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About The Echo register. (Echo, Umatilla County, Or.) 190?-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1909)
TTEE ECHO REGISTER, ECHO, OREGON. FRIDAY AUGUST 20, 1909 TACK TWO BRIEF NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK Condensed 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. The recent heat wave at St. Louis has caused 37 deaths. Excessive heat caused an epidemic of murder and suicide in Chicago. Governor Hughes, of New York, has returned home full of praise for the Seattle fair. Charles Dakin, a melter at the Den ver mint, has been arrested, charged with stealing government gold. The Niagara Falls has claimed an other victim, a young boy who was swimming in the river above the falls. The reported acquisition of the New York Central linos by Harriman would give him a second transcontinental route. The provisional government of Crete has sworn allegiance to the king of Greece and the powers will have to step in and take charge. The fire chief of Itoswell, N. M shot and killed a man accused of being an incendiary after he had been fatally wounded by his antagonist. Mexican officials say there is no doubt but that congress will give Pres ident Diss permission to cross the border into the United States to visit President Taft. who will later return the visit. Corn is suffering in Nebraska from intense beat and lack of moisture. The British house of commons has passed the South African confederation bill. San Diego, Cel., police will women appearing on the street ing kimonos. arrest wear- Mexican officials deny the report that Pornrio Diss, son of the president, has been assassinated. Seven men and three women were mangled by an explosion of natural gas at Cleveland, Ohio. The reports that Abdul Hamtd, ex- sultan of Turkey, is dangerously ill, are denied, at Constantiiiople. Harriman has secured control of the Vanderbilt system, thereby adding about 12,000 miles to bis lines. Kiefer, Oklahoma, bank robbers sur prised at their work, killed the city marshal and fatally wounded the cash ier. Prince Albert Leopold, heir to the Belgian throne, has just returned from the Congo and says conditions are sat isfactory. An earthquake has been recorded by the instruments in the weather bureau at Washington. The origin wsa esti mated at about 2,5(10 miles distant in California or Mexico. 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 6,000 freight cars and 60 locomotives. The powers will send a fleet to Crete to force the removal of the Greek flag and prevent a Turkitih attack. A storm in Chicago caused three deaths by drowning and a number of injuries. The property loss is 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, Cel.. sentenced to serve a term in the penitentiary for perjury, has received a reprieve, bput will hsve to serve 30 days in the county jail. The shah of Persia is married. He is 11 years old. There are rumblings of a revolution in Northern Mexico. A hot wave in London has been the cauHe 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 1 100.000. Johnson Porter savs 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 an the Crete affair. Mrs. Park hurst, the English suffrag ette leader, will soon visit the United States and deliver a sreiee of lectures. Rioting has occurred at Stockholm, Sweden, in connection with the strike. Dynamite has been used to blow up Street cars. Minster Wo, of China, baa been recalled. BAKER'S CRATER ACTIVE. Vapor May Be Seen Rising From the Mountain at Timas. Bellingham, Wash., Aug. 8. Stor ies of smoke seen arising from Mount Baker's snow-crowned dome following the earthquake in this territory last winter do not appear so far-fetched, following the investigations made by the Mazamas of vents in the crater of the huge extinct volcano. Secretary John A. Lee, who returned to this city today, declares that at a favorable hour in the early morning he has no doubt but that the vapor could easily be seen from this city, 60 miles away, with a good pair of field glasses. The "vents" in the crater appeared especially active this year to some of the Mazamas. Secretary Lee, How ever, who ascended the mountain in 1900 and again in 1966, concludes that on the whole there is not any increase in the sctivity of sulphurous gases blowing out of the so-called "vents." "The actual crater or the mountain. said Mr. Lee, "is that portion lying bfttween the recondary peak and the main peak. It is easy to see that the peaks originally constituted the north and south sides of the crater rim. The easterly and westerly sides have been broken and crumbled away by the ac tion of weather, thus leaving the val ley or so-clalled 'saddle between in between. "One of the active vents is situated at the easterly end of this depression, and the other at the westerly end. The east vent is apparently by far the most active, the westerly one consisting at this time merely of cracks and fissures in the snow and ice through which the vapors escape. The west vent, how ever, consists of a hole extending down into the snow to the porus rocks be neath. It is perhsps 20 to 30 feet in diameter. The vapor puffs out inter mittently, rising up in dence clouds, and the snow is crusted with sulphur deposits. I am inclined to believe that most of the visible vapor is merely steam arising from the overheated rocks, though the gases sometimes are almost overpowering. RULE VANOERBILT LINES. Wizard of Wall Street Has Option on Control of System. New York, Aug. 18. The elimins tion of the Vanderbilta from New York Central lines and the complete ascend ency of Edward H. Harriman in the control of more than 12.000 miles of railroad comprised in that system is declared to be the next important move in the railway world. It is reported on what aeems to he good authority that the Harriman back ers have secured an option on the great er portion, if not all, of !.h Vanderbilt holdings and will soon close a deal in the interest of the "Napoleon" of the railway world. The option which has been obtained, it is stated, ia on $50,- 000,000 worth of New York Central, which is to be purchased for Mr. Har riman at $150 a share. The last report of the Union Paeiflc road shows that it has in its treasury 114,000,000 worth of New York Cen tral securities and it is generally be lieved that Mr. Harriman and a few of his friends have large personal holdings of New York Central securities. The total capitalization of the New York Central is (178,632.000 and it is understood that the option, if exper cised, will give Mr. Harriman and his friends absolute control of the com pany. This carries with it the control of the West Shore and practical con trol, though not by stock ownership, of all roads in the New York Central lines system. Germans Fight Yankees. Paris, .Aug. 18. A dispatch from Port au Prince, Hsyti, says that a group of Germans who for years have monopolized the commerce of that country, are conducting a violent cam paign against the American bankers who are negotiating for a railroad sys tern in Hayti. Germans control the newspapers of thn country, which print strongly worded articles against the Americana and predict the annexa tion of Hayti by the United States. The Germans fear that if the railroad is built it will end their monopoly. Ship Needed st Inquiry. Vallejo, Cal.. Aug. 18. The Navy department having failed to issue or ders temporarily detaching from the cruiser South Dakota Lieutenant Com' mander H. O. Stickney and Lieutenant J. O. Fisher, who are members of the board of inquiry into charges of al leged inefficiency against Edward Kav anaugh, it is expected the South Da kota, on her return to Seattle, will be ordered to return to Mare Island to complete the inquiry. Bogus Cash Made Abroad. Philadelphia. Aug. 18. With the rr.t at OuiMnn Snica. of Ni York, secret service operators believe they hsve uneartneo an unusual coun terfeiting plot Sptca Is alleged to be in league with a band of counterfeiters who have their plant in Italy, manu facturing American silver certificates. He was held today under $2,000 bail for the September grand jury. Nebraska Records Broken. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. lS.--AH local hot weather records for this year were broken yesterdsy. when th weather burea'i reported a temperature of 103. Suffering has been intense; There have been no rains in this section for two weeks and reports from the coun try are that the corn crop baa already been seriously damaged. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON WALLOWA HAS FINE HAY. Autumn Crop Will Be Close to 16,. OOO Tons, All Good Gradj. Wallowa More than 15.000 tons of hay will be shipped from this valley this fall. The crop has been an excel lent one, and the quality of the product is of the best Outside buyers have contracted nearly ell the crop that will be shipped, and local stoexmen have bought up practically all that remains for ssle. One Portland firm has bought 10,000 tons. The hay is mostly alfalfa, timothy and clover. There is some wild bsy and a small amount of grain hay. Other crops are in proportion to the hay crop, and this year will be one of the most prosperous ever known in Wallowa county, owing to the comple tion of the railroad and the ready ship ping facilities thus afforded. Land Values Jump. Talent In the spring of 1901 M. L. Pellett sold his 12-acre tract to Wil liam Lamb for $800. About eight acres of it was seeded to alfalfa. A short time thereafter Mr. Lamb sold the tract to E. K. Oatman for $1,000. Alfalfa did not look nearly so good to Mr. Oatman as he imagined growing apple trees would and he at once put this notion into operation. That spring ne set the lana 10 appie trees. Two, years ago Mr. Oatman set the re mainder of the tract to Bartlett pear trees. The consideration of a recent purchase wss $10,000 cash. It can be easily figured that this particular tract of land hss grown in value in eight years just $9,200. Selecting Crater Lake Route. Klamath Falls-B. F. Herdil, the government engineer who hss been sent from Washington to make the preliminary location of the road from Medford and Klamath lake, has re turned to the city, after spending several days looking over proposed routes to Crater Lake, both on the east and west sides of Upper Klamath river. Engineer Herdil has not suffi ciently compared the several routes to justify a selection yet, and will spend considerable more time in his recon- noisance before rendering a decision, Before coming to this side of the mountains he had carefully looked over more than a dozen routes from Med' ford. New School House st 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 Klamath 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. Electric Line Progressing. Hillsboro The United Railways, fi nanced beyond doubt, has invaded Washington county with construction camps, and the foremen are hiring men and teams dsily. There are camps near Phillips, at the Waibel place and all along the plains. The advent of the electric line will mean vast benefit to North Washington county. It will send up property values and furnish shipping accommodations that will mean a great saving to farmers'. Dredgs Is to Be Kept. Marshfield The members of tbe Coos Bsy port commission held a meet ing and decided to guarantee $50,000 for the maintenance of tbe government dredge Oregon, which is now at work in Coos Bay. This will be sufficient money to keep the dredge in operstion until some time next summer end means that the work of improving tbe inner harbor will be constantly going on and that the dredge will remain here. Wallowa to Boost. Wallowa The Wallowa Booster club has just issued 6,000 circulars descrip tive of the town and surrounding coun try. These are being mailed out rap idly by business men and the secretary of the club. Already inquiries are coming in and the club anticipates a large number of homeseekers in the valley as soon as the colonist rates are in effect. 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 railnad and that this company gets a m jch lower rate than other shippers. Federal Building Started. Baker City After a prolonged wait of several years. Baker City people are actually witnessing tbe removal of dirt for the foundation of the Federal build ing. Building material is arriving daily and there ia every evidence that the building will bo poshed to comple tion without further interruption. Farm Cut Into Tracts. Junction City Tbe Bushnel farm, consisting of 348 acres, ia to be sub divided into 10 and 20 acre tracts. Tbe land will be surveyed in a few dsys and platted. This is a One tract of land and will make desirable home for a largo n amber of families. STATION FOR BEND. Government to Gather Data on Water Resources of Interior. Bend A cli Histological 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 tbe sta tion is to record the temperatures. precipatation, evaporation, etc., of tbe region, considerable inquiry along such lines having been made of late at tbe 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 oi mis 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 woich little bas hitherto been done. Practically k)l 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. 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 bia office Monday, June 28. Among the topics to be considered are school supervision, how it msy 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 Apples for Msil Carriers. Hood River Hood River will have the honor of furnishing her apples at tbe National Mail Carriers' convention that convenes in St Paul the latter part of August At the banquet to be held, one of the beautiful Hood River booklets will be placed at the plate of each guent, 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. Clatsksnie 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 Clatskanie celebra tion. A spark from the sawdust pile, which wss supposed to be safely out, is thought to have caused the damaire. The mill wss constructed only last winter and gave employment to a crew of ten men. Land at $100 Per Acre. Wallowa W. W. Wiilett has sold his 80-acre fsrm 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; vslley, 91(ii94c; Turkey red, 90c; 40-fold, 90ri91c. Barley Feed, $26; brewing, $27 per ton. Oats $28(ii 28.60 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willnmette valley. $12f(16 per ton: Eastern Oregon, $17 Of 18 ; mixed, $15.50(,j 16.60; alfalfa. $13.50; clover, $11(; 13; cheat, $13(j 14.60. Grain Bags 5 He each. Butter City creanwry, extras. 31 e; fancy outside creamery, 25i 31 He per pound; store, 21(j22c. But ter fat prices average le per pound under regular butter prices. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 26 )i ft27Sc per dozen. Poultry Hns, 15c per pound; springs, 16c; roosters, 9m 10c; ducks. young, 12 Vi 13c; geese, young, KHii He; 'turkeys, 20c; squabs, $1.75i2 per d'zen. Pork Fancy, llfifllScper pound. Veal Extra, 9 V lc per pound. Fruits Apples, new, KiZ.Z5 per box; peers, $1611.75; peaches, EOcfir. 1.25 per crste; cantaloupes, $2r 2.50; plums, 35c(i$l per box; watermelons, PiMl.He per pound; blackberries. $1.60 per crate. Potatoes 7ocfil$l per sack; sweet potatoes, 8 V" 4c per pound. Onions $1.25ri 1.60 per sack. Vegetable Beans, 4(i5e per pound; cabbage, K'tle; cauliflower, 60cm: $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75(iiS5c: cu cumbers, 15f20e; onions. 12Sffl5e; peas, 7c per pound; radishes, 15c per dozen; tomatoes, ,5crn 11.50 per box. Hope 1909 contracts, 21c nee pound: 1908 crop, 14(il5c; 1907 crop, He: 1906 crop. 8c. Wool Eastern Oregon. 16fi23c per pound ; valley, 23ci 25c ; mohair, choice, 2461 25c Cattle Steers, top. $4.50: fair to good. $4(!4.25: common, $3.75rt4; cows, top, $3.50; fair to good. 3if 3.25; common to medium. f2.6CM2.75: calves, top. $56i5.50; heavy. $3.50(3 4: bulla and stags. $2,7563.26. Sheep Top wethers. $4614.25; fair to good. f3.6tXci3.75; ewes, He less on all grades; yearlings, best, $4; fair to good. $3.5CHf 3.75; spring lambs, $5.25 trS.50. Hogs Beet, $8.75; fair to good, $8 08.50: stockers, $6g?; Chic a fata, I6.75Q7. Producing I Orchards For Sale- & "We will sell a limited amount of land and set the same to peaches, apples or pears, care for the j 4 same for three years paying all taxes and other & jj. expenses. For terms address Columbia r R. II. WOOD, Secretary. - FRANK SLOAN, Superintendent - . Portland, Ore Pendleton, Ort. Louis Scholl Phone Main 27 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 I NEW LIVERY STABLE C. R. Boxney &. Sons, Props. Kew Ri&Sp New Harness NEW WHIPS, NEW ROBES, NEW HORSES COURTEOUS TREATMENT ; A SHARE OF THE PATRONAGE SOLICITED TIIE IDLE IIOXJR Mell Norman, Prop. Cigars, .Tobaccos, Nuts, Candies, Soft Drinks. Etc. t Pool mid Billiards Lunch Counter In The Rear j IaoMttsaaossssaassssassaaaaa.i.. Shaving, Haircut! ing, Shampooing I Kverytinns; t-'lrst Class Bath Room In Connection. Girt ns a Trial Hotel Echo Tpnsorial Parlors MULLE! ft STEWART, Prop. The Echo Regist - AND T-ricewk OREGON JOLTLXAL z w Tf Land Co., Ecta Ore. jr., For Reliable Fire Insurance, Surveying, Notary Public and Real Estate. Bridge St., Echo, Or. $2 aYear