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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1909)
EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from AH Farts ol the World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Less Important but Not Less Inter e sting Happenings from Points Outside the State. Naples has made great preparations to welcome Roosevelt. Portland's new city directoy places the population at 255,000. There is a Civil war veteran living in Missouri who is 110 years old. Fire at Dallas, Tex., destroyed property worth $250,000, nearly all residences. A bie Chicago grain brokerage com pany has failed because of the advanc ing wheat market. Canadian miners on strike believe the fuel shortage will force the mine owners to give in. Students of Ruskin college, Oxford, England, have struck against the re moval of the principal. Admiral Cervera, one of the Spanish naval commanders during the war with the United States, is dead. There is a report that Fairbanks has been offered the ambassadorship to Great Britain, but he refuses to discuss the proposition. Philip Caine, a cousin of the novel ist, is dead. He had existed for years bv selling shoe laces, ignorant of the fact that he was heir to $60,000. Roosevelt and party have arrived ' at Gibraltar. A contest is imminent on the estate of "Lucky" Baldwin. Roosevelt denies that an attempt was made on his life while crossing the ocean. The leader of a Chicago Black Hand society has been trapped and informed on his confederates. . A New York broker has been arrest ed for swindling investors out of $150,- 000 in mining stocks. The French government may make formal protest against some of the pro visions of the tariff bill. It is said Harriman will make chang es in the Union Pacific line and invade the Burlington's territory. President Eliot, of Harvard univers ity, has declined the appointment of ambassador to Gceat Britain. Every coal mine in Western Canada, except the Crows Nest collieries, are tied up by a strike of the miners. One hundred and fifty thousand Chi cago women have signed a petition protesting against higher duties on gloves. King Victor will meet Roosevelt on an Italian warship. Thousands of men are going to the newly discovered gold fields near Phoe nix, Ariz. Professional gamblers are giving officers of the trans-Atlantic liners great trouble. A Baltimore clerk, only 26 years of age, has been arrested for embezzling $100,000 from the city. Harriman says the government should set the states an example by repealing repressive railroad laws. Most of the oil wells in Oklahoma will shut down for four months on ac count of overproduction and adverse state laws. General Kuroki, commander of the first Japanese army in the field against Russia, has retired, owing to the ex piration of his military term, Statistics show that convictions for drunkenness have increased 164 per cent throughout the Dominion of Can ada during the past 10 years, , Paris students, who had been sent to prison for misdemeanor, took revenge on the convicting officer by sending 400 wagon loads of merchandise to his home. Only two men are needed to complete the Calhoun jury. Indians in revolt In Mexico are spreading terror. French manufacturers are alarmed at the Payne tariff bill. A great mass meeting in London called for a big navy. Russia is retiring the older generals to promote young men, It is reported that Castro will go to Colon instead of Venezuela. The Panhandle district of Texas has just had the worst storm of the winter. Ex-Secretary of State Owen, of In diana, has been arrested for gigantic frauds. The government is worried about the reception that will be accorded the Jap warships at San Francisco. A Union Pacific passenger train hit a alide near Ogden and two trainmen lost their lives and five ears were burn ed. Not a passenger was injured. Fear that the stroke of "piano play- era' cramp" may disable him for life, Paderewski has cancelled all engage ments in this country and Europe. gone to VETERANS AT A.-Y.-P. Various Organizations Planning for Big Time-This Summer. The nation's war veterans, and the sons and wives and daughters of them, are carrying out big plana for represen tation at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacihc ex position. The military order of the Loyal Legion has preempted a five acre tract on the exposition grounds and is establishing upon it patriotic head quarters. The Grand Army of the Re public will be represented and so will the Sons of Veterans, the Ladies of the G. A. R. and the Women's Relief Corps. Early in the year the Loyal Legion entered into correspondence with the War department at Washington with the result that it has secured a splendid equipment and has already established headquarters tents and a model head quarters encampment generally. Around the camp the government's out door exhibit will be placed. It consists of big and little ordnance, of today and the other dayB, Civil war relics and relics of the unpleasantness with Spain, so that the visitor to headquarters will be confronted by big modern 12-inch rifles as well as cannonades of the Eighteenth 'century, picked up on the beach in Manila bay. Local G. A. R. posts are expecting a heavy attendance at the exposition from among the nation's old time fight ing men, for the reason that the grand encampment takes place in Salt Lake City early in August and the railroads have announced lower rates than ever before from Eastern points to the ex position. Under the tickets offered by the transcontinental roads it will be possible for the veteran to take passage through to Seattle and stop off for the encampment without extra cost, and that thousands will do so is already made evident by letters received by officers of the Grand Army and Loyal Legion in this city. It will be open house at Grand Army and Loyal Legion headquarters through' out the fair and several special days and events have been arranged in their honor. The state encampment of the G. A. R. takes place in Tacoma in June and June 24 has been set as state (j, A. R. day. August 16 has been named as National G. A. R. day and it will be made the occasion of one of the biggest and most brilliant of the Bpecial cele brations at the exposition. FIRE AT FT. WORTH. Laree Section of 1 exas City Burned and Thousands Homeless. Fort Worth. Tex.. April 6. Start- inn1 in a barn, presumably from a care- lesslv thrown ciearette. fire Saturday afternoon destroyed property in the southern portion of Fort Worth conser vatively valued at $2,500,000, caused the death of one person, J. J. Newton, of Krum. Tex., and rendered several thousand persons homeless. The fire originated at Jennings aven ue and Peter Smith street, in the cen ter of a fashionable residence district, and. fanned by a stiff wind, was be yond control in 15 minutes. Spreading to the Bouth, it burned its way tnrougn 32 blocks and continued until it had Bwept through the yards of the Texas & Pacific railroad, burning the railroad buildings and a large amount of rolling stock, where the fire practically burned itself out. Three church buildings, the Broad way Baptist and Presbyterian and the Swedish chapel, were among the build ings burned, as was the Presbyterian sanitarium. The patients of the latter institution were all removed in safety. The Texas & Pacific railroad suffered the largeet individual loss. Fourteen locomotives were reduced to twisted masses of steel and iron and several hundred boxcars, besides ' the round house and other buildings of the road were destroyed. The Texas & Pacific estimates the loss to the road at $160,000, while the damage to the church property is esti mated at $200,000. The fire swept area was patrolled by armed guards to prevent looting, while the owners of the burned buildings gathered what they could of their househbld effects and sought shelter for the night wherever it could be found. The livestock building and au ditorium at the fair grounds provided a temporary, abode for many, while others slept In vacant houses or accept ed the hospitality of Dallas and nearby cities. Watches United States London, April 6. trance as it may naya, incre88e( conducted with aston- ishing success in all parts of this coun try, is based secondarily upon the con clusions drawn from the Washington protrram. In the Navy League's circu lar it Is pointed out that the "united States has six Dreadnaughta building and two projected, a total of eight," and this, together with the German program, "gives 21 large armored ships for the United States and Ger many, with 22 lor Great Britain." ' Loses Much Coal Land. Helena, Mont, April 6. In the United States court today Judge Hunt declared null and void the title of the Northern Pacific railroad to 1.200 acres of coal land in Carbon county, valued at $2,600 an acre. The government instituted suit to recover the lands be- I cause of their mineral character. Judge Hunt in his decision held that, though cl assified as non-mineral, it was well known that they contained coal before they were entered upon. Reyes Faces Revolution. Willemstad, April 6. Rumors have reached here of a revolutionary out break against the administration of President Reves. of Columbia, in the vicinity of Rio Hacha, a seaport on the Carribean. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST BIG IRRIGATION CONTRACT. New York Capitalists to Water Large Tract in Baker County.' Salem The state land board has made the most advantageous contract looking to the reclamation of arid land in the history of the state. . The con tract was executed with O. P. Sinklen burg, representing Evans, Almirall & Co., New York, and unless there' is some hitch in the proceedings will lead to the reclamation of from 30.000 to 50,000 acres of arid land in the lower Powder river valley near Baker City. Whether the contract is carried through to fruition or not, there is no chance for the state to lose. The New York concern agrees to make topo graphic maps of land in the Powder river valley to locate all necessary canal lines and prepare plans and spe cifications and estimates of cost of con structing a great irrigation system in volving storage in the Thief valley res ervoir site. The maps, specifications and esti mates are to be submitted to State Engineer Lewis inside of six months, One thousand dollars in cash has been deposited with the state board pending the execution and delivery to the state Within SO days of a $5,000 bond. Upon completion of the estimates the board agrees to consider the application of the Powder river lands under the Carey act. If the demands of the com pany are reasonable, the board will en ter into a contract with the concern which will be required to put up a bond of 5 per cent of the lien allowed to guarantee the completion of the con' tract. Reasonableness with respect to the lien is defined to be a profit of not to exceed $20 per acre, above the esti mated cost as approved by the state engineer, and in no event to exceed $61 per acre. BUY FRUIT FARM. Minneapolis Capitalists to Plat Doug- las County Ranch. Roseburg One of the biggest deals ever made in Douglas county was clos ed at Roseburg recently, when the Cobb Real Estate company sold the Round prairie ranch to a company of Minne apolis capitalists and bankers, the con' sideration being $54,000 ' cash. The Round paririe ranch is a part of the James Burnett donation land claim, and comprises several hundred acres. It is situated on the South Umpqua river, eight or 10 miles south of RoBeburg, and on account of its freedom from cold winds and the quality of the soil, ranks with the best fruit land in the country, Last year the land was platted and placed on the market. It is the inten tion of the purchasers to adopt this plat for their own use and to continue the sale of lots from their offices at Minneapolis. They will first select from the entire tract 20 sites for sum mer homes for their own families, These homes will be built before the end of two years. By that time, they predict, they will have 20 other fami lies on the place. The buyers figure on a new city, the name of which has not yet been decided. Wants Gun From Battleship. Pendleton The city, the commercial organization and the local organizations of the G. A. R. and Spanish War vet erans are co-operating in an effort to secure for this city one of the cannon being removed from the battleship Ore gon. A telegram signed by the heads of these organizations was sent to the Oregon delegation and formal apphca tion will also be made to the War de partment. The cost of transporting the gun, if secured, from the navy yard to this city will be borne by public subscription. Carries Long Petition. Ontario Walter Griffiths will leave for Washington in a day or two to put the 'petition of the landholders under the Malheur project before the Re clamation department. He will take with him petitions of over 90 per cent of landholders under the project or ap proximately involving 160,000 acres of land. With the signing up of the land companies the success of Mr. Urittith s mission seems almost as sured. "Varmints" Going Rapidly Roseburg The records in the office of the Douglas county clerk show that the wild animals, such as cougar, pan ther, coyotes, wolves and wild cats, are being exterminated at a rapid rate in this county. Numerous trappers have been spending the winter at Peel, and other mountain towns, catch ing the animals, and in most cases the trappers have made a good thing fin an cially of their winter's work besides killing the animals. School Funds Apportioned. Albany Superintendent Jackson, of Linn county, has. completed the appor tionment of school funds for April, The Albany district receives $5,444, the largest amount of any district the county. Lebanon comes next, re ceiving $1,993. The per capita is $4.40 for each child, and $5 for each teacher attending the annual institute. Seventeen Year Case Settled. Albany The final account in the es tate of Richard C Finley has just been probated her. The case has been run ning for the past 17 years and could not be settled until the death of Mrs. Fin ley. The estate comprises several thousand acres of land, located in this county; also some realty in Crawfords- v"". BIG FUND FOR UMATILLA. ' Plan to Raise $50,000 for Publicity is Adopted. Pendleton Business men from all parts of the county, with the excep tion of the east end, met in Pendleton recently to form a county publicity bureau and partake of a banquet pre pared by the Pendleton Commercial association. Arrangements were made for raising $50,000 to carry on the work of the bureau for a year. This is to include the salary of a secretary, who is to conduct a press bureau simi lar to those used in exploiting exposi tions. . Half of this sum is to be raised in Pendleton and half in the county out side. A certain portion is to be allot ted to each section, and committees were appointed to see that the asses- men ts are raised. Enthusiasm prevailed and there is no doubt the desired amounts will be raised in the 10 days allowed. It was practically decided to discontinue the promiscuous sending out of pamphlets and to spend more money in newspaper advertising' and the expenses of a pub licity agent, who will take care of in quiries, sending information and per sonal letters when requested. Frank L. Merrick, of Portland, who has been connected with the publicity departments of the Portland and Seat tle fairs, is being considered' for pub licity agent. He was present at the meeting. " Uncle Sam to Aid Crater Road, Mediord According to letters re ceived by Will G. Steel, the Crater Lake road enthusiast, the government will send as soon as the Crater Lake road commission is appointed by the governor, engineers from the Depart ment of Agriculture to take charge of the construction of the boulevard to the lake. These men will be in the employ or tne united btates, the only expense to the commission being the livery service to enable the men to be in the field. Their other expenses will be paid by the department as well as their salaries. High Cattle Prices. Burns Large cattle sales are report ed daily. Buyers, local as well as out- Bide people, are buying all grades of cattle and paying better prices than have been paid for a long time. Many stockmen are selling their entire herds, The Pacific Livestock company is buy ing for home range and for outside peo ple to ship to other feeding grounds. interior uregon is experiencing an era of prosperity, the like of which has never been before. Horses, sheep and cattle are at top prices and growers are jubilant. Strawberry Outlook Good. Roseburg The Douglas county fruit growers are making a special effort this season to break all previous re cords for early strawberries. There is great rivalry between this section and the growers of Riddle, and several of the most enthusiastic growers are go ing to make an extra effort this season to see who can have the first shipment of ripe strawberries to the Portland markets. Prospects for big crops are good. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.22k (ft 1.25; club, $1.10; red Russian, $1.08; bluestem, shipping, $1.17J$; valley, $1.10. Oats No. 1 white, $3940. Barley Feed, $31 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $136115; Eastern Oregon, $1618; clover, $1213; alfalfa, $14.6015; grain hay, $1314; cheat $13.50 14.50; vetch, $13.5014.50. Apples 65c$2.50 per box. Potatoes $1.401.50 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 22$c per pound, Vegetables Turnips, $1 per sack; carrots, 90c; parsnips, $1.50; beets, $1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; ar tichokes, .7590c per dozen; aspara gus, 8(?12c per pound; beans, 25c; cabbage, 86?4c;. cauliflower, $2.50; celery, $4.75 per crate; lettuce, head, ooc per dozen; onions, 4U)50c per dozen ; parsley, 35c per dozen ; peas, 15c per pound ; radishes, 35c per dozen ; rhubarb, $1.75612 per box; spinach, $1611.10. Onions Oregon, $1.75 per hundred. Butter City creamery, extras, 32c; fancy outside creamery, 3032c; store, 1820c Butter fat prices aver age 1 H cents per pound under regular butter price. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2021c. Poultry Hens, 1616)tfc; broilers, 246825c; fryers, 1820c; roosters, old, 10((llc; young, 1415c; ducks, 206J 22c; geese, 10c; turkeys, 1819c; squabs, $2.503. Veal Extras, 106111c; ordinary, 7 8c; heavy, 6c. Pork Fancy, 9K10c; large, 8 8Xc Hops 1909 contracts, xl06110Kc; 1908 crop, 7(ci7Xe; 1907 crop, 84c; 1906 crop, l6i2c. Wool Eastern Oregon, contracts, 16 6118c; valley, 166117c; mohair, chioce, 236?23 Kc Cattle Top steers, $1.25 6.50; fair to good, $4.755; common to me dium, $3.25614.60; cows, top. $4.25; fair to good, $3.504; common to me dium, $2.50(53.50; calves, top, $5 5.50; heavy, $3.50(a4; bulls and stags, fat $3613.60; common, $26(2.75. Hogs Best $7.25(7.50; fair to good, $6.75617; stackers, $5.50(6.60; China fats, $6.75. Sheep Top wethers, $55.75 ; fair to good, $4.60614.75; ewes. c less on all grades; lambs, top, $6,606X6.75; I fair to good, $6y,'6.50. FOR CHILD PROTECTION. Great Britain Puts Law Into Force to Correct Many Evils. London, April 2. What' is termed the "children's charter" became effect ive in Great Britain today. The law is a source of keen satisfaction to all classes of society. "Baby farming" is subjected to strict supervision, and no child may be kept on premises that are overcrowded, dangerous or unsani tary. Foster parents found to be neg ligent, ignorant, drunken, immoral or criminal will be deprived of their charges. Insurance companies are forbidden to insure the life of a nursing child, and any person convicted of cruelty re sulting in the death of a child in which the person is financially interested may be fined 200 pounds ($1,000) with five years penal servitude. Severe punish ment is provided for death by overly ing while the parents are under the in fluence of drink. Children under 7 years may not be left in a room containing an open fire insufficiently protected. Begging or receiving alms on the streets and luve nile smoking are suppressed. Police men must confiscate cigarettes and cigarette papers found in the posses sion of persons under 16 years of age, and tobacconists selling such property to them are liable to a fine. Throughout the country the author ties are busy arranging to enforce the law. CONVICTS SEE DAYLIGHT. Georgia Abolishes Lease System, to Their Joy. Atlanta, Ga., April 2. At sunrise today Georgia shook off the last rag of her convict lease system. The 1,600 human beings were led from the mines, choking kilns and damp factories into the sunlight, from the control of harsh and often brutal taskmasters into the service of the state. Georgia has no state penitentiary. For years her con victs have been sold to those who would buy. The prisoners, most of them negroes, now will work on the public roads. Though shackled and ironed, the con' victs greeted the change ' with shouts of joy. Negro preachers were at most of the stockades and led the blacks in the impromptu praise services. Some convicts wept at leaving scenes which had been a part of their daily life for years. The new system, it is believed, will not only improve the health of the con' victs, but will assure Georgia the finest turnpikes in the South. AHEAD OF STEEL TRUST. Independent Steel Men Pay $60,000, for Coal Land. Pittsburg,. April 2. Anticipating the United States Steel corporation. which, it is said, had been intending to procure the property, a deal was closed today by independent steel con cerns for 100,000 acres of Pittsburg coking coal land lying in Greene, Fay ette and Washington counties, Penn sylvania, at a cost of $50,000,000, The property was held by J. V. Thomp son, of Union town, Pa., and associ ates. The sale was made to a holding com pany, representing, it is said,' every important independent steel company in the country except Jones & Laugh' lins, of Pittsburg, who are said not to be Interested in the deal. Charles M, Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel com pany, is said to be at the head of the new concern and it is rumored that John W. Gates was behind the deal. C. P. R. Officials Adamant. Winnipeg, April 2. Officials of the Canadian Pacific railroad told the road's mechanics at a conference today that they would insist on a separate schedule for the east and west divis ions of the road. The firemen joined the mechanics at the conference. Talk of the possibility of a strike is heard on all sides. It is expected that the miners will quit tomorrow. Today all all the miners had a holiday celebrat ing their eight-hour day anniversary, it is expected that l.UUu men will eo out at Lethbridge, Alberta, in the morning. Kokovseff to Make Tour. St Petersburg. April 2. Finance Minister Kokovseff will make an ex tended tour through the Far East this spring to investigate trade conditions and to look into the construction of the Amur railroad and the operations the existing Manchurian lines which are showing large deficits annually, His report will serve as a basis for Kussia's answer to the Chinese pro posal to purchase these lines before the expiration of the contract period rHl ;l I at t . . . iDia win do uie nrst time in vears tnat a minister naa visited Siberia. American Rule All Over. Havana, April 2. The last emblem of American domination over Cuba d apiieaTCu t nwn touay wnen tne ear- rision flag at Camp Columbia fluttered down the pole and was replaced a mo ment later by the lone star red banner of the Cuban republic. The ceremon ies took place in the presence of th garrison of Camp Columbia, consisting of two battalions of the Twenty-seventh infantry and three companies of engineers and one battalion of Cubans. Texas Negro Lynched. Waco, Tex., April 2. Because ha was accused of writing an insulting letter to the wife of a young farmer near wawson, Joe Keddy, a negro 20 years of age, was hanged yesterday by IUUU Ul ow mQ TRUCE IS EXPECTED greement Probable Among All Northwestern Railroads. WILL BE NO TERRITORY CONTEST Harriman-Hill Interests Make Conces sions and St. Paul Road Enters Agreement With Harriman. Chicago, April 3. There will be no contest between the St Paul road and the Harriman lines over territory to be occupied by either interest in the Pacific Northwest. This was decided' during the brief visit of Edward H. Harriman in Chicago Wednesday. While in his private car, which stood in the Park Row station of the Illinois Central road, Mr, Harriman was visit- . ed by President A. J. Earling, of the St. Paul road, and arrangements were completed for the joint use of certain tracks by the St Paul and the Harri man lines. Although none of the officials inte- . rested in the deal would say anything concerning it, it is understood that the tentative agreement will obviate the necessity of Mr. Harriman's building a line between Seattle and Tacoma, as he contemplated doing as a part of his ine from Portland to Seattle. The , two men had only a few moments' con versation, but it was sufficient to clinch an agreement regarding which they had talked several times before. In this connection also it is stated that the conference between Mr. Harri man and Louis W. Hill in San Fran cisco is likely to result in a better un derstanding between the Hill and Har riman lines in the Pacific Northwest It is stated that all three interests realize the benefit which would come should there be a truce among them -with respect to territorial aggression in the Northwest. As the price of peace, however, Mr. Harriman is said to insist upon the opening to his lines of the Portland gateway, and it is thought by many that concessions will be made in this direction by the Hill people. m FORT'S BASE IS SINKING. Artillery Officers Alarmed at Condi tions at Fort Stevens. Fort Stevens. Or.. April 3. TWent. surveys have made it apparent that land adjoining Battery Russell, the most modern and best equipped battery at Fort Stevens, in fact, on this coast is rapidly sinking. In places it is at least one foot lower than formerly. Various hypothesesere advanced to account for this unusual Some advance the theory that earth- quaKes, so prevalent on this coast are the active cauBe : others, that tha lnnH on which this battery is located, being oi Bucn a swampy nature, sinks from tne enormous pressure exerted by such unusual weieht The cost of thi hat. tery approximates $1,500,000; hence considerable interest and some alarm are manifested as to the ultimata nut. come of a most unusual condition. FARM SELLS FOR $95,000. Lafollette Orchard on Snake River Sold to Lewiston Firm. Spokane. Wash.. Anril 9 w T. Lafollette, "the fruit king" of Wawa wai, has given an option on his fruit farm at Wawawai, 14 miles south of . 1 n . r unman, on tne anake river. The con sideration is placed at $95,000. White Bros. & Crum, of Lewiston, Idaho, fruit buyers and shippers, are the pur chasers. They have made a payment to hold the option. 1 he land consists of nhnnt Qftn of which 250 acres are in bearing fruit This is the largest fruit orchard on oimne river, and one or the largest in the Inland Empire. Shipments from this orchard run from 60 to 100 car- loaas annually. , . Money in 2-cent Fares. . Jefferson. Citv. Mn.. A cent fares have earned more money for mo mnruuua man tne three-cent rates did, according to a statement made by Attorney General Elliott Major, of Missouri, who is on record today ; as favoring the lower figures. Major de clared that if the railroad carried out their announced nlnn nt nut;..,. effect on April 10 the three-cent fare, wo miBoouri legislature would receive, on April 11, a bill compelling the cor porations to publish itemized state ments of their receipts. t Run Trackless Trolley. Santa Barbara, Cal., April 3. The Pacific Improvement company petition ed the city council tonight for the right to construct a power line to the Hope ranch, four miles west of the city. The company announced its intention of in stalling a "trackless trolley" system on the ranch. This is a new Australian invention, never before tried in Amer ica. An overhead wire supplies power to a motor, the same as with other trolley cars, but the cars use no track. Methuselah Dead at IOOQ. New York, April 8.Methuselah died here today at his home in the Bronx zoo. He was 1,000 yeara old. His death ia ascribed to ills incidental to old age. Methuselah, also known as Rameses II, was a toad which was 500 feet below the surface at Butte, Mont, two years ago. His age was carefully computed by the zoologist and geologists.