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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1910)
ilieltoi if TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 44. ENTERPRISE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1910. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEH r Wants Cent a word single Insertion, 1 cent a word 2 Insertions. Special rates by month and year. FOR SALE. Four well-broke young, freen milch cows. N. E. Ham mack, Swamp Creek Thos. Slegmund left on sale at Ri ley & Riley's th Wonder Washer. Nitve small plaoe adjoining Enter prise; six-room house, barn, out buildings, young orchard, timber, running water, etc. Inquire at this office. 116b6 I will sell ch ap for ceah my 160 acre farm on Pralri Creek. All good plow land except 10 acres; 100 acres under ditch. 3 miles east of Enterprise. Peter Olaen, Enter prise. 116b4 MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John p. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7H percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. 68btt WANTED. To know the address or .whereabouts of Hiram Canfleld and wife if living. Write to Sarah Ewing, 134 Van Bu ret! St., Topeka, Kan, Experienced dressmaker wanits sew ing to do at her home. Inquire at this office. 112tf Lumber. Anyone having lumber of any grade In any, amount for sale, or who has timber he intends to saw soon, and wishes to contract the lum ber, call on or address W. F. Rankin at Haney planer in Enterprise, Agent for W, R. Klvettn. 2b4 MISCELLANEOUS. Harness and shoes repaired. Ralph Hollembaek, with Rodgera Bros.', in rink building. . 113bm CANDIDATES ATTENTION 1 Nominating petitions for county and district candidates before the primary September 24, for sale at this office. Nicely bound. Complete sets only $1 at office or by mail. Th Storm Bird. Dakota Indians say the storm bird dwells so high as to be out of human vision and carries a fresh water lake on his back, so that when he plumes himself it rains, when he winks bis bright eyes It lightens and when he flaps bis wings thunder rolls. Petition Signed by 12,000. Weston. The initiative petitions or the Eastern Oregon state normal school was filed at Salem with 12,000 names attached, or about 3500 more than the number required by law. It Is expected that additional names will be secured, and these will be filed la ter In a supplementary petition. The papers were widely circulated, and the signers I've in 20 r more Oregon counties. With the incarceration of Howard fcunter in the county jail at Healy, It aho, the American Bankers' associa tion believes It has retarded the activ ities of one of the most dangerous forgers who has operated in the Northwest in recent years. '. Secretary Nagle, of the department of commerce and labor, who will visit Alaska tills summer, nas invited At ; torney-General Wickersham to accom pany him on the trip. Hundreds of acres of bottom land lew Dawson are being seeded this pilng in potatoes. The greater por tl x i of the potatoes consumed in the Kcudlke are now raised near Daw- THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Track prices:" Club, 78 79c; bluestem, 82c; red Russian, 76c Barley Feed and brewing, $1920. Oats No. 1 white, $25 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, $2021 per ton; . Eastern Oregon, $2225; alfalfa, 116; clover,. $16., Butter Extra, 29c; fancy, 29c; ranch, 50c. Eggs Ranch, candled, 27c. Hops 1909 crop, ll14c; olds, nominal. ' . Wool Eastern Oregon, 1417o pet pound. Mohair 32 33c. 8attle. Wheat Bluestem, 81c; club, 78c; red Russian, 74c. Oats 126 per ton. ' ' Barley $20 per ton. Hay Timothy, $26 per ton; alfalfa $16 per ton. " . - Butter Washington Creamery, 30c; ranoh, 26o. Eggs Selected local. 27c Potatoes Market demoralised. 1 KNOX SENDS SHARP NOTE TO MADRIZ Nicaraguan President Undiplo matic in Censuring United Stales Government. Washington, June 20. Madrlz has drawn from this government a sharp rei'ly to the protests he made to the Pr.sldent alleging that the United States 'has prolonged the war in Nic aragua because It refuses to allow the bombardment of Bluefields or to allow the Venus to maintain a block ade there. Consul Ollvares, of Managua, has been furnished with a statement to band to Madrlz. It tersely observes tiat If any violation of neutrality has o :curred, it was when the Venus sail ed from New Orleans as an expedi tion of the Madrlz faction. Madrlz' Protest General. Madrlz protested not to the United States alone, but to all the South American and Central American re publics. . The statements in his tele gram are construed by the State De partment as an effort to place in a false light the policy oi the United States in regard to Nicaragua. Some governments that received his protest have asked for information from Washington upon which to base their replies and there has been an ex change of telegrams between Presi dent Diaz and President Taft.. Information Sent to Mexico. President Diaz, It Is explained, mere ly asked for information, and Presi dent Taft, replying in a cordial man ner, sent to the government at Mex ico City the same statement whicfl consul Ollvares has been directed to hand to Madrlz.' Secretary Knox decided that the Madrlz protest required the special notice of this government because the allegations made evidently were founded on errors as to the actual facts and applicable to the principle of war. CANNON TO OPEN CAMPAIGN Columbus, Ohio., June 22. Speaker Cannon will open the congressional campaign in Ohio at the Chautauqua at Urbana on July 7. To this meeting all of the Ohio senators and represen tatives have been invited and a num ber of them will also be called upon to speak. It is understood that a united defense of the republican party In congress will be entered into, Can non upholding his course and defend ing his action in regard to the house rules. Arizona Wild With Joy. Phoenix, Ariz., June 18. Ten min utes after the receipt of the news of the passage of the statehood bill by the house of representatives reached Phoenix, every merchant had disposed of his entire stock of bunting, as well as the noise-makers which, he had pro vided for the Fourth of July celebra tion. The town is fairly intoxicated with Joy of prospect of statehood. Severe Storm In New "York. New York, June 18. Seventeen per sons met death, scores were injured, tiousands were given bad frights and great property loss resulted from an almost tropical storm which swept New York and vicinity late this after noon. Twelve persons were drowned from overturning craft, and the others were killed by falling trees and smoke stacks. 60,000 Socialists Listen to Siedel. Chicago, 111., June 19. The great est crowd that ever attended a Social ist meeting in Chicago today greeted Emil Seidel, the Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee. It is estimated there were 60,000 persons, men and women, at the gathering, which was held in a North Side amusement park. Coal Strike Is Expensive. Chicago, June 20. Extra expenses amounting to $17,000,000 a year, borne by .the members of the Illinois Manu facturers' assoclatio'n, as a result of the coal strike, caused a meeting of the association in the Hotel La Salle to devise ways and means to eliminate the extra expense. Graders Find Gold Mine. Auburn, Cat., June 22. In railroad building operations in this county during the last few months, the Utah Construction. Company.' has cut sev eral quartz"Iedges in making excava tion l, and in some of these rich values in told have been found. New Mexico Celebrates Statehood. Albuqm pque, N. M., June 21. News of the pa wage of the statehood bill was received here with wild rejoicing. A big celebration took place Monday night, speeches being made around a bonfire by republican and democratic leaders. THEODOF E ROOSEVELT, JR. ""'ifinMiiii 1tii Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., eldest son of former President Roosevelt, who was married to Miss Eleanor B. Alex ander, of New York, Monday. ROOSEVELT RECEIVES OVATION IN GOTHAM Demonstrative Throngs Wit ness Parade and Drive Up Broadway. Former President Theodore Roose velt returned Saturday to New York from his trip througn Africa and Europe,' which began immediately on his leaving the white Louse, and whico has lasted for 15 months. Colonel Roosevelt was greeted by such a demonstration of popular en thusiasm and personal devotion as bad seldom. If ever, been accorded to a re turning American traveler. Each step in this eventful home coming, from the time he had debark ed from the steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria until he moved up Broadway amid the tumultuous demonstrations of large Throngs of people was one continuous ovation and tribute of pop ular enthusiasm. ' The stages in this welcome were crowded into hardly more than three assess? THEODORE ROOSEVELT. hours. At 8:30 in the morning Mr. Roosevelt left the steamship amid the roar of big guns from battleships and land forts and a pandemonium of team whistles from water craft and the factories along the water front. Aboard the revenue cutter Andro scoggin, he moved at the head of an Imposing marine parade, up the Hud son river to Riverside drive and back again to the Battery amid the contin uous demonstrations of water craft and the multitude along the water front The landing at the Battery was the signal for another clamorous ova tion. Mayor Gaynor extended official felic itations and Mr. Roosevelt spoke brief ly but significantly of the part he will continue to take in public affairs. At 11 o'clock the start up Broadway be gan, through densely massed throngs extending for five miles along the main thoroughfare of the city. One Better. , Knlcker What do you think of a tax on dowries? Bocker Fine. Why not on alimonies? I I r w 3 ' 7 wmw "twiimni)m NEWS FROMlllR NATIONAL CAPITAL What Our Lawmakers Are L ing and Other Items of Importance. Washington, D. C. The administra tion's, railroad bill is now a law, hav ing passed both house and senate and been signed by the president. The bill Is substantially In accordance with the president's message demanding amendments to the Interstate com merce laws. About the only excep tions are that It does not legalize hold ing agreements made by railroads, or permit the regulation or the issuance of stocks and bonds. It creates a com merce court and broadens the scope of the Jurisdiction of the Interstate com merce commission regarding rail roads. Statehood Bill Passes. The house concurred in the senate amendments to the statehood bill and passed the measure without sending it into conference. It cannot be stated definitely when Arizona and Ne'w Mexico will come into the Union, as the constitutions adopted by the proposed states must be ratified by congress and approved by the president It will be necessary for the territories to hold constitu tional conventions, which will require many weeks, submit the constitution to the people of the territories for adoption, and then return them to Washington; Neither City Favored. Unwilling to favor either of the rival Panama exposition cities, San Fran cisco or New Orleans, the house com mittee on foreign affairs decided to re port favorably two resolutions, author izing the president' to invite foreign nations to participate In each exposi tion to be held In the two cities, when ever each city had raised $7,500,000 for the purpose of holding its exposi tion. The senate committee has taken no action on similar measures, and neither house is expected to act on them during the present session. Batlinger Probe Walts. The chances of a verdict from the Balllnger-Pinchot Investigating com mittee during the present session of congress are remote. The committee held a meeting behind closed doors and Senator Nelson said after the meeting that he did not think it would be possible for the committee to con clude Its labors before the adjourn ment of congress. The committee has authority to meet during the recess of congress and It is possible that the report-will be completed and given to the public during the mmmer or fall. Cannon Defends Rules. The old rules of the house were de fended and critics of the speaker were severely scored by Speaker Cannon in a brief address In the session of .the house. Mr. Cannon contened that the rules as amended by the fifty-first con gress and as enforced by him, had never lnterferred with the will of the majority of the house when an actual majority bad objected on any propo sition. Session Nears End. Congressional leaders confidently expect to wind up the present ses sion this week, and adjourn not later than Saturday. If the session Is car ried beyond that time it will be be cause of amendments to the general deficiency bill or complications in con nection with the omnibus public build ing bill. Public Building Appropriations. The public building bill, reported to the house, contains the following Ore gon and Washington items: Public building' at Medford, $110,000; at The Dalles, $30,000; site at Roseburg, $10,000; public buildings at Olympln, $100,000; Aberdeen, $125,000; Seattfe, $200,000; site at Vancouver, $12.5t0; at Wenatchee, $12,000. Salmon Export Limited. The bill prohibiting the exportation of sockeye salmon from the United States, except when frozen, canned or salted, was passed by the senate. The bill, which was Introduced by Senator Piles, is a measure of retaliation against British Columbia, which re cently prohibited the exportation of fresh Canadian salmon to Puget Sound canners. . Freight Meets Boxcar. j Colfax. Wash June. 19. Wall a loaded boxcar was being pushed' up a grade between RIparia and Grange City, Wash., on the line of the O. R. ft N., the car and switch engine be hind It crashed head-on into the first section of a special freight train, car rying Campbell Brothers' circus, which was on Its way from Walla Walla to Lewlston. Three cars of the circus train were wrecked end fire horses killed. No one on this tra t was hurt. MRS. THE0. ROOSEVELT, J3. 3r Miss Eleanor B. Alexander, who be came the bride of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of former President Roosevelt, Monday. BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK French statesmen are greatly exer cised over the suggestion that King Edward's death may open the way to & combination between England and Germany. President Taft went to New Haven Wednesday to see his son Robert grad uate from Yale university. Pursuant to the call of Governor Hughes, the New York legislature met in extra session Monday for the further consideration of the direct pri mary issue. The trial of Robin J. Cooper, charged with the murder of former Senator Carmarck in November, 1908, began in Nashville Tuesday. Young Cooper was convicted in the criminal (xurt and the case was reversed last Bering by the state supreme court The Fouth International Congress of chambers ot commerce and Industrial iiasoclatlon convened in London Tues day for a session of three d&ys. Other events of the week of more or Isbb public interest Include the presi dential election In Mexico. Owing to the threat of Gov. Gillette to call out the militia, If necessary, to stop the fight, San Francisco has been definitely eliminated as a possible scene of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Tie fight will be held In Nevada, as thit laws of that state do not prohibit glcve contests, and no serious objec tion to the battle U anticipated in thai state. A favorable report was made to the senate on the house bill appro priating $25,000 for erecting and equip ping detention hospitals for the Alas ka Insane at Fairbanks and Nome. The senate has passed the bill ap propriating $40,000 for constructing a residence for the governor of Alasxa at Juneau. The Washington Pioneers associa tion accepted the invitation of the Oregon Pioneers' association to meet at Portland June 22. The house committee on labor has decided to favorably report the bill creating a department cf labor with a seat in the president's cabinet Representative folndexter bas In troduc3l a resolution for a congres s onil investigation Into alleged tlm buMind frauds in the Ma'ble Creek dlitilct of Northern Idaho, under wnlci a subsidiary of the Weyerhaeu ser mpany is alleged to have ac quired title to very valuable white pine lands. There la no likelihood that the resolution will pass. Timbermen and loggers report that there Is a general upward tendency in thu price of logs throughout the North wt it and a still greater advance Is m petted owing to the conditions npc prevailing in the , market. .Sot only is Senator Robert M. La Follette to be read out of the Re publican party in Wisconsin, but the organization which he has laboriously built up is to be discredited In the national convention, two years hence. Such, at least, appears the purpose of the Taft Republicans who met in Milwaukee in conference and appoint ed a state committee with authority to perpetuate itself. V.,.-. f Vl;v.o,;:v' w "J . : Jr ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON Chronicle of Important Events of Interest to Our Readers. Bowerman Acting Governor. Salem. Oregon has acquired a new governor, for the time being. He is Jay Bowerman of Condon and suc ceeds to the office because of and by virtue ot his position as president ot the Oregon state senate. The consti tution of Oregon provides that In the event of the resignation, absence or other disability of both the Governor and secretary of state, the president of the senate shall perform the offices of the chief executive. The accumu lation of state business caused Gov ernor Benson who is receiving treat ment for a bothersome affliction of the face, to call on Mr. Bowerman to relieve the executive office at Salem of the congestion. It is believed by H. L. Benson, brother to the governor, that If the governor is allowed to remain in San Francisco long enougn. his physicians will be able to restore him to his for mer health. Heretofore the governor has been compelled to return before the course of treatment had been com pleted, necessarily to his great disad vantage. 6tate Wins Suit. Salem. The state ot Oregon won a victory over the Corvallls & Eastern Railway company in the Circuit court when Judge Galloway decided the case of the railroad against the state land board in favor of the board. This was an Injunction action to restrain the land board from selling a small quan tity of tldeland in AUea Buy, and In itself was unimportant, but Involving as it does title to thousands of acres of tide and submerged lands In Alsea, Yaqulna and Slletz bays, the outcome has been awaited with Interest. The company set up that the legis lature of 1874 had ceded to the prede cessors In interest of the Corvallls ft Eastern Railway company all the tide lands In the three bays named; that the railroad company's right bad be-, come a vested one and that no sub sequent session of the legislature had the power to revoke the action of the session of 1874. Government Takes Invoice of Timber. . Eugene. Fifteen or more etpert timber cruisers in the employ of the government are now In Eugene ready to start for the Cascade forest reset ve, where they will make a careful crulae of all of the timber of the entire wa tershed of the Willamette river and its tributaries. They will make a com plete survey of the entire forest and classify the land, segregating the tim ber into logging units, and expect to be at the work all this summer ana a greater part of next ' This Is the first attempt of the gov ernment to take an Inventory of Its timber resources, and hereafter it will know Just what it has and will be able to dispose of It with some Justice to itself and fairness to its citizenship. Not Enough Votes In District. Salem. According to a ruling mad by the secretary of state's office, there were not enough votes cast by the democrats for their nominee for con gressman in the second congressional district two years ago for that party to nominate a candidate under the di rect primary law. The nominations will have to be made under the old system. The direct primary law provides that a political party is not a party in a congressional district unless it can cast 25 per cent at least, of the total vote cast for congressman. Girl Graduate Win Medal. Albany. The Frank J. Miller, medal for the graduating class of 1910 at Albany college has been awarded to Miss Rhoda Stalnaker, ot this city. A medal is given annually by State Senator Frank J. Miller, who is president of the board of trustees jf the college, to the member of the graduating class who makes the best showing during the college course, f his medal Is not awarded in scholar ship alone, but participation in college activities and loyalty to the college are also considered.