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HEPPNER OREGON
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to buildings nearbv.
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historical
and Commercial Importance.
Eureka, Cal., Wrought Up Over Out
rage at Night.
Eureka, Cal., Oct. 2t. The town is
worked up over the throwing of a bomb
at an early hour this morning. The
Tsuchiya Brothers, Japanese, opened a
store in this city a few days ago and at
2 :45 this morning someone exploded a
bomb in the entrance of the store. The
explosion demolished the store front
and broke windows in a number of
The report was
Two members of the Cuban cabinet
may fight a duel.
Oklahoma has commenced
against three trusts.
Bomb throwing and other disturb
ances continue in Spain.
President Taft delivered addresses
at Houston and Dallas, Tex.
The czar of Russia was welcomed
in Italy with great enthusiasm.
Wilbur Wright is teaching army
officers in the use of the Wright aero- county in 1887
plane
Moros in the Philippines are success
ful in smuggling modern rifles into the
islands.
A magnetic storm on the Atlantic
seriously crippled the cable service
across the ocean.
The Portola festival ended at San
heard for miles and people were in
great fear until they learned the cause.
Tne owners of the store were sleep
ing in the rear and when the explosion
occurred one of them ran to the front
and seeing the damage and fearing
bodily harm, started to run. Two po-
suits licemen, thinking he was the bomb
thrower, started in pursuit, firing their
revolvers as they ran. The Japanese
stopped when the shooting began and
no harm was done. There is no clew
to who fired the bomb, and no evidence
is at hand to incriminate anyone.
The store had been in operation here
but three days, and is the first Oriental
store to be established here since the
exclusion of Chinese from Homboldt
It is believed someone
opposed to the invasion of the business
field by Japanese fired the bomb.
JUSTICE PECKHAM PASSES.
United States Supreme Court Loses
Eminent Member.
Albanv. N. Y.. Oct. 9fi Rnfna W
Francisco with a parade of floats and a ptL.m u tt-.-j
dance on the streets. u wa .m
supreme court, died at his summer
MEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL fNTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
SENATORS TO VIEW LANDS.
Irrigation Committee Will Make Visit
to Klamath Falls.
Klamath Fulls The Klamath Falls
chamber of commerce, has received
otter trom senator (Jliambcrbun stat-
mg that the senate committee on irri
gation, ot which Senator Carter, of
Montana, is chairman, and Senator
Chamberlain is a member, is scheduled
to reach Klamath Falls on November
and that the committee will spem
the day iu the city to study conditions
surrounding tho Klamath reclamation
project.
Senator Chamberlain says his wish is
that the settlers and fanners who own
tnd under the Klamath project should
be on hand to meet the committee and
discuss the various phases of the sub
joct. borne legislation looking towarc
tne lessening ot the miruen ot repay
ment bv tho water-users during tho lirst
years of application of water to their
lands is desired.
DIKE WORK PROGRESSES.
Columbia
Officers of a Nashville, Tenn., bank
have been arrested for taking deposits
when the institution was insolvent.
The national convention of the W.
C. T. U. at Omaha has declared for
local option as a step toward prohibi
tion. The Copper River railroad in Alaska
has 82 miles of the 200 completed.
More than 3,000 men are at work on
the line.
ice trust is on trial
The New York
for its life.
Guatemala is still accused of aiding
Nicaragua rebels.
San Francisco is almost joy mad over
the Fortola festival.
Oklahoma bankers think
guarantee law is a failure.
The entire Spanish cabinet has re
signed and Liberals fill
places.
Marjorie Gould scorns all foreign
suitors, and says an American will do
for her.
The Municipal association of Portland
insists that moral conditions there are
worse than ever.
The government has dropped the land
irauil prosecution against Dr. E. B.
I'errin, of California.
home at Altamount at 8:15 Sunday
night.
Death was due to a complication of
diseases heart trouble, Bright's dis
ease, and hardening of the arteries con
tributing.
Justice Peckham had been in ill
health for some time, but his condition
was not considered serious until recent
ly. Following adjournment of the May
term of the United States Supreme
court, he came on from Washington
with Mrs. Peckham to spend the sum
mer at Altamount, expecting to return
for the beginning of the October term.
A few days ago his conndition be
came such that his physicians said he
the bank was likely to die at any time, or might
linger for several months. Up to a
few days ago Justice Peckham exhibit-
most of the ed considerable strength and was able
to be about the house. The circulatory
disturbance, which contributed to his
death, was first noticed about six years
ago-
justice recKnam was appointed in
1896 and was the last of Cleveland's
selections.
Overflow Lands on Lower
Are Recovered.
Astoria The Columbia Agricultural
company, an organization composed ot
storiu and Portland capitalists, is
making fairlv good progress in the
work of reclaiming about 12,000 acres
of tidelands along the Columbia river,
ist of Clatskanie. The company's
small dredge has been at work for sev
eral weeks, and the large one, which
has been employed on the Cowlitz river,
is about ready to begin operations on
the lower Columbia.
While dikes sufficient to reclaim only
a small tract have been completed, the
base for quite a stretch has been thrown
up by the small dredge, 'and it will be
finished by the larger machine. The
tracts reclaimed will probably be util
ized as dairy lands.
CROOK DESERT CONQUERED,
Homes of
NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION
Settlers Dot Uplands and
Work of Plowing Begins.
Bond llonieseokers returning from
the "high desert" southeast of Bend
report that upon what was a mouth ago
untouched range country has blossomed
forth the nucleus of n community. In
a valley some CO miles from 15eud,
named Ireland valley, from its first
settler, a Corvallis man, who camo over
tho mountains a mouth ago, three
houses have already been built, and a
dozen settlers are cam tied unon their
claims, digging wells and hauling in the trie current that the establishment of
iu.uui-r mr tneir new Homes. the clinic is cue
iietwooii this valley and Bend many "I have not invented a cure for con-
ci.unis nave recently been taken un. inmnimn " a; n- n v-off k i
ni i,n i i a, uumbpr have improved the methods of applica
mid t T tiTI TV0 r,?.rom th0 tionof the electric currents of high po
midst of the sagebrush, and n one in- tont!nl;, DnH ,-i ;if 'tu.
Clinic for Treatment to Be Opened in
New York City
ttew York, Oct. 25. A clinic for
the cure of tuberculosis by electric cur
rents of high potentiality and high
"frequency" is to be opened within a
few days at the Throat and Lung hos
pital in East Twenty-seventh street.
It is the first clinic of the kind and ac
cording to Dr. Frederick de Kraft, of
148 Seventieth street, who will be in
charge of it, may result in revolution
inzing treatment for tuberculosis, if
not establish a positive cure for it.
It is largely to Dr. De Kraft's sue
cess in the treatment of consumption
with what is known as the Oudin elec-
staneo at least fields have been cleared
of the brush and put under the plow.
Since tho new 320-acro dry-farming
homestead law was made applicable to
the 300,000 or 400,000 acres of this roll
ing sagebrush plain, a rush of home
seekers has eagerly grasped this last
gioac cnaneo to get tree srovernment
tentiality and frequency and with oth
ers have established that consumptives,
even when in the advanced stages of
the disease, can be cured by electricity.
"There are possibilities in the use of
the Oudin, D'Arsonval and Tesla cur
rents that may stir the w -rid. Just
what these nnssihilitips nre T dr not
nuui, ana irom -Menu alone some 2,,000 care to say at present,
acres have been settled. Already the
fences ot the pioneer ranchers are deal
ing tho last blow to the life of the old
range, and houses and fields are making
their appearance upon the hitherto de
serted territory.
It is this land that is regarded as
Oregon's greatest wheat producer of the
future, and whose output it has been
estimated will triple tho state's Tiro-
duction.
MALARIA RAGES IN INDIA.
Auto Owners Organize.
Marshfield The Coos Bay Automo
bile association has been organized in
Mnrshfield, with the view of assisting
:n the good roads movement and to take
up other matters that pertain to the
welfare of the owners of autos. The
following temporary officers were elect
ed to serve until the organization is
made permanent: Chairman, Dr. J. T.
MeCormae; secretary, I. I?. Tower;
treasurer, C. W. Woleott. Two years
ago there was but one machine in the
city. Probably a dozen autos have been
brought here this season, and there are
now about 25 in use.
Death Rate Mounts High Conference
to Be Held in S"imla.
Calcutta, Oct. 25. An important
official conference will assemble at
Simla this month, charged with the
duty of examining the whole question
of malaria and drawing up a plan of
campaign for the consideration of the
government of India and the local gov
ernments. This special inquiry has
been instituted by the governor general
in council as the result of a proposal
DARING AVIATOR
THRILLS CROWD
Latham Flics Monoplane In Face of
Strong Wind.
Vhile Returning Makes an Estimated
Speed or IOO Miles an Hour Has
Machine Under Perfect Control
Terrified Spectators Beg Him in
Vain to Descend.
Blackpool, Oct. 23. The capabilities
of tho aeroplane in tho hands of a dar
ing pilot were demonstrated today when
Hubert Latham, the French aviator,
gavo an exhibition that first entertained
and then terrified the spectators.
In tho monoplane Latham battled
against a gale blowing 30 miles an
hour, and lie twice circled the course.
As the machine struggled in the teeth
of the galo it appeared at times to
stand still in the air. When, however,
Latham came about in the wind tho
monoplane was driven nt a rate esti
mated to bo between 80 and 100 miles
an hour.
At ono time he barely escaped being
arriod out to sea, and the spectators
eased to cheer and .besought tho-
i viator to come down. When Latham
lid alight, he was not permitted to at
tempt a further flight while the high
wind continued.
REBELS GAIN VICTORY.
Lovett has been elected president of
the Union Pacific, and will practically
be Harriman 's successor.
Deaths by tuberculosis are said to be
on the decrease on account of the fight
that is being made against the disease.
A man died at Hastings, Neb., claim
ing to be Schlatter, the divine healer,
dui is oenevea to nave oeen an im
postor. Senator Newlands, of Nevada, pro
poses that all Western congressmen
unite to obtain funds for waterways
and irrigation.
A Swedish professor, accused of
boinbo-throwing, has become insane.
Los Angeles women have won their
fight against smoking on street cars.
Russia is preparing to enforce her
rule over Finland by arms if necessary.
The American Federation of Labor
has denounced the execution of Ferrer.
A great celebration was held in York
town in commemoration of the surren
der of Lord Cornwallis.
President McCrea, of the Pennsyl
vania road, predicts another panic if
more anti-railroad legation 13 passed.
A band of Chippewa In lians are re
ported to be starving m iiontana. and
the government is rushing supplies to
them.
The captain and crew t?n men of
a Uritish trading vessel were murdered
by New Britain savages and the ship
jooicj ana ournea.
Estrada, the Niearaguan revolution
ist. holds the eastern coast of that coun
try, and is making good headway
against the government forces.
Hi motor of Wright's aeroplane
f-.cppe.-i MKirt during a H:ght. but he
lamb-. safely. The gasoline tank had
if't been filled before starting.
J'resi.i'-nt Kidder, of the American
-(.;i.er ruMisiiers' association,
says tnat 1 .'if t has been minformed
regarding the tarifT on print rn"r. and
that a trade war with China -vi.i result.
San Franclsx) reports 150.000 v-iUir?
to the Portola festival.
The lat of the five esped Oregon
convjets Las been recaptured.
There is mueh speculation as to who
will be the next minister to China.
Several Japanese banks at San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles have failed.
TapaDesp editors in Honolulu have
confessed misdeeds to escape prison.
Nicaragua Loses One Hundred Dead
and Three Hundred Injured.
Bluefields, Nic, Oct. 26. The tug
Blance, which arrived here from Grey
town, brings news of the first import
ant battle of the revolution. General
Chamorro's army fought an engage
ment on Friday with 1,000 of President
Zelaya's troops at a point below Boca
San Carlos on the San Juan river.
The revolutionists won a decisive
victory, 100 of the government troops
being killed and 300 wounded. Gen
eal Chamorro's losses were slight.
The insurgents captured two Krupp
siege guns and 400 rifles.
The defeat doubtless will have a de
terrent effect in recruiting for the gov
ernment service at Managua, and is
likely also to bring additional rein
forcements to the standards of the in
surgents. The steamer Yulu, belonging to the
Emory company, also has reached here
with the details of the capture by the
revolutionists of Cape Gratias Dios.
This point was easily taken, not more
than five or six men being killed, and a
small number wounded. This gives
the revolutionists control of the entire
Atlantic coast.
Eandon to Have Big Mill.
Bandon L. ,T. Codv, O. W. Moore
and M. F. Logan, all of the Cody Lum
ber company, whose mill burned here in
August, have gone to Portland, where
they are investigating mills there, and
will purchase machinery for the n-?w
mill now being constructed on the site
of the old one. The new mill will have
a capacity of about 125,000 feet a day,
and will be one of the most modern
mills in Oregon when it is completed.
The company expects to have the mill
in operation in about six months.
Lebanon-Crabtree Extension.
Lebanon Work on the Lebanon-Crab
tree extension of the Southern Pacifii.
ailroad is progressing rapidly. About
two miles of srradinc- has 1 oon pnm.
pleted, and more men and teams are be
ing added daily. At the Hayden broth- Put forward by the sanitary commis-
ers' camp, on the Claypool farm, about sioner that a permanent organization
100 horses and mules and GO men are should be formed to investigate syste-
at work; at the Dollarhide camp there matically the problem connected with
are about 100 horses ami mules and 40 the disease. The official communique
men. l ifty men with two engines and nn fka oK,-of i i
JtrT lbt. o h r VJX tX ber ?f ascribed to fever through-
will be, when completed
one of the
largest and longest bridges in this part
ot Oregon.
sirueture, which onr Tn(1in nnnrnvJm!1.I10 . rnft nnn
Irrigationists at Ontario.
Ontario Arrangements are being
made for the annual meeting of the
Oregon State Irrigation Association in
this city. The date will nrobablv be
resenting a mean death rate of nearly
20 per 1,000, and though this total is
greatly in excess of the actual figure,
owing to the general practice of ascrib
ing to "fever" deaths which are in re
ality due to other causes, yet it has been
estimated, from indications afforded by
certain special inquiries and by the dis
pensary returns, that the actual death
Friday and Saturday, December 3 and rate from malarial fever is about 5 per
O. R. & N. Spends Big Sum.
La Grande Ten cars of horses and
machinery and seven steam shovels be
longing to the Twohy Bros., who have
a contract to do an extensive piece of
improvement work along the O. R. &
N. road 50 miles on either side of La
itrande, nave arrived here, tamps are
pitched at Perry, La Grande and Union.
If has been reported by oflicials of the
road that a system of sidetracks and
new grades to the extent of $.300,000
is to be put in this winter.
. At the same time the formal onen
ing of the interstate wagon bridge
across the Snake River, one mile east
or town, will bo celebrated. It ix
aimed to have a display of vegeta
bles and products of tne fields, also a
livestock exhibit.
1,000. This represents about 1,130,-
000 deaths, and as the mortality in
malarial fever is ordinarily low such a
death rate indicates a terrible amount
of sickness, much of it preventable.
CONVICT CAMPS PROBED.
Some Good, Some Bad, Found by In
vestigating Committee
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25. According
to the testimony of convicts before the
Railroads have agreed on a uniform
and much simplified form of railway
tieketi.
Count d Lambert made a 31-mile
flight in his aeroplane and reached a
height of 1300 feet.
An educated Mexican attorney and
author has been arrested in Log An
peles, charged with being an anarchist.
President Roosevelt was charged upon
l.y an angry bull elephant, but was
Mved by a quick shot from on of his
jarty.
Canada to Claim Pole.
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 26. That the
Canadian government is to send an ex
pedition early next spring to the North
Pole in command of the veteran Arctic
explorer, Captain Joseph E. Bernier,
was the announcement made by Sir
Wilfrid Laurier at the Canadian club
banquet in this city tendered to Captain
cernier. Captain Bernier said he had
claimed for Canada "in detail and by
wholesale every bit of land to the
pole. With reference to the polar trips
of Peary and Cook the captain said they
did not take possession of any.
Storm Records Broken.
Manila. Oct. 26. Some storm re
cords were broken in the recent ty
phoon which crossed Northern Luzon
and the Benguet mountains. Eighteen
inches of rain fell in nine hours and 26
inches fell in the 24 hours the storm
lasted. The Blued river rose 60 feet.
The wind gauge at the observatory
broke when the wind attained a velo
city of 95 miles an hour. It is esti
mated it will require two months to
restore the Bagnio road.
Chilean Hero Honored.
Santiago, Chile, Oct. 26. A gTeat
demonstration was held here today in
honor of General Jose de San Martin,
a celebrated Spanish-American general
in the war for independence, whose
brilliant victory at the Maipo, April
15, 1818, virtually drove the Spaniards
from Chile. Thousands of troops and
school children formed a procession
and marched past the statue erected in
hia honor.
Rate Order Is Modified.
Salem The State Railroad Commis
sion today made an order modifying
its previous order in the O. If. & N.
grain rate cases and extending the
time for placing the order into effect
to November 1.
The rate from Island City, Pierce's
and Conley, which was 1"4 cents, is
increased to 13 cents; Alicai and 1m
bler, from 18 cents to lS'j cents;
Rhinehart and Elgin, 13 to 10 cents.
Faster Train Promised.
Salem As the result of the promise
of the Southern Pacific Railway com
pany to put on a motorcar between
luiii.uiu aim .TMiverton, tne stare rail
road commission has consented to delav
for 30 days the issuance of an order senatorial committee on investigation
1 iir-ni 1111; in iiil i'ummaini
of inadequate train service on the Sil
verton branch. The hearing was held
at Aurora, and considerable testimony
was introduced. The railroad company
is expected to have its gasoline car in
operation within 30 days.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem, $1(??
1.02; club, flic; red Russian, ,8)c; val
ley, 01c; fife, f0e; Turkev red, 90c;
fort v-f old, !2e.
Barley Feed, ,f 20.50(7 1
.2"(F 27.50 per ton.
at the penitentiary farms and camps in
Texas, deplorable conditions prevail in
several camps, while in otners the op
posite is true. In one of the farms,
according to the evidence of those ques
tioned, not only is sanitation poor, but
those imprisoned are cruelly treated.
At the Lignite mine at Calvert, the
committee found most astounding con
ditions, it is stated. According to the
testimony conditions on the farms have
been found poor for the greater part.
brewing, with ill-kept bunkhouses and no segre
gation of those ill. Food has been
Parmer Delegates Named.
r-aiem uovernor Jienson announces
the appointment of the following dele
gates to the farmers' national con
gress, 20th annual session, at Ralegh,
N. C, November 3-9: Tom Richardson,
Portland; William McMurray. Port
land: A. II. Averill, Portland; Stephen
A. Lowell, Pendleton; William TI. Col
vig. Medford, and Dr. W. J. Kerr, Cor
vallis. Albany May Get Gas Plant.
Albany L. P. Lowe, of San Fran
cisco, president of the California Light
& Fuel companv, has written the Al
bany Commercial club that he will be in
Albany next month to investigate the
proposition of establishing a big gas
'int in this city. This company is said
to be considering the project favorably.
V,m w In-' p,r ton- complained of. Butmanyof the farms
torn hole. .io: cracked. ,3fi r.nr 1 1
' ' - 1 - nave l m r retit-Hm in i mm irpH w nura
one poor condition obtains it is offset
by an improvement, so that in the
main, the week's investigation found
much to commend.
Tillamook Postoffice Moves.
Washington The postoffice at Tilla
mook on ..November 1 will be moved to
new quarters on the west side of Sec
ond avenue. East, between Second and
Third streets, to a building owned by
the Tillamook Building company. This
property has been leased for five years.
Wheat Land Values Advance.
Weston James Rifchev has sold lfiO
acres of improved land a mile north of
town to Joseph Hodgson, a neighboring
tanner, for fl.j.000, and has leased to
Mr.- Hodgson 200 acres more. Mr.
Ritchey bought this place about eight
years ago for $S000.
Railroad Promises New Depot.
Salem Replying to the complaint of
insufficient facilities at Glendalc. the
Southern Pa-ific company states that
material has been ordered for enlarging
the depot at Glendale, and that the
work will commence about October 18.
ton
Hay Timothy, Willamette vallev.
$14(7717 per ton; Eastern Orecron. .1S(7)
20; alfalfa, $L; clover. .1); cheat. 13
(17 1 4.011; grain hay. .14r; ..
Butter City creamery, extras. 30c:
fancy outside creamery, 33(77. 3 tic per
pound; store, 22'0i lie. (Butter fat
prices average lUc per pound under
regular butter prices.)
Eggs Oregon, 34(7? 3."c per dozen;
Eastern, SO''.1 31c per dozen.
Poultry Hens, l-KTHVc; springs,
springs. 14c; roosters. 9(7 10c: ducks'
loftldc; geese, 10c; turkeys, 16(7?17c;
squabs, $1.7;"(?7 2 per dozen."
Pork Fancy, S(77 9c per pound.
Veal Extra. 1 0(77 I lc per pound.
c 1. t.i..:i ,. j..
. i-n-r j runs .-lppies, if i(ff z.uii per
box: pears, $1(77 1.50 pf,r ox.' pP;,(.ilou
7-1c77.fi per crate; grapes. 90c 7 .f 1.2"
per crate, 15(77 17'ic per basket; casabas,
$1.2."(7; 1.50 per dozen; quinces, $1(771.25
per box; cranberries. 9'779.50 per bar
rel: huckleberries. 977 10c per pound.
Potatoes Buying prices: Oregon, 50
(a li.ic per sack; sweet potatoes. 2c
pound.
Sack Vegetables Turnips. 75-(77.tl
per sack: carrots, .$ 1 ; beets, $1.25; ruta
bagas. $1.25 per sack.
Onions Oretron. $1(77 1.25 ner sack
Vegetables Artichokes. SOc, per
dozen; cabbage. (7?li;e per pound;
cauliflower. 50c(77$l per dozen: celery,
50(T790c per dozen; corn, $1(771.2) per
sack; eggplant. $1.25 per box: girlie,
10c per pound; horseradish, 9(77 llc per
dozen; peppers, rr7t Cr per pound; pump
kins, 1(T;lV,c; radishes. 1.1c. per dozen;
sprouts, ST9e per pound; squash, $1(77
1.10; tomatoes, 40(77 fiOe.
Cattle Steers, top quality. "$1 50(77!
4.75: fair to good, $1(771.25- common.
$3.50(773.75: cows. top. $3.25'7T 3.50: fair
to pood. .3(773.10; common to medium
$2.50(772.75: calves, too. !fW5.50; nevv.
$.1.ror74; bulls, $2(772.25; stags, $2.50(77
3.MI.
Hogs Best. $s: fair to good. $7.50(7
7.75; stockers, $(1(77 7; China fats, $7.50
Wright May Ply Five Hundred Miles.
Paris, Oct. 23. Orville Wriirht has
outlined his views on tho subject of
mechanical flight.
"There is not as much danger in fly
ing as there is in automobile racing,"
he said. "We now turn out motors that
will run regularly for a short time, 4!)
times out of 50, and in 10 years, or fivo
years, or even two years, I think thero
will be an aeroplane motor absolutely
reliable. . ,
We will soon build a machine for
speed, to bo used with our present mo
tor, to show what can bo done. It will
go taster than any niacin no you havo
seen over here."
"How far can you fly in one of your
present machines?" he was asked.
In Berlin," he answered, "1 took
up as a passenger a man who weighed'
pounds. I had 75 pounds of easo-
line on board. I could replace the
weight of the man with gasoline and
that would give me 300 pounds of fuel.
with that 1 could fly 500 miles.
"Yes, any one who can run an auto
mobile can fly. It is not nearly as dif
ficult or dangerous as automobile rac
ing." i
Cody Renounces America.
New York, Oct. 23. Captain S. P.
Cody, the American aviator, who has
been teaching British army officers how
to fly, has renounced his American citi
zenship and tnken out naturalization pa
pers as a British subject, according to
a message received here fom Doncas
ter, England, where he is attending an
airship meeting.
A large crowd cheered Cnday when ho
was given his naturalization papers, but
he refused to lower the American flag
which was flying over his headquarters.
It was said some time ago that Cody
was informed that he would have to
become a British subject if he desired
to hold his position there.
BACHELOR RENTERS LOSE.
Delaware Shows Speed.
Rockland, Me., Oct. 25. The bat
tleship Delaware, the first American
fighting ship of the Dreadnaught type,
made a splendid showing on her screw
standardization runs over the measured
mile course in Penobscot bay today.
exceeding her speed requirements by
nearly a knot. While her contract
calls for a speed of 21 knots an hour,
the Delaware today attained a maxi
mum speed of 21.98 knots and a mean
of 21.44. Three runs were made in 19
knots, three at 20.55 and five at the
maximu of 21.98 knots.
per
Sheep Top wethers, $4.25: fair fo
good, $3.75(774; ewe.s, )ps on all
grades; yearlings, best. $1(774.25; fair
fo good $3.50(77 3.75; spring lambs, $5(77)
5.50.
Hons 1909 crop, 25T72Se; 90S crop
17c; 1907 crop, 12c; 190(5 prop. Re. '
Wool Eastern Oregon. 1(5(7t'23c per
pound. Mohair Choice. 24c i-ex pa-uJ.
Red Apples Close School.
Grand Junction, Colo., Oct. 25. To
harvest a crop of fruit, estimated to be
worth $1,500,000, it was announced to
day that all public schools were dismiss
ed for two weeks. The pupils in the
Indian school and all public schools in
the Grand Valley alBO will be given a
vacation that they may help in gather
ing the crop and relieve the shortage of
pickers and packers. It is estimated
that more than 10,000 men and women
will help to harvest the crop.
Magnetic Storm Rages.
New York, Oct. 25. A pronounced
magnetic storm seriously affected
some of the Atlantic cables today. At
times the magnetic currents were so
strong as to eliminate the cable cur
rents. This is the third serious exper
ience with these so-called aurora bore
alis on the Atlantic cables during the
last month.
Must Marry or Indian Land Acreage
Will Bo Cut Down.
Pendleton. Or., Oct. 23. Hereafter .1
man who is not married will not be per
mitted to rent land of the Indians on
the Umatilla reservation, according to.
rules just promulgate,! l,y the depart
ment of Indian affair.
An exception is made in the case of a
young man who resides with his nnrcnti
on the reservation. Single men who nr
renters at present will not be ousted,
but they must get married before the
expiration of their present leases or
only be permitted to lease 320 instead of
(140 acres.
Provision is also made for the elimi
nation of grafting, which has prevaile.T
to a great extent. Some of the more,
wily Indians have been able to rea
rich commissions from would be renters
who were willing to pay in order to
secure leases on certain lands. Here
after the renters must make public bids,
and any one found paying commissions'
to secure leases will be denied the priv
ilege of leasing any land on the reservation.
Will Found Home for Aged.
Albany, N. Y.. Oct. 25. Dr. Robert
W. Hill, secretary of the state board
of charities, announced today that the
$5,000,000 fund which a philanthropist
desired to contribute to charity would
be given for the establishment of a
new home for the aged : location not
disclosed.
Hawaii Peasants Drcnm.
Honolulu. Oct. 23. W. A. Perel
strous, the immigration agent who ac
companied Immigration Commissioner
A. L. Atkinson to Manchuria in hi
search for Pussian immigrants, declares
that over 100.000 Hussian peasants want
to come to Hawaii. When the Kussians
who arrived here on the Siberio
listed hundreds of families pleaded for
a chance to come. Orent destitution ex
ists amonir the families l,rnl,t
by the Siberia. S,.me of the immigrants!
are veterans of tho late war between
Japan and Russia.
Divers Find Ohio's Mail.
Vancouver. B. C, Oct. 23. Diver
working for the Vancouver Dredging &
Salvaging company this morning re
covered the mails of the wrecke,I
Menmer Ohio. Tvinjj in Carter's bay
There were 10 bags of first class and
registered letters, and 157 hnr.
ond I class matter recovered, all of which
will be turned over to the postal au
thorities here to take elm
or salvaging the steamer's cargo is Pro
ceeding slowly, but favorably.
Calcutta Quake Severe.
Calcutta, Oct. 23. The reeint
quake was the worst that has oeeiirred
over such a wide area in man
The fatalities are reported at 13(5 and
' i"""" were injured.