"PAGE TWO THE ECTIO REGISTER, ECHO, OREGON. FRIDAY JULY 30r 1909 BRIEF NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK Coadensed Dispatches from All Parts of the Two Hemispheres. Interesting Events from Outside the State Presented In a Manner to Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader Matters of National, Historical and Commercial Importance. President Rafael Reyes, of Colon bia, has resigned. Crete has raised the Greek flag and declared independence of Turkey. The United States Steel corporation has increased the dividends on its com mon stock. French Socialists have protested against the proposed visit of the czar to France. Colonel Leopold Markbreit, ex-min iater to Bolivia and mayor of Cincin nati, is dead. A coal train on the Denver & Rio Grande ran away in Utah, but the crew escaped unhurt. The Wright aeroplane has a device to prevent accidents in case the ma chine should fall in water. Senator Stone, of Missouri, has been arrested at Baltimore for striking a negro waiter who did not serve the senator just to suit him. Tourist travel to the Yellowstone park is so heavy that all hotels are full and the Oregon Short Line has stopped traffic to that place temporar- iiy- Hubert Latham came within two miles of crossing the English channel in his aeroplane when an accident oc curred to the machinery and he fell in to the sea. He was rescued. Canada is seriously considering the advisability of building a navy. A general strike is on at Barcelona, Spain, against the war in Morocco. Hawaiian sugar planters propose to Import Russian laborers to displace the Jape. The battleship Michigan, the speed iest of her class, will go into commis sion in August. The chances seem good that Thaw will be declared sane and released from the asylum. Europran pressure may yet cause China to refuse Americans a share in the railway lan. The assistant cashier of a Tipton, Ind., bank, robbed it of S60.000 and left for parts unknown. Hubert Latham damged his airship during a trial flight before attempting to cross the bnglish channel. The British cabinet has announced that four more battleships of the Dresdnaught type will be built. The ex-shah of I'ersia has been offer ed an annual pension of $25,000 on con dition that he leave the country. Japan has adopted a vigorous policy against Corcan insurgents. The death roll of the recent Gulf storm has been increased to 41. A train struck an automobile at Me nominee, Mich., killing an entire fam ily of three. One man saved his life in the recent Galveston storm by using his cork legs to keep him afloat. Spain is on the verge of a verolution because of English and clerical influ ence over the king. A Seattle woman has secured a di vorce because her husband has been too tired to work for 12 years. Lightning struck a residence at American Forks, Utah, four times. One woman was killed and four other persons hurt. During a balloon race at Newton, III., two of the big gas bags collided 2.0(H) feet in the air. One man's leg was badly crushed. Raphael Manco, who served in the Crimean war, later served with "Chi nese" General Gordon and then saw service in the Civil war, is desd. He had lived at Los Angeles for the past 25 years. Premier Briand has formed a new French cabinet. Roosevelt is being proposed for may or of New York. A cloudburst in Colorado kilted two persons and did much damage to property. MAKES NEW RECORD. Orville Wright Remains in Air for More Than an Hour. Washington, July 28. The worlJ's aeroplane record for two men, both as to time and distance, was broken last evening in a beautiful flight of 1 hour, 12 minutes and 40 seconds upward of 50 miles, and at a speed averaging 40 miles an hour, by Orville Wright at Fort Myer, with Lieutenant Frank P. Lahra, of the army signal corps, as a passenger. The former record was made last year by his brother, Wilbur, at Le mans, France, with Professor Paintov, of the French institute, as passenger. That flight was 1 hour, 9 minutes and 31 seconds. Wilbur was an eager spectator of yesterday s flight. The cheering that heralded the set ting of a new mark in the conquest of the air was led by President Taf t, who was an intensely interested spectator throughout the flight. This success was all important to the Wrights, in that it completed the first of two era ical teats of their machine imposed upon them by the United States gov ernment the so-called "endurance test," which required them to remain one nour continuously in the air with one passenger. Orville did nearly 13 minutes better than that, and could have kept on indefinitely three hours and a half, the limit imposed by the gasoline capacity of the supply tank. GRAFT WAS HUGE. Chicago Police Collected Nearly S3,- 000,000 a Year for Protection. Chicago, July 28. Astounding reve lations follow the partial investiga tion of vice conditions in Chicago, made in connection with the present crusade against police graft. Many vicious industries were seen to be cen tered in several districts of the city in such proportions that the task of in vestigating coonditiona in the territory over which Inspector McCann had jur isdiction is gigantic and will unfold to the grand jury's gate a spectacle many times as loathsome as that presented by the levee west of the river. Conservatively estimated, the an nual amounts in graft alleged to be paid for police protection by resorts of many kinds in the city, including dis orderly houses, hotels, flats, rooming houses, gambling houses, dance halls, and saloons, made a total of $2,932, 760, nearly 6,000 places contributing to the sum, if such fund exists. The largest part of this enormous revenue is said to be paid by resort keepers and others in what is known as the Twenty-second Levee district. In addition to these amounts receiv ed from habitues of Twenty-second street levee, the First ward ball nets its organizers $30,000 a year on the average. Resort keepers and others are forced to contribute ia the whole sale purchase of tickets and wine. WILL DISTRIBUTE RICHES. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON Premier Atquith says Britain should be warned against tariff by American and German experiences. In an automobile race at Grand Rapid, Mich., 50 milee was made in 61 minutes and 22 seconds. The serious condition of King Peter of Servia is arousing anxiety. His death would cause no surprise. A big foreet fire is raging in the mountains near San Bernardino, Cal. A Los Angelee judge in denying a divorce in which the plaintiffs' mother was involved said no house waa big enough for a married couple and a mother-in-law. The final count of dead in the Texas storm shows a lose of 25 Uvea. Com munication has been established with all points and the property damage will be over Jl, 000, 000. Reports Say Rockefeller Will Bestow Millions Upon Poor People. New York, July 28. That John D. Rockefeller, the oil king, is preparing to distribute a good part of his numer ous millions in charity is predicted by those who profess to have acquaint ance with the Rockefeller plana. It is said Rockefeller has already transfer red many millions to his son, John D. Jr., so that the younger Rockefeller may hwve the honor and fame of being the dispenser of princely gifts. Accor ting to the accepted version of the rumored plan, the money will be given directly to the poor through cer tain Rockefeller channels. Charitable institutions and colleges will not bene fit to any extent by the projected phi lanthropy. Like all other Rockefeller activities. the distribution of wealth to the mass es will be handled by a company duly incorporated. Just what method of charity will be followed has not been ascertained, but it is said the money will be given out right to the needy and that little will be handled as loans. Whatever loans may tie made will be without interest Rockefeller refused to discuss the rumor in any part, but the activity of his agents has lent a certain color of truth to the report. Texas to Entertain Taft. San Antonio, Tex., July 28. A wild cat hunt and a jackrabbit chase are among the diversions planned for Pres ident Taft when he visits the Taft ranch near San Antonio in November. Joseph II. Green, superintendent of the large estate, told of the preparations being made for the entertainment. That the president may not be deprived of his favorite pastime, golf links are being hurried to completion. The erection of a pagoda and bathhouse on the gulf are among other improve ments being made for President Taft. Famine Adds to Troubles. Barcelona, Juty 28. Barcelona is now under martial law. . Serious riot ing has occurred following the declara tion of a general strike in protest against the military operations in Mo rocco and the dispatch to that country of large bodies of troops. Several per sons have been killed an 1 many wound ed. The food supply has been cut off. resulting in great hardships and suffer ing, especially among the poor. The prices are almost prohibitive. Mexican Riots Kill 81k. Mexico City, July 28. It is report ed that six persona are dead and 35 wounded as a reeult of the riots in Guadalajara, capital of the state of Jalisco, and the second largest city in the Mexican republic Samuel E. Magill, the American consul at Guada lajara, has presented formal claim for injuries sustained by American eiU- FRUITS MUST BE COOL. California Growers Save Much Money by Proper Treatment. Salem That the California growers of small fruits have been saved $1, 000,000 a year for several years past by the adoption of up-to-date methods of pre-cooling fruit for shipment to Eastern markets, is the statement of G. H. Powell, who, with Arnold V. Stubenrauch, was the guest of the Sslem Fruit union and board of trade. The men are special representatives of the United States Department of Agri culture and for several years past have been engaged in pre-cooling and ship ping experiments, largely in California. Mr. Powell states that in California 75 per cent of the growers are organ ized into associations. One hundred local associations, representing ap proximately 5,000 growers, are affil -a ted with a large central organization, known as the California Fruit Grow ers association, wnicn nanaies an me fruit of the members from the time it leaves the tree until it reaches the markets. Mr. Powell stated that the soil and climatic conditions of this sec tion of Oregon produce a remarkably solid fruit that possesses great merit for long distance shipping. He ex plains that the difficulty in shipping arises from two cause ; first, the im proper handling and preparation for shipment and including bruised and damaged fruit, and second, the slow cooling of fruit in transit Fruit placed warm in the cars continues to ripen for several days, when It be comes chilled, but not until it has be come ripened too much to stand trans portation and handling. Pre-cooling of fruit chills it at once and keeps it in the same condition until unloaded, as when picked. Wster for Oregon Land. Walla Walia Private enterprise will take up and develop the irrigation project on the John Day and Deschutes rivers, which tte government several years ago abandoned, after haying spent thousands of dollars snd several years' time, according to a statement made by Dr. N. G. Blalock in connec- j tion with the filing of incorporation papers for the John Day Power com pany. The papers have been filed and state that the company is incorporated at $500,000 to generate water and elec tric power and to supply wster for irri gation and power purposes. The land covered lies almost wholly in Oregon and embraces parts of Umatilla, Mor row, Gilliam, Wasco and Sherman counties and part of Benton county, Wash. School Heads to Meet June 28. Salem The annual convention of county school superintendents has been called by J. H. Ar.kerman, superin tendent of public instruction, to meet in his office Monday, June 28. Among the topics to be considered are school superv effective them; annual institute, most import ant subject to emphasize for all inxti tutes this year; school sanitation, what has been done, what should be done; school board convention, value of, how to conduct FINE WHEAT ON DRY LANDS. Ontario Farmers Get Excellent Re sults From Experiments. Ontario Wheat on the dry farms near Ontario is in excellent condition this yesr and ia expected to make a record crop. While Malheur county farmers do not give much attention to wheatgrowing as a general crop, nearly every farmer has a small field, and the past few years dry farming has come more and more into favor on the benches, where wheat is one of the good crops. This year the wheat is full, healthy and clean. Most of it will average, it is estimated, from 35 to 40 bushels to the acre, and the grain stands four to five feet high. On fields which have been cultivated for the first time this year it is not quite so thick as on older fields, but the entire average is good, There will be more wheat harvested near Ontario this year than ever be fore. Dufur Harvest Begins. Dufur. Harvest is now in full blast here and the yield both in quslity snd quantity is much better than waa ex pec ted. Until a week or so ago there had been no rain here since the middle of February. The yield of both wheat and barley will be better than an aver age crop. The good yield is attributed to the fact that there have been no hot winds to dry the ground and the weather has been remarkably cool and pleasant alt spring and summer. Clatskanie Sawmill Bums. Clstskanie The Kratz & Anderson shingle mill st Hazel Grove, one and a half miles from here, wss burned to the ground while the manager and crew were attending the Clatskanie celebra tion. A spark from the sawdust pile, which wss supposed to be safely out thought to have caused the damage The mill was constructed only last winter and gave employment to a crew of ten men. Producing i Orchards For Saie Cherries for Chicago Market. Union -The first large consignment of cherries will go forward from Cove this week when the Cove Mercantile company will ship a straight car of Iiings to the Chicago market The entire car will consist of fsncy packed 10-pound boxes, and it is figured the cherries will bring $1.50 per box at auction in Chicago, at which price the shippers will realize $1 per box. Editor Gets No-Work Job. Salem Colonel E. Hofer will hold his job as a member of the board of regents of normal schools for six yeiire more, notwithstanding the fact tbt the board's active labors are at an end, Governor Benson having reappointed the Salem newspaper msn to the posi tion he has held for several years past Pupils Decresse in Wheeler. ision, how it may be made more Schoo, SurinUndent ft j. ire; school libraries, how to use Sim ' h, A school population of Wheeler county are on the decrease. The attendance last year in Wheeler county was 651, this year it was 626. The population a year ago was 888, this year 875. State Apportions Wster. Richland The principal topic of conversation and argument on the streets for the last few days was oc casioned by the state water commis sion stepping in and apport'oning the water to the shareholders of the Newst Young ditch. It has been the habit of late years for some of the farmers nesrest the head of the ditch to flood their ranches, in some instances using twice the amount needed, while neigh bors on the lower end of the canal were losing their crops for want of water. Honey Ready to Gather. Ontario W. H. Pennington, the honey grower of Ontario. has com menced extracting this week the honey stored in his 260 beehives. Mr. Pen nington's honey is famed all over the Northwest as he ships extensively of that commodity, and it is made of the finest alfalfa syrup, gathered in the immense fields surrounding Ontario Last year Mr. Pennington shipped more than three carloads from this place. Dufur Is To Advertise. Dufur The officers of the Dufur Valley Development league are begin ning an advertising campaign for home seekers. A booklet now in the hands of the printer, will consist of 40 pages, and will b profusely illus trated by photograph of the valley. This is the first of a series of booklets. There is as good strawberry and fruit land here as anywhere in the state, it is said, and this Is to be advertised. 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 ia owned by the railroad and that this company gets a much lower rate than other shippers. Crops Fine at Wallowa. Wallowa W. E. Dearing was in from Powwatka and reports good crops there, but not better than previous years, ss the splendid late rains that fell oa this portion of the valley missed them entirely. The peach crop will be light and the bay harvest will be much below the average. PORTLAND MARKtTS. Wheat Bluestem, nominal; club, $1.15; valley, $1.15. New crop blue- stem, $1.05; club, $1 ; Rusaian, 98c; valley, 97c. Corn Whole, $35 per ton ; cracked, $36. Oats No. 1 white, $42 rer ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $20fa22 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $21 (d 23; mixed, $16i20; alfalfa, $14. Grain bars 5c each. Fruits Cherries, 5fi lie per pound; goo e berries, 6c; peaches, 75ci$1.25 per box: apricots. $1.25(il.50; cur rants. 8e per pound; loganberries, $1 25M 1.60 crate; raspberries, $U1 1.15; black cape, $1.50; watermelons, 80c(n$l hundred; blackberries, 9(tl0c per pound. Potatoes $1(91.75 per hundred; new, 2w2l4e per pound. Vegetables Beans, 6c; cabbage, 1 Vi 1 per pound; cauliflower, $1 per dozen; lettuce, head. 25c; onions, 12 (iH 5c; peas, 5(if"e per pound; rad ishes, 15c per dozen. Butter City creamery, extras, 29c; fancy outside creamery, 27(i 28r; store, 20c. Better fat prices average 1 per pound under regular butter prices. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 27(f 28c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 14(il4c; springs, 18Vil9e; roosters, 9ril0c; ducks, young, Il6il2e; geese, young. 9rtl0c; turkeys, lfc; squabs, $2(42.25 per dozen. Pork Fsncy, lCKrtlle per pound. Veal Extras, 9c per pound; ordin ary, 7(i8c: heavy, 7e. Hops 1909 contracts, 15011 6c per pound: 1908 crop. lltU2c; 1907 crop, 7e; 1906 crop, 4c Wool Eastern Oregon. 164?23e per pound; valley, 23(25e; mohair, choice. 24f.i25c Cattle Steers, top, $4.50; fair to good, 4ji4.25; common, $3.75,'i4; cows, top, $3.50; fair to rood. 13ft 3.25; common to medium, $2. 5"! 2.75; calves, top, $55,50; heavy, $3.50)94; bulla and stags, $2.?o?3.25; common, $212.50, Hogs Best, $3.2513.50 fair to good, $7.75i8; stock era, $6t6.50; China fate, $6.757. Sheep Top wethers. $4; fair to good. $3.50(43.75; ewes, fee lees on all grades; yearlings, best $4; fair to good. $50X43.76; spring lambs, $5.25 5.35. & We will sell a limited amount of land and set the & same to peaches, apples or pears, care for the same for three years paying all taxes and other expenses. For terms address Columbia Land Co., It. It. WOOD. Secretary. - FltANK SLOAN, Superintendent J Portland, Ore. Pendleton, Ore. Echo, Ore. Louis Scholl jr., For Reliable Fire Insurance, Surveying, Notary Public and Real Estate. Phone Main 27 Bridge St., Echo, Or. The Key to the Secret of Good Bread Lies in a Sack of Flour from tba Henrietta Milling i Grain Ce. This Flour is made by the most perfect process known to this age, from selected Blue Stem Wheat, making the very whitest and most delicious bread which on ac count of its healthful and nutri tive qualities, is in reality "The Staff of Life" We roll Barley and make Alfalfa Meal, and pay the highest prices for Grain. HENRIETTA MILLING & GRAIN CO. ECHO, OREiQOIN NEW LIVERY STABLE C. R. Boxxey & Soxs, Props. New Ri&Sp New Harness NEW WHIPS, NEW ROBES, NEW HORSES COURTEOUS TREATMEXT A SHARE OF THE PATRONAGE SOLICITED 1 ' i THE IDLE HOUR Hell Norman, Prop. Cigars, Tobaccos, Nuts, Cnmlitu, Sft Drinks. Etc. Pool and Billiards w Lunch Counter In The Rear i iss4ittttn f tt tt Its Masts asessaasssaeaaeea Shaving, Haircutting, Shampooing Everything First Class Bath Room In Connection. Give as m Trial Hotel Echo Tonsorial Parlors HULLD! fc STEWART, Prop. Gilbert's Barber Shop SHAVING, HAIRCUTTING, SHAMPOOING Ererytlunf First Class Skop Located Opposite Bank el Echo