Heppner Gazette TtoWv of Each Wcfc 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. Teamsters of New York are on strike. Italy has sent a cruiser to Turkey to protect her interests. A Philadelphia man left $2,500,000 to establish a home for fatherless girls. Dynamite has been used to break the ice jam in the Niagara river near the falls. The Santa Fe road has a device which it is believed will prevent many train wrecks. Taft wants to visit the Pacific coast and Alaska and will ask congress to provide the funds. G. M. McCain, of Philadelvhia, has been arrested in Turkey as a spy be cause he was taking photographs. A New York man has been arrested for attempting to bribe a naval officer to get a recommendation lor a patent Judge Hunt, of Montana, is coming to Portland to dispose of the remaining land fraud cases. He is expected about May 1. Philadelphia has not vet decided de finitely to let the Liberty bell come to the coast, but it is probable tnere win be no opposition. Castro has been ordered arrested by Venezuelan courts for murder. A pioneer miner of Sheridan, Mont., has been killed for his savings. Famine in Macedonia and Servia are adding to the revolutionary troubles. Taft is having much trouble in find ing suitable persons for foreign posts. President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, is preparing to move against Honduras. The Cudahy Packing company has been indicted for wholesale oleomar garine frauds. The University of Nevada has just received two gifts, one of $250,000 and one of $100,000. The Waters-Pierce Oil company, re cently ousted from Texas, will pay the state $2,000,000 fines and costs. Mrs. Castro hints at revolution in Venezuela and advises present officials to "make hay while the sun shines." It is reported on good authority that H. W. Scott, of Portland, will be offered the ambassadorship to Mexico. A raid was made on a Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul diner while it was passing through Iowa and a quantity of liquor seized. A Chicago man has married his step mother. A dispatch from Naples says Mount Etna is in eruption. German East Africa has had 60 deaths from the plague. j Flour has advanced in price in all sections of the United States. Two dynamite bombs were found un der a Santa Fe bridge near Stockton, Cal. Several members of the Japanese diet have been arrested for having taken bribes. Wilbur Wright, whose successful aeroplane flights pleased France, is now giving exhibitions in Italy. The first act of the new chief of po lice of Los Angeles was to throw the "king of Chinatown" bodily out of the station. Poland is preparing to honor Mod jeska's memory when her body is taken there for burial. A statue may be erected. The Brazilian government has con cluded arbitration treaties during the past week with the United States, France, Portugal, Spain and Mexico. The Massachumsetts assembly has turned down a direct election bill. A large part of Elyria, Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. Mme. Nordica, the singer, will marry a New York banker. Roosevelt declined a public reception at Mombasa. Good hunting is in pros pect. A new cabinet has been installed in Turkey and the Young Turkey party defeated. Japan attributes rumors of British discontent with the alliance to Ger man policy. News venders at Los Angeles have been fined for selling papers having racing charts. Night riders have made their appear ance in Indiana and are attempting to fix house rent rates. American soldiers will conduct tests of dirigible balloons during the anuual maneuvers at Fort Des Moines. A religious riot in Mexico ended in 15 deaths. Germany is to establish an aero nautic school. Taft has rented a house at Beverly, Mass., for a summer home. BREAD PRICES UP. Bakers of Chicago Will Xdd Two Cents to Price of Loaves. Chicago, April 20. Following in the wake of the action of Jewish bakers of Chicago in increasing the price of bread and biscuits, definite announce ment came today from President Ma thias Schmidinger of the Master Bak ers' association that 1 cent and possibly 2 cents will be tacked onto the price of bread before May 1. After a thorough canvass of the sit uation, Mr. Schmidinger declared that bakers throughout the city face the al ternative of charging more for their product or going into bankruptcy. The Master Bakers' association, which rep resents nearly all of the bread bakers throughout the city, will meet next Saturday, and it is said to be certain that at that time a decision will be reached to give bread prices a substan tial boost. The high cost of flour is not the only problem confronting the bakers of Chi cago. Their employes, including the bakery wagon drivers, are demanding more wages. More than 50 bakers in this city have been driven out of business with in a comparatively short time, on ac count of the high price of materials and the enforcement of the ordinance pertaining to sanitation. MARS MAY BE HAILED. Professor Pickering Says it Would Cost Only $10,000,000. Boston, Mass., April 20. "If man kind cares enough about it to put up about $10,000,000, there is no very good reason why the human race should not be able to talk with Mars, and that so soon as next July." This is accoiding to Professor Wil liam Henry Pickering, Harvard uni versity's celebrated astronomer. Communication with Mars will be made possible, Professor Pickering de clares, by adopting his method of flash ing messages when Mars approaches the earth to within 35,000,000 miles, or about 5,000,000 miles nearer than ever before. Ten millions of dollars is a large amount, he admits, but he predicts that once this means of celes tial communication is established, mes sages will be easily recognized and un doubtedly answered, if there is intelli gent life on Mars; and that in such case, hitherto hidden mysteries con cerning Mars will become an open book to the people of the earth. Hobson Easiest to Spare. San Francisco, April 20. In the course of a lecture today on the Span ish-American war, or such portions of it as came directly under his notice as commander of the battleship Iowa, Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, re tired, mentioned the sinking of the Merrimac in Santiago harbor, saying he never knew just why Admiral Samp son had selected Lieutenant Hobson to command that expedition, "unless it was the admiral thought he could spare him better than any other officer of the fleet" Alaska Miners Are Starving. Nome, Alaska, April 20. News from the Kuskowim, derived from late arrivals at Kaltag and the Russian mission, is that there is much suffering in that country from lack of provis ions. Beans and flour now constitute the bulk of all available supplies of food, and these are held at high prices. Relief expeditions are being formed and food supplies will be sent with all possible haste to relieve the prospect ors. Funds Saved to Salonica. Salonica, . April 20. The director general of the Ottoman bank, having ordered the Salonica branch to send all its cash to the capital, a measure de signed to embarrass the organization of the forces there, the commandant of the Third army corps placed an em bargo on $300,000 which constituted the funds of the three vilayets. Flour Advances in France. Paris, April 20. France is beginning to feel the effects of the prevailing high price of wheat in the United States. The price of flour has increas ed three francs per 100 kilos in the last fortnight and the bakers association is considering the raising of the price of bread. Hailstones Are Heavy. Des Moines, Iowa, April 20. A ter rific hail and wind storm struck Des Moines and Central Iowa today. Plate glass windows in down town stores were plown in and cellars were flooded. At Stuart, hailstones weighing half a pound fell, doing much damage to peach buds. Massacre of 2,000 Reported. St. Petersburg, April 20. Advices to the Russ from Teheran report a mas sacre of 2,000 persons, including wo men and children, by Turcoman tribes men at Astrabad. The Russian gov ernment is sending troops thither. Sultan's Brother Succeeds. Paris, April 20. A special dispatch from Constantinople says that it is re ported that Rechad Effendi, brother of the sultan, and heir apparent to the throne, has left to join the Young Turks. Sultan Planning Abdication. Vienna, April 20. The Neues Tagr blatt's Monastir correspondents say it is reported that the sultan is negoti ating with the committee of union and progress with regard to his abdication. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE PAPER FROM FIR STUMPS. Smith Lumber Company of Coos Bay to Test New Discovery. Marshfield The manufacture of pa per pulp from the wood of the fir tree and waste products of sawmills will be attempted on Coos bay. Spruce is chiefly used for making paper pulp, but a new chemical discovery will be employed to make possible the use of fir. The chemical discovery was made by Dr. George B. Frankforter, a professor in the University of Minnesota, and the experiment will be backed by C. A. Smith of Minneapolis. Dr. Frank forter is expected here in Z about a month, when an experimental plant will be established. The invention is a process of distil lation by means of chemicals which re moves from the fir wood those proper ties which now make it impossible for wood pulp. There will also be a num ber of by-products, among them alco hoi, turpentine and rosin. From this rosin India ruhber can be made. If the newly discovered process is a success the whole of a fir tree when cut for lumber can be utilized. The by products will also be a source of big revenue. Dates for Wool Sales. Portland The Eastern wool buyers who operate in the Northwest, have prepared a schedule of wool sales dates for Oregon. The dates differ in some particulars from the schedule as pre pared by the Woolgrowers' association, as the buyers claim that it would be impossible for them to make railroad connections according to the associa tion dates. The schedule of the buyers follows: May 24, Pendleton ; May 27, Heppner; May 29, Echo; June 1, Shaniko; June 4, Pilot Rock; June 5, Baker City; June 7, Ontario; June 15, Shaniko; June 18, Heppner; June 21, Vale; June 22, Ontario'; June 24, Jo seph; June 25, Enterprise; June 29, Shaniko; July 1, Heppner. Rail Facilities Examined. Salem Railroad Commissioner Atch ison has returned from a week's trip of inspection into the eastern part of the state. The depots at Ontario, Vale and Nyssa were inspected, also the stockyards at Baker City and The Dalles. A conference was held with delegations from Canyon City, Prairie City and John Day regarding the serv ice on the Sumpter Valley railroad re garding which much complaint has come m recently. The officials of the Sumpter Valley and the forwarding company at Austin were also inter viewed by Commissioner Atchison. Oregon Milk Is Seized. Seattle Pending a chemical analysis of samples of about 300,000 cas of condensed milk manufactured by the North Coast condensery at Coos bay, Or., State Food Commissioner Davies is holding the shipment. Two samples furnished Mr. Davies by Philip Brady, broker, who is endeavoring to sell the milk here, will be examined at the state university. The milk is claimed to be "lumpy," but Mr. Brady far from attempting to disguise this de clares the lumps are butterfat and that the milk originally was the first-class article. Gather Albany Rubbish. Albany Albany will soon inaugur ate a system of placing receptacles for rubbish on its streets. It is planned to place tin boxes, neat in appearance, at uniform distances along the leading streets, probably on telephone poles, for the reception of such rubbish as is ordinarily thrown upon the streets by passers-by. The receptacles will be installed when the street paving work is completed. The movement was be gun by the Ladies' auxiliary. Defunct Bank Gets Coin. La Grande One hundred thousand dollars has been divided pro rata be tween 707 depositors of the Farmers & Traders National bank as a result of the arrival here of 45 per cent dividend checks from Washington. There are several heavy depositors, but the aver age checks range between $50 and $100. The largest check is to County Treasurer Frawley, for $9,515.84, a part of his deposit of county money in the bank when the crash came. Harney Seeks Good Road. Burns The County court of Harney county this week sent a letter to the courts of Malheur, Crook and Lake counties, asking their co-operation in the building and maintenance of a per manent highway through these counties that will make easy travel the year round for carriages and automobiles, the idea being to encourage tourists and immigrants into this country while waiting for a railroad to be built. House Minutes Transcribed. Salem The work of transcribing the minutes of the journal of the house of the recent session of the Oregon legis lature has ben completed by a force of clerks under Attorney Walter Wins low, and the work of transcribing the senate journal is now under way. The wrrk of printing the laws is nearly completed. Clatsop County Renigs. Astoria The County court has made an order directing the clerk to draw a warrant for the first half of the state tax as levied by the state board on Jan uary 2, 1909. This means that the County court will not recognize the $4,000 increase which the Btate board at a later date made in Clatsop coun ty's apportionment of the state tax,,. STATE OF OREGON ANOTHER LAW INOPERATIVE. Measure Regulating Salmon Fishing in Umpqua Has No Penalty. Salem Owing to the omission of a penalty clause in a law passed by the last legislature regulating salmon fish ing in the Umpqua river, the law is inoperative. The text follows: Section 4069 It shall be unlawful to take or fish for salmon in the Ump qua river, or any of the bays or tribu taries thereof, below the points herein after named, from April 10 to May 10, and from November 20 to December 10 of any year, or to take or fish for salmon by any means whatever, except with hook and line, commonly called angling, and for propogating purposes, above the points specified on ;:each stream, namely, North Fork above a point 600 feet below the dam at Win chester, South Fork above the south boundary of the town of Roseburg. SI, OOO an Acre for Orchard. Hood River The record price for orchard land in young trees was paid here when A. L. Paddock, of St. Louis, Mo., through the agency of the Briggs Ament Land company, paid $10,Q00 for 10 acres in 2 and 3-year-old Newtown trees. ' The place purchased has no im provements on it and has strawberries set between the trees. The price paid for the young orchard, which belonged to William Reavis, was net, the com mission being paid in addition. The orchard is situated on the west side of the valley, a few miles out of the city. J. C. Ainsworth Again Regent. Salem Governor Frank Benson has reappointed J. C. Ainsworth, of Port land, member of the board of regents for the University of Oregon. Mr. Ainsworth is president of the United States National bank, at Portlannd. He succeeds himself as university re gent, having been appointed four years ago to serve out the unexpired term of former Federal Judge C. B. Bellinger. His term for which he has just been appointed is 12 years. Good Price tor Mohair. Dallas The sale of the 1909 pool of the Polk County Mohair association was held here last week. The pool, aggregating about 50,000 pounds, was sold to Wm. Brown & Co., of Salem, on a bid of 25 cents a pound. U. S Grant, of this city, entered a bid of 24 cents. Mr. Brown s price is cents higher than the price for which the 1908 pool was sold to Mr. Grant last year. Sugar Beets Being Planted. La Grande Planting sugar beets in 2,000 acres of land owned or leased by the Amalgamated Sugar company has begun here. This is not quite as large an acreage as usual. When the irriga tion project has actually brought water on the land, the sugar business in this valley will leap forward enormously. Eberhardt in Office. La Grande Colon R. Eberhardt has been notified that his bond as receiver of the local land office to succeed A. A. Roberts has been accepted and has as sumed the duties here. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem, milling, $1.25 1.30; bluestem shipping, $1.17 1.18; club, $1.141.16; Turkey red, $1.15; Russian red, $1.08(1-09; val ley, $1.10. Oats No. 1 white, $40(941 per ton. Barley Feed, $32.50(933.50. Hav Timothv. Willamette vallev. $1416 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17 19; clover, $1112; alfalfa, $14 14.50; cheat, $14(0)14.50; grain hay, $1314; vetch, $13.5014. Apples 65c(9$2.50 per box. : Potatoes $1.301.40 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 2(93c per pound. Onions Oregon, $2 per hundred. Vegetables Turnips,'$1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets, $1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; ar tichokes, 658fic per dozen; aspara gus, Oregon, 75(385c per dozen ; cab bage, 2siAc per pound; lettuce, head, 852 per dozen; onions, 40(950c Der dozen: parsley. 35c per dozen: radishes, 35c per dozen ; rhubarb, 5c per pound; ppinach, be. Butter City creamery, extras, 27 H (929c : fancy outside creamery, 25(929c per pound; store, 1820c. Butterfat prices average 1 c per pound under regular butter prices. Eegs Oregon ranch, 22c per dozen. Poultrv Hens. 163 (9) l4c per pound; broilers, 25c; fryers, 18(922c; roosters, old, 10(9 lc; young, 14(915c; ducks, 20(S22c; geese, 10llc: tur keys, 20c; squabs, $2.50(3)3 per dozen. Veal Extras. 10(910Kc per pound: ordinary, 8(9 9c; heavy, 7(98c. Pork Fancy, 9(910c per pound; large, 8(99c. Hops 1909 contract, 9c per pound; 1908 crop, 6(97c; 1907 crop, 34jc; 1906 crop. 1A(d2c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(918c per pound: vallev. medium. 18.j(919c: coarse, 17(f?17Kc. Portland; mohair, choice,' 23(9 23 .c. Cattle Tod steers. $5.25(95.50; fair to good, $4.75(35; common to medium, $3.25(94.50; cows, top, $4.25; fair to good, $3.504; common to mdium, $2.50(93.50; calves, top, $r(ft:5.50; heavy, $3.50(94; bulls and stags, fat, $3(93.50; common, $2(92.75. Hogs Beat, $7.25(97.50: fair to good, $6.75(3(7; stockers, $5.50(9 6.50; China fats. $6.75. Sheep TcPp wethers, $5(95.75; fair t" good. $4.50(94.75; ewes, c less on all grades; yearlings, top, $6.50(97; fair to good, $66.25; spring lambs, $77.50. I ABDICATION OF SULTAN. Tottering'Throne of Turkey Seems About to Fall. Constantinople, April 19. The most serious crisis in the history of - the Turkish empire is thought to be at hand. It is persistently rumored that Abdul Hamid, forced by the uprising against the tyranny of the party in power, will abdicate the throne. The committee of union and pro gress, representing the party of the Young Turks, with whom are allied the revolting Salonica soldiers, are en deavoring to regain the power obtained by the revolution of last July, which has been gradually undermined by the cleverness of the sultan in getting rid of or winning over by bribes the lead ers. The Salonica soldiers are at the gates of the city and threaten to enter, The military in the capital is in a state of fear and no resistance is looked for, To complicate the situation, an up rising is in progress in Asia Minor in which more than 1,000 people have been slain, among them two mission aries, and untold property damage has been done. Foreigners and many Christians "have taken refuge in the consulates. The local troopsand the governor are doing their best to protect the town, but there is great fear that it cannot hold out much longer against the invasion of the Moslems, who are sweeping down in large numbers. The Amen can vice consul at Mersina, John Deb bas, has been unable to proceed to Adana, owing to the interruption of communication. A British warship is proceeding to Alegandretta, which is threatened by the Moslems. Several American farms in that neighborhood have been de stroyed. Alarm is felt at Kharput because of serious depredations by the Kurds in the surrounding villages, although the town itself has not been the scene of any particular disorders. The tension in Turkey over the situ ation is very great. The people of the capital are more concerned with the advance of the Salonika troops than they are with the massacres re ported from various quarters. MUSIC FOR THE FAIR. Management Has Provided Well Along This Line. Music will be a big feature of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, and during the exposition season the finest musical organizations of the United States will be heard. Liberati's, Innes' and Ellery's bands will divide the season and these will be heard daily. The temple of music is centrally lo cated, and in this beautiful building, continuous concerts will be given free from the first day of June until the closing day on the sixteenth of Octo ber. A number of handsome band stands have been erected at various points, and these are so dispersed that music will be heard in every part of the grounds. Shorter concert seasons have been arranged for orchestras and bands from foreign countries, and among these will be heard the Philippine Constabu lary band and the national band of Mexico. Vocal and solo instrument concerts will as a rule be heard in the auditorium, and this new permanent building represents one of the very finest halls for such purposes that is to be found in the United States. Of ere at importance and assistance to concerts held in the auditorium will be the new organ which has been installed for the exposition. This instrument is one of the largest pipe organs yet built, and in tone and possibilities is not surpassed. Interesting novelties in music will be heard, and among these will be noted a native Philippine band whose instruments are entirely composed of bamboo. The range and class of music produced by these rudely constructed instruments is remarkable, and the ex tremely crude appearance presented is in strong contrast to the equipment of other organizations. Cuban Police Arrested. Havana, April 19. Ricardo Arnuto, the secret police agent of the palace, and his brother, Jose, substitute in spector of the detective squad, were found tonight hiding in the house of a friend, and were taken to the city pris on. They are charged with the ab straction of correspondence from the baggage of Jose Cisneros, who attempt ed to kill ex-Governor Nunez a short time ago. Both men deny the charge. The criminal branch of the Audencia, before which the prisoners will soon come for trial, refused bail. Disturbance is Subsiding. London, April 19. The Foreign office has received a telegram from Major Daughty-Wylie, the British vice consul at Mersina, who went to Adana at the outbreak of the trouble. In substance the vice consul says that the situation is improving. He men tions incidentally that his arm was broken while he was attempting to check the disorders. The Foreitrn office has asked the admirafty to send warships to the disturbed area. Many Cities Are Burned. Paris, April 19. Dispatches re ceived from Constantinople say the sit uation in Adana has become very much worse; mat a numoer or cities nave been burned, and that Tarsus has been almost blotted out. The dispatches further state that a French factory had been sacked, and that the peasants were coming down from the mountains and massacring the Armenians. 1 DOZEN PERISH IN FLIMSY LODGINGS Refugee Home Erected After San Francisco Quake Burns. Building Once Condemned as a Fire Trap Blazes Like Tinder Mostly Occupied by Laboring Men and Their Families. Had Caused Much Trouble. San Francisco, April 17. Fire in the St: George hotel, a flimsy structure erected shortly after the earthquake, and since used as a lodging house, snuffed out a dozen lives between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning. The buliding, located at Eighth and Howard streets, burned like tinder, and almost before the sleeping occupants of the structure could be aroused the fate of many of them was sealed. The great rookery had 600 rooms, and was mostly occupied by laboring men and their families. Five bodies have already been taken from the ruins, and it is believed that 30 still remain buried in the smoking and smouldering wreckage. The St. George hotel was of the most flimsy construction, and its pro prietor, J. W. Shanan, has been ia trouble with the board of public works since the building was erected. On December 13, 1906, he was arrested for violating the building law,' but was dismissed on promising to make alterations which would increase the safety of the building. According to John T. Horgan, of the board of public works, many complaints have been made against Shanan on the ground that the St. George was a veritable firetrap. Insurance agents estimated that the fire resulted in a loss of $82,500. SULTAN PREPARES TO FLY. Civil War in Turkey is Cause of Panic in Government Circles. Constantinople, April 17. Panic reigns in government circles and the sultan is reported to be in readiness for flight. The chief officers are mu tinous, the Constantinople garrision is rushing preparations to assist the troops said to be advancing upon the city from the Northwest, and the new ministers are resigning as fast as pos sible. It is doubtful if the soldiers here can cope with the forces which, it is rumored, are rallying to the standard of the Young Turks. Business is again at a standstill and private citizens are taking all possible precautions to defend their property in the event that the opposing armies shall clash in Constantinople. It is realized here that alarming reports, from Salonika may rouse the Young Turks, who are eager to terrorize the city. PREPARING FOR WAR. Japan Greatly Increasing Navy and Doubling Army. Victoria, B. C, April 17. That Ja pan fears another war with Russia and is making the same careful and sys tematic preparation for it as preceded the recent war is the news given by passengers from Yokohama. Two large battleships of the Dreadnaught class are being built, one at Kure to be named the Setsu, and the other at Yo kohama to be named the Kawachi, both stronger and with larger guns than the big Aki and Satsuma. In conversation regarding the fear entertained of the return of war with Russia, an arrival by the Tosa Maru said great additions had been made to the fleet of Japan. In military affairs preparations have been continuous, but the greatest secrecy has been main tained. The army is being increased to over 20 divisions, so that a force of 1,000,000 may be mobilized when nec essary. Frior to the last war 500,000 men represented the total number that could be put in the field, including all branches, and that number proved in adequate. Bread Follows Flour Up. Los Angeles, April 17. Another ad vance of 2 cents a barrel in the price of family and bakers' flour, effective immediately, was announced today by the leading millers of this state. With this increasing price, family flour is advanced to $7 a barrel, which is the highst mark ever attained in this state. While many of the bakers had previ ously reduced the weight of the loaves of bread, those who had not done this said they would prepare to do so in order to prevent loss. Some will make the loaves in three sizes. Flour Raises at Portland. Portland, April 17. Grocers all over the city advanced the price of flour 10 cents a sack yesterday, as a result of the rise of 40 cents a barrel announced by the jobbers and millers. Flour is now being retailed at from $1.55 to $1.75 in the stores. People who do their baking at home will hardly no tice the increased price, unless they compare it with what flour cost them a year ago, when they will find a differ ence of 35 cents. Flour is at $7 per Barrel. St. Paul, April 17. As a result of the corner in wheat, flour has advanced in the last two weeks 50 cents a hun dred in St. Paul, and further substan tial advances in prices may be ex pected. Yesterday there was an ad vance of ten cents a hundred, so that the ruling quotation today was $7.