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TIIE ECHO REGISTER, ECIIO, OREGON.
FRIDAY AUGUST 13, 190D-
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Condensed Dispatches from All Parts
of the Two Hemispheres.
Interesting Events from Outslda the
State Presented In a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historical
and Commercial Importance.
Colonel Albert A. Pope, the automo
bile manufacturer!, ii dead.
The town of Monticello, N. Y., has
been almost completely destroyed by
fire.
Taft has cut Madison, Wis., from his
itinerary in order to avoid meeting La
Folletet.
Officers and men of the cruiser St.
Ixuis 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 It. Van Sant will probably
be elected commander-in-chief of the
G. A. K. and Atlantic City selected as
the next meeting place.
Gorzag, a town of 800 inhabitants,
has been selected as the future capital
of Brazil. Owing to ita altitude it en
joys a pleasant climate.
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.
Orville Wright says he caa fly 1,000
miles in hia aeroplane.
The first aigna of a break in the
Swedish strike are appearing.
China has yielded to Japan in the
Antung-Uukden railway affair.
Count Zeppelin, the German aero
naut, has undregone an operation for
abscess.
The Milwaukee road will soon estab
lish through service from St. Paul to
the coast.
Greece refuses to renounce her claim
to Crete and Austria warns Turkey
against war.
Cannon intends spending the time
until the regular session of congress
taking a rest.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. likes the
air and will apply for a pilot's license
to go ballooning.
Harriman is to merge the Illinois
Central and New York Central with
the Union Pacific.
Mrs. Harry Thaw wants $500,000
from the Thaw family purse, but the
price is considered too high.
A Los Angeles inventor is looking for
a wife with money enough to back him
in building a flying machine.
The Forty-third National encamp
ment of the U. A. R. is in session at
Salt Lake. Fully 60,000 are in attend
ance. Mobile, Alabama, is now in the list
of "dry" towns.
Spain explaina the Barcelona out
break as a local affair.
A granddaughter of General Cor bin
Is to marry a Japanese.
Great Britain is not greatly alarmed
at the Japanese threat on China.
Jerome says Thaw Is still craxy and
should be kept in an insane asylum.
Japan has commenced work on the
Autung railroad in deafinre of China.
California gardeners at Baaadena
have patmed resolutions declaring Bur
bank a fakir.
A California couple returning from
a honeymoon abroad have been arrested
for undervaluing goods brought home.
Turkey has renewed her threat to
send an armed forve into Oreere if that
country does not withdraw her troops
from Crete.
The Swedish general strike contin
ue and leaders claim more men are to
be called out. Two regiments of sol
diers have mutinied.
Japan has sent China an ultimatum
on the railroad situation in Manchuria.
Cleveland. Ohio, officers are having
a row over the Whitla kidnaping re
ward. Ixrd Kitchener is to be field mar
shal and organize the British colonial
forces.
Marriages of pretty raahiers has
caused lx Angeles hotel men to em
ploy men.
The Moors are again showing activ
ity and another clash with Spanish
troops is expected.
The murder of a Mexican girl by a
Chinaman has caused an outbreak at
Zapotlan, Mexico.
Venezuela is about to bring to a
close the disputes with foreign powers
dating from I'artro'a regime.
The Chinese government has made
arrangements to install a telephone
plant in Pekin with a rapacity of 200,
000 lines. The instruments are to be
American make.
Heat is claiming more victims at
Chicago,
PINCHOT LOUDLY CHEERED.
Fight Water Trust Is Theme of Gov.
ernment'e Chief Forester.
Spokane, Aug. 11. Gifford Pinchot,
chief forester of the United States,
caused perhaps the chief sensation at
yesterday's session of the National Ir-
riagtion congress.
A five-minute ovation was given him
when he took the rostrum, and similar
cheering and "three cheers and a
tiger" were piven when he bad con
cluded. Mr. Pinchot took occasion to de
nounce the activity of the water-power
trust which, he said, though still in
its inception, bids fair to overshadow
all other trusts. He charged that the
Irrigation congress is being made the
tool of the corporate interests whose
sirenta are beinir made members of im
portant committees for the purpose of
domineering the activities of the con
gress. George S. Long, representing the
lumbermen of the Northwest, himself
connected with a big lumber concern in
Seattle, denied that the interests of
the lumbermen are inimical to those of
the consumer. He said that the lum
berman is only trying to supply a
healthy demand and that reforestation
will begin in earnest when the demand
has reached the high-price point
E. T. Allen, United States district
forester, brought applause upon him
self when he appealed for safe and
sane lumbering and the conservation
of water.
Addresses on this subject also were
made by E. M. Griffith, of Wisconsin,
and E. T. Campbell, of Canada.
J. N. Teal of the joint conservation
committee, made an appeal for the en
largement of the scope of waterways
on the Pacific coast. He showed the
poBsibiitly of making navigable the
Columbia river for a distance of 2,500
miles by applying the cost of a single
battleship to the work. He declared
that river transportation is the great
est of automatic rate adjusters,' and
cited the case of Columbia river im
provement recently made.
Politics did not enter the lobby dis
cussions, but much comment was heard
for and against the resolution which
will be proposed by Secretary Hooker,
of the board of control, Baking a bond
issue of $5,000,000,000 by the national
government to be used as an irrigation
fund which may be loaned to irrigators
unable to carry out projects which need
only financial aid to make them im
mensely valuable.
It is expected that this resolution
will call forth much discussion and
opinions are pretty evenly divided.
ONE DEFECT FOUND.
Remarkable Showing at Coeur d'Alene
Land Drawings.
Spokane, Aug. 10. Judge Witten
resumed the drawing of the Coeur
d'Alene reservation at 9 o'clock yester
day morning. The crowd, smalt at
first, increased soon to several hundred,
but at no time was there' the same en
thusiasm as was witnessed on the first
day, probably due to the fact that num
bers after 1,500 are considered of little
value.
Yesterday Judge Witten added sev
eral to his large force of clerks. These
are busy proof reading, typewriting
names and sending cards to the winners.
One of the interesting features of
the day was the number of persons
calling at the land office to make sure
they are the genuine winners of the
numbers. Sometimes two men of the
same name appear, and the judge
hands each a piece of paper upon whirh
he aska each to write his name, sge,
height, etc., and these must correspond
with the particulars on the application.
The first rejection of application oc
curred yesterday when the name of A.
D. Koughtnan, of Charlotte, Mich.,
through Agent Edwin L. Coy, of the
same place, was read. It was rejecUd
on the ground that Ellerton K. Baylrs.
the notary public of that town, did not
specify that he was an authorized no
tary to make out papers for land draw
ing. Out of the 3,000 drawn, this is
found to be the only one defectively
executed.
Fire Provides Pot Hunt.
Ukiah, Cal.. Aug 11. Drives be
fore a forest fire that swept over Dun
can peak, a few miles from Hopland
yesterday, hundreds of buck J does,
fawn.J, rabbits, squirrels and other
game tied down into the fields about
the springs to become targets for doz
ens of rifles, shotguns and pistols with
which hotel guests and employes
turned out to join in an unexpected pot
hunt. For several hours the hills rang
with the rrash of musketry, and when
the fusilade was over 14 fine bucks
and a brown bear were slain.
Search for Lost Steamer.
Capetown, Cape Colony, Africa, Aug.
11. The government has ordered a
search along the east African coast w ith
the hope that some survivors from the
steamer War at ah, now missing over
two weeks, may be saved. On board
the steamer were 300 passenger, half
of whom were women and children. A
few hours before the Waratah was due
to reach this harbor a terrible gale
swept this coast, and it is believed the
vessel foundered.
Spain's Heavy Loss.
Lisbon, August 11. Twelve thou
sand Spaniards lost their lives in the
recent fighting in Morocco and the up
rUing at home, according to today's
isue of Duario de Noticias, which has
made reliable estimates, including the
persons executed at Barcelona and else
where by the government. The paper
says there is still grave danger! of the
revolutionary movement sweeping the
entire kingdom.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
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 was the most successful of
any yet held at Eugene. The enroll
ment reached practically 100 students.
The students also were more represen
tative, coming from nearly all parts of
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 arid Cooper
proved an attractive feature.
Plans for the next summer session
are already being adopted 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 the 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
scbol 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. II. Ackerman, superin
tendent of public instruction, to meet
in bis 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 conduce
Chrysanthemum Show at Albany.
Albany Albany ladies will hold a
chrysanthemum show in conjunction
ith the annual Apple Fair in this city
during November. Meadames U E
Hamilton, E. w. Cooper and C. H.
Stewart have been apointed a commit
tee to devise means for the raising of
the money needed, as well as to make
other arrangements. A large number
of women are raising chryantbemuma,
and the event gives promise of being
the best of its kind held in this state.
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 rspid
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 was 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 is 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 bsy 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 hope ul that
at least one of the roads will material
ize soon.
Huckleberries Big Crop.
Seaside Huckleberries are so plen
tiful in the hills about Seaside that
everyone who takes the trouble to go
after them comes home with buckets
full. The berries are of great size and
many gallons will remain on the bushes
for lack of peoule to gather them.
Wild blackberries are just ripening
and will be a big crop.
Lumber Company Complains.
Salem The Bridal Veil Lumber com
pany baa complained to the state rail
road commission that the rate 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 geta a much
lower rate than other shippers.
Apricots Grow in Valley.
Albany That apricots grow success
fully in the Willamette valley is con
clusively shown by the fsct that Mrs.
S. A. Douglas, wife of the pastor of
the First Baptist church, of this city,
last week canned 40 quarts of apricots
grown on tr.es in the yard surrounding
the Douglas residence in this city.
Sheep Shearing Completed.
Gold Beach Shearing is about over
in Curry county. The clip is of good
quality though hardly up to its average
weight. Most of it has been disposed
of at prices ranging from 24 to 26
cents.
COOS ROUTE FEASIBLE.
Proposed Line From Boise Shorter
Than Present Roads to Coast.
Roseburg H. G. Hurlburt, one of
the engineers who helped to locate the
Southern Pacific through this portion
of Oregon about 30 years age, while in
this city recently said he believea one
or more railroads into the Coos bay re
gion connecting with Eastern trunk
lines are sure to be built soon. From
personal examination he knows the
Umpqua route over the Cascade moun
tains to be one of the very best, and
believes it will not remain unoccupied
much longer.
He ssys this route is 200 miles short
er from Boise, Idaho, to the coast than
that of any present railroad line reach
ing the Pacific. Coos bay is 300 miles
nearer to Panama than is Portland,
thus making a difference of 500 miles
in favor of the Coos bay route. With
immense traffic awaiting the building
of a railroad from Coos bay to Boise,
there is reason to believe some strong
company will take up the matter and
put the road tbrougn in the next two
or three years.
Steel Bridge Across Rogue.
Grants Pass The new steel bridge
across Rogue river at Grants Pass has
been completed and opened to traffic.
The new structure is One of the finest
in Southern Oregon. The contracting
company were at a loss in building it,
owing to the carrying away of piers by
fa shets during the winter. The bridge
was to have been completed January 1,
according to the original contract, but
the court granted an extension of time
to the builders.
New Dairy Bulletin.
Prof. J. H. Frandson, of the dairy
department of the University of Idaho,
has in press Bulletin 67 on the subject
of "Better Dairy Methods." This bul
letin contains much that will be of in
terest to all directly or indirectly inter
ested in dairying; much that should
help to make dairying more profitable
and desirable as a business. This bul
letin will be sent free to all requesting
it. Address Department of Dairying,
University cf Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
Clatskanie Sawmill Burns.
Clatakanie 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.
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.
$8,000 Loaned on Land.
Salem The state land board has ap
proved loans aggregating $8,900.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Fruits Apples, new, $l(r2.25 per
box ; cherries, 66? 1 2c per pound ; peach
es, 45c(i$l per box; cantaloupes, 2(t;
2.f0 per crate; plums, 75cri$.25 per
box; raspberries, $t.40(il.50 per
crate; watermelons, (n 1.4c per pound;
blackberries, $1.40 per crate; wild
blackberries. 8(al0c per pound.
Potatoes Oregon, 75e(Jf 1 per sack.
Vegetables Beans, 5c per pound;
cabbsge, lWlc; celery, 90cftr$l
per dozen; cucumbers, 15fi25c; onions,
12Mi15e; peas, 7(i8c per pound; rad
ishes, 15c per dozen ; tomatoes, 40cg
$1.25 per box.
Whest New crop, bluestem. $1;
club, 95c; red Russian, 93c; valley,
97c; Turkey red, 95c; 40-fold, 96)tc.
Barley New, $26.50(.;27 per ton.
Hay New crop Timothy, Willam
ette valley, $12(ifl6 per ton; Eastern
Oregon, $17tfi8: mixed. $15.50rtf
16.60; alfalfa, $13.50; clover, ll('il3;
cheat, f 13ft 14.50.
Grain bags 6, 4c each.
Butter City creamery, extras, 30,4c
per pound; fancy outside creamery,
274f304e: store, 21f22c. Butter
fst prices average 14c per pound un
der regular butter prices. ,
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 27(ii
28c per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 14 4 15c per pound;
springs, 1 4 4 'i( 1 5c ; roosters, 9di 1 0c ;
ducks, young, 124fI134c: geese,
young, 9(10c; turkeys, 20c; squabs,
$1.75i2 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 1161114c per pound.
Veal Extras, 9 410c per pound; or
dinary, "ftiSc; heavy, 7c
Hops 1909 contract. 21(75 22c per
pound; 1908 crop, 16c; 1907 crop, 12c;
1906 crop. Pc.
Wool Eastern Oregon. 16ii23c per
pound; valley, 23i25c; mohair,
choice. 24(l25c
Cattle Steers, top. $4.60; fair to
good, $4(i4.25; common. $3.75624;
cows, top, $3.50; fair to good, f 3ft
3.25; common to medium.' $2.50(4
2.75; calves, top, $5(d5.50: heavy,
$3.50ii4; bulla and stags. $2.?5.7f3.75.
Sheep Top wethers, $4.25; fair to
good, f3.60M3.75; ewes, 4c lesa on
all grades: yearlings, best, $4; fair to
good. $3.50(3.75; spring Iambs, 5.25
(45.50,
Hog Best, 9di9.25; fair to good,
838.50; stackers, 65; China fata,
6.7537.
Producing
I Orchards
I For Sale
& We will sell a limited amount of land and set the &
j same to peaches, apples or pears, care for the
same for three years paying all taxes and other fc
expenses. For terms address
Columbia
R. It. WOOD, Secretary.
FKANK SLOAN, Superintendent
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. Portland, Ore. Pcndletoa, Ort,
Louis Scholl jr.,
For Reliable Fire Insurance, Surveying,
Notary Public and Real Estate.
Phone Main 27 Bridge St., Echo, Or.
Grain Wanted
We Want to Buy
WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYE
And Will Pay the Highest Market Price.
Our Mill is again ready to run, having been
thoroughly overhauled.
Henrietta Milling & Grain Co.
ECHO, OREGON
NEW LIVERY STABLE
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New Ri&s, New Harness
NEW WHIPS, NEW ROBES, NEW HORSES
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Cigars, Tobaccos, Nuts, Candies, Soft Drinks, Etc.
Pool and Billiards
Lunch Counter In The Rear
Shaving, Haircut! in, Shampooing
Everything First Class
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Hotel, Echo Tonsorial Parlors
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