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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1910)
9 iiejliii .1 ,: : 4, V v TWENTY-8IXTH YEAR. NO. 47. Cent word single insertion, cents a word 2 Insertions. Special rates by month and year. LOSTi, Suit of clothes, and 'pair of low shoes. Lost between Joseph and head of lake July 4. Finder leave with Marx at Enterprise. Reward. 20tf Two pigs, sandy with black spots. Finder communicate with C. E. Funk, Enterprise. 19btf . Tor sale. 160 acrea on Prairie Creek, 150 acres good plow land, 100 under ditch, 3 miles east Enterprise Peter Oleen, owner, Enterprise.. 18b4 Thos. Slegmund left on sale at Ri ley & Riley's the Wonder Washer. Nice small place adjoining Enter prise; six-room house, barn, out buildings, young orchard, timber, running water, etc. Inquire at this office. 116b6 MONEY TO LOAN State Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk. Atty. BUte Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7 percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. 68brf FOR RENT. Blacksmith, shop and tools for rent. Splendid location. O. H. Vest, En ternrlse. ' Oregon. 21btf WANTED. 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. Klvette. . 26b4 CANDIDATES ATTENTION1 Nominating petitions for county and district candidates before the primary September 24, for . sale at thia office. Nicely bound. Complete sets only $1 at office on by mail. Doors and windows and all kinds of builders hardware at Keltner's. T. J. EUedge and family who have been camping at the bead of the lake for several days, returned to tlieir home Thursday. They stopped en route o visit with the family of Sheriff Marvin, afterwards continuing to Wallowa.' Pellagra Cure Found 7 DURHAM. N. C. By a system of injections Into the blood, Mrs. R. M Baxsley, of Hillsboro, Is reported cured of the most aggravated case of pellagra that had come under the ob servation of medical men In this state. Gold Find Arouses Town; MARSHFIELD, Ore. It is reported, here that there has been much gold found In the mountain about 30 miles southeast of Myrtle Point. There is a rush of people from Myrtle Point to the supposed rich district For many years mining has been carried on In that part of the state, but never has paid well. Customs Men on Watch. NEW YORK. Customs officials at New York have been warned to watch for diamonds valued at $400,000 smug gled last week from Luderltz Bay, In the German province of Southwest Africa, Woman Waiting Murder Trial. SPOKANE, Wash. Mrs. Vera Pros ser's trial upon the charge of shoot ing her divorced husband, Rese T. Prosser, will be held at Llbby, MonL, August IS. THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Track prices: Club. 32c; bluestem, 86c; red Russian, 7ie. Barley Feed and brewing, $1920. OaU No. 1 white, $26 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, $2021 per ton; Eastern Oregon, 2225; alfalfa, I13U. Butter Extra, 29o; fancy, 29c; ranch, 20c. . Eggs Ranch, candled, 27c. Hops 1909 crop,. 10912c; elds, nominal. Woot Eastern Oregon, 14017c per pound. Mohair 32 33c. Seattle. Wheat Blustem, 87c; club, 82c; red Russian, 80c. Oats 126 per ton. Barley $21 per ton. : Hay Timothy, $25 per ton; alfalfa, $18 per ton. Butter Washington Creamery, Sic; lanch, 22c. Eggs Selected local, 33a ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON Chronicle of Important Events of Interest to Our Readers. Road Building His Study.' SALEM. Mayor Rodgers hat de parted for Belgium, where he will at tend the meeting of the International Association of Road Congresses as the only representative from Oregon. He leaves New York in the Bteamer Car mania and will land at Antwerp. The association meeting opens July 31 and will continue until August 3. During his absence the mayor will make a special study of road-making and mu nicipal conditions. The king of Bel glum Is president of the roads associa tion and Mayor Rodgers will go armed with letters to him. Bear's Blood Bespatters. ALBANY. With an immense blaok bear running so close to &im that 't threw blood all over him from a wound he had inflicted, a young man named Moore, residing near Yaqulna, under went an exciting experience. A pecu liar featur of the incident is that the bear, though badly wounded, got away from the hunters and has not been kiUed. Will Die on Gallows. KLAMATH FALLS. Ike Harrroll was sentenced to be hanged at Salem on December 9 for the murder of Wal ter Newell. Harroll was a sheep herder In the employ of Walter and Frank Newell, two brothers, who were taking a band of sheep to the Lake county shearing pens at Plush. In an altercation Harroll shot and killed the two brothers. Girl is Cremated Ative. HEPPNER. Miss Emma Zinok dropped a lighted match and the flames quickly spread to her clothes, enveloping her in a sheet of flames. She rushed screaming Ino the yard, where all of her clothing burned off her before being extinguished by the neighbors. Miss Zlnck died a few hours later. VOTERS TO DECIDE ON THIRTY-TWO MEASURES SALEM. Time for filing initiative petitions has closed and the people of Oregon will be called upon to vote on a grand total of 32 measures at the coming general election. With nractl- cally each county having some local legislation coming before it .and a great number of precincts voting on the question of "wet" or "dry" there will be practically 35 measures to vote on in the majority of precincts, among which are the following: Woman's taxpaylng suffrage amend ment granting to all taxpayers the right of suffrage. A bill for the establishment of an Eastern Oregon branch State Insane asylum. A bill to elect delegates to a con stitutional convention the second Monday in October, 1911. A constitutional amendment to ore- vide a separate district for the elec tion of each state senator and each state representative. A constitutional amendment to cause taxes to be collected for public our- poses only and providing the power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or contracted away. An amendment providing for state railroad building. An amendment providing a uniform rule of taxation. An act to increase the salary of the Judge of the eighth Judicial district An act to create the county ot Ne smith. A bill to provide for the mainten ance of the normal school at Mon mouth. A bill to create the connty of Otis. A bill to create the county of Wil liams. An amendment providing for people of each county to regulate taxation and exemptions. An, amendment giving cities and towns control over sale of liquor. A bill for liability of employers. . A bill to create the county of Or chard. A bill to create the county of Clark . A bill for the support and mainten ance of the normal school at Weston. A petition to establish and maintain a normal school at Ashland. ENTERPRISE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14," 1910. An amendment to section 35, article. 1. of the constitution to prohibit the sale of liquor. An Initiative bill to prohibit the sale of liquor. A petition to create an "Employes Indemnity Commission." A petition to prohibit Ashing on Rogue river. A bill to create the county of Des chutes. C D. NORTON. The New 8crtary te President Taft. 7 J "5 i NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS Baroness de la Roche, driving a Voisin biplane, at Rheims, Frauce. Inst her nerve at a beigh of 60 meters. shut off the power and fell with her machine to the ground. Her legs and arms were broken and she suffered severe contusions. Joseph Smith, president of the Mor mon Church of Utah, was a passenger on the liner Vaderland. which sailed for Dover and Antwerp. A great scandal. Involving ex-Pre mier George Clemenceau, has broken out In connection with the trial of Henri Rochelle, the well-known French promoter, whose financial In stitutions, the Franco-Spanish bank and the Credit Mlnler. were closed In March, 1908, when Rochelle was ar rested on charges of extensive swlnd ling. The testimony shows that im aense sums of money were made by speculators Immediately before the failure. Secretary of the Interior Balllnger has started on a trip of inspection westward, which may cover a period of several months. He is accompanied by E. C. Finney, assistant to the sec retary and a stenographer. Governor Stubfcs received a tele gram from Theodore Roosevelt, fix ing the day of his one Kansas speech at August 81. He will speak at the John Brown celebration at Ossawa tomle, Kan. Coach Drops Over Cliff. YOSEMITE, Cal. A 4-horse stage coach, carrying 11 passengers, for El Portal, the gateway of the Yosemlte National Park, went over a cliff into the Merced River, a fall of 100 feet, 8unday. One man and three women were carried down with the stage sod injured severely. The other passeng ers and driver Jumped In time. Two ' horses were killed. Socialist Ticket Will Be Named. KLAMATH FALLS For the flmt time in the history of the county a Socialist ticket will be in the polit ical field here during the coming campaign. The Franchise In Bruil. All citizens of the republic of Brazil have tbe franchise except soldiers and beggars. VVvt Vft y i DIAZ AND TAFT EXCHANGE NOTES President of Mexico Suggests Change in Nicaraguan Policy. WASHINGTON The attitude of the Mexican- government toward the Madrix cause in Nicaragua was made plainer, when correspondence which recently passed between President Diai and President Taft on the sub Ject became public. President Diax wrofe President Taft. ss th result of the circulation or a telegram Madrix sent to Central Amer lean governments protesting agulnst the attitude of the United States lo Nicaragua "If these facts are exact In all de tails," said President Diaz, after refer ring to Madrix' protest, "I permit my self In the most friendly spirit, to rec ommend most earnestly to your ex cellency that you reconsider those In structions of which Nicaragua com plains to the end of permitting the government of Madrix within a pru dently brief period, to accomplish that complete pacification which is of fered." Information Erroneous, Says Taft. Mr. Taft, in reply, said: "I esteem your excellency's friendly interest in the relation of the United States with Nicaragua. As your ex cellency will have surmised, the tele gram which Dr. Madrlz ordered sent to you, as well as telegrams sent to other governments in which the con tinuation of the struggle In Nicaragua Is attributed to the policy of the United 8tates. has evidently been transmitted udder erroneous Informa tion with respect to the actual facts and the principles of International taw applicable to the case." Germany Recognizes Madrix. WASHINGTON. Germany has for mally put the stamp or her approval on the Madrix government in Nlca ragua. This information reached Washing ton through confidential channels out side the State Department. Germany's action was taken In April, before the recent serlea of Estrada victories. No .mr European government, so far am mailable information shows. iaji doped a similar attitude. GENERAL NEWS NOTES Waller Brookins, In a Wright bi plane, broke the world's altitude rec ord at Atlantic City, N. J., when be attained a height of 6175 feet. Chipper as a boy with, a smile and a real handshake for all well-wishers John D. Rockefeller celebrated his 71st birthday at Forest Hill, bis splen did summer home In Cleveland, Ohio. Women teachers showed their knowledge of politics by forcing the triumphant election of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of the public school of Chicago, as president of tbe National Educational associa tion. Walter Wellman and E. Van Inman will attempt this Fall to cross the At lantic ocean In the dirigible balloon America, which was built for tbe Well- man Polar expedition and has been twice tested in voyage over the Arc tic ocean north of Spltzbergen. On petition of the the International Paper company. Judge Colt, in the United States circuit court, at Boston. appointed John Norrls, of New York, an officer of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, and Charles F. Weed, an attorney of this city, re ceivers of the Boston Herald company. Including a bond Issue of 11.700.000. tbe indebtedness Is about $2,200,000. Results of great importance and lasting benefit to the United States, as well as to the Latln-Ainerlcan re publics, are expected from the fourth Pan-American coherence, which met In Buenos Ayres. The notable conventions of the week Include the Elks at Detroit, the International convention or the Bap tist Young People's Union, at Sara toga, the annual saegerfest of the Northwestern Norwegian-Danish Sing ers' association at Sioux Falls, the convention of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association at St. Paul, and the summer meeting of the America Chemical society in San Francisco. Be wno lores goodness harbors an-gels.-Emerson. POLITICAL NEWS Political News. Albert J. Beveridge, United States senator from Indiana and ne of the most prominent and consistent of the 'progressive'1 republicans, arter a visit to Sagamore Hill, came away with a promise from Theodore Roose velt to deliver a campaign speech la his favor In his fight fur reelection to the senate. Following the receipt of a letter from Colonel Roosevelt, Governor Hughes announced that the former president had fixed Tuesday as the day for their meeting at Sagamore Hill. Lee O'Neill Browne, democratic leg islative leader, under Indictment at Chicngo and Springfield, announces himself a candidate for renomlnatlon as a member of the legislature. A. O. SPALDING. A. G. Spalding, head ot the sporting goods house of Chicago, has been formally requested by th business men of San Diego,' Cal.. to accept the nomination to succeed Frank P. Flint In the United States senate. Colonel Roosevelt declares Con gressman Poindexter did not discuss the Washington senatorial contest with him. "My relations with all the candidates to succeed Senator Plies have been, so far as I can recall, most cordial. I will not take any side la the contest,' he said. "We have a fight before us. t have decided what I am going to do. .Tbots who may want to come with me. eome Those who want to stay at borne, stay." With these words William J Bryan closed one of the most drama tic speeches of his career at tbe dem ocratlc county convention at Lincoln. Neb. He spoke In support of a post tlve declaration for county option, and at the conclusion of his address the plank was adopted by an overwhelm Ing majority. ENGINEER SAVES HIS TRAIN FROM HOLDUP Clever Ruse Prevents Looting of Baggage and Passenger Coaches. ST. LOUIS. Cleverness on the part of the engineer prevented three men from robbing the Missouri, Kansas A Texas Southwestern flyer No. 8, near Larimer, St. Louis County, 15 miles from St. Louis, early Sunday morning. Three men were arrested as suspects, but were released after Investigation. Engineer Qulnn, through a rase, pre vented the baggage car and passenger coaches from being looted. Tbe rob bers at the point of revolvers com pelled tbe engineer and fireman to descend from the cab and go with them to tbe baggage car to assist la uncoupling It. When tinkering about tbe coupling the engineer and fireman managed to slip away in the darkness. The two started on a run for the cab. The libbers soon became aware that the crew was dashing for the cab and opened fire. Springing into tbe cab, the engineer threw tbe throttle wide open and washed away with the train. New Jap Alliance Due. BERLIN. A new political align ment, with Japan breaking away from Eng'and as soon as . the present treaty between these two has expired, is predicted by Prof. Albrecht Wirth, one cf the most prominent Pan-American politicians and writers. Pawnshops In Chile. Pawnshops lu Chile are under regu lation of the general government, en forced by local authorities. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEW PROGRAMME CAUSES EMBARRASSMENT Administration Men Charge Pinchotites With 'Packing' Congress at St. Paul. ST. PAUL, Minn. Charges that tbe aatlonal conservatioa program, for the sesslsoa here la September, has been "packed" with antl-admlnlstratton speakers, has created a furore In St Paul. Governor A. O. Eberhardt. dis cussing the situation, said: "I think the men at tbe head of the movement for the oongrsss here are fair-minded enough to change the pro gram If It la not properly balanced." Tbe "admlnlatratlonlsts" want Sena tor Nelson, and possibly President Taft placed oa the list of speakers, but It It hot probable that the presi dent would consent, becsuse bis at titude might be misconstrued. The squabble that has arisen here gives rise to the fear that the con gress may be moved to Denver or Kan sas City,' both or which hsve mad strong bids for It WASHINGTON, D. C, NOTES Declaring that some companies en gaged la the planting of the eucalyp tus tree la this country have endeav ored to place the government behind ssggerated statements as lo the pos sibl results, Forester Graves has Is sued a warning to the publle against extravagant predictions. Postmaster-Oeneral ' Hitchcock has expressed the opinion that no postal savings bank could be established be fore January 1, 1911. Controller of the Treasury Trace well bas rendered a declsloa holding In effect that in tbe future he will not allow expenses of office deputies la serving John Doe warrants. The Issue came before him on an appeal by Marshal P. M. !ong, of the northern district of Alabama, from a ruling by the auditor of the state and other de- . partmeats In disallowing traveling ex penses Incurred in endeavoring to serve such waraats la Internal rev nue cases where the effort to arrest was unsuccessful. The proposal to trintport freight by airship from Artxona to New Mexico will have tbe effeot of bringing the United 8tates and Mexico Into an early agreement relative to tbe first aerial treaty. Tbe Mexican govern ment bas approved In a general way the original draft of tbe treaty which Ambassador d la Barra suggested la Secretary Knot. LYNCH BUND-PIG DETECTIVE Anti-aaioon League Raid Reaults In Mob Vlolsnc. NEWARK, Ohio. Tbe trouble which culminated In the lynching of Detec tive Ktbertngtoo was the outgrowth of aa attempt by the Ant) Saloon league to show the presence of a blind tiger" la Licking county, which It "dry" under the Rot local option law. Detectives, of which Etberlna- ton was one. were tent to Newark to make a series of raids. In a raid oa tbe "Last Chanc" " restaurant, cou- ducted by William Howard, former chief of police of Newark, there .i a clash and Etherlngton shot Howard Tbe wounded man died shortly after reaching tbe hospital. Upon the death of Howard the lall was surrounded by a mob and DeUo- tlve Etherlngton was taken out and lynched. ' 8pokan Suffers Lett. SPOKANE. Fire, supposed to have been caused by tbe careless droDDlne of a match or a cigarette ttub Inro a shaving bin at tbe rear of tbe main factory of the Springston Lumber C.a.. early Sunday night, swept a two-block area, entailing a property lost of $87, 600, covered by Insurance amountinc to fDO.760. Ashton Is Boomed. TACOMA, Wash. In the Interest of the candidacy of James M. Ashton, of Tacoma, who is seeking to become U. i. Senstor, a plan 4s being formulated o hsve all the timber Interests of Washington center their strength on Asbtoa and get busy In his behalf. Tacoma Gets Convention. SEATTLE, Wash. The annual con vention of th Western Federation Of Improvement clubs, embracing Wash ington, California, Oregon, Idaho and Moatana, will bt held la Tacoma August 23 ant 84.