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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1908)
'1 Heppner Gazette Thndq af Each Wk HEPPNER OREGON CLEAN UP TOWN. RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief an Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political. His orical and Commercial. British goods are being boycotted in India. The Union Facificjhas greatly reduced working forces. All Germany is celebrating the kais er'a bltrthday. Cheyenne secured the next meeting of the Dry Fanning congress. The Chinese tong war in San Fran cisco has claimed another victim. The torpedo flotilla has arrived at Bnenoe Ayres. Its stay will be ehort at the Argentine capital. Several warships now at Magdalena bay will soon return to the MareBIsland navy yard fox extensive repairs. Rockefeller has ordered 300 Italian workmen discharged and their places filled by Americans who are out of work. ice Nevada special ponce bill may yet be killed in the house on account of friction between members and Goldfield mineowners. The Dominion government will loan $4,000,000 to the farmers of Alberta and Saskatchewan province, whose crops were failures last year. A severe snow e term is general throughout the East. The leader of the Portugese rebels has escaped from bpreon. Several of the Russian imperial fam lly are sick with the grip. Ecuador has stopped a threatened revolution by arresting the plotters. Harry Orchard has written to friend saying he is glad he confessed. waiter well man says wall street , is humble and admits defeat by Rooee elt. The senatorial deadlock continues in Kentucky. Beckham has 49 votes out of 102. Fire at Portland, Me., destroyed all city records and property valued at $1, 000,000. A plan is being perfected at Chicago to raise 1100,000 for the relief of un employed. The Thaw trial has been delayed be cause of a storm which prevented the arrival of witnesses. Anthracite coal interests are consid ering the maintenance of present prices throughout the year instead of making a reduction for the five months begin ing with April. inree men were killed in a serious fire at Boston. Cheyenne wants the next meeting of the Dry Farming congress. Edward MacDowell, one of America's foremost composers, is dead.' The United Mineworkers of America has emndoreed woman suffrage. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has out the pay oi all high salaried offi cials. The Seattle exposition appropriation will have a hard time getting through the house. Suffrage debates in the German reichstag caneed violent scenes and threat of duel . The battleship Mississippi has been accepted by the government. It was built at Philadelphia. The National Livestock convention declared for the leasing system of pub- he lands and for a tariff revision. Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, who is to marry Count Szechenyi, has already re reived preEents to the val-ie of $1,000, 001. United States secret service men have discovered that several Americans are taking an important part in the latest Haytien revolution. The movement to intervene in Congo affairs has been revived in England. A Chinese company has been organ ized to work the iron mines at Awtow, China. San Francisco Making Preparation for Battleship Fleet. San Francisco, Jan. 28. San Fran risoo will make extraordinary prepara tijna during the next three months to "tidy up" before the arrival of the fleet. Work on the downtown streets will be pressed in order that the gateway of the city may take on the appearance of freshness rather than dilapidation While the supervisors are busily en caged on this problem, the special com mil tee, of which James D. Phelan is chairman, intrusted with arrangements for the entertainment of the visitors has already organized and mapped out its dans in a general way. The first donation to the fund of $100,000 which is to be raised was made by a local Chi nese merchant, who accf mpanied his check for $100 with a note expressing apprecition of the protection afforded by the Stars and Stripes. A unique feature of the celebration will be a floral parade, the first Saa Francisco has undertaken. The parade will be under the auspices of the Native Sons and Native Daughters. It will resemble in general scheme the pa geants made famous by Los Angeles and Fvadena. San Francisco has lost the rural atmosphere which the cities in the southern part of the state which have retained, and a floral parade will entail an amount of preparation that has seldom been attempted here before Special attention is being paid the entertainment of the enlisted men. A clubhouse is to be erected where the bluejackets can make their headquarteis while on shore. A large pavilion will be provided for drills, concerts and ex hibitions. NEW SYSTEM OF SURVEYS. Bill to Give Commissioner Authority to Employ Men. Washington, Jan. 28. In his annnal report Land Comissioner Ballinger rec ommended the abolition of the present system of making public land surveys under the contract eye tern and nrged congress to authorize the employment by the government of competent sur veyors, whose sole duty shall be the surveying and resurveying of public lands. Representative Mitchell, of Wyoming, chairman of the house com mittee on public lands, has introduced a bill in the house giving the commis sioner authority to employ such sur veyors for the purpose stated, but al lowing him also to use his discretion as to the advisability of making a part of the surveys under the old contract system. There are some surveyors on govern ment work who have produced satisfac tory results, but the chief criticism of the old contract system ia that it wastes a great deal of time, and re quires two or three years from the time of application to get a given tract surveyed and the survey accepted. The Mondell bill will form the basis of whatever legislation congress may at tempt on the subject this winter. WAR ON RATS. Kaef may attempt to disqualify Judge Dunne and District Attorney Langdow. Hughes has admitted that he would be willing to accept the presidential nomination. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Shaw will resign his trust presidency and may re-enter politics. Morris K. Jessup, the well known banker and philanthropist of New York, is reported seriously ill. Boyertown, Pa., officials are after the owners of the gasoline tanks which ex ploded and set fire to the theater. One arrest has been made. now to kill hogs at the stock yards in an artistically humane manner has been investigated by the Illinois branch of the Consumers' league. New York insurance companies have discovered that much of the money borrowed from them on policies was either eold to get the currency premi ums or was lent at high rates. San Francisco Determined to Exter minate Disease Spreaders. San Fraacisco, Jan. 28. Reports by the plague experts show that the dis ease has been almost entirely eliminat ed from the city, but the battle against the rats is to be pressed with new vigor. J. here nave Deen no new cases for more than two weeks. Only two cases are now under treatment. De pite these encouraging features, the force of men in the employ of the health board is to be increased and the distribution of poison to be continued on a larger scale. All tbis is to be done as a precau tionary measure. The theory held by Dr. Rupert Blue, the Federal expert in charge of the situation, is that the con tagion is carried from the rat to the hn man being by the flea. In the winter months the fleas vanish, to reappear ith the spring and summer. An ex- mination of the rodents last Septem ber showed that one-half of one per cent were infected. The examination at the present time shows that one-half per cent are infected. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON GATHER HOP DATA. r " Pacific Coast Hopgrowera Association Wants Oregon Acreage. Salem The board of directors for Oregon of the Pacific Coast Hopgrow ers' union met here last week and form ulated a plan for ascertaining the names of all the hopgrowers in the state, the acreage of hops owned by each, the names of growers who have signed the constitution and bylaws of the union and the acreage of each. It is expected that this information will be at hand and complete soon and then for the first time it will be known definitely how many acres of hops are grown in Oregon. This information is necessary in order to ascertain the pro portion of acreage represented in the union and also the names of growers who are needed as members bat who have not joined. The work of gathering the statistics was designated to the secretary, Joseph HAS SEEDLESS PEAR. Has Borne Fruit for 20 Years Un known to Scientists. Pendleton, Not suspecting that seedless pear was anything out of the ordinary, R. L. Oliver, a prominent fruittaiser two m'les west of this city has been growing pears of that nature for two decades. Much publicity has been given during the past three months to a seedless pear diecoveied by A. I. Mf.scn. The tree bearing the seedless pear on the Oliver farm near this city was growing on the place when he bought it, 20 years ago. The pears on the Oliver tree differ in de scription from those of the Mason farm, being very large and retembling the Flemish Beauty more than any other varitey. They are entirely seed less and have only the slightest tracing oi core, being in effect coreless as well as seedless. The flesh is fine grained and solid, the flavor is good and the pear Baumgartner, and arrangements were has many claims for popularity aside made to raise a tuna or si,uuu to pay the immediate expenses of the organi zation work in Oregon. While no par ticular effort will be made to learn the acreage of hops that will be plowed up this season, it is probable that a pretty fair idea of the extent of the plowing up will be gained. Sets Out Walnut Trees. Rickreall J. B. Stump, one of the leading farmers residing in this county, has planted 175 acres of his large farm near Monmouin to iingnsn walnuts, and will make his walnut grove a com mercial proposition. The trees are. planted with a space of 60 feet between rows one way and of 40 feet the other from being a seedless and coreless vari ety. The tree bears late, the fruit ripening in October. Where the tree came from is not known. The farm with the orhard on it was purchased from a nurseryman, who set the orchard out SCHOOL FOR CONVICTS. Prison Reformers Will Ask Permit to Try Scheme. Salem The superintendent of the state prison, the governor of Oregon, Chaplain St. Pierre and Portland friends of prison reform have agreed on a plan for the construction of an wav. In the space between tne rows or "OUJU " auwi luuu walnut trees Royal Anne cherries are i ln8 tnat 18 De added to the pemten- planted and as these latter will bear uaiT y consent oi tne next legislature. quickly the land set to walnuts will!" " to accommodate about 800 per soon be made profitable while. awaiting Troops Repel Tribesmen. Tangier, Jan. 28. Advices received here state that the Zenatia and Ouled Ali tribes attacked the French troops January 23, but were repulsed with severe loss. The French littoral and mediouna columns had just effected a junction when the tribesmen, in battle array, covering a front of about four miles, swept down in crescent forma tion. The Spahis bore the brunt of the attack, making several gallant charges, which, however, interfered to some extent with the work of the artillery. Lisbon Officials Afraid. Lisbon, Jan. 28. Although the gov ernment apparently is master of the situation, much nervousness is mani fested in official circles following the plot to overthrow the monarchy and establish Portugal as a republic. Pre' mier Franco, upon the advice of the po lice, sleeps each night in a different house, surrounded by cavalry. The police have discovered a number of places where revolver and bombs have been stored by the conspirators. Record Crop of Oranges. San Francis-co, Jan. 28. The orange crop of California is now in full season and in quantity and quality promises to break all records. The fruit ex change of the etate estimate that the total output of oranges alone will reach the enormous snm of 30,000 carloads. about 9,000,000 boxes and 1,350,000,- 000 oranges. The harvest will last continuously until next Fourth of July. the first crop from the walnut trees Experiments made here in past years with walnuts have been so satisfactory that Mr. Stump's venture is not looked upon as an experiment. Suspected Sheep in Benton. Monroe United States Inspector H. Silverwood, of the bureau of animal in dustry, is in tbis section looking after, several bands of sheep thatjwere report ed to be infected. The Federal govern ment is working with state and county officials to enforce the dipping laws and clean up all bands of sheep which give the slightest indication of being infect ed. Mr. Silverwood imparts informa tion regarding the construction of dip ping vats, the method of dipping which will secure the best results, as well as the handling and care of livestock. It is more than likely that quite a lot of dip will be brought here before many days. Little Snow in Mountains. Albany Lees snow is reported in the mountains of this part of the state this year than for a great many years. This winter only the highest peaks and ridges are covered, while the valleys, even though far up in the mountains, are free from snow. Reports from the upper valley and headwaters of the South Santiam river are to the effect that there is no snow at all now on the ridges and in canyons where the snow is usually seven or eight feet deep in January. Meeting of Fruitgrowers. Albany An educational meeting for fruitgrowers will be held here Tuesday, January 28, under the direction of the Linn County Horticultural society. M. O. Lownsdale, president of the Wil lamette Valley Applegrowers' aHPOcia tion, and L. T. Reynolds, secretary of the same association, and ex-commia- sioner of horticulture, will be speakers. Mr. Lcwnsdale will give a practical demonstration of how to pack apples for the market. sons and besides serving as a chapel and amusement ball will be a school room ana nave recitation rooms con nected with it. It is to be located as an addition to the east wing of the prison, and will be built of brick made by the convicts The prisoners are to do all the con struction work themselves, and thus re duce the cost to the state to a mini mum. Many of the prisoners can neither read nor write, and the work that is being undertaken has the indorsement of the Prisoners' Aid society of this state. Wisconsin Men Want Timber. Klamath Falls A party of four from Wisconsin have left here with local guides and timber cruisers for the tim ber near Bly. A great deal of interest is taken in their movements, as it is announced they are here in the interest of a big land deal. They left for the timber equipped with everything need ed in a winter camp in the woods, in cluding snow shoes. People owning claims in that region expect to be able to dispose of them. New Bank Building in Burns. Burns The Harney County National bank took advantage of Sunday to move into its new stone building, which is now undergoing the finishing touches on the interior. This is cne of the handsomest and most substantial strnc tures in the state, built of the stone which is plentiful in the hill upon which the city of Burns stands. The room heretofore occupied bj this bank will be now added to the mercantile houee of N. Brown & Sons. WILL BREAK MONOPOLY. Bonaparte Starts Suit Against Harri man Roadt. Washington, Jan. 27. Attorney General Bonaparte directed that a bill in equity be filed to set aside the con trol by the Union Paoiflc Railway com pany and its subsidiary corporations of the Southern Pacific and the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroads; also to have declared illegal the ownership by the Union Pacific or the Oregon Short Line of stock in the Santa Fe, the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, all of said lines being competitors of the Union Pacific. The attorney general issued an offi cial sttement to this effect, which, after referring to the extended investigation by the Interstate Commerce commission Into the relations existing among the Various lines of road engaged in trans continental traffic, says: from tne evidence so adduced anu from independent investigation the de partment has arrived at the conclusion that the stockholding of the Union Pa cific and its subsidiary companies in the corporations mentioned above is in direct violation of the Sherman act. "The department regards the suit as of first Importance, as it is sought by means thereof to break up a substantial monopoly of the transportation busi ness of the country between the Mis souri river on the east and the entire Pacifio coast south of Portland on the west." Aside from the railway companies above named, the other defendants in the suit are the Farmers Loan & Trust company, of New York, which is the depository of all the stock of the San Pedro road nnder a contract by which it is required to give proxies to such persons as may be named by Mr. Har riman and Mr. Clark for a period of years. There are also individual de fendants who are alleged to have con ceived and carried out the conspiracy complained of, towit: E. H. Harrl- man, Jacob H. Schiff, Otto H. Kahn, James Stillman, Henry C. Frick, Hen ry H. Rogers and William A. Clark. While naming the individual defend ants the statement makes no mention of any intention to prosecute any of these officials personallyjn any crimin al proceedings. FORCED OUT OF RACE BY HALL Brownell Tells Why He Gave Up Dis trict Attorney Fight. Veiled In diet- Senator Fulton Implicated and Threats Were Made of ment for Complicity Jn Oregon Land Frauds Got Promise of Im munity for Withdrawing. MAYS DISMISSED. Him PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 85c; Bluestem, 87c; valley, 85c; red, 83c Oats No. 1 white, $27.5028; gray, ! $27.5028. j Barley Feed. $27.50 per ton; brew ing, f3Z ; roiled, sz3u. Corn Whole, $32.50; cracked, $32.50. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $18 per toa; Eastern Oregon timonthy, $21 22; clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $1516; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14. Fruits Apples, $1132.50 per box; in tne county. He will retire to a small farm on the Umatilla river west of Pendleton. Cheap Salt for Oregon Sheepmen Pendleton Oregon woolgrowers have purchased 50,000 shares of stock in the salt plant owned by the Idaho growers. By this purchase of stock in the mine or plant, the Oregon sheepmen will re ceive 500 tons of salt annually at just exactly what it costs to mine it aad lay t down at its destination. At present prices this means a saving of $3 per ton, which is quite an item in the course of a year. The plant is located at Ogden. Weyerhaeusers Buy Timber. Oregon City The Northern Pacific railroad has sold to the Weyerhaeuser Land company 19,280 acres of land in Clackamas county. The deed has just been recorded here, but the price is not stated. The land is mostly timbered and runs along the west end of Clacka mas county, from the Clackamas river to the southern boundary. Gets State Contract. Salem On opening bids for lumber the state board awarded the contract for the supplying state institutions to the Cnrtis Lumber company, whose bid was $37 per carload below the next bidder. Veteran Thresher Quits. Pendleton After a career of 38 years as a threshing machine man, Joe Sny der, of this city, is selling out his large , outfit of threshers and horses at nnblic ... . . . i auction and will retire Ircm the busi- nars. $1.25(31.75 per box. cranber- nes permanently. He is known as one ries, $8(311 per barrel. of the most energetic thresher men in Vegetables Turnips. 75c per sack; Eastern Oregon and has perhaps made carrots. 65c per sack :v beets, liner the longes runs each season cf any man ; sack; beans, 20c per pound; cabbage, 1c per pound; cauliflower, $22.25 per dozen; celery, $3.253.50 per crate; onions, 1520c per dozen; parsley, 20c per dozen; peas. 10c per pound; pep pers, 8(0)1 7c per pound; pumpkins, l iHc per pound; radishes, 20c per doz en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c per pound; squash, llc per pound; tomatoes, $2 per box. Onions $1.85(3)2.15 per hundred. Potatoes 50($75c per hundred, de livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.25 3.50 per cwt Butter Fancy creamery, 30 35c per pound Poultiy Average old hens, 1212c per pound; mixed chickens, lll?c; spring chickens, 1213c; roosters, 8 10c; dressed chickens. 14c; turkeys, live, 1415c; dressed, choice, 17(3)18c; geese, live, 910c; ducks, 16l!c; pigeons, 75c$l; squabs, $1.502. Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 27c per dozen. Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 9a9c: 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 5(3,3 He. Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6S 7c; packers, 67c. Hops 1907, prime and choke, 6 7Jc per pound; olds, l(a2c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1320c per pound, according to shrink age; vailey, 18(2)20c per pound, accord ing to fineness; raotalr, ckoice, 29(3 30c per pound. I Heney Says He Cannot Convict of Conspiracy. Portland, Jan. 27. Franklin Pierce Mays, ex-state senator, was the princl pal witness for the government Satur aay in tne mil-mays conspiracy case in the Federal court. A treacherous and failing memory prevented the wit ness from positively associating his va ious conversations with Hall and the dates of the letters that passed between them. Probably the most damaging evidence against Hall, adduced from tne witness, was nis identification of a letter written by himself to Steiwer in which Mays told of his successful efforts dissuading Hall from instituting criminal proceedings against tne mem bers of the Butte Creek company for unlawful fencing. Before Mays was called into the court room, Heney announced that he wished the indictment dismissed aganist Mays, who was a co-defendant with Hall and Edwin Mays. In making this request of the court, Heney said that he did not consider that the government was in possession of sufficient evidence with which to convict Mays of the alleged conspiracy. Later in the examination of Mays, Heney repeated the declara tion he made before, that it was not his intention to prosecute Maya on any of the other remaining indictments against him borause of his physical condition. Judge Hunt consented to the dismissal of the indictment and at the same time exonerated the bond Mays had furnished. Mays was then sworn as a witness for the prosecution. Charles B. Moore, ex-register of the Oregon City land office, will undoubted ly be a witness for the government be fore the prcsecution closes its case either today or tomorrow. Just what Moores will testify can only be con jectured. Strays Go After Fleet. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 27. The police of this city have gathered up six sailors from the American battleships, who had either deserted or failed to return on boanl before their vessels sailed from here last week. They will be sent after the fleet on a collier. A dispatch from Valparaiso savs the Chilean squadron which will welcome the American battleships to Chilean waters has arrived at Valdivia. The British cruiser Sapho, which has been on the west coaet, is now on her way down to Punta Arenas. Portland, Jan. 23. Sensational and damaging testimony against John H. Hall was given yesterday by Hamilton, II. Hendricks, who testified that in. May, 1900, he had suggested to Hall that Hall use his knowledge of illegal fencing by Steiwer and his associates as a political club over W. W. Steiwer. At the morning session Hendricks, who was a co-defendant with Hall and Mays, entered a plea of guilty to the conspiracy indictment. Late i the afternoon Hendricks was called to the stand, and his testimony, following that of a number of minor witnesses who preceded him, had the effect of a. thunder storm on a clear summer after noon. While Hendricks recited the stcry of his interview with Hall in 1900, the ex district attorney could not repress a commingled expression of sur prise and pain. With drawn features and clenched jaws he scrutinized the- witness as the story of the inception of his alleged unofficial relations with the unlawful fencing monopoly was related. The accused ex-Federal official soon re gained the interested and semi-hopefni expression that has characterized him from the beginning of the trial, and court adjourned for the day after the sensational statements of Hendricks. Clarence B. Zachary, who yesterday entered a plea of guilty to the conspir acy charge, was foreman of the Butte Creek company. He was a prominent figure in superintending the different schemes that were hatched by his asso ciates. Mr. Heney expects to complete the government's case probably tomorrow afternoon and not later than Saturday. Hendricks will be on the stand duibg the morning session, possibly a part of the afternoon today, and will be fol lowed by Clarence B. Zachary. Mr Heney last night would not discuss the probability that W. W. Steiwer would be called as a witness for the govern ment, neither would he admit that Steiwer would follow the lead of his as sociates, Hendricks and Zachary, of the- Butte Creek company, and plead guilty. STATE POLICE FOR NEVADA. Spain Cementing Enplish Ties. London, Jan. 27. Inquiries among Spanish consular and commercial cir cles in London make it clear that the proposal of the Spanish minister of commerce to hold an exposition of Spanish arts and industries in London in 1908 is warmly welcomed by the Spanish colony in the metropolis as ad ditional evidence of the desire of King Alfonso to cement vet more closely the Bill Provides Means for Dealing: Wi hv Riot Conditions. Carson, Nev.. Jan. 23. The speeiai committee appointed to prepare a bill to regulate riot conditions in Nevada, has agreed upon and drawn up a meas ure which will be introduced in the legislature today. The bill creates a state police which shall consist of a su perintendent to be appointed, by the governor, one inspector, fonr sergeants, 25 subordinate police officers and 250 reserves. The superintendent shall ap point all memebrs and officers, subject to the approval of the governor. The police shall have power to perform all duties required of peace officers exeept to sene civil processes. The superintendent of police shall be over 30 years of age and subject to re moval at any time by th governor without previous notice and shall have the rank of captain. The bill provides that when, in the judgment of the governor, a state of riot exists and the public safety is endan gered, it shall be the duty of the gov ernor to issue a proclamtion declaring martial law and until the eame shall be revoked, the state police shall have full and absolute power to take any steps necessary to restore peace aad order. Another section empowers the super intendent of police to organize a reserve force not to exceed 250 men. The rules and discipline of the United States army shall, so far as practicable. constitute the rules and discipline t the state police. China Still Resists Japan. Pekin, Jan. 23. The intimation hat Japan is ready to permit extension of the Hsin Min Tun railroad to the north with Japanese capital has aroused re newed opposition on the part of the Chinese government, which is determ ined to test the pledges made by Japan in the matter of the restoration of Man churia. Hsu Shih Chang, viceroy of Manchuria, is again urging the thrcne to sanction a loan of 10,000,000 taels for the purpose of increasing the efJra- cy of the new Chinese administration- of Manchuria. entente that countrn e. already unites the two Fleet Sails From Rio. FRio de Janeiro, Jan. 23. To the booming of guns and the cheers of thousands on the accompanying pleas ure craft, the American warships sailed from Rio yesterday afternoon, bound for Punta Arenas in Magellan straits. Ten days will bring the fleetalmost midway on its 14,000 mile cruise to San Fran cisco, and the ships and the men car ried with them the Godspeed and good wishes of the whole Brazilian people. Encroaching on Norway. Stockholm, Jan. 27. A mining en- ginwr who ha jnt returned here from an pxplorinir expedition In Northern Norway, wf ere the Russian frontier I approaches within 15 miles of the Woman Suffrage for Michigan. North Atlantic at Lvngenfiorm, pays! Lansing, Mich., Jan. 23. The con- that he saw large bodies of Russian stitutional convention committee on soldiers installed in log barracks, en- elections unanimously reported out last gaged in constructing a railway in Nor- night a proposal granting woman auf wegian territory in a wilderness many ' frage, with a recommeudation that it days journey from the highway. t be paesed.