 1. Major Gen eral McKee issued orders this afternoon for the return to their homes of three comapniea of militia now in Muncie. Street cars are now tanning on normal schedule.
