Heppner gazette., July 01, 1909, Image 6

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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.
Pittsburg streetcar men have gone
on a strike.
Roosevelt is said to be much heavier
than when he left the White House.
Castro still remains in Spain, con
demning everything and everybody.
Cardinal Satolli is seriously ill and
grave doubts are entertained for his
recovery.
Hawaiian sugar planters have agreed
to make no concessions to the Japanese
strikers.
A vigorous campaign has been
started in New York against the com
mon house fly.
Hundreds of persons suffering from
leprosy are said to wander unrestricted
through the island of Cuba.
Ex-Vice President Fairbanks says
the Japanese rule in Corea gives good
promise for the future of the country.
California Democrats have gone on
record as favoring ex-Governor Folk,
of Missouri, as candidate for president
. in 1912.
Friends of F. A. Cook, the Arctic
explorer, expect to hear from him at
any time now that he has been succes
sful in reaching the pole.
Jap strikers in Hawaii have appealed
to Governor Frear.
Reports from Morocco say the revo
lutionists are winning over the sultan's
troops.
Deposits in the Chicago national
banks are at the highest point ever
reached.
Mrs. Katherine Gould has been
granted her divorce and $36,000 a year
alimony.
Secretary Ballinger has started on
his Western trip to inspect the various
irrigation works.
The Standard Oil has announced a
cut of 10 cents per 100 gallons in the
price of refined oil.
Excessive heat throughout the At
lantic states continues to cause much
suffering and scores have been pros
trated. Miners and operators in the Fernie,
B. C, coal district have come to an
agreement and the strike has been
called off.
The Turkish government is still try
ing to secure Abdul Hamid's money.
He has $21,500,000 in the Imperial
bankf Germany.
A New York street car man is grad
ually turning black. The change
started about a year ago and he is
now as black as a negro except the
right side of his face.
Voliva, successor of Dowie at Zion
City, has been deposed.
Northwestern and Southern Nebras
ka have been swept by tornadoes.
William J. Bryan, Jr., is married.
Miss Helen Virginia Berger became
his wife.
The German reichstag has rejected
Von Buelow's inheritance tax and may
be dissolved.
A 12-year-old California boy has
confessed to the murder of his little
brother 6 years old.
Chicago women have said many un
kind things of Professor Starr, who
holds all women as savages.
Harriman is closing many of his
shops temporarily. Work will be re
sumed again in about 30 days.
A special election in San Francisco
voted against the establishment of a
municipal street railway line.
J. Ogden Armour has returned from
Europe and says the outlook for better
times is bright. He does not look for
war between Germany and Great
Britain
A Chicago boy tried to imitate the
Black Hand and was shot and fatally
wounded.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is now vice
president of the Standard Oil company.
Although the senate has raised the
duty on lumber the house is likely to
again lower it.
Leaders in congress say President
Taft's corporation tax is sure of pass
ing in both houses.
Trouble has again broken out in Mo
rocco, the Bultan's brother trying to
stir up a new revolution.
Many prostrations are reported from
heat in New York. A nuumber of
deaths have also occurred.
A drunken San Francisco policeman
hot and dangerously wounded a young
business man without provacation.
The contract has been awarded for
rebuilding the bridge across the Wil
lamette river at Madison Btreet, Port
land. A storm on Lake Killarney, Ireland,
pset a boat load of tourists. Eleven
were drowned, of whom five were
Americans.
The second trial of Calhoun will statr
Monday, June 28.
DYNAMITE STOPS PHONES.
Heavy Explosion Jars Business Part
of Chicago.
Chicago, Juno 29. An explosion
supposed to have been caused by dyna
mite did great damage in the business
district tonight, injured two or three
persons severely, and wrecked stores
and windows for a block near Clark
and Washington streets.
The exact nature of the explosion is
unknown, because of the great amount
of debris thrown about the alley where
it occurred. The police think it an
other in the series of gamblers' war
bombs that have mystified detectives
for more than two years.
The scene of the explosion was in
an alley in the rear of the central tele
phone exchange. The Chicago Tele
phone company was unable' to do any
more business during the night. Two
restaurants facing on Clark street
were blown practically into the streets,
food being scattered over the car
tracks.
In this alley also was the rear en
trance to Powers & Lambert's saloon,
headquarters for Martin B. Madden
and his associates in the building
trades. Madden and his men are figur
ing largely in labor disputes at pres
ent, and have been the subject of grand
jury indictments.
Another place opening into the alley
which was badly damaged, was the
cash register store of Mont Tenness,
who is alleged to conduct several gamb
ling places. Tenness' place ' has been
raided frequently by the police. An
other bomb was exploded there a year
ago.
ALASK. ROAD OPEN I9IO.
Big Rush to Interior Predicted When
Travel is Easier.
Seattle, Wash., June 29. S. W. Ec
cles, president of the Copper River &
Northwestern railroad, arrived here
last night, and will sail for Cordova,
Alaska, July 1, to look over the rail
road construction work and the othtr
property of the Morgan and Guggen
heim interests, specially newly discov
ered copper deposits.
"The Copper River & Northwestern
will be opened in 1910 for traffic,"
said Mr. Eccles. "and I predict there
will be a great rush of people to the
interior of Alaska, as the hardships of
the trail that many have had to face
and that have deterred countless num
bers from going into the interior, will
be removed by the opening of the new
road. The same vegetables and agri
cultural products that can be raised in
Norway and Sweden can be raised in
Alaska. The country will be fully ex
ploited once the new road is in opera
tion." Mr. Eccles says that his company
will build a 50-mile railroad to open
gold fields as soon as title to the land
is received from the government.
IMPORTANT RULE MADE.
Canada May Control Roads Starting
in United States.
Ottawa, Ont., June 29. An import
ant judgment has been handed down by
the board of railway commissioners for
Canada. By this decision Canada may
rule railway systems originating in the
United States. The case decided was
that of the Dawson board of trade,
which complained of excessive rates on
the White Pass & Yukon railroad. The
company replied as only a part of its
system was in Canadian territory the
Canadian board had no jurisdiction.
The chairman of the board, ex-Judge
Mabee, in a carefully drawn judgment,
disposes of this theory altogether.
The conclusion reached is that the
board has jusrisdiction over the tolls
the company or companies may -be en
titled to charge on through traffic re
ceived at Skagway or that district to
White Horse or any other intermediate
point between the international bound
ary between Alaska and British Co
lumbia and White Horse upon the rail
way lines, and upon through traffic re
ceived at any point upon the railway
line between White Horse and the
boundary, destined to Skagway.
Moros Fall in Battle.
Manila, June 29. Successful oper
ations against Jikiri's band of Moro
bandits have been conducted during the
past few days by Captains Byram,
Rhodes and Anderson, commanding de
tachments of the Sixth Cavalcry that
are co-operating with the mosquito
fleet under Captain Signor. Thirty-one
of th band have been killed or captur
ed during the past 30 days, but Jikiri
himself always manages to evade cap
ture. The several cavalry detachments
are still in pursuit and expect to capt
ure or exterminate the outlaws.
Chinese Viceroy Dead.
Pekin, June 29. The death today in
Tientsin, of Yang Shih Siang, viceroy
of Chi-Li, is likely to have a most im
portant bearing on the political situa
tion. Yang Shih Siang died of an apo
plectic stroke sustained a fortnight ago
and attributed to his anxiety and ardu
ous labor incident to the emperor's fu
neral. The viceroyalty is that of the
metropolitan province, a post carrying
great power. Yang Shih Siang owed
his position to Yuan Shih Kai.
Venezuela Gives Concession.
Caracas.' June 29. The cabinet has
approved the draft of the new conces
sion to the Orinoco corporation, re
csntly arranged between Rudolph
Dolge, the representative of the cor
poration, and Senor Arrayro, of the
Venezuelan commission. This gives
the corporation the right to work large
mineral tracts which include the Ima
taca iron mines.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THEjSTATE OF OREGON
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DAIRY HERDS PROFITABLE. 4.
Wallowa Farmers Ship Large Quan
tities of Butter to Pendleton.
Wallowa The Wallowa Valley
Cream company shipped 1,640 pounds
of butter to Pendleton markets a few
days ago. This is the first big ship
ment of butter made from this county,
and it represents just one week's
cream gathered in this immediate vi
cinity. During that week "the cream
ery paid the dairymen nearly $300. jn
cash. Their checks for May totalled
more than $1,200. -
Dairying is proving exceedingly
profitable in this vicinity. Last month
Tulley Bros, averaged more than $10
clear profit from each of a herd of 32
cows. The herd is tended by two men
and a milking machine is employed.
They could increase the herd to nearly
double its present size without requir
ing any additional help. .
Battleship's Guns En Route.
Salem Secretary A. "F. Hofer, pf
the board of trade, has received tha
bill of lading for two of the six inch
guns of the battleship Oregon, pre
sented to the city of Salem by the
Navy department, and which will be
mounted on the capitol lawn. The two
guns weigh more than a ton. They
are a part of the armament carried by
the battleship Oregon when she made
her famous cruise around Cape Horn,
prior to and just preceding the Spanish-American
war and which have been
taken from the battleship recently
when it was overhauled and rearmed
at the Bremerton navy yard.
Crop Prospects Poor
Pendleton Dr. W. R. Campbell,
state organizer for the Farmers' Edu
cational and Cooperative union, has re
turned from Sherman county, where he
had been in the interest of the organ
ization. He says the union is now
completely organized in Wasco county
with seven locals, Sherman county
with four locals and Gilliam county
with two. In speaking of the crop
prospects in that part of Oregon, Dr.
Campbells aid: "Wasco will harvest
a No. 1 crop, Sherman will have three
fourths of a crop, Gilliam a little
more than one half and Morrow a little
less than one half."
Corvallis Gets New Sawmill.
Corvallis By the first of October,
Gerlanger & McCready will have a
large sawmill established on the river
site south of town, known as Avery's
flat. In a snappy meeting of the Com
mercial club $1,100 was raised in a
few minutes to offer as a bonus for the
mill. Mr. Gerlinger has been active in
lumber interests in Dallas and Mr. Mc
Cready hails from Blackrock. They
own timber near Corvallis and have
had an extensive mill experience.
Corvallis has needed an additional mill
for some time and this,, enterprise will
be a welcome aid to the local lumber
business.
Mill Creek Work Stops.
The Dalles On account of a break
in the machinery of the big steam
shovel used to load the cars with sand,
which is being hauled up the Mill
creek fill, work has been temporarily
suspended. Up to th); present time
nearly 2,000 carloads, pf sand have
been dumped into the Mill creek basin,
yet the sand does not show above the
surface of-the water, which at the
point where the fill is being made, is
about 15 feet deep.
Club Boosts New Roag.,,
Marshfield The Young Men's Com
mercial club, which has been ' recently
organized, has taken up as the first
work the construction of a good wagon
road to Roseburg so there will be a
better mail service and easier overland
transportation for passengers. It is
believed here that Douglas county peo
ple can be induced to do their part and
that if the two counties work together
they can build a road which will admit
of automobile travel.
Potatoes Delayed in Transit.
Salem R. H. Knox, of Independ
ence, has complained to the State Rail
road commission, under date of June
18, that 20 sacks' of potatoes shipped
from Gaston, Or., June 14, had not ar
rived on the 18th. Potatoes being
perishable at this season, complainant
asks if he can be compelled to accept
the shipment when it arrives.
Over 500 Atterd Horse Show.
Dufur Over 500 people witnessed
the first horse show held in Dufur.
About 100 horses and colts were shown
and the consensus of opinion was that
it was one of the best collections of
horses ever shown in the state. From
the interest taken in this show it is
evident that it will be repeated next
year on a much larger scale.
Portland Men Trustees.
Salem At a meeting of the board of
trustees of Willamette university all
the faculty of the school was retained.
A. B. Nankin, of Portland, resigned as
president and T. S. McDaniel, also of
Portland, was selected to fill that va
cancy. George S. Johnson, of Port
land, was made vice president, to sue
ceed McDaniel.
Albany Fruit Too Heavy.
. Albany Peaches are bo thick on a
tree in the yard of the residence of ex
County Judge C. H. Stewart, at Sixth
and Ferry streets, in this city, that it
was necessary to pick off 1 bushels
of peaches, as small and undeveloped
as they now are, to prevent limbs from
breaking.
HINTS FOR FRUIT SHIPPERS.
Agricultural Department to Show How
to Pack for Shipment. .
Washington Representative Haw
ley ; has received the following letter
from the secretary of agriculture in
response to a recent recommendation
on behalf of the shippers of appleB,
pears, peaches, prunes, grapes and
other fruits grown in Oregon:
"Your esteemed favor of the 10th
instant is at hand, requesting that a
competent man be assigned to Oregon
for the purpose of teaching the people
of that state how to ship various kinds
of, perishable fruits. This department
is carrying on extensive investigations
along this line in different parts of this
country, and it has been our desire for
some time to extend the work in the
extreme Northwest, but up to this
time we have not been able to do so.
G. Harold Powell, who is in charge of
the fruit transportation and storage in
vestigations, is planning to take a trip
to Washington and Oregon" during the
present summer in order to become ac
quainted with the problems of this na
ture that need developing in those
states. It is Mr. Powell's intention to
visit Oregon on this trip.
"It will not be possible to cary on
definite investigations in the North
west during the present summer, but I
can assure you that our investigations
will be extended to that section just as
soon as it can be done."
School Heads to Meet June 28.
Salem The annual convention of
county school superintendents has been
called by J. H. Ackerman, superin
tendent of public instruction, to meet
in his office Monday, June 28. Among
the topics to be considered are school
supervision, how it may be made more
effective ; school libraries, how to use
them; annual institutes most import
ant subject to emphasize for all insti
tutes this year; school sanitation, what
has been done, what should be done ;
school board convention, value of, how
to conduct.
Southern Gilliam All Righ .
Condon Weather conditions the
past few days have been the best for
the grain in the southern end of the
county as there have been frequent
showers and these have helped the
grain to fill up. In the northern part
of the county there has not been any
rain and some of the fields are looking
short and it will hardly pay to cut
them even for hay. A number of the
farmers from Clem north are planning
to cut their crop for hay so they will
have feed for the winter.
North Bend Mill Not Sold
Marshfield The negotiations of the
Nelson Lumber company, of San Fran
cisco, for the purchase of the North
Bend Lumber company have jiot been
closed, it is now officially stcted. The
report that the sale had been made, was
not without foundatiqn, but the nego
tiations which have been pending were
delayed because of the death of Cap
tin Nelson, of San Francisco, the
head of the Nelson Lumber company
recently.
Twelfth Grade Is Added.
Forest Grove By a decisive major
ity the taxpayers of Forest Grove
school district decided to add the 11th
and 12th grades to the curriculum of
the local high school.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.30;
club, $1.20; valley, $1.17.
Corn Whole, $35 per ton; cracked,
$36. . '
Oats No. 1 white, $41 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$17(320 per ton ; Eastern Oregon, $20
& .
Fruits Apples, $12.50 per box;
strawberries, $1.401.75 per crate;
cherries, 38c per pound; gooseber
ries, 4W5c per pound; currants, 9
10c per pound.
Potatoes $11.50 per hundred.
Vegetables Asparagus, 75(390c per
dozen; lettuce, head, 25c; onions, 12
(15c; parsley, 35c; peas. 3(5 6c per
pound; radishts, 15c per dozen; rhu
barb, 3(33)c per pound.
Butter City creamery, extras,
262c; fancy outside creamery, 25(a)
26c per pound; store, 18c. Butter
fat prices average 1 c per pound un
der regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 23
524c per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 12K(5s13c per pound;
springs, 16(5,1 7c; roosters, 8(5 9c;
ducks, young, 14(3;i5c; geepe, young,
ll(f?12c; turkeys, 18c; squabs, $2(3
2.25 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Veal Extras, 8)(5 9c per pound;
ordniarv, 7c; heavy, 6c.
Hops 1909 contracts, 15c per pound ;
1908 crop, 10(5 11c; 1907 crop, 5
5Jic; 1906 crop, 2(52c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(5 23c per
pound; valley, fine, 23c; coar?e, 21 Kc;
mohair, choice, 24(525c.
Cattle Steers, top, $4.50(5,4.60; fair
to good, $4.25(5,4.40; common, $4(3)
4.15; cows, top. $3.75(3)3.85; fair to
good, $3.25(53.50; common to medium,
$2.50(33; calves, top, $5(35.50; heavy,
$3.50(34; bulls and stags, $2,750;.
3.25; common, $2(32.50.
Hogs Best, $858.15: fair to pood,
$7.50(57.75; stockers, $6(36.50; China
fats. $6.75(57.
Sheep Top wethers, $4; fair to
good, $3.50(33.75; ewes, c less on
all grades; yearlings, best, $4.15; fair
to good, $3.75(5,4; epring lambs, $4.75
(55.25.
BALLINGER STARTS WEST.
Will Rid Indian Service of Incbmpe
- tent Agents.
Chicago, June 28. Secretary R. A.
Ballineer. the "big chief" of the De
partment of the Interior, sharpened his
long knife and tomahawk today while
he was in Chicago, to go after the
scalps of a large number of Indian
agents on the reservations in the West.
He spent the greater portion of the
day with Frank Sorenson, superintend
ent of the Indian warehouse, and then
announced that he was getting ready
to rid the Indian agencies of numerous
incompetent hands.
He made no secret of the fact that
he is "heap brave," and is going on
the warpath to burn the red tape of the
department. He laid the foundation
for his campaign in a long conference
with Mr. Sorenson, making detailed
inquiries into the manner of conduct
ing business with agents and inspected
the stock of goods on hand which are
being shipped daily by carloads to the
reservations.
Secretary Ballinger said tonight that
he was going to make radical changes
in the manner of conducting Indian
affairs in the West.
"I am not afraid to cut away the red
tape when I see that it is hampering
the work of the department," said
Mr. Ballinger. "I think the principal
difficulty js t with the incompetent
agents. They are not unscrupulous,
but it takes good business men and
men who understand the manners of
the Indians to deal with them."
Secretary Ballinger left late tonight
for Kansas.
BLOCKS GROWING OF BEETS.
Lack of Railroads Prevents Oregon
From Becoming Sugar State.
Washington, June 28. According to
the United States Department of Agri
culture, lack of transportation facili
ties in Oregon is seriously retarding
the development of the beet sugar in
dustry in that state. Oregon today has
but one beet sugar factory that at
La Grande. Capital has been looking
over the Eastern Oregon field and sev
eral localities have been found where
the growing of sugar beets on a large
scale would prosper if there were ade
quate facilities for getting the beets
to a factory. But the almost utter
lack of railroad transportation is an
obstale too great to be overcome in
most instancces. The department re
port indicates that there is prospect of
the installation of a sugar factory at
Enterprise, though no details are given
and the whole matter is still undecided.
Washington, like Oregon, has but a
single sugar factory at th s time.
That one is at Waverly. There are a
number of places in Eastern Washing
ton, however, where the building of
sugar factories is seriously contemplat
ed, among them North Yakima, Spo
kane and Thorp. The department re
ports that companies have been formed ;
in some cases contracts have been
made with Jhe farmers to grow sugar
beets; considerable capital has been
subscribed; concessions have been
tentatively secured from towns, such
as free building sites, remission of
taxes for a period of years and other
privileges. All these projects are
simply awaiting development or more
opportune conditions.
JAP SEALERS ARE CAUGHT.
Schooner Kenai Maru Taken Within
Three-Mile Limit of Sitka.
Vancouver, B. C, June 28. United
States Marshal Shoup, of Sitka, has
captured the Japanese sealing schooner
Kenai Maru, taking it well within the
three-mile limit of Sitka. Two Japan
ese cruisers were to be at Unalaska
June 9, to patrol Bering sea and pro
tecct Japanese interests off St. Paul
and St. George. The Thetis left Una
laska June 2, for Herschel island and
Point Barrow. Because of the ice she
may not reach Nome before July 1.
The Manning is at St. Paul and St.
George doing patrol duty. The schoon
er Emma, of Unalaska, reached there
June 6, with 400 fox skins seured by
trading. The Russ, together with the
Perry, touched at; Sitka, Yakutat and
Belkofski en route to Unalaska.
Consumption is Blood Disease.
Chicago, June 28. The declaration
of Dr. Robert Lincoln Watkins that
t iberculosis is a disease of the blood
and can be cured and is not infectious
or contagious was combated by several
members of the American Electric
Medical association. "The disease de
velopes inside the body," said Dr.
Watkins. "How will sanitation and
fresh air stamp it out when internal
sanitation is neglected? Fresh air is
all right, but people are still dying
from tuberculosis and having plenty of
fresh air."
War on Heney to Start.
San Francisco, June 28 Stanley
Moore, of counsel for Patrick Calhoun,
whoso trial on a charge of offering a
bribe to a supervisor resulted last Sun
day in a disagreement of the jury, ap
peared in Judge Lawlor's court Satur
day and arnounced that today he would
file a motion in an effort to impeach
Assistant D strict Attorney Francis J.
Heney. He also stated that he would
file another motion alleging that Judge
Lawlor was biased and prejudiced.
B'fr Metal Strike Likely.
Youngstown.O, June 28. The execu
tive committee of the Amalgamated
associatoin of Iron, Steel & Tinplate
workers today refused the demand of
the Republic Iron & Steel company for
an open shop. If the company remains
firm the result is said to be that 5,000
men will walk out.
BIDS CALLED FOR
ON NATRON ROAD
Harriman to Build 60 Miles of Ntw
Line at Once.
Oregon Eastern When Completed Will
Be Main Line of Souihern Pac fic
Start From Both Ends and Bal
ance of Line Will Ba Finished In
Near Future.
Portland, June 26. Bids for the con
struction of 59.48 miles of the Oregon
Eastern railroad, projected from Na
tron to Klamath Falls, will be received
in the Southern Pacific offices at San
Francisco during the next two weeks.
Of that mileage, 34.24 miles will be
constructed southeasterly from Natron,
while the remaining 25.24 miles will
be built in a northwesterly direction
from Klamath Falls.
Bids for the construction of the Kla
math Falls end of the extension must
be submitted on or before June 30.
Contractors, however, are allowed until.
July 10 to submit proposals for build
ing the 34 miles of the track from Na
tron, the present northern terminus of
the projected road. Local Harriman
officials will make no estimate of the
probable cost of building the two sec
tions of this railroad, but it is believed
the improvement will involve an ex
penditure of approximately $2,225,000.
The two extensions, aggregating
about 60 miles, for which bids have
been asked, cover about one-third of
the length of the proposed road, which,
according to the approved survey, will
be 198.6 miles in length from Klamath.
Falls to Natron.
The action of Harriman in calling
for bids for extending this road by be
ginning work simultaneously at Na
tron and Klamath Falls is accepted as
conclusive evidence of his determina
tion to complete its construction. It
is figured that to build the 60 .miles of
track for which bids have been invited
will practically exhaust the appropria
tion that has been made for this road
for the ensuing year. For that reason
additional appropriations for further
extensions are looked for next year.
There can be no question of the ulti
mate purpose of Harriman to complete
this road between Natron and Klamath
Fails. Completion of the extensions
for which proposals have been asked
cannot in themselves add materially to
the value of the property. By extend
ing the road 25 miles northerly from.
Klamath Falls, the northern terminus
of the southern extension would reach
only into the heart of Klamath county.
The conduction of an additional 35
miles southerly from Natron would
terminate the road from this end in a
mountainous and sparsly settled dis
trict. For these reasons it is patent from a
practical business consideration that,
the Harriman interests will complete
the road as soon as possible and place
the investment on a revenue-earning
basis. The primary purpose in project
ing thiB road was to provide for the
Southern Pacific a better grade for
crossing the state and thereby avo'd
the more difficult passage now followed
over the Siskiyou mountains. When
completed, the Oregon Eastern un
doubtedly will become the main line for
the Southern Pacific between Portland
and San Francisco.
AID DESTITUTE LABORERS.
Plantation Hands Nnw in Bay City to
Be Returned to BayCity.
Honolulu, June 25. The territorial
board of immigration has decided to
bring back here 200 Spaniards and
Porto Ricana stranded in San Francis
co, and reported to be destitute. It is
understood that this is being done at
the request of the deppartment of com
merce and labor at Washington.
The stranded laborers were imported
here about a year ago from Europe and
Porto Rico to work on the sugar plan
tations in the islands. Becoming dis
satisfied they left the islands and went
to San Francisco, where they charged
that they were brought to Hawaii un
der false promisej.
May Take Clea Title.
Washington, June 26. Under sn or
der just issued by Secretary Ballinger
settlers on all government irrigation
nrojects may make full payment for
t eir water rights as Boon as they fully
omply with the requirements of the
law as to residence, cultivation and ir
rigation. Heretofore final payment
for building charges could not be made
until five years after water was turrit d
on. This makes it easier for settlers
with money to get absolute title to the
land, especially settlers who went on
the land before water was ready.
Welcomes Jap Cruisers.
Honolulu, June 26. The training
Fquadron of Admiral Ijichi, composed
of the cruisers Aso and Soya, arrived
here today. Hundreds of Japanese
assembled at the waterfront and gave
the vessels an enthusiastic reception.
Governor Fear entertained Admiral
Ijichi at dinner tonight and the men
of the Japanese fleet were given shore
liberties during the day and evening.
The squadron will remain in the harbor
for a week.
Japs Bound to- South America
Honolulu, June 6. The Japanese
liner" Hongkong arrived today from
Yokohama en route to South America
with 700 steer agn passengers, mostly
Japanese, aboard. They are all bound
for South American porta.