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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. 50.
Cent a word single Insertion, 1
cent a word 2 Insertions. Special
rates toy month and year.
WANTED.
Violin pupils. Miss Pearl Humphrey,
graduate or Notre Dame Academy.
Call at J. L. Browning's. 24bm
Girl to learn telephone operating.
Apply Independent office, - Enter
tirUo 27bl
LOST.
I .-lis aud books, between hotel and
depot. Finder will be rewarded by
turning to J. P. Sanders. Or leave
nt thia office or at E. M. & M. Co.
store. 26btf
Lost, in or near Enterprise, ladies'
black hand satchel containing coin
purse, $3.00 and some small change,
one pair black silk mittens, pair
black lisle gloves, three handker
chiefs, and card from Rev. Adams.
Finder please return to this office
or EdHh StubbleMeld.
LOST OR STRAYED.
Two pigs, sandy, with black spots.
Finder communicate with C. E.
Funk, Enterprise. 19btf
MONEY TO LOAN
State Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John
P. Rusk. Atty. State Land E'd. Joseph
Farm loans . 7 percent. Call or
write First Bank of Joseph. 68btf
FOR 8ALE.
Wonder Washer at Rt'.ey's.
27b4
Fresh cow and calf; also surrey,
team and harness. Inquire at M.
& M. flour mill. Enterprise. 27u2
Lots In Troy townsite for sale at
$20 and up. O. R. & N. railroad
id now making final location survey
on Grande Ronde river between
Rondowa and Snake river. When
road 4s built Troy will be the larg
est town and chief trading center
of the entire North Country. See
or write H. E. Merryman, owner,
Enterprise, Oregon. 2"btf
New 8 room house and 3 lots in
souhteast part of town. Will be
sold for $2000, the actual cost of
lots and house, if taken soon. In
quire at this office. 27btf
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
The following Is a list of letters
remaining uncalled for at the post
office at Enterprise, Oregon, for the
week ending July 30, 1910:
Mr. F. P. Brcsins, Mr. Elmer Col
vin, Mr. Waiter S. Hanson, Ray She-1-ton,
Mr. Ed Ledbetter.
When calling for any of the above
please say advertised. Those not
called, for will be sent to the dead
letter office on August 15, 1910.
BEN WEATHERS, Postmaster.
Oklahoma 'Corn Damaged.
GUTHRIE, Okla. The report of the
State Board of Agriculture estimates
the damage to the corn crop in Okla
noma In the last month at 21.3 pei
cent.
This is against a damage of 25.6
per cent in 1909. The board reports
the cotton holding up well.
Since July 25 the hottest and dry
est weather of the year has been fell
ad the damage is sail to be much
Increased ever the figures made pub
lie.
THE MARKETS.
Portland..
Wheat Track prices: Club, 86c;
bluestem, 95; red Russian. 85c.
Barley Feed and brewing, $24.
Oats No. 1 white, $28 per ton.
V Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$1819 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$2022; alfalfa, $13014.
Butter Extra, 33c; fancy, 33c;
ranch, 23c
Eggs Ranch, candled, 27c.
Hops 1909 crop, 10 13c; olds,
nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 14 17c per
pound.
Mohair 32 33c. .
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 94c; club, 88c;
red Russian, 87c.
Oats $32 per ton.
Barley $24 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $22 per ton; alfalfa,
$ 4 per ton.
Butter Washington Creamery, 33e;
inch. 22c.
Eggs Selected local, 31c.
' Lee Statue Will Stay.
BEVERLY, Mass. President Taft
has approved, without comment, an
opinion by Attorney-General Wicker
sham to the effect that there is no j
provision of law by which the statue
of General R. E. Lee in Confederate i
uniform can be removed from Stat
uary hall, in the capltol at Washing-1
tea,
DR. GRIPPE!) AND
COMPANJONJN TOILS
Arrested as Steamer Lands for
Alleged Murder of His Wife.
No Confession Obtained.
FATHER POINT, Quebec Doctor
Hawfey Harvey Crlppen and Ethel
Claire Leneve, his stenographer, who
fled from London after the disappear
ance of Belle Elmore, the doctor's
wife, were arrested here Sunday
aboard the Canadian Pacific liner
Montrose, at the command of Inspec
tor Dew, of Scotland Yard.
The identification or the long-sought
fugitives by the detectives on the
English steamer which had raced
across the Atlantic ahead of the Mont
rose, marked the culmination of tne
or the most sensational flights in re
cent criminal annals.
Girl Sobs Hysterically.
Accompanied by Canadian officers,
Dew boarded the vessel, and 15 mln
utes later both man and girl were
locked in their staterooms, Crlppen,
broken In spirit but mentally relieved
by the relaxed tension; the girl, garb
ed in boy's clothes, sobbing hysteric
ally. They were no longer "Rev. John
Robinson and son," ai booked from
Antwerp on July 20.
After brier delay, the Montrose con
tinued her 160-mile journey up the
river towards Quebec, where the Jail
awaited the pair. Crlppen Is charged
with the murder or an unknown wom
an, believed to have been his actress
wife. Belle Elmore. The girl is beld
as an accessory. In charge of In
spector Dew they will be taken back
to England for trial, on the Royal line
steamship Royal George, leaving Que
bec on Thursday.
MUCH VALUABLE LAND
WITHDRAWN IN WEST
WASHINGTON. D. C Nearly 300.
000,000 acres of public land, the
cream or the West, Is now withdrawn
from entry. Some of it Is permanent
ly withdrawn, as, for Instance, the
forest reserves. National parks, etc..
and other portions may In time be
again placed within the reach of the
people of the West
There remains of the public domain
only about 700,000,000 acres that is
unappropriated and unreserved, and a
very small percentage or this residue
is attractive or will ever be attrac
tive to settlers. Included in this acre
age are the bad lands or the West,
the Irreclaimable deserts, barren
mountain summits and worthless
mountain country. Only a small por
tion is arable, and very little Is or
a character that will permit or agri
cultural development The beat lands
have not passed to private owner
ship are now held up by the govern
ment '
Wendllng Captured After Long Chase
SAN FRANCISCO. Joseph Wend
llng,' former Janitor or St John's
church or Louisville, Ky., and the man
who is charged with the murder or
little 8-year-old Alma Kellner, niece
of one of the richest men of Louis
ville, is under arrest here. Wendllng
was arrested after having been hunt
ed through half a dozen states or the
union, through Mexico and part or
Central America. Wendling admitted
his identity but protests bis Inno
cence of the crime.
WILL PLANT BRITISH FLAG
IN THE EXTREME NORTH
OTTAWA, Ont. Balked of his life
long ambition to male a voyage to
the North Pole, Captain Bernler, who
sailed for the Polar regions from Que
bec recently, on the government
steamer Arctic, under sealed orders,
has evidently been placated by com
mission from the Canadian govern
ment to essay the Northwest Pas
sage. Whether or not. however, Cap
tain Bernior succeeds in forcing the
Northwest Passage, his Instruction
are to plant the British flag and as
sert Canadian sovereignty over Are
tic lands that he may visit In the
course of his expedition.
No Egyptian Tobacco.
Egypt grows no tobacco. The best
tobacco reaches Aden from Cavalla
and Is known as Buania. "
ENTERPRISE, OREGON,
rRlHT MEN PLAN EXCHANGE
SEATTLE. tFrultgrowers of Idaho,
Oregon and Washington at a meeting
here organ bad the Northwestern
Fruit exchange, a co-operative agency,
to handle the business of the fruit
growers or the thxee states. The head
quarters of the exchange will be es
tablished immediately at Portland,
Ore., and branch agencies will be
placed In all the Important market
centers of the country.
Its purpose is the co-ordination of
the fruitgrowing Interests of Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana
and the centralising of the handling
and marketing or fruit grown In all
the best districts in these states
through one channel.
Many Negroes Killed. "
PALASTINE, Texas. Twenty-three
negroes and four white teen were
killed In a race riot between Elkhart
and Slocum, 15 miles south of here,
according to advices received from
the scene of the battle.
The riot began when James Alford.
a white man, had an altercation wiln
a negro regarding a protested note.
This led to a general Cght between
the whites and negroes In which
knives and pistols were used.
CHARLTON MAY NOT
BE TAKENTO ITALY
WASHINGTON. Porter Charlton,
confessed murderer of his wife, whose
body was taken from Lake Como,
Italy, may go forth, a free man, from
Jersey City Jail. The Julian govern
ment has made no formal demand tor
the extradition of Charlton, and in the
opinion or authorities on Internation
al law, unless such a demand Is
made by the authorities, the Federal
officers must order Charlton's release.
It has been generally concluded that
Italy hesitates to demand Charlton's
extradition, owing to her policy or re
fusing to extradite criminals to the
United States, when they have taken
refuge in Italy.
Oldest Sailor Now 101.
"SEATTLE. The army transport
Dlx sailed for Manila Sunday with
a cargo or. army mules, cavalry
horses and army supplies One of
her passengers Is Donis Aguera, a'
Filipino sailor, aged 101 years and
six months, whose birth date is re
corded in the Catholic Church at
Cebu.
MOTHER DROWNS CHILDREN
Rendered Insane by Monotony of
Ranch "Life.
MARTINEZ, Cal. Mrs. Joseph
Mello, formerly Isabel McNlcoll of
San Francisco, wife of one of the
wealthiest ranchers In Contra Costa
county, drowned four of her six chil
dren in a small bath tub at ber home
at Marsh Mello Is believed to be In
sane.
Behind the tragic death of the inno
cent babes' Is the story of a woman
who, used to the luxury and the pas
times of a gay city, was suddenly
placed on a lonely ranch where her
days became monotonous.
Grand Trunk 8trlke Settled.
MONTREAL. A basis of settle
ment on the Grand Trunk has been
reached after a prolonged conference
of union representatives and railroad
officials, and the men are expected to
return to work.
CRIMES AND MISHAPS
The coroner's Jury empaneled to
inquire Into the death of Ira O. Rawn,
late president of the Monon railroad,
returned an open verdict but found
that he died from a shot received
from his own weapon by -his own
hand.
One thousand acres of tobacco,
nearly as much wheat, and more than
500 acres of corn were destroyed by
a cloud burst In Lincoln, Boyle and
Hercer counties, Kentucky.
Local government officials, acting
upon orders received from Washing
ton, confiscated 50,000 ice cream cones
consigned to a Kansas City drug company.-
The government alleges the
cones are Impure.
' Erwin Wider, the cashier of the
Russo-Chlnese bank agency, was ar
rested In New York and beld In $25.
000 bail, after confessing to defalca
tions aggregating mora than $500,000.
Chronic Condition.
Prospective Teuant Of course the
bouse needs repairs. Owner-Huhl
Did you ever see a house that didn't?
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1910.
ALFONSO OF SPAIN
FACES REVOLUTION
Conflicting Forces May Causs
Boy Monarch to Lose
His Throne.
MADRID. Alfonso of Spi'n is
caught between conflicting fo;ees, e:ici;
of which seems bent on removing him
from his throne. Hetween the three,
it Is evident to studvn's of Spanish
affairs that the boy monarch will
probably have to fight his way out
through the most critical strile of his
eventful career.
The diplomatic battle with the Vati
can has assumed the greatest import
ance, but the threats or the Carlists,
headed by Don Jaime, the pretender,
and the armed uprising of the thou
sands of Spanish exiles along the
French border, aided by the general
strike being preached all over Spain,
have won thousands of adherents who
today Join forces in a contest with
Alfonso, with the throne of Spalu as
the stake.
Excitement in the capital and
throughout Spain Is Intense over the
KINO ALFONSO.
conflict with the Vatican, which came
to a climax when the dlclBlon of Pre
mier Canalejas' to recall the Spanish
ambassador to tbe Vatican was an
nounced. The clerical element, which bas of
ten before won similar battles in
Spain, shows no hesitation in entering
upon tbe conflict and seems to have
set Its aim, not upon minor conces
sions and a compromise acceptable to'
the Holy See, but upon the downfall
of Canalejas and his cabinet and the
cancellation of tbe entire programme
or reform. The withdrawal of the
imperial- decree permitting nun Cath
olic organizations to display the in
signia of house worship, which fur
nishes the ostensible cause of diplo
matic relations, assumes secondary
Importance.
CORNER IN WHEAT
ESCAPESA SQUEEZE
CHICAGO. Tbe great wheat baitle
of July, 1910, c'.oxed with Thomas H.
Waterman, the new king of the pit.
In the saddle. The "corner" closed
without any squeezing of the shorta,
which Is a most unprecedented way
for a well-regulated corner to act, es
pecially wben a new monarch Is as
suming control.
The main reason for the falling of
tbe corner and the escape of many
shorts from the promised squeezing
is that tbe Chicago board of trade
permitted Waterman and bis asso
ciates to learn that no squeezing of
the shorts would be tolerated aud that
tbe creation of an artificially high
price on the closing day of tbe option
would result In some one being. sus
pended from membership.
The closing prices of the July op
tion were $1.05 and $1.05. Septem
ber wheat closed at $1.03 and
$1.03.
Strike May Tie Up Road.
CHICO, Cal. The entire system of
the Northern Electric Railway will be
tied up by a strike, if efforts now
on foot succeed. The company has
failed to grant a raise In wages to
linemen employed by It, and they
were ordered out by the electrical
workers' union. This prevents the
completion of the double-track work
under way. ijj Sacramento.
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BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK
The American consul at Managua,
has advised the itate department that
the revolutionary movement Is gain
ing strength In western Nicaragua.
New York City faces a sugar ram
Ine as a result or the strike at the
Williamsburg plant of the American
Sugar Refining company. For nearly
a week the company has been unable
to make its usual deliveries to re
tailers. Final steps In the transaction by
which a large number of gas, electric
and water power plants In Oregon,
Washington and Idaho are merged un
der the name of the Pacific Power ft
Light company, a $7,500,000 operat
ing corporation, have been taken.
Mayor Gaynor has announced his
determination to put a stop to the
distribution or Tree beer to policemen
and firemen by several big New York
breweries.
The bill modifying the declaration
of religion required by the English
King upon accession passed tbe house
of commons on third reading by a
vote of 254 to 42.
While satisfied that neither a pro
tectorate over nor the annexation of
Liberia is contemplated In the pro
posed plan of the United States to
raise a loan or $1,500,000 to consoli
date Liberia's debt on a sound busi
ness basis, some disquietude Is mani
fested In French government circles
over - exactly what Secretary Knox
contemplates In the premises.
There are to be some unique fea
tures in a monster suffrage parade
which Is to take place In New York
City In October as the opening gun of
the suffragists fall campaign. Ac
cording to the announcements Just Is
sued, one float Is to be filled with
"suffrage babies" to show that suffra
gists do not neglect rearing families
Old age pensions In foreign coun
tries have been the subject of Investi
gation by Congressman Frederick
Lundln, Republican, Illinois. He finds
that they have proved successful and
he Is hopeful that some such provis
ion for the care of the aged my be
made In tbe United States.
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS
John Lind, nominated for governor
by the democrates, has said definitely
and flatly that, if elected, he will not
serve as governor of Minnesota.
Kermlt Roosevelt's return to Psrls
has revived the rumor that the young
hunter of big game has lost his heart
to the charming MIrs Margaret Ruth
erford, daughter of Mrs. W. K. Van
derbilt, who resides In Paris a large
part of each year.
i. G. CARLI8LE.
Ex Secretary of the Treasury under
Grover Cleveland, who died at his
home In New York Sunday.
W. J. Bryan has Just given Instruc
tion that the work of Improving bis
farm of 160 acres near Mission, Texas,
be pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible, as he desires to move Into bit
new home with bis family this fall.
He gives Intimation that be' Intends
to make Texas his permanent borne.
Laura Jean LIbby, the author of
sensational novels, made her debut on
the stage Monday In a New York roof
garden. Mian Libby ie Mrs. Van Ma
ter Still well in private life.
In a communication received from
Wells-Fargo attorneys by tbe state
railroad commission, tbe commission
is asked to withhold service of .ts re
cent order cutting rates until Septem
ber 1. The law allows 20 days for
consideration of such an order.
Eighty years old, tired of Ufa and
fearing she would become a burden
to relatives, Mrs. Regula Seether of
Portland donned a bathing suit at
Seaside, waded into tbe surf and al
lowed herself to drowiiu
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB
ITEMS OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT OREGON
Chronicle of Important Events
of Interest to Our
Readers.
Build Electrle Line Down Coast
MARSH FIELD. Stating that the
purpose Is to build an electrio Una
rrom this city to Roseburg, the Coos
Bay Traction corporation, which waa
recently Incorporated In Oregon for
$1,000,000, made a public announce
nient through the president, George
F. Averill of this city.
It Is understood that It Is a part of
a plan to build an electric line to
riorence and Coos Bay and on to
Roseburg and also from this city to
Bandon, down through Curry county
and across to Grants Pass.
Nothing la given out as to who
Averill Is acting for further than that
he Is connected with eastern capital.
Assessment Matter of Law.
8ALEM. In defense of the request
made by the tax commission for a
oloser assessment by county assessors
of mortgage notes, Commissioner
Charles Galloway dictated a long In
tervlew for the newspapers, In which
he reaffirms the former request and
makes it clear that the commission
expects assessors to use their utmost
efforts to reach debts on account,
not, contract or mortgage. 'The In
terview la given with the object of
correcting some misunderstandings
that he fears may have arisen as re
sult of the recent discussion of the
feasibility o( taxing mortgage notes
In tbe public press.
REALTY FRAUDS ALLEGED
Realty Frauds Alleged.
SALEM. Attorney General A. M.
Crawford has directed a letter to Dis
trict .Attorney Cameron, of Multno
mah oounty, calling his attention to
the townslt of Hlllman In Crook
county and suggesting that the sub
ject might be worthy an official In
vestigation. He said that the town ts platted on
a rockplle In a desert near where one
of the proposed lines of railroad Is
surveyed. He says there are no houses
there, or any other buildings, although
the advertising matter shows banks,
hotels and buildings on the town plat.
For a while, he says, there wis one
tent on the land.
He was requested by the county of
ficials to call Cameron's attention to
the conditions and If possible bring
the parties causing the alleged fraud
Into the courts. Tbe land Is practi
cally valueless, be asserts, for any
purpose whatever and Is so situated
that no one will ever become an In
habitant there. Ha Incloses a photo
grar of the place showing the soli
tary Unt and also some advertising
matter.
Work at Cslllo to Begin.
THE DALLES. Tbe government
will resume active operations on the
construction of the Celllo canal at Bla;
Eddy, four mites east of The Dalles,
early nest month. It ts reported that
the work will be la charge of Gov
eminent Engineer L. B. Russell.
Aold Retards Timothy.
WALLOWA. A. W. Sampson, who
Is employed in classifying lands In the
national forests for the government.
With a view of determining the acidity
of the soil and the proper grasses to
sow for producing tbe best crop of
forage, has returned from Washing
ton. Extensive experiments were
mad last year with bluegrass, tim
othy and red top. . The timothy and
bluegrass did wall for a fsw weeks,
when the roots struck a stratum of
aold soli about two Inches In depth.
The roots curled up In a mass and
the growth was retarded greatly until
the latter part of August, wben this
stratum was penetrated and the roots
hot rapidly downward, producing a
fia growth In such plants as bad sur
vived the season.
Fish Hatchery Cleared.
WALLOWA. Th Wallowa fish
hatohery, located 14 miles below this
city on th Wallowa river, Is clear of
fish and eggs, all the fry having hatch
ed, reached th feeding age, and bees
turned Into the rivet. . " -
. They Com Easy. '
No man bus to serve an apprentice
ship In order to learn bow to make
mistakes, -