Heppner gazette., August 19, 1909, Image 2

Heppner Gazette
Ued Thursday of tack Week
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.
All records for attendance are being
broken at the Seattle fair.
Moorish tribesmen make almost con
stant attacks on the Spanish forts.
The uncertainty of the wheat market
will cause storage of much of the Cali
fornia crop.
There is serious difference between
Great Britain and her colonies on the
naval policy.
The Rock Island railroad has placed
an order for 5,000 freight cars and 50
locomotives.
The powers will send a fleet to Crete
to force the removal of the Greek flag
and prevent a Turkish attack.
A storm in Chicago caused three
deaths by drowning and a number of
injuries. The property loss ia heavy.
An explosion on a Russian submarine
boat caused injury to 14 men, one fa
tally. The vessel was American built.
Millionaire Bradbury, of San Rafael,
Cal., sentenced to serve a term in the
penitentiary for perjury, has received
a reprieve, bput will have to serve 30
days in the county jail.
The shah of Persia is married. He
js 11 years old.
There are rumblings of a revolution
in Northern Mexico.
A hot wave in London has been the
cause of many deaths.
Wholesale executions and fighing
have been renewed at Barcelona.
Thaw has been given a few days'
respite before returning to the insane
asylum.
Almost the entire town of Milton.,
Del., has been destroyed by fire. The
loss will reach $100,000.
Johnson Porter says there is room
along the Deschutes for two railroads,
each having double tracks.
Greece will ask the advice of the
powers before answering the last note
of Turkey on the Crete affair.
Mrs. Parkhurst, the English suffrag
ette leader, will soon visit the United
States and deliver a sreies of lectures.
Rioting has occurred at Stockholm,
Sweden, in connection with the strike.
Dynamite has been used to blow up
street cars.
Willian K. Payne., son of the house
leader, has been appointed deputy assis
tant attorney general at a salary of
$5,000 a year.
Minster Wu, of China, has been re
called. The earnings of the Northern Pacific
show an increase of $250,000 over last
year.
An Evanston, 111., tailor has had a
diamond set in the nail of his little
finger.
A New York girl is the first Ameri
can woman to own her own balloon for
use as a pleasure.
Porter Brothers are further causing
Harriman contractors trouble in the
Deschutes by hiring their men.
In a battle between dock laborers
and police at Fort William, OnL, 24
men were injured, three fatally.
The court has decided that Thaw is
still insane and must be returned to
the asylum. An appeal will be taken.
Fifteen people were more or less ser
iously injured by an electric car run
ning off a bridge at Vancouver, B. C.
China has sent a note to Japan in
which the mikado's policy regarding
the railroad rights is called unjustified
aggression.
Richard Carlin, who confesses to
having been a burglar for seven years,
has told the New York police that there
is no profit in the business.
Colonel Albert A. Pope, the automo
bile manufacturers, is dead.
The town of Monticello, N. Y., has
been almost completely destroyed by
fire.
Taf t has cut Madison, Wis., from his
itinerary in order to avoid meeting La
Folletet.
Officers and men of the cruiser St.
Louis are suspected of smuggling goods
from Samoa.
Six chialdren are dead at Reading,
Pa., because they were attended only
by witch doctors.
The famous Kiel canal of Germany
has been temporarily blocked by the
sinking of a steamer.
A French aeronaut has crossed the
Alps in a balloon. The highest altitude
attained was 18,373 feet.
Samuel R. Van Sant will probably
be elected commander-in-chief of the
G. A. R. and Atlantic City selected as
the next meeting place.
English cablegrams say that Ameri
can iron and steel manufacturers have
placed lagre orders for the immediate
shipment of fireclay brick for the erec
tion of many additional blast furnaces.
HILL BACKS ROAD.
Construction of Oregon Trunk Up the
Deschutes to Be Rushed.
Portland, Aug. 17.Uncertainty as
to the actual force behind the Oregon
Trunk was removed when John F.
Stevens made the announcement that
he had acquired a Controlling interest
in the project, which, in its execution,
is to be financed by 3. J. Hill, person
ally. The acquisition of this property
by Mr. Stevens and his associates ana
the identification of Mr. Hill with it
are of major importance to the railroad
situation in this Btate. It is regarded
as the initial step by Hill in his ln
of Central Oregon and the
eventual building of a railroad to San
Franciscoo. Subsequent developments
resulting from Hill's invasion of Ore
gon are expected materially to alter
the railroad map of the state.
"On being asked several days ago if
T had anv interest in the Oregon Trunk
or if I represented any railroads that
were interested, I said no, ana tne
latter statement still holds good," said
Mr. Stevens.
"Since then, however. I have ac
quired a controlling interest in the
nrm'ect. have all necessary financial ar
rangements completed, and the road
will be built as fast as it can De reas
onably done with men and money.
The matter is a personal one, and I
have no objection to saying that J. J.
Hill, as an individual, is financially in
terestd to any extent necessary to car
ry the road through to successful com
pletion.
"Plans in detail are not fully devel
oped, but will become apparent from
time to time, as conditions may seem
to reauire. It mav be said, however,
that the Oregon Trunk proposes to
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provide as quicKiy as pracucaDie a
northern outlet for Central Oregon, re
gardless of the designs of any other
transportation company."
Having made this announcement,
Mr. Stevens refused to budge an inch.
FIGHT TO BE KEPT UP.
Ballinger and Pinchot to Meet Again
in Denver.
Denver, Aug. 17. Every subject
that in any way can be connected with
the commercial, industrial and agricul
tural growth of the West, from the
Panama canal to scientific dry farm
ing, will be discussed in Denver this
week at sessions of the 12th annual
convention of the Trans-Mississippi
Commercial congress.
Between 5,000 and 7,000 delegates
are expected. The congress began its
sessions yesterday, although the real
work will not be taken up until today.
One of the features of the congress
probably will be the renewal of the
struggle between Secretary of tne in
terior Ballinerer and Chief forester
Pinchot, begun publicly at Spokane
last week. These two men ana euu
delegates from the National Irrigation
congress at Spokane are expected to
day. Among the multitude of subjects to
he discussed are railroads and trans
portation; commercial problems, closer
relations with southern repuDiics, wun
special reference to the Panama canal ;
national defense, with special refer
pne to the Pacific coast and Hawaii,
which will send delegates; conserva
tion of national resources, irrigation
and reclamation; good roads; beet and
cane sucar industry : reform of the
consular service: drainage of sub
merged lands, and separate statehood
for Arizona and New Mexico.
Anion? the accredited delegates will
be five women, two from Denver, two
from Arizona and one Irom xexas.
The government will take advantage
of the congress to give illustrated lec
tures every night explaining what Fed
eral authorities are doing in the way
of public works, including the Panama
canal.
Rival to Be Built.
Victoria, B. C. Aug. 17. There was
much military activity both in Japan
and Manchuria when the Empress of
India left Japan, in consequence of
Japan's determination to rebuild the
Antung-Mukden railroad. Meanwhile,
a further cause of trouble has devel
oped in consequence of China having
determined to build a rival line through
Manchuria to connect Corea via Chien-
tao, the island in the Tumen regarding
whose ownership China and Japan are
still involved, with Kilin, on the Chin
ese section of the Manchurian railroad.
Suit to Oust Book Trust.
Newport, Ark., Aug. 16. Suit has
been filed in the Jackson Circuit court
by R. E. Jeffrey, prosecuting attorney,
and Hal L. Norwood, attorney general
of Arkansas, against the American
Book company. The state asks the
exacting of fines amounting to $2,000,-
000 and the ousting of the defendant
company. It is alleged in the suit that
the American Book company, as pub
lisher and distributor of school booko,
maps, etc., is party to a pool or trust.
Concrete Building Falls. t
Winnipeg, Aug. 17. A concrete
apartment block known as the Brodal-
ben, being erected here, collapsed Sat
urday evening. Heavy rains had
moistened the concrete bo that the steel
girders gave way. Four mer. were in
side at the time inspecting the work
and were crushed, two so severely they
were taken to a hospital in a dying
condition.
Strikers Resume Work.
Fort William, Ont., Aug. 17. The
striking dock laborers of the Canadian
Pacific railway will return to work to
morrow. A mass meeting of the strik
ers and their friends, numbering 5,000
was addressed today by Mayor Peltier,
who urged the . men to return to work
and submit their grievances to a board
of arbitration.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE
SUMMER SCHOOL SUCCESS.
Session at University of Oregon
Comes to Close.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
fifth annual session of the University
of Oregon summer school, has just
closed, and waB the most Buccessiui oi
any yet held at Eugene. The enroll
ment reached Dractically 100 students.
The students also were more represen
tative, coming from nearly all parts oi
the state and including in addition to
regular and prospective university
students, many high school and upper
grade principals and teachers. A series
of daily lectures by Superintendents
Ackerman, Stockton, Yoder and Cooper
proved an attractive feature.
Plans for the next summer session
ar already being adoDted and it is ex
pected that the enrollment at that time
will easily reach 200 students, a
number of new courses, including
chemistry, English composition and
music are to be given. All of tne in
structors and lecturers of the past ses
sion will be here aagin and in addition
to these the university hopes to secure
Professor Murray, of Columbia univer
sity ; Professor Bagley, author of the
tests on methods, and Superintendent
Trover of Monmouth.
Both the men's and women s dormi
tories are to be thrown open to summer
schol students and board and room will
be given at the lowest possible cost.
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 Mondav. 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, wnat
has heen done, what should be done :
school board convention, value of, how
to conduct.
New School House at Agency.
Klamath Falls Work is to be begun
at once on the large new school build
ing at the Klamath agency. It will be
remembered that last spring fire de
stroyed the main buliding used for ed
ucational purposes on the Klamatn res
ervation. The contract for the new
building has been awarded to W. B.
Lovell, of Minneapolis, Minn. The
building will be commodious and will
be modern throughout. It will be of
sufficient size to accommodate all fu
ture demands.
Dredge Is to Be Kept.
Marshfield The members of the
Coos Bay port commission held a meet
ing and decided to guarantee $50,00
for the maintenance of the government
dredge Oregon, which is now at work
in Coos Bay. This will be sufficient
money to keep the dredge in operation
until some time next summer and
means that the work of improving the
inner harbor will be constantly going
on and that the dredge will remain
here.
Electric Line for Baker.
Salem Declaring to have for its ob
ject the construction of electric lines
in the vicinity of Baker City, the
Baker Interurban Railway company has
filed anrticles of incorporation with
the secretary of state. The new en
terprise will have a capital stock of
$50,000. It is set forth in the papers
filed that electric roads would be bu It
from Baker City joining all the smaller
towns with an up to date electric rapid
transit system with the larger city.
Grand Ronde Crop a Big One.
Union That the grain crop in the
Grand Ronde valley will be a bumper
is evidenced by the fact that two car
loads of grain bags have been received
here to take care of the crop. Anoth
er car wa? divided between La Grande,
North Powder and Union. The latter
car was purchased by the farmers'
union. It is said several cars were pur
chased by the farmers' union and dis
tributed from La Grande to the various
points throughout the valley.
Surveyors Nearing Coos.
Marshfield It is announced here
that a surveying party iB nearing Coos
bay, having run a line for a proposed
electric route from Okaland, Douglas
county. The local corporation which
is promoting a road from Coos bay to
Boise has surveyors in the field and ex
pects to complete the preliminary sur
vey to Roseburg before rainy weather
begins. Local people are hopeful that
at least one of the roads will material
ize soon.
Clatskanie Sawmill Burns.
Clatskanie The Kratz & Anderson
shingle mill at Hazel Grove, one and a
half miles from here, was burned to
the ground while the manager and crew
were attending the Clats':anie celebra
tion. A spark from the sawdust pile,
which was supposed to be safely out, is
thought to have caused the damage.
The mill was constructed only last
winter and gave employment to a crew
of ten men.
Lumber Company Complains.
Salem The Bridal Veil Lumber com
pany has complained to the state rail
road commission that the rates on lum
ber on the Mount Hood railroad are too
high. The Bridal Veil Lumber com
pany also claims that the Oregon Lum
ber company is owned by the railroad
and that this company gets a much
lower rate than, other shippers.
STATE OF OREGON
STATION FOR BEND.
Government to Gather Data on Water
Resources of Interior.
Bend A climatological station is
about to be established at Bend, ac
cording to R. B. Post, of the United
States Geological survey, who has done
extensive work in this region during
the last ten months, gathering statis
tics concerning Central Oregon water
resources for a forthcoming govern
ment report. The purpose of the sta
tion is to record the temperatures,
precipatation, evaporation, etc., of the
region, considerable inquiry along such
lines having been made of late at the
Portland office, and no information be
ing obtainable. Once established,; the
station will be under the jurisdiction
of the weather bureau.
The purpose of Mr. Post's work is
the publication of an official report
concerning the water resources of this
part of the state, with particular ref
erence to tabulating authentic data rel
ative to existing and contemplated ir
rigation schemes, a field of inquiry in
which little has hitherto been done.
Practically all the statistics necessary
for the report have been collected, and
the actual drawing up will be immedi
ately undertaken, with the probability
of completion within three months.
Te secure the desired information the
government has maintained over 40
stations on the various streams.
Purchase Big Sheep Range.
Wallowa Charles G. Holmes and
George S. Craig have entered into
partnership and will go into the sheep
business extensively. They havfl pur
chased the'Knapp & Jennings range on
the Snake river and have bought 3,000
coarse wool lambs to stock it. Henry
Fletcher, who was in partnership with
E. B. Knapp, has sold ogt the last of
his holdings when he disposed of 3,000
ewes and lambs to E. R. Bowlby and
William Hanson. Knapp has already
sold his two bands, in which Fletcher
had an interest, to Fred Falconer.
Apples for Mail Carriers.
Hood River Hood River will have
the honor of furnishing her apples at
the National Mail Carriers' convention
that convenes in St. Paul the latter
part of August. At the banqiet to be
held, one of the beautiful Hood River
booklets will be placed at the plate of
each guest, about 400 in number, and
the famous Gravensteins, from the or
chard of Hon. J. L. Carter, will be
served in a style illustrative of Hood
River hospitality.
Wallowa Yields Heavy.
Enterprise Harvest is about to be
gin on the largest grain crops ever
raised in Wallowa county, by far the
largest in acreage and equal to any
previous year in yield per acre. Condi
tions, both weather and soil, have been
unusually favorable ever since the fall
wheat was sown, and the advent of the
railroad encouraged a larger planting
than was ever known before.
Land at SIOO Per Acre.
Wallowa W. W. Willett has sold
his 80-acre farm just across the river
west of Lostine to a Mr. Taylor of Eu
gene for $8,000.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, 95c; club, 90c;
red Russian, 88c; valley, 9194c;
Turkevred. 90c: 40-fold. 90(391c.
Barley Feed, $26 ; brewing, $27 pet
ton.
Oats $2828.50 per ton.
Hav Timothy. Willamette valley,
$1216 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17
318: mixed. S15.50ral6.50; alfalfa,
$13.50; clover, $11(313; cheat, $13
14.50.
Grain Bags 5c each.
Butter City creamery, extras,
31c; fancy outside creamery, 25(a)
31 isle Der nound: store. 21 (322c. But
ter fat prices average lc per pound
under regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 26
r5)27c Der dozen.
Poultry Hens, 15c per pound;
springs, 16c; roosters, 9(3 10c; duckB,
young, 12K(3,13e;. geese, young, 10(?g
11c; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $1.75(0,2
per dozen.
Pork Fancy, ll(3Hcper pound.
Voal Extra. 9 3(310c vr pound.
Fruits Apples, new, $1 (ft 2. 25 per
box; pears, $1(3,1.75; peaches, 50c(3;
1.25 per crate; cantaloupes, $2fr2.50;
plums, 35c(q$l per box; watermelons,
lJiflKc per pound; blackberries,
$1.50 per crate.
Potatoes 75c(3$l per sack; sweet
potatoes, 3?.j'(34c per pound.
Onions $1.25(31.50 per sack.
' Vegetables Beans, 4(? 5c, per pound ;
cabbage, ltiU)c; cauliflower, 60cfo)
$1.25 per dozen; celery, 75385c: cu
cumbers, 15(ft20c; onions, 12J(315c;
peaa, 7c per pound; radishes, 15c per
dozen; tomatoes, 75c(3$1.50 per box.
Hops 1909 contracts, 21c per
pound; 1908 crop, 1415c; 1907 crop,
11c; 1906 crop, 8c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(S23c per
pound; valley, 23(325c; mohair, choice,
24tf25e.
Cattle Steers, top, $4.50; fair to
good, $4(??4.25; common, $3.75(34;
cows, top, $3.50; fair to good, $33
3.25; common to medium, $2.50(3 2.75;
calves, top, $ 5(3 5.50; heavy, $3.50(0:
4; bulls and stags, $2.75(33.25.
Sheep Top wethers, $4(34.25; fair
to good, $3.5033.75; ewes, He less on
all grades; yearlings, best, $4; fair to
good, $3.50(3,3.75; spring lambs, $5.25
(35.50.
Hogs Best, $8 75; fair to good, $8
(38.50; stockers, $67; China fatf,
$6.757.
CANKER ATTACKS TREES.
Orchardists Find It Most Trouble
some Pest in Northwest.
Black snot canker is one of the most
troublesome fruit pests of the North
west and one which fruit growers must
understand and be able to recognize if
they expect to make headway against it.
During the fall the spores or "seeds"
are lodged onthe apples, being distrib
uted by the wind or other agencies.
Later, when the appleB are stored in
cellars where there is an abundance of
moisture "sweating" occurs, a condi
tion very favorable for the germination
of spores.
Black spot canker is responsible lor
the great part of fruit rotting that
occurs. The most effective treatment
is a thorough spraying with bordeaux
mixture in November, when the Bpores
or seeds are floating in the orchard.
Because the fungus gives such Blight
evidence of its presence in the bark in
the fall, and because bo apparent in the
spring, many orchardists make the mis
take of attempting to combat it in tne
spring after it has already gotten in
the bark. Such treatment is ineffect
ual, however. The spore must be
killed before it has germinated.
DEPOSIT TO BE MINED.
Nehalem "Beeswax" Has Been Found
to Be Ozocerite.
That the product found in the sand at
the mouth of the Nehalem river, pop
ularly believed to be beeswax from a
wrecked Spanish galleon, is valuable
substance known to chemistry as ozo
cerite, was the statement made by J.
J. Walter, president of the Necarney
City Hyrdocarbon Oil company, a cor
poration organized to exploit the pro
duct. For years visitors to that coast
have picked up the wax-like lumps that
have Btrewn the beach there. The
general opinion has prevailed that it
was beeswax brought from Manila for
one of the Spanish settlements in Cali
fornia and that the ship was wrecked
there. The discovery was made as
early as 1813 by the Indians.
Kit Carson, the famous scout, now
employed as an assayer by the govern
ment, visited the place and announced
that the supposed beeswax was none
other than ozcerite, a product of hydro
carbon oil, found only in South Amer
ica and in small quantities in Northern
Europe.
ALL NATIONS INVITED.
Official Call Is Issued for Fourth Dry
Farming Congress.
Billings, Mont. Secretary John T,
Burns has issued the official call for the
fourth annual session of the Dry Farm
ing congress, to be held at Billings,
Mont., October 26-27-28, 1909. The
call is addressed to the president of the
United States, the diplomatic repre
sentatives of foreign nations, ministers
and secretaries of agriculture of all
countries, governors of states, presi
dents of agricultural colleges, state
land boards, state engineers, state
boards of agriculture, national, state
and county agricultural associations,
or grange lodges, livestock associa
tions, horticultural societies, county
commissioners, mayors of cities, presi
dents of towns, all commercial bodies,
railroad and immigration companies
and members of the Dry Farming con
gress. In addition to these the call is
sent to about 30,000 individual farm
ers and others interested in agriculture
in the West.
Big Washington Project.
Kennewick That preliminary plans
have been made for a big irrigation
project, which will water thousands of
acres of sagebrush land in Grant
county are under way, is the informa
tion given out by J. M. Spencer of
Plains, Mont. Mr. Spencer, who has
large land interests in the Crab creek
country, says that the farmers in that
section have begun active preparations
to place 550,000 acres under irrigation
by means of a pipe line to be built
from the Columbia river to the Crab
creek valley in Grant county.
It will cost $5,000,000 to complete
this gigantic undertaking, which will
be one of the longest gravity systems
in the world. The pipe line'will run
more than 100 miles before it reaches
the nearest land to be watered and the
farthest point will be the Columbia
river, on the northern boundary of
Benton county.
Central Oregon Settling Up.
Burns Notwithstanding heavy im
migration and settlement the past few
years, there are yet in Harney county
over 3,000,000 acres of government
land subject to entry, including timber,
grazing, mineral and agricultural
land, a greater area than the entire
state of New Jersey, and two-thirds
the area of the whole cf Massachusetts.
Up to a short time ago, this vast
domain was devoted entirely to stock
raising, immense herds of cattle, sheep
and horses feeding over the illimitable
ranges during the greater part of the
year, while large quantities of hay
have been cut for their winter use.
This has been changed. The past
few seasons, have brought hundreds of
industrious settlers who are opening up
farms and meeting with the most en
couraging success in agriculture.
Sea ci 'or Lost Steamer.
Capetown, Cape Colony, Africa, Aug.
11. The governr eit has ordered a
search alor g the eiist African coast with
thp hir that some survivors from the
steamer Waratah, now missing over
t o weeks, may be saved. On board
tl e steamer were 300 passengers," half
of whom were women and children. A
few hojrs before the Waratah was due
to reach this harbor a terrible gale
swept this coast, and it is believed the
vessel foundered.
PINCHOT S WORK
IS GIVEN PRAISE
Irrigation Congress finishes Wcrk at
Spokane Meeting.
New Officers Are Elected and Pueblo
Selected for Next Convention
Resolutions Commend Forestry
and Reclamation Bureaus and Ask
for $10,000,000 for Irrigation
Spokane, Aug. 14. With the elec
tion of officers, the selection of Pueblo,
Col., as the next meeting place, the
passage of resolutions commending
both the efforts of Pinchot and Newell
in the forestry and reclamation bureaus,
asking a $10,000,000 irrigation fund
from congress and commending the
Mississippi deep waterway, the 17th
National Irrigation congress came to a
practical adjournment yesterday.
The following officers in addition to
the election of B. A. Fowler, of
Phoenix, Ariz., president, and Arthur
Hooker, of Spokane, secretary, were
elected unanimously:
First vice president, Ralph Twitch
ell, of New A'eixco; second vice presi
dent, R. W. Yiung, of Utah; third
vice president, L. N. Newman, of
Montana; fourth vice president, W. F.
Fleming, of New Mexico; fifth vice
president, E. J. Watson, of South
Carolina.
An annual appropriation of $10,000,
000 for a period of five years to aid in
irrigation work is asked of congress in
resolutions by the National Irrigation
congress. This is perhaps the most
important recommendation in the reso
lutions adopted, of which the following
is a synopsis:
That homesteaders under a govern
ment project shall not be required to
establish a residence before the gov
ernment is prepared to furnish then
with water.
That the government take measures
to drain swamp lands in aid of land re
clamation and of public health. .
That tl.e Irrigation congress aid,
with other conservation organizations,
to bring about waterway improve
ments, reforestation, drainage and
other like projects.
That there be brought about surveys
and estimates of reclamation of sub
merged lands where the work is inter
national in character. (This refers to
Northern Idaho more specifically.)
That the reclamation act be ex
tended to Hawaii.
That the states pass laws regulating
cutting of public and private timber.
That there should be no political
lines with reference to the use of water
for irrigation.
That the Mississippi deep waterway
be developed.
The committee turned down the res
olution asking a $5,000,000,000 bond
issue, after a debate in which some of
the Washington delegation upheld the
measure.
HOLD UP BANK.
Oregon Boys Secure ST, OOO But Are
Soon Captured.
San Francisco, Aug. 14. Two Ore
gon youths, neither one much over 18
years of age, walked into the Valley
bank of Santa Clara shortly after 10
o'clock yesterday morning, and lining
up the three clerks at the muzzles of
revolvers, pushed one of the men for
ward and told him to place $7,000 in a
bag and give it to them."
"And be quick about it, too," said
One of the hold-ups, "and if it is shy
I'll blow the top of your head off."
While the clerk was obeying the
youths, the others had a good chance
to study their faces, as neither of the
amateurish desperadoes was masked.
Cashier Birge placed the required sum
in a Bark and gave it to the two invad
ers, who at once left the bank, went a
half a block, and jumped into a wait
ing automobile. There one of the men
placed a revolver at the chafFeur's
head and commanded him to "let her
out for all she's worth." The chafTeur
complied and the heavy car disappeared
in a cloud of dust.
Some miles out of town, however, the
machine broke down or the driver dis
abled it and the robbers took to the
fields. Their direction was ascertained
and shortly afterwards they were over
taken by Sheriff Langford and Deputy
Sheriff F. Lowell on the banks of
Moody creek.
Sheriff Langford ma :le every effort
to discover the identity of the prison
ers, but beyond saying they were from
Oregon they would tell nothing of their
history.
Organize Against Middleman.
Colusa, Cal., Aug. 14. The farmer
of the Sacramento valley, particularly
on the west side of the Sacramento
river, are preparing to organize an as
sociation to "protect the growers from
giving half their profits to the middle
man." After thoroughly organizing it
is the purpose of the farmers to co-operate
and break the system of Belling
goods through the commission agencies.
One meeting has already been held,
and the farmers are enthusiastic.
S500 Coin For SIO Fine.
San Francisco, Aug. 14. A gold
piece, valued by collectors at $600, was
paid into the police court today for a
$10 fine, and is said to be one of six
freak pieces coined in 1847 from which
the words, "In God .We Trust" were
omitted by accident. These six coins
escaped into circulation before the stop
order was received and they are now
eagerly sought by collectors. It is not
known who paid the $10 piece.