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Meppner Gazette bniedlWtdayof tach 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. A bitter prohibition campaign in Illi nois is near an end. Philippine Democrats have indorsed Bryan for president. Japan is to abolish the stigma of caste on the lower claases. Great Britain is alarmed at the growth of Socialism. The chief of the Crow Indians defends Indian Agent Reynolds. Russia is inclined to the demands on the control of Manchuria. Delaware Republicans will send un inspected delegates to the convention. An entire trainload of oranges has jast been sent from California to Iowa. Japan is making extroaordinary war preparations to continue the expansion policy. The old Fifth avenue hotel in New York has closed and politicians are homeless. The German diet has forbidden the use of any language at public meetings but German. Harriman officials announce that ex tensive improvements to San Pedro har bor will be made by the Southern Pa cific. It is announced that the coal mine at Hanna, Wyo., in which a score of min ers were killed, will probably never be reopened. A general strike in Rome has follow ed a labor riot. Ruef 's last objection to a trial has been overruled. The Brazilian cruiser' Bergamin Con stant is to visit Honolulu. Andrew Carnegie has given $5,000,- 000 more to pension university profess ors. For the third time in six weeks the Ohio river at Cincinnati is above flood stage. Hard times have forced Helen Gould to retrench her charities. Two indus trial schools in which she is interested are to close. Retired clearing house, certificates of Chicago to the amount of $14,000,000 have been sold to a cardboard factory and reduced to pulp. Charles Fieher, aged 17, dropped dead in the streets of Bedford, Ind. He was addicted to the cigarette habit and had one in his mouth when death came. The proposition to build a new sub way in New York from the Battery to the Bronx, under Broadway and Lex ington avenue, to cost $60,000,000 has been approved. A Chicago jury has decided that $50 hats are excluded from the "necessary household expenses" for which a hus band is liable when incurred by his wife without his approval. Indiana Republicans are boosting for Fairbanks. Germany is preparing to float a loan of $162,500,000. Diamond workers of Germany are on strike for higher wages. j ANew York university students have struck because hazers are punished. Representatives of national banks of ' hicago condemn the Aldrich currency bl;I. V t. Louis woman has committed suieU.e to Becure insurance for an in va.:d ter. iiiucher rate war between trans Atiantic lines is expected. Steerage rates are being cut. speaker cannon has caned lor an in quiry into the paper trust in order to defend the tariff law. ihe Dattiesnip .Minnesota is now flagship of the fleet, with Rear Admiral Thomas in command. Robbers dynamited the safe of the bank at Mounds, Okla.. and after ob taining $5,400 escaped. Castro has answered Secretary Root's C larges against the v enezuelan govern ment with a complete denial. A number of Chinese firms are offer ing forfeits of $50 for every cent's wortb of Japanese goods sold. Sir Alfred Mosely will arrive in New Ycrk in a few days to arrange for the tour of Euope by 500 American teach .ers at his expense. Nebraska Populists again look to Bryan to head their ticket for presi dent. Hearst may not get a decision on the mayoralty contest before McClellan's term ends. Anna Gould is determined to marry Prince delSagan and has quarreled with her family. Serator Penrose has passed the dan ger line in his illness and recovery now eeems certain. President Roosevelt has appointed Dr. Hill as ambassador to Germany. Tower has resigned. PREMIER RESIGNS. Many Changes in British Cabinet to Follow as Result. London, April 7. Great Britain is in a peculiar position, being without either premier or ministry. The long expected resignation of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the prime min ister, was officially announced Satur day night. According to the court cir cular, he resigned on the urgent recom mendation of his medical advisers, and, as the constitution provides no auto matic successor, it routing with the king to choose a new head of the govern ment, and in accordance with the cus tom and precedent, the whole cabinet resigns with the premier, no step to appoint a ministry can be taken until Herbert II. Asquith, chancellor of the exchequer, who has been summoned to Biarritz for the purpose, has seen the king. The position of the country is quite unprecedented, there being no previous example of a change occurring in the premiership while the sovereign was abroad. On this account the course of procedure to be followed is in some doubt. Sir Henry's condition remains un changed, according to the physicians' bulletin. The king, in telegraphing his acceptance of the premier s resigna tion, conveyed an expression of his re gret and esteem, with best wishes for Sir Henry's recovery. POLICY IS CHANGED. Japan Much Influenced by Coming of American Fleet. iokio, April 7. A lew days ago Count Okuma received a deputation from the Japanese residents of Sacra mento, Cal., and from the Japanese newspaper men of San Francisco, who wished to solicit his views on the emi gration problem. The count is report ed by the vernacular papers to have said that it was very difficult to find out wherein lay the object of the dis patch of the American battleship squadron to the Pacific at this time. A good deal has been made of the move ment by the European press and it was looked upon there as an occurrence of unusual significance. Japan, however, had received the assurance of the United States government that it was not intended as a menace to Japan, but was merely undertaken for the pur pose of training officers and men. Nevertheless, whatever the real ob ject cf the movement might be, it was indisputable that Japan s emigration policy had been considerably affected thereby and it was not easy to sever en tirely the dispatch of the fleet from the policy Japan had lately pursued toward the United States in this connection. FLEET ASSURES PEACE. Evans Says Voyage to Pacific Was Well Timed. San Francisco, April 7. Admiral Robley D. Evans, in an interview printed in the Chronicle today, said: "The greater interest of the United States today is in the Pacific. The coming of the fleet to this coast has not only demonstrated to the world that we have 16 battleships which can be brought together for a long cruise at a moment's notice, but it has called the attention of the people of our own country to the fact that we have a Pa cific coast as well as an Atlantic coast, and that it will be defended just as much as every inch of land around New York, and that our interests in the Pa cific today are greater than in the At lantic. inis is tne snort road to the coun tries of the Far East, where the greatest commercial development is to be. With development will come war, but it will be a commercial war, fought with brains and dollars and not with 10-inch guns, it will be generaled by such men as mrriman, and tne part oi tne navy is only to be always ready. We do not plan nor fight commercial battles. "The coming of the fleet was most opportunely timed by the president, and its arrival in the Pacific has result ed in the present assurance of peace. Not that I ever believed that there was any actual danger of war. The people of both countries realized too well what a dreadful calamity such a war would have been." Collect Money by Autos. San Francisco, April 7. With a "flying squadron" of ten big automo biles pressed into service for the occa sion and a corps of volunteer col Hectors, extraordinary efforts will be made by the fleet committee to bring the tctal of the fleet fund to $70,000, and to cease work in that connection by Wednesday Before the collectors wind up their efforts Tuesday night they will visit 2,300 saloons and 600 restaurants with in the boundary of the city and expect the to secure pledges of between $15,- UUU and $20,000. Stolen Bust Is Found. Rome, April 7. After a diligent search the police have found the bronze bust of Pope Clement VIII, which was stolen, from the Villa Aldobrandini. The thieves gained access to the villa by breaking open a window. The bust. wnicn weigns luny bw pounds, was 1 1 M found buried about half a mile from the villa. It was the'evldent intention of the thieves to keep it concealed until an opportunity should De afforded to ship it abroad. Transport Sherman Sails. San Francisco, April 7. The trans port Sherman will sail at noon tomor row for Mani'.a with a large number of first class passengers besides 100 enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth coast artillery, and 130 recruits for the troops in the Philippines. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST PLAN BIG FRUIT WAREHOUSE Growers Get Architect's Drawing! Soon Start Work. Milton Plans for the new warehouse and cold storage plant to be erected by the Milton Fruitgrowers' union have been received from the architect, F. E. Finkenbiner, of Walla Walla, and pre parations are being made to begin vork. The building will have 18-foot wails, with a full basement. The second story will be used as a box factory and for storage purposes. Half of the basement will be used for cold stoiage, the re mainder for storage of fruits and ber ries awaiting shipment. The plans are now to construct the building of concrete. Large shipping platforms will surround it on two Bides and one end. The building will be 40 feet wide and 100 feet long, with freight elevators at each end. fit will have a capacity of handling $500,000 worth of fruit during a season. PAYS $25,000 FOR ORCHARD Dr. F. C. Page, of Medford, Buys 258 Acres in Ashland District. Ashland The papers have been diawn at Ashland in what it is believed is the biggest orchard sale yet consum mated in the history of the Rogue River valley. The property involved is the orchard and farm of County Commissioner Joshua Patterson, locat ed in Talent precinct, tour miles north of Ashland. Two hundred and fifty eight acres was the acreage involved in the deal, 130 acres being young orchard of iour and five-year-old apple trees in fine condition, the remainder , being farm lands suitable for fruitgrowing, but unplanted to trees. The consider ation in the deal was $52,000. Cuts Freight Rates. Salem The Oregon Railroad com mission has rendered its decision in the O. R. & N. distributive rate case, or dering a reduction in rates between Portland and points east of The Dalles. The reduction amounts to 3 cents a hundred on first-class freight to Biggs, 7 cents to Arlington, 13 cents to Pen dleton, 18 cents to La Grande and Ba ker City, and 19 cents to Huntington, with proportionate reductions to other points and on other classes of freight. Rates to The Dalle are already low enough, owing to water competition. All the commissioners concurred in the decision. Shear Speep With Machinery. Arlington Sheep-shearing will begin at Smythe & Smith's plant, five miles south of here, this week. Sixteen shearing machines will be used, the power leing furnished by a Bix-horse power gasoline engine. Forty thou sand sheep will be sheared at this plant this season, and an average of 2,000 head daily is expected. Sheepmen re port that the sheep are in good condi tion, but that pasture is getting scarce. This has been one of the most success ful lambing seasons known, but few lambs being lost from any cause. The Dalles Makes Good Brick. The Dalles Mr. Litherland, a Port land brick expert, whose opinion was sought by the architect of the city hall, now in process of construction, regard ing brick lately burned heie by The Dalles Brick & Tile company, has ma!de a report after a careful examination and declares the brick equal to any made in this state. Some of the casing brick delivered in this city by mistake had been rejected by the architect, which led to the examination. Seeking Coal Near Dallas. Dallas Hon. W. C. Brown will be gin the work of drilling for coal on his property in the northern part of this city within a few days. Several good specimens of lignite coal have been found in recent excavations, and the contour of the land at that place indi cates the presence of a large denoeit. Mr. Brown is convinced that the pro ject will pay, and will lose no time in making the preliminary excavations for sinking a shaft. Apple Land at $1,600 an Acre. Hood Rives One of the biggest sales of orchard land that has taken place at Hiod River was reported in the pui chase of 32 acres of bearing orchard from C. K. Marshall for $30,000. The purchaser was F. W. Angus, of the firm of MacRae & Angus. The orchard is set to young trees that have only been in bearing a year or two, and the price paid is not regarded as high, owing to the standard varieties of apple trees and its location. University Data in Bulletin. University of Oregon, Eugene A new bulletin has juet been issued from the university office contsinnig a brief historical sketch of the institution, the names of all regents and their terms of service, a similar chart of the officers of administration and instruction and the names, residences and occupations of all the alumni. Seek for Oil. The Dalles Articles of incoropration by the "Beavis-May Oil company" have been filed with the county clerk here. The incorporators are George R. Beavis, Anna May and Dr. Harry F. McKay. The capital stock is $30,000. The com pany purposes to engage in developing oil lands in the vicinity of Dufar, Or., at which place the head office it to be. FROM THE STATE OF OREGON MILLS RESUME IN BAKER. Improvement In the Lumber Market Start Wheels Turning. Baker City One of the largest indus tries in Baker City that was affected by the recent panic is soon to begin opera tions again and will give employment to several hundred men. The South Baker Lumber mills have been idle for the last few months, but the wheels will be set turning as Boon as enough logs can be brought down to insure a steady run. At the time of closing down, the Oregon Lumber company had a laree supply of finished lumber in the yards, and owing to the lessened de mand for lumber there nas been no ne cessity to run the mill. The btoddard Brothers Lumber com pany has been running its mill in this city all winter, turning out about 40,- 000 feet of finished lumber each day. The mill of the Oregon Lumber com pany at Austin has been running steadi ly all winter, turning out a tike amount of the finished product. Lumber con. anions are Beginning to improve no ticeably. Learn to Farm at School. Albany Pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the Albany public schools will devote their spare time this spring to growing vegetables and flowers. They will engage in practical work in connection with the new study of agriculture now required in the sev enth and eighth grades of the public schools of the state and will be stimu lated to active efforts by a series of prizes offered through the arrangements of Superintendent A. M. Sanders, of the local public schools. To Examine Soils. Klamath Falls Through the joint efforts of the Klamath Water Users association and the Klamath chamber of commerce, and the personal requests of citizens of this section, a soil survey of the Klamath basin will be made by a corps of sou experts of the United States Department of Agriculture. It is very urgently desired by the people that the survey be made this summer, and assurances have been received from Secretary Wilson that it will be under taken as soon as possible. $2,000 Raised for Diking Fund. Freewater A largely attended meet ing of ranchers, interested in controll ing the floodwaters of the Tum-a-lum end Walla Walla rivers, met last week in Badgero's hall. About $2,000 has been subscribed for the project, and the work of diking the river has already commenced. Twenty-three thousand acres of land in this valley are irriga ble, oi which there are o.UUO acres now under cultivation producing excel lent crops. Big Batch of Steelhead Eggs. Oregon City Superintendent Henry O'Malley, of the United State bureau of fisheries, reports that prospects are good for a take of 2,000,000 steelhead eggs at the Rogue river station, which he has just inspected. Superintendent O'Malley has just received 100,000 Rainbow trout eggs from the govern ment station at Baird, Cal., and these will be hatched and liberated from Clackamas station. Baking Powder Plant at Portland Portland Portland is to be made the manufacturing and distributing point for the Northwestern territory of the Hunt's Perfect Baking Powder com pany, of Minneapolis. The plant will be built during the summer. William C. Rigg, of Minneapolis, vice president of the company, is at the Hotel Port land, and is making all arrangements to locate a branch of the concern here. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 8384c; bluestem, 8586c; valley, 8384c; red, 8182c Barley Feed, $26 per ton; rolled, $2830per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $2728 per ton Corn Whole, $33.50; cracked, $34.50. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1920; clover, $1415; cheat, $15; grain hay, $1415; alfalfa, 11213. Fruits Apples, $13.50 per box, according to quality; cranberries, $8 11 per barrel. Vegetables Artichokes, 7590c per dozen ; asparagus, 810c pound ; beans, 20c pound; cabbage, o pound; cauliflower, $2; celery, $4.505 per crate; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 15c pound; peppers, 20c per pound; rad ishes, 30c per dozen; rhubarb, $2.50 per crate; spinach, 85c crate; sprouts, 10c per pound, squash, 11 Jc pound Onions Oregon s, $44.25 per hun dred. Potitoei 5060c per hundred, de livered Portland. Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 1415c per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c; spring chickens, 1620c; turkeys, live, 15(2)1 7c; dressed, choice, 1620o; geese, live, 810c; ducks, 16(3)17c; pigeons, 75ccl$l; squabs, $1.502. Eggs Fresh ranch, 16c per dozen. Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 89c; 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 56Kc. Pork Block, 75 to 160 pounds, 7 7e; packers, 56e. Hops 1907, prime and choice, 4(a5c per pound; olds, ll)c per pound. Wobl Eastern Oregon, average best, 1216c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 16$18c, according to qual ity; mohair, choice, 25c per pound. Cascara Bark 3c per pound. HOPELESS SPLIT. Interstate Commission Cannot Agree on Spokane Rate Case. Washington, April 6. After havirg the Spokane rate case under considera tion for more than one year, the Inter state Commerce commission is appar ently hopelessly divided regarding the decision which should be rendered. The case is the most important upon the dockets of the commission, and up on it hinges the entire ratefabiicof the United States. If theccmmisslonjshould decide with the shippers of Spokane, the theory up on which the railroads have made rates from the earliest days will be upset and past decisions on the short and long haul clause of the commerce act will be more or less nullified. On the other hand, if the commission refuges tc dis turb the present adjustment, a long step toward establishing the justice of the ratemaking methods of the railroads will have been taken. Recognizing the import of the case, the commission went into a moBt careful and elaborate inves tigation and hearing of all the facts and listened to arguments from a large number of the business, railroad and commercial lawyers in the West. Since the arguments were heard the commission has had numerous confer ences regard .ng a decision, and it de velops that there are at least three dif ferent views which thus far have proved irreconcilable. The commission has struggled in vain to get a majority re port and apprarently is in a deadlock. The case 1b one which had been both ering the railroads in the Northwest lor years prior to the commission's being given greater powers. Owing to water competition, according to the railroads, the rates to Spokane from the Eastern seaboard are the rates to the Pacific coast, plus the local rates from the Pa cific coast back to Spokane. The latter city insists that this is unfair. FIGHT FOR SALT BEDS. Deposits of Enormous Value Discov ered in Utah. Washington, April 6. Title to lands in the state of Utah containing salt de posits of an extent and purity hitherto not only unknown, but undreamed of, is involved in a sensational contest now being fought out in this city. About 38,000 acres of lands lying along the western border of Utah have been dis covered to be overtopped with salt, and an attempt is being made to acquire them by the filing of placer mining claims on the part of individuals. The vaule of the lands was today estimated by one of the claimants at $00,000,000 Deposited by nature on the lands over which the contest is being made is a bed of pure salt, which in some places lies to a depth of six feet. This salt is of so fine a quality that it has been lound unnecessary to refine it. It can be marketed direct from the deposit and tests have shown it to be 98 per cent pure. Elaborate preparations have been made for the control of the land by individuals, who have thus far kept the discovery of the deposit out of the newspapers. ror two or three months they were successful, but now the state of Utah has awakened to the vast possibilities of this salt deposit and the aid of the senate of the United States and the president has been invoked in an effort to retain the product, which the com mon wealth claims under a section of the enabling act making it a state. SOON DECIDE LUMBER RATES Then Commission Will Act on Open ing Portland Gateway Washington, April 6. The Portland gateway case, which was argued last fall and which involves the shipment of lumber eastward from Puget sound via Portland, will not be decided until the Interstate Commerce commission has rendered an opinion on the lumber rate cases which were recently argued here. The commission will this week hold its first conference on the lumber rate case and its decision in that case may not be forthcoming for many weeks, though there is a disposition to settle this question with as much ex pedition as possible, as it involves the lumber industry of the entire North west. Increases Fire Hazard. San Francisco, April 6. The present unsatisfactory condition of San Fran cisco's water supply, especially from the point of view of protection againsi fire hazard, was forcibly outlined in a communication sent to the board of supervisors today by the board of fire underwriters cf the Pacific. The report sets forth that the water system of the city is a gravity system, with "pres sures not standard," and says that the distributing reservoirs and tanks within the city "do not contain five days' sup ply." Ford Trial Set. San Francisco, April 6. Judge Law- lor indicated this morning that be would plac6 Tirey L. Ford, general counsel of the United railroads, on trial for the bribery of Supervisor Coleman next Wednesday, if he denied the de fendant's motion for a change of venue when Ford's attorneys filed their reply affidavits tomorrow. Assistant District Attorney John O'Gara today filed his affidavit in reply to that of Tirey L. Ford. Police Assist Burglar. Philadelphia, April 6. An amazing story of alleged d shonesty iD the police department or inis city was toiu looay by Harry Rothenberger, aged 19 years, who was arrested charged with larceny. The youth mp.de a confession, in which he says he wts aided and abetted in a nnmber of burglaries in the wholesale district of the city by four policemen. ALL SHOULD PULL TOGETHER Would Secure Important Legislation for Western States. Several Measures Pending In Senate and House or Their Committees Include Dry Farm Homestead Bill and Municipal Improvements on Irrigation Projects. Washington, April 4. There are sev eral important bills pending before senate and house, or in their commit tees, of great interest to the West, any one of which can probably be passed if Western senators and congressmen will get together and make a united effort. Most conspicuous among them at the present time is the 320-acre dry farm homestead bill, a measure that means a great deal to the states west of the Missouri river, in many of which set tlement is practically checked because the beBt landa have passed to private ownership, and what remains cannot be successfully entered under the exist ing homestead law. Another most meritorious measure hanging In the balance is the Borah bill, providing funds for building schools, installing sewer and water sys tems and making other municipal im provements in towns established on government irrigation projects. This bill proposes to donate to such towns all moneys derived from the sale of town lots, a fund which, in most in stances, will be ample for the purpose. Experiei ca has shown that towns ca government projects have been slower of development than towns on Carey act projects. The latter have grown rapid ly. Large schools have been erected ; adequate water and sewer Bvstems have been installed, streets have been im proved, etc., whereas in towns on gov ernment projects the citizens have been obliged to go down into their own pock ets to provide and maintain schools aid property holders have been compelled to bearthe entire expense of all civic improvements. The national drainage bill, which contemplates the reclamation of swamp and overflowed lands in all parts of the United States, stands little chance of passing this session. Though it is a measure of great merit, there does not seem to be that interest that is essen tial to force through a bill of such mag nitude and importance. It is difficult to explain this lack of interest, too, for there is scarcely a state that has not some lands that would bejbenefitted by a national drainage law. There Is one bill that congress will certainly not pass this session, yet one that should have been enacted long ago a bill repealing the timber and stone act and Bubmstituting some more prac ticable statute providing for the dispos al of government timber. It has been amply demonstrated that the timber and stone act is vicious and unjust. POPULISTS NAME TICKET. Watson and Williams Their Choice for National Officers. St. Louis, April 4. For president of the United States, Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia. For vice president, Samuel W. Wil liams, of Indiana. This ticket was nominated yesterdav by the Peoples' party convention after two stormy sessions, throughout which the Nebraska and Minnesota delega tions, working in the interests of W.J. Bryan, strove desperately to bring about an adjournment till after nominations had been made by the Democratic and Republican parties. Hopelessly out numbered, and without any chance whatever of gaining their object, the Nebraska men fought desperately to the lasG, and, when Jay A. Forrest, of Al bany, N. Y., mounted the platform to place Mr. Watson in nomination, they withdrew from the convention, attend ed by the Minnesota delegation. Smelter Trust Pays Big Fee. Helena, Mont., April 4. After a year's contest, the American Smelting & Refining company today admitted ite defeit by sending: to Secretary of State JN. Yoder a check for $3,685. as a fee for the filing of a certificate showing an increase of capital stock from $65,000.- 000 to $100,000,000. The corporation contended that the payment of this fee 1 T T 1 in mew jersey maae irs payment un necessary in Montana, but Attornpy General Albert J. Malen ruled other wise. The fee is the largest in the his tory of the department. Twenty-three Drowned. Portsmouth, Eng., April 4. A wire less message received here states that during the night maneuvers in the channel the cruiser Berwick ran down the torpedo destroyer Tiger. The Tiger was cut in half and speedily sank. Boats from the Berwick and the cruiser Gladiator picked up 22 men, one of whom died later from his injuries. It is believed that the Tiger had a crew of 45 men and that all the others were drowned. Will Fight Two-cent Law. Chicago, April 4. A combined at tack on the 2-cent passenger rate is promised by the railroads that operate in Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri. It is probable that the suits will be filed next week. The call for a confer ence to meet, at which officials cf the Illinois roads will be present, was is sued today, and plans for the fight will then then be laid.
