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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1908)
Heppner Gazette laauulTWwter of tach Wk 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, HtS' torical and Commercial. A total of 54 counties in Ohio have voted out saloons. European nations approve the Araer ican-Japanese treaty. A hierh official of Germany says the Balkan situation is gloomy. Great Britain is alarmed at the growth of the revolution in India. The head of the St. Petersburg po lice is to be prosecuted for grafting. Russia and Italy are said to have signed a secret treaty on the Balkan situation. Haytian rebels have routed the gov ernment forces and are marching on the capital. Los Angeles school girls are to re ceive regular instruction in getting off and on street cars. An explosion in a coal mine near Pittsburg caused the death of 275 men who were at work in the mine. Holland refuses to negotiate with Venezuela, saying that government must first recall its hostile decree. A Chinese official now in this coun try says that in 10 years there will be none of his countrymen in Canada or the United States. Reports from various states show that at least 50 persons have been killed this season by being mistaken for deer, bear and the like. Admiral Capps says the navy needs more colliers. Austria declares she will crush Ser via if reed be. Andrew Carnegie has just celebrated his 73d birthday. Austria threatens war with Turkey unless she comes to terms. Cholera has again broken out in Russia and is causing much alarm. If Austria and Turkey should fight, Bulgaria would probably invade Mace donia. A steamer struck a reef off the island of Luzon and 100 Filipinos were drowned. Taft has offered Frank H. Hitchcock the position of postmaster general. He will accept. Kaiser Wilhelm, who has been suf fering from a nervous collapse, is re covering. Italians in California fought a des perate battle with dynamite, knives and guns. Two men will die. The national organization of loco motive engineers will build a $1,000, 000 labor temple at Chicago. It is reported that Montenegro has mounted heavy batteries on the heights commanding Cattaro, one of Austria's commercial seaports. Holland is much interested in Cas tro's visit to Europe. Heney is so far recovered that he took an auto ride Thanksgiving day. A storm off the California coast caused all vessels to run for shelter. An effort will be made in Tennessee to arrest the lynchers of three negroes. A 13-year-old Healdsburg, Cal., boy shot his step father in defense of his mother. Admiral Sperry has granted shore leave to some of the battleship crews at Manila. Assassination and bomb throwing by Hindu revolutionists have caused ter ror in India. Gladstone Dowie, son of the prophet, denies that he intends to marry or that he was ever kissed. Four persons were drowned in a Bteamer collision off Sandy Hook. One of the vessels sunk. Demonstrations at Rome against Austria continue and the populace is in a very ugly mood. A monument to Indiana soldiers who died in Andersonville prison has just been unveiled by governor Hanley, of Indiana. The governors of Pennsylvania and Virginia kidnaped the governor of Rhode Island while he was on his hon eymoon trip. A heavy snow fall is reported throughout Colorado. The Morse steamship lines on the Atlantic coast have been reorganized. A severe electrical disturbance par- I aiyzea teiegrapn lines in Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin. AUSTRIA-TURKEY AFFAIR. Austrian Ambassador Threatens to Go Home and Tension is Sericus. London, Dec. 1. A dispatch to the Times from Constantinople says that the tension between Austria and Tur key is becomirg more serious. The departure of the Austrian ambassador. Marquis rallavlcini, will mean the complete rupture of negotiations. It is difficult to see how this can be avoid ed by Turkey while Austria maintains her demand for suppression of the boy cott by active interference of the porte. Under the new regime this is impossible, as even if the government issued orders to that effect they would not be obeyed. The heads of the guilds concerned have told the grand vizier that the boy cott will be persisted in so long as Aus tria perseveres in her present attitude. A dispatch to the Times from Vien na says the emperor's determination to maintain peace is a hopeful sign. There are rumors that Marquis Palla vicini is not likely to leave Constant! nople and there is much speculation concerning the long audience which the emperor granted today to Count Julius Andrassy, the Hungarian minister t the interior, in view of the fact that Count Andrassy was the only Hunga rian minister with the courage to op pose the policy ot the annexation oi Bosnia and Herzegovina and predict its probable consequences. NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON WATER FROM MALHEUR, CHINESE CUT WAY OUT. Twenty-One Make Easy Escape From Detention Shed. San Francisco, Dec. 1. Twenty-one out of 116 Chinese held at the Pacific Mail dock, pending the decision of the mmigration officials as to whether not they were entitled to enter the United States, escaped from the de ention shed at Second and Brannan treets about 12 o'clock last night Four of them wTere recaptured in China" town today and returned to the shed Immigration officials, the local police and the officers of the Pacific Mai Steamship company are prostcuting t vigorous search for the others. Ihe Orientals cut the heavy wire netting over one of the windows, sawed through two iron bars and slid down s water pipe. A nightwatchman discov ered the open windows a few minutes after the Chinese had "landed" with out the approval of the immigration officers. This is the second time that Chinese have escaped from the rickety old de tention shed. Last September four of them awaiting deportation, sawed their way to liberty through the roof. Sensational charges made at the time by a petty officer of the liner Mongol a that Chinese were being landed by the process of substitution, led to an inves tigation, which, however, did not dis close anything tending to support the charges. TRY ALL CASES AT ONCE- Move to Consolidate Hearing of 35 Springfield Rioters. Springfield, 111., Dec. 1. If plans now under consideration by public prosecutors of Sangoman county a realized, one of the biggest cases in the history of the country will be call ed for trial in the Circuit court here earlv next vear. It is probable t at the courc will be asked if all the cases against alleged rioters in the August outbreak in Springfield may be tried at once. If the court consents, indictments against the 35 defendants, chargi g conspiracy, will be asked of the next errand iury and the cases w 11 be tried in a consolidated hearing with 35 de fendants, a score of lawyers for the probably three or four The plan is off ere i in the economy. Five cases al- been tried without a con viction and it is estimated that s pa- rate hearings will cost the county $10,000. defense and prosecutors, interest of ready have Marquis Renews Protest. Constantinople, Dec. 1. TheAustro Hungarian ambassador to Turkey, Marquis Pallavicini, in an interview with the grand vizier on Saturday re newed his protest against the Austrian boycott instituted by Turkey, and de clared that hia government could not wait many more days for a solution of the difficulty. The ambassador stated that, failing this, it would be neces sary for him to proceed to Vienna, and he hinted that his absence might be prolonged unless the porte remedied the situation. Storms have blocked the Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines in Montana and North Dakota. A Coeur d'Alene millionaire has an nounced the purchase of old mines near Barcelona, Spain, which he will operate under modern methods. A Tennessee mob waited until three negroes had been tried for murder and eentenced to receive the death penalty when it took the three from jail and lynched them. Jury Frees Telegrapher. Thompson, Mont., Dec. 1. A ver dict of not guilty was brought in last evening by the jury in the case of the state against G. A. Mitchell, a tele graph operator charged with criminal negligence resulting in t :e fatal wreck at Olive last September, when pas senger train lo. o ana ireig t train No. 58 crashed tog ther on the North ern Pacific. Mitchell has leen in jail h re since the time the wreck curred. oc- Farmers Petition Department of In terior to Revive Project. Ontario The movement to revive the Malheur irrigation project is meet ing with unanimous approval from the landowners who will come under the project. At four meetings held within the past week at schoolhouses in Mal heur county, practically all the land owners in the neighboring vicinities expressed themselves as heartily in accord with the movement, and signed petitions which will be prresented to the secretary of the interior, asking that the government resume the pro ject as soon as possible. These four meetings were held at the Slide Bot tom, Jefferson, Mesquite and Apple- gate schoolhouses, and the landowners who have signed the petitions repre sent about 10,000 acres of land which the owners wish watered. A water users' association has been formed, with headquarters at Ontario. HUGE GRAND RONDE CROP. La is of Grande Apple Shipping Season Nearly Over. La Grande The final estimates what the apple crop in the Grande Ronde valley will be can now be made with some degree of accuracy, as the shipping season is far advanced. With 90 per cent of last year's extraordina rily large crop in the La Grande vicin ity and about 75 per cent in the Cove districts, it appeais that when the ap ples are all shippped out, 325 cars will have been drafted into service, to han dle the output. Shipments are rapid, though in small lots, and mostly by consingment. Fsw direct sales are made, and the largest sales are confined to local dealers. There is no organization in this county and the growers have to rely on their own judgment a3 to when to let go. Brick Clay on Coos Biy. Marshfield The successful manufac ture of brick in Coos county has been accomplished, and the result of this feat means much to the builders, who expect to erect large structures in the Coos bay cities. A little over a year ago brick delivered at Coos bay cost $20 to $22 a thousand, and these were not of a very good quality, it was al ways thought that there was plenty of clay in the county with which to make brick, but the supposition was that there was too much sand in the clay, and that it could not be made to con geal. By the successful experiments this idea has been exploded, as excel lent brick are being turned out at sev eral yards. Josephine County Growing. Grants Pass The general growth of Josephine county was never better than now; all of which has been accomplish ed by constant united effort and push of its citizens. The fruit industry of Rogue river valley has been greatly aided by the organization of the-Rogue River Fruit exchange with headquart ers at this place. The exchange is dis posing of this year's crop of apples at top figures to buyers in Chicago, New York, London, Liverpool and Honolulu. The grading and packing is being done on the most scientific basis. The man ager of the organization states that it is impossible to supply the demands for good fruit. SHEEPMEN ANGERED. Do Not Believe Their Range Allotment Should Be Reduced. Pendleton "The Forestry depart ment is simply trying to drive us out of business," declared William Slush- er, ex-representative from Umatilla county and a prominent sheepman, when told of the big cut to be made in the number of sheep to be allowed up on the Wenaha forest range next year. Announcement of the cut, which amounts on the average to about 8 per cent, has just been received from J. M. Schmitz, the supervisor in charge. Three years ago a cut of 20 per cent was made. Last year it was 12 per cent and the new cut brings the total reduction for the years to 40 per cent. "The reason they give us is that the range will not stand to be pastured so heavily as last year, but I have been in the sheep business long enough to know something about the range and what it will stand. I have run sheep in the Wenaha forest for a number of years, and I never saw the range in better condition than it was this fall. This, too, despite the fact that the present summer was one of the driest in the history of the sheep industry in Eastern Oregon. I certainly cannot see any real need for reduction. Neith er can any other sheepman who is using the range in the Wenaha forest." This year's cut affects the large sheepowners more than the small, ones. Flocks of over 3,000 will be cut 20 per cent, while those of under 2,000 will be allowed on the range without any reduction. Expanding at Chemawa. Chemawa The Chemawa Indian school is making many improvements which will complete the efficiency of the institution. A $16,000 addition to the engineering department is nearly completed. There are over 40 Indian young men taking the course at the school of electrical and steam engi neering. The institution has sent many young Indians out who have taken this course and are holding their own with their white brothers. Sev eral graduates hold chief engineer licenses on vessels plying in Puget sound and Alaskan waters. THOUSANDS HOMELESS. Rapid Rise of Oklahoma River Causes Great Damage. Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 30. As a re sult of a 48-hour downpour in the val ley of the Cottonwood river and its tributaries, the Cottonwood overflowed here yesterday afternoon. Several hundred homes are partially under water in West Guthrie, and 3,000 per sons are homeless. The river at 6 o'clock last night was one foot higher than ever before in its history and rising 12 inches an hour. Hundreds of people who refused to get out of the flood district, believing that the river would not rise as rapidly as it did, fired shots of distress during the night, and hundreds of boats with rescuers brought the tardy ones to places of safety. It is believed that a few persons are still in their homes. So rapid was the rise in the Cotton wood that 20 head of cattle in the affected district were drowned before they could be got out of the waters Streetcar service is completely at standstill. The city's water plant is under water. Five thousand dollars' worth of cot ton belonging to the Farmers' Oil mill was washed away, and 2,000 bales are still in the water. The Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe roundhouse and shops are inundated. All railroad trains in and out of Guthrie have been annulled. Near Seward, Okla., the Santa Fe tracks are out and the railroad bridge at Red Rock has been washed out. The Mis souri, Kansas & Texas and the Fort Smith & Western railroads report many miles of track out near this city. The Denver, Enid and Gulf train is waterbound at Crescent. The Eastern Oklahoma railroad trains are being held at Stillwater. According to re ports reaching this city, many miles of track on these two roads are either washed out or so completely under water that it is impossible to move trains. SECRET TREATY BECOMES PUBLIC America and Japan Enter Into Peace ful Alliance. Details of Agreement Finally Brought Out Will Consult Each Other Will Encourage Free and Peaceful Deve'opment of Trade Guard China's Interests. Ships 27 tons of 1 urkeys Roseburg About 27 tone of turkeys was Douglas county's Thanksgiving contribution this year. The prices ranged from 17 to 21 cents. These fig ures do not include the other poultry, chickens, ducks and geese, which were also shipped in large quantities. The 27 tons of birds includes five tons sent by an Oakland firm, the remaining 22 tons being sent from Roseburg. The number sent from the smaller towns in the county is not yet known and possible to determine. is lm- Ellis Starts for Washington. Pendleton Congressman W. R. Ellis, of this city, has left for Wash ington to attend the coming session of congress. Upon his arrival there the congressman will immediately take up the question of Pendleton's Federal building. When asked concerning the proposed establishment of a Federal judicial district for Eastern Oregon, he expressed the belief that such a propo sition is hopeless during the life of the present judiiary committee. Rail Work Progresses. Klamath Falls The terminus of the California Northeastern railway has been moved from Calor, on the state line, to Worden, which is about two miles from water. Track is now being laid beyond Worden. Holland, the sta tion on the straits, will be the termi nus in December, where boats will connect for Klamath Falls. A steam shovel is now in operation in Klamath Falls. Erickson & Peterson, the con tractors, have established permanent winter quarters on the outskirts of the city. Apple Fair is Postpored. McMinnville The proposed apple rair tor Yamhill county, that was to have been held here on November 27 and 28, has been called off by the com mittee in charge. The reasons given for the abandonment of the enterprise are that it is impossible to interest a sufficient number of the leading horti culturists to bring exhibits on account of its close proximity to the state hor ticultural exhibit, to be held in Port land the following week. Rains Help Crook Range. Prineville Rains and light snow. which have fallen here at intervals for our days, are stimulating range gras and fall grain wonderfully, so that the outlook for next ypar, both as to graz- ng and arming is good. A great oal of fall wheat has been sown and is already up and making a good howing. Cattle are in good shape and so far there is every indication that they will go through the winter well. Interest is being manifested in fruit. Astoria Values Boosted. Astoria A segregation of the valu ati ns on the 1908 assessment roll has been completed and shows that the val- PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem, 95c; club, 90(r; 91c; fife, 90ft;91c; red Russian, 87c; 40-fold, 90ft91c; valley, 91c. Barley Feed, $26.50 per ton ; brew ing, $27. Oats No. 1 white, $31ft31.50 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $14 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $16ft,17.50; clover, $12; alfalfa, $12fr; 12.50; grain hay, $12.50ft13. Fruits Apples, 75cft$2 per box; pears, $lft,1.25 per box; rgapes, $1.40 ftil.65 per crate; quinces, $lft1.25 per dox; cranDerries, lu.oumiz.oo per barrel: casabas, 2c per pound; huckleben i s, lOftllcper pound; per simmons, $lft l.ztt per crate. Potatoes 75ft85c per cwt. ; sweet potatoes, 2(2z per pound. Onions $lft1.25 per cwt. Vegetables Turnips, $lft.l sack; carrots, $l; parsnips. beets, $1.25; horseradish, pound; artichokes, 90ft $1 FINCH KILLS FISHER. Oregon Bar Prosecutor Shot by Dis barred Lawyer. Portland, Nov. 30. Attorney Ralph B. Fisher, prosecutor for the grievance committee of the Oregon State Bar association, was shot and killed almost instantly at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon by Attorney J. A. Finch, who had been recently disbarred as the result of charges of drunkenness that were prosecuted by Mr. Fisher. The tragedy occurred in Mr. Fisher's private offbe, 322 Mohawk building, Third and Morrison streets. Miss Verna Burkhart, Mr. Fisher's steno grapher, was the only witness, and she fled screaming . from the room. The assassin emerged deliberately from the room where lay his victim, walked down the corridor and was about to take the elevator when feized by Dr. H. F. Leonard, who detained him. Finch was at once taken into the office from which sulphurous smake was still pouring, and looked down upon the prostrate form that he had slain. He gazed coolly and apparently unmoved upon the bleeding figure, uttered not a word, turned and walked out in the custody of the officers. "I wouldn t speak to him, and 1 11 get the rest of the bunch," Finch said to one of the officers who rode in the patrol wagon with him to the station. At the city jail Finch positively de nied the murder to Di -trict Attorney Cameron. He had been in his own office nearly all day, he said, and had not been near Mr. Fisher's office. He talked confusedly and at times unintel ligibly, apparently under the influence of either drugs or liquors, or premedi tatingly preparing grounds for the de fense of insanity. .25 $1. Mission is of Diplomacy, BasFe Terre, Island of Guadeloupe, Dec. 1. Presiden Castro, of Venezu ela, arrived here today aboard th$ steamer Guadeloupe, on his way to uation of the taxable property inside Bordeaux. In reply to interviewers, the city limits is $3,470,784, or $1, President Cas rod clar-d that the ob- 389,860 more than on the 1907 roll, "ect of his jourmy was to settle sorre , when it was $2,080,618. The increase diplomatic business with the French in Warren ton is $96,469 and in Seaside government. I slightly over $50,000. per .25; 8ft.10c per per dozen ; beans, 10ft14c per pound; cabbage, 1 ftzjlcper pound; cauliflower, 75cft$l per dozen; celery, 40ft 75c per dozen; cucumbers, $2ft2.50 per box; eggplant, 15c per pound; lettuce, $lft,1.25 per box; parsley, 15c per dozen; peas, 10c per pound; peppers, 10ft 14c per pound pumpkins, lft L'jC per pound; radishes, I24c per dozen; spinach, 2c per pound; sprouts, 9J.ift10c per pound; squash, lftlcper pound; tomatoes, 50cft$l per crate. Butter City creamery, extras, 35ft 36c; fancy outside creamery, 321.ft 35c per pound; store, 17ft 20c. Eggs Oregon selects, 40c; Eastern, 27ft 32 M c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 11c per pound; snrinir. He; ducks, 14ft 15c; geese, lt ft 11c; turkeys, 17ft18c; dresser! turkeys, choice, 22.z(i2Ac; seconds, 19ft 22. Veal Extra 8 a ft? 9c per pound ; or dinary, Kallic; heavy, 5c. Pork Fancy, 7c per pound; large, 5 ft 6c. Hops 1908, choice, 8ft8?4c: prime. Fight Safety Appliance Law. San Francisco, Nov. 30. The North western Pacific railroad, a branch of the Harriman system, running 100 miles north of this city, has deter mined to fight the constitutionality of the safety appliance act and make the firit test of the scope of its effective ness. Almost all ot the railroads are to be brought before United States courts for alleged violations of the act in not having safety conveniences to lessen the chances of killing opera tives. The company claims the law does not apply to state traffic. Impeach Von Buelow. Berlin, Nov. 30. The Radical party at a caucas today decided to introduce a resolution in the reichstag for the creation of a high impeachment court, before which the chancellor could be brought to answer for direliction in his constitutional duties as between the emperor and the people, or in case when, although not unconstitutional, the imperial acts through the chancel lor may have caused geat danger to the realm. 7ft 7Kc; medium, 5'ft 6c; 1907, 2ft 4c; 1906, IftilJc. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 10ft 14c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 15ft16c; mohair, choice, 18c per pound. Germany is for Open Door. Cologne, Nov. 30. Tie Koelische Zeitung prints an inspired Berlin dis patch, in which it is stated that the American-Japanese treaty will be re ceivtdwith satisfaction everywhere. "So far as Germany is concerned," says the dispatch, "the principle of thti 'open door' agr.es fully with what Germany on various occasions has de clare! to be desirable." Washington, Nov. 28. Despite offi cial reticence, information from relia ble sources has been obtained of an agreement of far-reaching importance between the United States and Japan, covering the policies of the two coun tries on the Pacific. The agreement is based on the idea of encouraging and defending free and peaceful commer cial development on that ocean. It contains not only a mutual guar antee to respect one another's terri torial possessions there, but defines; the attitude of the two countries tow ard China, binding each to defend by every peaceable means China's inde pendence and integrity and to give equal commercial opportunity in the Chinese empire to all nations. More important still, the agreement, in the event of complications threaten ing the status quo, binds the United States and Japan to consult one an other, with a view to acting "t together. This agreement has been drawn up in the form of a declaration and con sists of five articles, of which the fol lowing is a faithful description : The first article ives expression to the wish of the two governments to tncourage the free and peaceful devel opment of their commerce on the Pacific. The second is a mutual disclaimer of an aggressive design, and contains also a definition of the policy ot each gov ernment, both as directed to the main tenance of the existing status quo in the Pacific and the defense of the peo ple of equal opportunity for commerce and industry in China. Ihe third article contains a state ment of the consequent firm reciprocal resolution of each government to re spect the territorial possessions injthe Pacific of the other. In the fourth article the United States and Japan express their deter mination "In the common interest of all the powers" to support "by all peaceful means at their disposal" the independence and integrity of China and the principle of equal commercial and industrial opportunity for all na tions in the empire. The fifth article mutually pledgea the two governments, in the case of the occurrence of any event threaten ing the status quo as above described, or the principle of equal opportunity aa above designed, to communicate with each other for the purpose of arriving: at an understanding with regard to the measures they may consider it useful to take. CASTRO HAS TUMOR. Venezuelan President is in Very Seri ous Condition. Bordeaux, France, Nov. 28. On anding here, President Castro, of Ven ezuela, will go straight to Paris, where he will enter a hospital in the Rue de Turin, fnquented by patients afflicted with serious stomach troubles. Friends of the president say that he is suffering from a tumor of the stomach, compli cated with other gastric disorders. Reports have reached Bordeaux to the effect that because diplomatic re lations between France and Venezuela have been broken off, Castro will not be allowed to land. No confirmation of these reports is obtainable in official or maritime circles. There has been a precedent for such action within the past 20 years in the case of another president of a' South American repub lic, who desired to visit France pri vately while there was trouble between France and his country. However, it is not believed that the government now will take any such action.- Produce Farm for N. P. Diners. Billinps, Mont., Nov. 30. The es tablishment of a farm by the Northf-rn Pacific Railroad company on which that corporation would raise a large per centage of the supplies used on its din 'ng cars is the latest proposition men tioned among the probabilities for the immediate vicinity of Billings for the coming spring. Japanese Officer Dead. Victoria. B. C, Nov. 28. News was brought here tonight by the Tango Maru of the death of the founder of the Japanese navy, Visount Yenomoto, who, after being educated in Holland, returned to Japan in 1867 on the Sho gun's warship Kaiyo Maru. He was appointed minister of the navy of the Shogun and at the time of the civil war he commanded the Shogun's sea forces and built the castle in which such strenuous resistance was made to the imperial troops at Hakodate, where the last stand was made. Admiral Russell Dead. Philadelphia, Nov. 28. Rear Ad miral Alexander Russell, of the United States navy, retired, died of heart fail ure at his home here today, aged 84 years. He first served in the navy on the sloop of war Saratoga. From 1842 to 1844 he was captain's clerk under Commodore Perry and he served with the Texas Rangers under Captain Sam uel Walker in the Mexican war. Dur ing the Civil war he had command of the powder and shell division. Sails About Over City. Los Angeles, Nov. 28. Ro.v Knaben shue made a very successful flight over this city in his airship. He was in the air 45 minutes and circled about over the business section at will. There was little wind. Knabenshue was ac companied by his assistant during the flight
