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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1908)
Heppner Gazette Usued Thursday of fnch Week 11EPPNER OREGON BRIEF NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK Interesting Events from Outside the State Presented in a Manner to Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader Matters of National, Historical and Commercial Importance. There is a wave of cholera at Lodz, Ku-.-ian Poland. Castro lias left the capital for a month's vacation. Atlantic Citv. V T.. will keen all liijuor !hops closed oti Sundays. The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul is seeking an entrance into Winnipeg. Business conditions m t no hast in all lines indicate a return of prosper ity. Oklahoma banks arc releasing their National charters in order to get state charters. The reception to the American fleet at Melbourne was tullv as great as that at Sydney. England will not aid, but would be pleased to see Holland give Castro a sound thrashing. J. C. Gleason, head counsel for Thaw during the trial, has sued for $tu000 balance of fees. The steamer Asia has just arrived at San Francisco with a cargo of raw silk, valued at $2,O0J,QOO. The Schmitz cases, in which he is charged with bribery by allowing prize flights, will be called soon. Eugene Semple. once territorial governor of Washington, is dead. The Springfield grand jury has in dicted 7s so far for taking part in the race war. Three thousand people are home less at Fayetteville, X. C, as a result of the floods. T. P. Shonts says if the railroads are not left alone there will be fur ther depression. The British tramp steamer Duncan was sunk in Oriental waters by a ty phoon. Fifty-one of the crew were drqwned. Movement of crops all over the country has greatly lessened the num ber of idle freight cars, and there may be a shortage. A fast passenger collided with a work train near Hardin, Ok'a. Both engines were overturned. 1 wo train men were killed. The interstate commerce commis sion has outlined a form of annual report to be made by railroads, and savs the companies must tell the amount of business transacted. the imperial Japanese bank, at San FYancisco, has been closed by the bank commissioners. The officers made loans to themselves until only $4(o m cash and a number of notes were left. Ex-Senator William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, is dead. Count Tolstoi's condition is such that recovery is not looked for. Two Chicago men have been arrested for forcing two small boys to steal for them. Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, husband of the notorious swindler, has filed a pe tition in bankruptcy. A ban r raniscco man ha3 been ar rested in Paris, charged with victim izing jewelers to the extent of $50,000. Japan is preparing for a grand re ception to the American fleet. It is expected to reach Yokohama October 17. LOSS EXCEEDS MILLION. Big Fire at New Orleans Wipes Out Three Blocks. New Orleans, Sept. 1. Fire which broke out in the center of the com mercial district Sunday afternoon swept over portions of three block destroying a large number of whole sale nouses, nianuiaeturing nouses ami stores. Originating at Brinnvillc and Chartres streets, the flames worked their way north as far as Conti street ami west to Royal, with a loss of between one and two mil lions of dollars before the flames were finally subdued. At the time the alarm was turned in, shortly before 3 o'clock, the New Orleans firemen were in the midst of their annual picnic at a suburban park,, and the engines and patrols responded with a mere handful of men. It was fully an hour before the department was in position to make anything like a successful fight against the fire, and even then the handicap against it was added to by an inadequate supply of water. The fire was one of the most spec tacular that has occurred in New Or leans during recent years. Two warehouses filled with wines and liquors were among the buildings destroyed. Barrels of whisky and brandy exploded with thunderous roars, which could be heard for blocks, which shook the walls of ad- i: i i , , . ji'iuuiy uuiiuiiigs ami eiiuaugcreu me lives ot lirenien engaged in fightin the flames. It was not until several hours had elapsed that the fire was gotten un der control, and even then it contin ued to burn well into the night. Among the establishments burned are: Central Glass Company, George D. Scott Lighting and Electrical In strument Company, Heidenheim, Lew & Weiss, shirt manufacturers; Noon .t Dietz, wholesale millinery; Kost Commission Company, Paul Gelhi it Sons, wholesale liquor dealers; New Orleans Junk Company, Isador Keit fer it Co., boots and shoes, and Thos. Harris & Co., wholesale liquor deal ers. CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA. Hence, NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON ROGUE RIVER MELONS. Annual Harvest On and Quality Up to Standard. Grants Pass The annual crop of Rogue river watermelons has begun to move. The hrst of them are of line quality, and uniform size. Shippers load the melons in cars for transportation very much like brewers do in packing a car with beer bottles. The melons of this valley are well adapted to shipping, and can be quick ly piled into the cars, tier after tier. A few years ago this method was not used, but the melons were promiscu ously piled, and the shipper very fre quently found considerable loss from FIGHT PRUNE COMBINE. Albany Plant Being Prepared for Big Season's Run. AlbanyThe Northwest Fruit asso ciation, the new organization of fruit growers, began its fight against the l'runepackers' association when the work was begun at the big packing plant in this city preparatory to opera tion during the coming prune packing season. A force of men under Manager S. A. Laselle is now putting the plant in shape for the season's run. The Albany plant has a capacity of about 175 car loads of dried prunes, but will not handle nearly as many this fall. Owing to the fact that the shifting in transportation. This year , prune crop is light this year, and that tight cars are being used, and the win dows and cracks are nailed up. Experience has proven that many melons are often plugged and carved while en route by the use of a jack knife and long handled spoon, at every station where the car might stop, and during the season many melons have been spoiled in this way by boys who are lying in wait and note the arrival of the car upon its entering the yards. MUST DIP SHEEP Will When the American battleship fleet left Sydney, 80 stragglers had failed to join their ships and will follow later. A Supreme court justice has severe ly reprimanded and discharged a grand jury because it would not indict saloon men for keeping open on Sunday at At lantic City, N. J. The Amateur Athletic union of the United States has severed relations with the British association because of the unsportsmanlike conduct of the Britons in the recent Olympic games. Ten million bushels of the new- wheat crop of the Pacific Northwest have been sold. The French ambassador to Spain has been called home to discuss the Moroc can situation. The president will go to Jordanville, N. Y., to take part in the dedication of a public library. A. O. Brown & Co., a big brokerage firm of New York, has failed for more than a million dollars. Six Chinese have been caught at El Paso, Tex., who had been smuggled across the line from Mexico. The government has about fixed the responsibility for the big robbery of the subtreasury at San Frncisco re cently. Returns from the Demoreatic pri maries indicate that Governor Ansel will again be the nomine for governor of South Carolina. The Illinois Steel comvany, whose plant is at South Chicago, has just put 500 men to work and expects to employ another 500 next week. St. Paul has asked 300 Sioux Indians to visit the city during the state fair and take part in a reproduction of the massacre of 1862, when 600 whites were killed. Be Granted Nine Years According to Edict, Fekin. Sept. 1. An edict was issued today setting forth in detail the stages that will be reached each year in the conversion of the form of government in China to the foreign system and assuring the people in the name of the emperor that a constitution will 'e granted nine years hence. An diet issued last year produced a con titution within a decade. Recently there has been a formid ble movement in the provinces look ing to the securing of a constitution and provincial delegations which have come to IVkin to inquire into the matter have been treated with srreat respect by the members of the grand council. Recent affairs in Persia and Turkev have been cited by the members of the delegations, who declare that China should in no way be behind the other countries. MAKE PAPER FROM CANE. ArMeirrr ! HI , . . new inausiry on Komt o Trinidad. London, Sept. 1. A new industry, that of paper making, seems to be on the point of arising in Trinidad A local manufacturer has produced paper from the fiber of cane megas and bamboo, and. according to Pro lessor Carmody. who presented some specimens of the paper to the Trinidad board of agriculture, the fu ture of the new industry is assured as the demand for fiber is great, and Trinidad, according to the professor's calculation, ought to produce about 40.00(1 tons of fiber from the canes ground annually. Paper marie from bamboo fiber is said to retain its whiteness and to es cape attack on the part of insects. Professor Carmoi'y produced a copy of a paper-makers' journal, printed on paper made in ism, from fiber of bamboo, which showed no signs of yellowing, and was otherwise in a perfect state. Secretary Smythe, of Oregon Com mission, Will Seize Offenders. Pendleton Despite their efforts to evade the Oregon quarantine law, Washington sheepmen who grazed their flocks in Oregon this year will be forced to dip before moving out of the reserves. Secretary Dan P. Smythe, of the Oregon Sheep commission, and State Sheep Inspector W. H. Lytle are on the alert for movements of Wash ington sheep in this state and are pre pared to seize any herd which may be moving through Oregon territory. Washington sheepmen recently se cured an injunction from County Judge Gilliland, of Umatilla county, restrain ing Oregon officials from enforcing the dipping law, but this injunction does not prevent criminal prosecutions of many growers are already under con tract to the packers' association for this season's crop, the new association does not expect to pack more than 60 car loads. Enough growers are in the organization now to assure about 40 car loads. Protest Dipping of Ponies. Pendleton Chief No Shirt and a few of his conservative followers among the Umatilla Indians, are vigorously protesting to the Indian commissioner against the dipping of their ponies for the mange by the Federal authorities through the bureau of animal indus try, in charge of Dr. S. W. McClure, of this city. The ponies are badly affected with the disease and orders have been sent out to dip all of them near the old agency three miles east of this city. However, No Shirt, Uma pine, Amos Pond, Poker Jim and a few others are making a vigorous protest and have employed Bert Huffman, ed itor of the East Oregonian, of this city, to take the matter up with the Indian commissioner to have the order modified. BARS NATIVEBOHN. YVneViincrtnn (itippnmpn vinlpfirtnr ho Oregon law, and there promises to be P't'tec' something rlnintr in t.hs wav nf shwn u,e e.vpeeiauon oi me c o " "r " f TL i 'a. 1 x i dinnimr when the Washington herds 1 SLale bupermienueni expresses ais- i i- - r cr are started out of the Blue mountain School Session Near End. Monmouth The special summer ses sion of the Oregon State normal school for superintendents, principals and high school teachers is now half com- The attendance is much below the expectation of the management. reserves across Oregon territory. May Build Albany Plant. . Albany A report, said to be well founded, is current here that O'Shea Bros., of Portland, are planning to erect a $20,000 packing plant in Al bany. Barred from the Portland field by the terms of the sale of the Union Meat company's plant, they have se lected Albany as a desirable site be cause of its railroad facilities. Accord ing to reported plans, they have a site of 25 acres in view and will soon com mence work on the plant. The founda tion for this rumor lies in the fact that John O'Shea spent several days in this city last week. But real estate men, with whom he consulted, assert that he was merely looking for a residence. Union's Books O. K. La Grande J. H. Mimnaugh, an ex pert accountant, formerly connected with the Grand Ronde Lumber com pany, has just completed experting the appointment that the young men and women in the teaching profession have failed to avail themselves of this course. Next year an effort will be made to choose a more convenient date for the session. Line Tl rougn Maddock Canyon. Condon Surveying on the new elec tric line which is to invade interior Oregon, running south from this city, is going on at full blast. O. Dennv, of San Francisco, with a gang of survey ors, reports that the third survey out of the city, through the Maddock can yon, will be the route of the new rail road. R. A. Hollenbeck, a Spokane engineer, with a number of men, ar rived last week to survey in the interior. San Francisco School Board Shuts Door on Chinese. San Francisco, Aug. 31. City At torney Long has furnished the board of education an opinion dealing with the question of the admissibility of native-born Chinese children to pub lic schools other than schools estab lished for them. In brief, he holds that the question of nativity has no bearing on the case; that Chinese children are Mongolians, irrespective of birthplace, and that if special schools of equal standing are not pro vided for them, they are entitled to attend any school. The opinion is given in response to a query from the board of education with reference to the request of the parents of three native-born Chinese maidens who wished their daughters to attend schools uther than the Oriental school. The political code provides that every school shall be open for the admission of all children between t and 2 I years of age, residing in the district. This section also authorizes boards of education to establish sep arate schools for Indian, Chinese or Mongolian children, and provides that when such schools are established, such children must not be admitted to, any other school. The object of the law is clearly to segregate the white children of the public schools from those of Mon golian or Indian descent, and is not to deny the latter any of the equal rights guaranteed by the constitution. DEATH LIST IS NOW THIRTY Damage from Southern Hoods Was Greatly Underestimated. Total Loss in Augusta Alone is Now Estimated at $1,500,000 Other Sections Have Suffered Heavily Also Call for Aid Is Issued by Stricken City. WOMEN TO BLAME. All They Live for is To Dress, Says Hetty Green. Bellows Falls, Vt., Aug. 31. "The women of America have helped to make hard times. All they live for, all they care for, is clothes the latest shape in skirts. And they are none too particular how they get what they want, or who pays for it." This is the declaration of Hetty Green, the richest woman in the worul, who today began her annual vacation ot a month. When dinner was announced on the train, she pro uuceu an apple ana tliree crackers from her reticule and cheated the dining car. 1 do not say tne .American women are immoral," she continued, "but nicy clo not care wliat 1 car t ill prices their husbands, fathers and brothers may be compelled to pay for thti: finery. Times are bad in New York and New York deserves hard times All are spendthrifts and money-wasl-ers down there. i nis win De a nam winter, and we will not see good times before spring. The election will not help. The panic must run its course. Money men are doing nothing to stop it. Standard Oil could stop the hard times with one stroke of the pen, but Rockefeller will not do it. It will cost the gov ernment .2s.o(io (cm) to collect that 9,000,000 from him." ARMY OF GUARDS NEEDED. Harney County Fair. Burns The Harney County Fair as sociation has decided to give away $3,200 in premiums and purses for j horse racing and a series of baseball games, lnere will be about $1,500 Settlers Ready for Rush. Winnipeg, M-m . Sept. 1 Tn the provinces of Alberta and Saskatche wan there will hi? a great rush for land today. All the D iukhob t land on which these foreigners refused to perform home-: cad dut'e. thousands of acres in extent, wi'l be thrown open to settlement besides which th new pre-emption law passed at the last ser-Mon of parliament goes into etiect. lias gives the privilege to all settlers t enter for a second homestead. Barricades and chute have been erected around the land of- ices to prevent a rush. He Accused of Park Holdup. cicna. ..lout.. e;t. l. A snecia' the Independent from Livingston say- that advices received at tin sheriff's office' there state that sol dier; in the YeUo'.YstoiH' 'at;onal park had captured a su-piei..us look ing character in th;- l ire Ho'e bas'n whom they had arrc-ted on suspicion of being connected wilh the holdup )e park. 1 l:c man had consider money on his ikTsoii. but hi- name or any other facts could not be learned. books of the officials of this county and : b1" awaL lor ne oes,1 agricultural finds, with the exception of a few un- I exhibits There is good prospects of important errors and minor discrep-! the f,air bel"? a grand s?ccess as the ancies, everything in shipshape. The : lH-I,,e a'e "-"--" interest in me warrant indebtedness of Union county development of the county than in six years ago was almost four times lormer J ears, what it is now. On July 1, 1902, war- j PORTLAND MARKETS, rants were out to the amount of S269,- j 622.38, while July 1, this year, there Wheat Club, 88c bushel ; forty-fold, was but $(58,061. 53. Within two years 90c ; Turkey red, 90c; life, 88c; blue- the debt has been decreased nearly 50 ; stem, 92c; valley, 88c per cent. Harvest is About Over. Pendleton Harvest is now over and several hundred idle men throng the streets of Umatilla county towns. Many of these will go to Grand Ronde to work in the beet fields, many to the saw mills of the coast and others to the large cities to spend the winter. Lo cal merchants report a much heavier cash trade this fall than ever before during the prevalence of the saloon. A different class of harvest hands came to the county this sesaon. Better Rules for Shippers. Portland After a conference be tween the members of the railroad commission, agents of the express companies and representatives of the Portland commission merchants, it was agreed by the express companies to use more discretion in handlintr shin- n0.i Evri ioa cn . -iij j $27028; brewing, $26. I Oats No. 1 white, $27027.50 ton; gray, $26026.50. j Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $14 ton; Willamette valley, ordinary, 1 $11 ; Eastern Oregon, $16.50; mixed, $13; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11; alfalfa meal, $20. j Fruits Peaches, 600 90c per box; pears, 75c0 $1.50 per box ; plums, 75c per box; grapes, 80cO$L25 per crate. Potatoes -- $101.10 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 33.,'04c per pound. ! Melons Cantaloupes, $1,5002 per crate; watermelons, $1.50 per 100 loose; crated. '.C per pound addition al; casabas, $2.250 2.50 per dozen. Vegetables Turnips, $1.50 per sack ; carrots, 1.75; parsnips, $1.75; beets, $1.50; beans, 5c per pound; cabbage, 1.4C per pound; corn, ZoOf.iVc per dozen; cucumbers, 300 40c ,erbox; egg plant, $1.75 per crate; lettuce, ments of perishable products. The head, 15c per dozen ; parsley, 15c per representatives of the express compan- dozen; peas, 6c per pound ; peppers, ies will cause at an early date their in- j 80 10c per pound; radishes, 12 V.c per structions to agents to be reissued and dozen; spinach, 2c per pound; squash, brought sharply to their attention. j 40c per dozen; tomatoes, 600 90c per ;c-ate; celery, 50r90cper dozen; arti- Big Fruit Shipmfints. chokes, 75c per dozen. Freewater The Freewater-Miltnn ' Butter Extras, 31 '..c n ab: Japs Quit Plantations. L'io Janeiro, Sept. 1. The Japanese immigrants who were sent to the -tatc of Sao I'au'o bv the Imneriai Immigration Company of Tokio are leaving that section in large numbers 1 hey have been at work on the cof fee plantations, but apparenly were not satisfied with the employment. Many of them have arrived at Rio Janeiro for the purpo-c of securing cmpiojmeni as domestic servants. truit district will ship out Hod car leaf's of fruit this season, including berries and fruits of all kinds. This will be If 10 more ears than last year. At present the plum, summer apple and pear crop is on and an average of about four cars per day is being sent out. The fruit area was increased about 200 acres in this vicinity season. per pound ; fancy, 27'.. c; choice, 25c; store, 18c. Eggs Oregon extras, 260f 27c; first, 2 10 25c; seconds, 22iW23e; thirds, 150 20c; Eastern, 2fn 25c per dozen. Poultry Mixed chickens, 1313)Lc pr pound; fancy hens, 140ll,'.,c; roosters, 10c; spring, 16c; ducks, old, 12c; spring, 130 15c; geese, old, 8c; this 'young,. 10c; turkeys, old, 17018c; young, 20c. Veal Extra, 8c per Yellowstone Park Tourists at Mercy of Robbers. St. 'Paul, Aug. HI. "The entire United States army will be needed to insure travelers in the Yellowstone Park against holdups. A thousand men would be required. The main road alone is l:.'o miles long, and it takes stage coaches four days to make the rounds." Brigadier General Win field S. F.d gerly. commanding the department of !) kota. so expressed himself today, lie was in the park last Monday when the latest "lone robber" relieved the purses of l'o tourists. The general returned to St. Paul yesterday. "The present arrangements for pro tecting the park and its visitors." General Kdgcrly continued, "would appear to be ,as effective as any that can ne made vvitn tile small garrison. Fort Yellowstone has on'y four troops, about -too men of the Eighth cavalry, under Major Henry T. Allen. The horsemen of this single squadron manage at that to traverse the entire length of the main road, the road usually followed by the coaches, at least once a day. Then there arc de tached parties or single men going back and forth on special errands, so that the coach road is guarded far more closely than are any of our rail -roarl lines. "The only respect wherein the gov ernment wou'd seem to have incurred any responsibility f,,r the holdup is, as civi nans have as-urcd inc. that it prohibit park visitors from carrying any firearms with them unless the arms are scaled so they cannot be used. "I understand that although the robber is said to be in the Jackson Hole country, where he is safe for a time, the history of such events has proved that he will be caught." Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20. Loss of 30 lives, most of the victims colored, a call for assistance, damage estimated at $ 1 ,5oo,0(Ki in Augusta alone, $1,000. 000 in other parts of Georgia, and $1,, lot). 000 in South Carolina, summar izes the flood situation in the South. The temperature is falling and threat ens suflerinw! to people without shel ter. Reports of damage from points in South ami North Carolina are coming in slowly. Bridges have been washed away in South Carolina along the Southern Railway, and until midnight last night it was impossible to secure communication with any point out of Atlanta. In Augusta, the principal suffering is along deep gullies kown as Bridwclls Bottoms and Perrys, Bottom. Here the houses were cov ered to the eaves. The water also damaged business blocks in the city, and the total damage in this city will be a million and a half dollars. It is not expected that the loss of life will be increased. Most of the killed by high water were caught in their homes, on the outskirts of the city, There are many rumors of others killed, but these have not been veri fied. In South Carolina the loss of life will reach probably 20. In North Carolina possibly half a dozen whites and as many negroes have been killed. The flood water at Augusta is re ceding rapidly, and it is apparent that the loss lias been underestimated. LARGE MOB BILL. Springfield Victims Begin Their Suits, Against City. Springfield, III., Aug. 2!). The wife of Scott Burton, the first negro lynched in the recent riots here, has made no attempt to settle with the city for the death of her husband heretofore, but today filed suit for the ;..ooo which the law allows to the heirs of persons who are killed by mobs. It is announced also that a similar suit wii! be filed by the heirs of William Doiinegan, another negro whi) was lynched. The heirs of four other negroes killed during the rioting cannot ob tain the money because they were killed by stray indicts or in open bat tle and were not slain by tlie mob. Property owners continue to fiie suits for damages against the city, and the sum of the claims already made is over ..10,000. It is expected that these cases will be given preference in the courts and will receive quick action. The gen eral sentiment among the citizens is that the survivors of the families of the mob victims should be pa.d at once and that the citv should p.av for damage done by the rioters th ANOTHER CLOUDBURST. Fifteen People Drowned by Storm in New Mexico. Trinidad, Colo., Aug 2 in the Cimmaron rier, cloudburst, washed away ,-dv-.cllinirs at Folsnm. N'.'.M --.-A flo dh iwing ntimb-T last nig ire reported to have 1 welve bodies have Two miles of track Colorado e'e waslied out. and 1.1 person been drowned, been recovered and 12 bridges on the Southern Railroad were trains will be laid out -is hours. Meager advices received here bu say that the entire city was swept the floods caused by the c'oudbur Many houses were swept comp!c! away, and nearly every house 111 a ii-it, IV y -. civ t In- nary, 707).jC; heavy, 5c. pound; odi pound; ordi- Alfalfa Hay Brings $6.50 a Ton 1 .... 1 1 11 ...if 1 . 1 1 nit-vim.- nay is sening in crook ' l'ork f ancy, 7c per county at $6.50 a ton for fresh alfalfa, ' nary, 6c; large, 5c. 000 tons at this price being disposed of Mutton Fancy, 80 9c. by Thomas Starp, of Crooked river, to Hops 1907, prime and choice, 4 the Baldwin Sheep and Land company, i 0 5c per pound; olds, 1-1 sc; con of Hay creek. With hay about gath- ' tracta. 70 8c. ered except for the second crop, most j Wool Eastern Oregon average best, farmers have commenced threahi their wheat, rye and other grain, all of i Bhrinkaee: vallev. 150il5r: mohair. which are an average yield. choice, 180U8$c. Warrant Out for Banker. T.os Angeles. Aug. 31 W If Carl son, president of the defunct Consoli dated Bank, a s'atc institution closed by the bank commissioners several weeks ago because ,,f alleged insol vency. is to be arrested, charged with falsifying bank entries. A warrant was issued by the district attorney today. About $.V).o(iii was owing de positors by Carlson's bank when it failed. Carlson was I'ni'ed State- railroad coiiinusti, ,ner in t u!a under the iirst McKinley administrati. m. Puglia Leaves Seattle. Set!1-. Wash.. Aug ?. 1 Dipping her ensign in token of farewell, the Italian cruiser I'uglia. which arrived in port Tuesday from Vancouver, raised her anchor Saturday morning .and slipped out of the bay and down the sound nn her way to Portland She will remain there about three weeks, while her boilers are cleaned and her machinery overhauled. town was damaged to some extent. The advices say searching parties have been formed, and that it is ex pected many more bodies will be found before night. F'olsoni is in the northeastern part of New Mexico, near Raton, on the Santa Fe Railroad. Its elevation is about T.ooa feet, and it is constant 1 v in danger of floods, which sweep down trom the surrounding mountains whenever there is a cloudburst or heavy rain in the hills. See German Maneuvers. Berlin, Aug. 29. General Da Fon Seek, the Brazilian minister of war, and General Mendez Morales, of the Brazilian army, will arrive tomorrow at a Berlin hotel as the guests of Em peror William. The paryt has come out from Brazil to witness the fall maneuvers. The invitation extended to them and its acceptance are regard ed as political acts rather than a pure military proceeding, with the object of drawing the two governments into more agreeable relations. Fir- Snow in Montana. Butte, Mont., Aug. 31. A dispatch from Anaconda, Mont., says that the first snow of the season fell there Saturday. California Gil Merger Planned. Los Angeh s, Cal., Aug. 29. Plana are being made today for a $:!0,fKi(),(iO() merger of Southern California oil in terests, according to the .statement to day of an official of one of the compan ies concerned. The merger was first proposed at a meeting of the represent ative of the principal operators of the Whittier district. Combinaton is be lieved to le the best means of regulat ing certain business of the companies and the merger will be effected. Sage Was Worth $64,153,800. New York, Aug. 29. Russell Fage's estate is valued at $64,153,800. This fact became known today through the signing of the order for the tranfer tax payable to the state.
