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ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 102.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY , OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1910.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
RECORD
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Cent a word single Insertion, 1'
cents a word 2 Insertions. Special
rates by month and year."
- FOR 8ALE.
Thos. Slegmund left "on sale at Ri
ley & RUey'8 the Wonder Washer.
Fullblood White Langshang eggs for
setting. $1.00 per 15. Mrs. J. D.
Struble, Enterprise:" - lOlbm
MONEY TO LOAN
Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent John
P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph
Farm loans at 1V percent. Call or
write First Bank of Joseph. 68btf
WANTED.
Lumber. Anyone having lumber ot
any grade in any amount (or sale,
or who has timber he intends to saw
soon, and wishes to contract the lum
. her, call on or address W. F. Rankin
at Haney planer In Enterprise, Agent
for W. R. Kivette. 26b4
Housekeeper .wanted to keep house
(or man with two children. Call on
or write Ted Johnson, Enterprise,
Oregon. 97blm .
" ' ' lost. . '
Black fielder's mlt, between Carter's
and town. Please leave at this office.
STRAYED. " . '
' Two black work horses, 1 branded
7A on eight stifle,, the other wWih
white spot on left side. Information
leading to recovery will be thankfully
received. J. L. Fine, Enterprise, Or
egon. '.' lOObm-
BIDS WANTED. .
Bids will be received (or the con
struction of a two story and base
ment Store building by the undersign
ed up to 1 o'clock p. m., Thursday,
April 21. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the store of the un
dersigned In Enterprise, or at office
of. the architect, A. Elliott,' at Jo
seph. Bond of 30 per cent, of cost
of building will be required of the
successful bidder. RIht is reserved
to reject any and all bids.
.; 96b3 - FRED 8., ASHLEY."
notice of Election.
', Notice is hereby given that the
city election for the purpose of elect
ing a mayor, two councdlmen, one
' city recorder,' one city treasurer
and one city attorney, will be held
at the office of W. E. Taggart from
' 1 o'clock p. m. to 6 o'clock p.' m.,
Tuesday, May 3, 1910.
- W. B. TAGGART,
102w ... City Recorder.
" .' 8tung!
"'. He stood at a street corner and men
tally kicked himself.
"I went Into a drag store Just now."
he told .a policeman, "and I asked a
bold female clerk for some cold cream
. for my wife. She handed me out this
quart Jar of the stuff, more than my
wife can ase In ten years, and charged
me a dollar for It On the way out
I saw a stark of twenty-five cent Jars
of the same, thing. Do you think a
man clerk would ever play a customer
a trick like tbatr
"No, I don't" said the policeman.
"Why don't yon take It backT '
"And bare her look at me the scorn
ful way she would T Don't yon ever
think It. 1 wouldn't-go Inside that
. store again for $50." Newark Newa
. -- Fires In Holland.
Fires of any size are so scarce In
Holland that tbe city of Rotterdam,
with a population of over 400,000, has
practically no Ore department, while
.the prevalence of canals offers an ever
ready water supply, to fight any fires
which might occur.
, the markets
Portland.
: Wheat Track prices: Club, 95c;
bluestem, 9598c; red Russian, 90
92o. : v. '
Barley Feed and brewing, $25. -
0taNo. I wh, $2$ per ton. "
Hay-Tlmothy. Willamette Valley,
$1820 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$23; alfalfa, $17; clover, $18.
Butter Extra, 33c; fancy, 2830c;
ranch, 20922?.
Pgga Raneh, Bandied, 25c '
Hops 1909 crop, 1518c; "olds,
nominal.
Woot Eastern Oregon, 1417o per
pound. . '
- Mohair 28 29c. '
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ttlt.
, Wheat Bluestem, I395e; club,
9 C 90c; red Russian, 85 88c,
1 Oats $17 per ton.
Barley $2$ per to. 1
Hy Timothy. $23 2$ per ton; al
falfa, $1$ per Vm.-
Butter 'Washington Creamery, 35c;
ranch. 28c
Etta Selected local, $627e.
Potatoes $1014 per too.
MORE EQUITABLE
TAXATION ASKED
COMMISSIONERS APPROVE RESO
LUTIONS PASSED BY SOLONS.
SYSTEM CALLED OBSOLETE
Mr. Galloway 8ays General Property
Tax Does Not Cover Conditions
- Many Classes of Wealth Escape.
SALEM State Tax Commissioners
Galloway and Eaton approve Senate
Joint resolutions Nos. 23 and 17,
passed by the last session of the Leg
islature, and designed to provide the
means of a more equitable assess
ment of .property. - J
Commissioner Galloway, dlscusBlng
the present, constitutional require
ments, said: -
"These provisions of the constitu
tion required and established what is
known as the general property tax.
This system of taxation was tolerably
adapted to the economic ar.d Indus
trial conditions of half a century ago,
but it is too rigid to permit equitable
taxation of widely varied forms of
property oftoday and too limited in
its scope to reach many classes of
private wealth that fairly should bear
a part of the public burdens.". -.
Mr. Galloway declared that - the
amendments proposed by the last
Legislature, and which are to be
voted on by the people at the coming
election, are well prepared to pave
the way for genuine tax reform In
Oregon. With tbe ' constitution
amended as provided by these ' pro
posed amendments, the Tax Commis
sioner called attention' to the fact
that it will then be possible to enact
laws providing:
: For the classification of subjects
of taxation; for exemption of certain
property from taxation; for separa
tion of the sources of state and local
revenue that the burdens of taxation
may be more equitably proportioned;
for separate classification and taxa
tion of forest lands, water . powers
and other natural resources, that' con
servation of the same may be pro
moted: for the apportionment of state
taxes among the counties according
to equitable rules. ?'
Coos Land Contests 8ooiu
MARSHFIELD The tlrst oi a ser
ies of land contests in which Coos
County men are interested will be
heard April 26, and other cases ot
the same nature will follow. 'About
50 men from this city and other parts
of the county have "homestead clalmB
in the Fall Creek country In the
northern part of the county and they
are all contested. Some of the home
steaders are located on land on which
the Northern Pacific scrip has been
placed and "It will be a question
whether the scrip or the homestead
claims' are to stand. ' Others of the
homesteaders are located on land
which is c'.almed by the Southern Pa
clfic on the old railroad land grant
but which the homesteaders claim Is
outside the limit ot the grant and that
the Southern Pacific has never placed
indemnity scrip upon It. '.',
. Railroad Company 8ued.
ROSEBURG The State of Oregon
vs. the, Southern Pacific Railroad
Company la the title ot a case tiled
in the Circuit Court ot Douglas Coun
ty. Through Attorney-General A. M.
Crawford, of Salem, Attorneys Fuller
ton and Orcutt, of this city, the plain
tiffs ask $10,000 damages for (allure
of the railroad, company to construct
a spur at Edeabower within 60 days
after being notified to dp so by ths
Oregon Railroad Commission on Feb
ruary 1. '
Lne Is Rushed t Hmey,
VALEDetermlned on being the
first railroad into Harney County, the
Harrlman Interests Jumped Into Vale
with a force of 100 railroad laborers
and started construction work on the
Oregon' ft . Eastern, the survey for
which extends westward crns tbe
tat (reus this point to a connection
with the Natron-Klamath line at
PdelL .-.
- Ql Strike Is Imminent
PALLAS Drillers at. the well of
the Oregon Oil 4 pipe Line Com
pany near here have encountered a
large vein of salt water St a depth of
1300 feet This, it is believed, will
prove here, as elsewhere, a forerun
ner of the discovery of oil
SAMUEL L. 3LEKENS
Samuel L'. Clemens, (Mark Twain),
"the noted humorist, who- recently re
turned from the Bermudas, where he
went to recover his health.. He Is
suffering- from a severe attack of
heart trouble, and owing to his ad
vanced age his recovery is doubtful.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
CONDENSED FOR READERS
Wall Street tickers announced that
J. Pierpont Morgan, now in Switzer
land, last week celebrated his 73rd
birthday. t
The American Cereal Company, re
puted to be the largest cereal manu
facturing concern in the world, is to
build a large cereal mill on Puget
Sound, probably at Seattle. . '
Damage to fruit In Salt Lake Valley
from frost will aggregate $600,000,
The apricot crop has been almost en
tirely destroyed and peaches, pears,
prunes and early apples suffered seS
ferely. The use of smudge-boxes
saved, several orchards." """" "-; ---'"
Governor Benson has honored a
requisition from the state of Washing
ton for the return to that state of
Aaron S. Lebb," wanted at Seattle for
the desertion of his wife and two
little girls."
A unique device for life saving at
sea has been Invented by J. C. Hall,
ot Vancouver, B. C. It consists of a
rocket which can be shot from the
deck of a wrecked ship to the land
and which automatically forms a life
line over which crew or passengers
can escape without aid from the
shore. . ' .
The committee in charce of the
Fairbanks Mount McKinley expedition
desires that the United States Gov
ernment shall detail Signal Service
men from the point nearest Mount
McKinley to make a trip to the vi
cinity of the mountain, and report
whether an American flag Is (lying on
the summit.
.President Taft has promised Rep.
sentatlve'Townsend to-go to Monroe,
Mich., on June 14 to attend the un
veiling of a memorial statue to Gen
eral Custer. Monroe was Custer's
home when he enlisted, and the old
homestead there now owned by the
Government , The site will be used
tor a Postoffice building.
Held guilty on eight of the 14
counts which charged violation of the
Federal statutes gevorning safety ap
pliances, the Rio Grande Railway
Company was directed by Federal
Judge John Marshall at Salt Lake to
pay a fine of $800 and costs. The
Oregon Short Line was found guilty
on one count of a similar charge,
and a penalty of $100. was assessed
against the company, ' .'
Directed by Commissioner Dennett,
pf the General Land Office, six more
special agents of the Department of
the Interior for Oregon and Washing
ton at Portland hare been removed
front office because of the million
dollar appropriation (or their salaries
and expenses' having become ex
hausted. Until more founds shall be
available, through Congressional ac
tion there will be but two agent; op
erating from the Portland ud Seattle
headquarters,
The New York District Attorney's
office has completed all preparations
for beginning the murder trial of Al
bert Walter Woltcjr, charted with
having brutally murdered Ruth Amos
Wheeler, a handsome g Irl of 15 years
and with having, dismembered and
partly burned her body, The crime
which was committed less than a
month ago, was at an unusually
brutal and fiendish nature sod cre
ated considerable, sensation at the
Unit.
ESE IBS
GOVERNOR IS DEAD, OFFICIALS
IN FLIGHT.
JAP CONSULATE DESTROYED
Famine Sufferers Inflamed Aoalnct
Foreigners. Soldiers Join
Rioters. , .
CHANGSHU, China, April 16. All
of the foreign-owned buildings in
Changshu have been destroyed by fire,
except the British consulate. All the
buildings rented by foreigners have
been looted.
All foreigners have left the city.
So far as known, no foreign resident
lost his life.
The governor of Huhan province,
Wu Tchung Slu, and his son, were
killed, and several other government
officials fled. -
Six thousand foreign drilled soldiers
are stationed here and a tew of these
protected the governor's house for a
time, but soon all Joined the rioters.
. Famine Sufferers Loot.
The riots began April 13, when the
famine sufferers looted the rice de
pots. A captain of police was wound
ed trying to restore order. Thou
sands crowded around him and his
assistants, and he was obliged to flee
to the Yamen. The rioters followed
and besieged the place all night
The following day the disturbances
became anti-foreign. The Chinese In
land mission and the Norwegian and
Catholic, -missions were burned. The
other missions were destroyed April
15. The missionaries attached to the
American Episcopal Missionary Alll-
f iince, the United Evangelical Church
and the Wesleyan and Yale Scientists,
numbering 41 In all, took refuge In
boats. They left all their effects. .
The destruction of all foreign prop
erty. Including the Japanese consu
late and the British warehouses, fol
lowed. The rioters numbered no few
er than 24,000.
EMPEROR MEETS ROOSEVELT
Almost Royal Honors Are Accorded
- Distinguished American.
VIENNA, April 18. Col. -Theodore
Roosevelt was received at the Aus
trian capital in manner almost like
that accorded a reigning sovereign.
As a special mark of his personal es
teem the aged emperor-klng, Francis
Joseph, received Col. Roosevelt In
his private apartments at the Impos
ing Hofburg palace, instead of in tbe
regular audience chifmber. -
What is regarded as a significant
sequel to the recent Vatican incident
was the unexpected call of Monslgnot
Belmonte Plgnatelll, the Papau nun
cio, accredited to the Austrian court,
In the full ecclesiastical vestments ol
his office. ,
' It is believed that Ptrnntelll called
at the Pope's bidding and that his
mission was to express regrets of bis
holiness over the part played by Car
dinal Merry Del Val, the papal secre
tary, in Imposing impossible condi
tions In connection with the Vatican
call, which resulted In the startling
abandonment of the visit
Three Men Rob Train, and Escape.
, BENICIA, Cal., April 18. After,
looting the mail and baggage cars
of overland train No. 1, between this
place and Goodyear, Sunday morning,
three masked men, escaped on
the engine ot the train. The train
wfcs stopped by a lantern signal as
tt slowed down on the approach to
Goodyear.
Np estimate of the amount taken
can be bad, but It la believed the
robbery netted hundreds of dollars.
There were ten coaches on the train,
and the robbers locked each as tbey
passed through, leaving the passen
gers captive while they rif'ed the
Other cars.
Wslks 127 Miles to Court
. PORTLAND Traveling 127 miles
on foot from his wooded homestead
in Curry County, In the southwestern
corner of Oregon to Grants Pass,
where he was able to secure railroad
transportation, Edward O. Gardner
surrendered In the United States
Court here to answer the charge of
having wilfully set out a forest fire
is August of last year.
CHIN
BURN
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MISS MARJORiE GOULD
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Miss Marjorie Gould, daughter of
George Gould, who became the bride
of Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., of Philadel
phia, Tuesday.. Miss Gould Is said
to have refused numerous titled for
elgners to wed an American.
PROSECUTION WILL
LAY FORBALUNGER
Hearing of Secretary to Be the Main
Feature of the Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, D. C The "pros
ecution" In the Ballinger-Plnchot con
troversy indicated by the Congres
sional investigating committee that if
was holding its big guns in reserve
until Secretary Ballinger takes tbe
stand.
Attorney Brandels Bought permis
sion to defer the cross-examination of
Frank Pierce, assistant secretary ot
the Interior, until after he had had
an opportunity to question Secretary
Ballinger.
Frank Pierce, first assistant secre
tary of the Interior, who began his
term of service in the department
undersecretary Garfield, and who
has testified at a previous session
that Secretary Ballinger never inter
fered with the conduct of the Cun
ningham coal claims a(ter he had
turned them over to him, resumed his
testimony at the session. He denied
that he had . told ex-Governor Miles
C. Moore that he could have his pat
ents without examination under the
law of May 26, 1908. The- witness
said that Commissioner Dennett has
so construed the law and had told
Moore that he could nave the patents
without a hearing.
Edward C. Finney, assistant to the
Secretary of, the Interior, testified in
corroboration of Pierce and Clements.
Attorney Vertrees questioned the
witness regarding the letters sent In
response to an inquiry from Senator
LaFollette as to Secretary Ballinger's
policy on restoring to entry water
power sites withdrawn by Secretary
Garfield. In those letters Ballinger
was quoted as saying that the with
drawal of water-power sites had been
restored on recommendation of the
Reclamation. Service.
The "prosecution" put on Director
Newell and Chief Engineer Davis, of
the Reclamation Service, to disprove
this statement, both testifying they
had been ordered by the Secretary to
order the restorations.
Smuggler Is Convicted.
EL PASO, Tex., April 19. George
Olin, alias Snake Pool, who was
caught with 700 cans of opium, was
convicted of smuggling In tbe Federal
Court OHn Is said to have had con
federates at every port on the border
and was one of the most adroit and
successful smugglers of Chinese and
opium in tbe country. He had head
quarters hen, at Los Angeles and
San Francisco. '
PORTL;.:.D Consumers' League
of Portland Is making every effort to
establish a "white list' ot shops in
this city coming, up to certain high
standards in regard to the working
conditions of their women employes.
SPRINGFIELD As a result ot a
scratch received when building a
fence, C. W. Finch of this city may
lose his band from blood poisoning.
The wound was made with a piece
of dirty or rusty Iron.
PENDLETON The body of Jack
Peters, who mysteriously disappeared
from home In this city eight weeks
sgo, was found In a mlllrsce by a
schoolboy. There was no evidence of
foul play and the theory 'of suicide
is accepted generally.
HILL AND GOULD
CONCLUDE A DEAL
TRAFFIC AGREEMENTS MADE FOR
INTERCHANGE OF BUSINESS.
DENVER IS EXCHANGE POINT
Gould Gets Access to Northwest and
Hill Connections East to Pitts- '
burg and 8outh to Gulf.
DENVER, April 18. At a confer
ence of officials of the Chicago, Burl
ington A Qulncy and the Denver ft
Rio Grande's Western Paclflo lines
traffic agreements were made by
which business will be interchanged
in Denver. This will give the Hill
lines an outlet Into California and the
Gould lines will have a connection
with the Pacific Northwest
The business of the Gould lines for
the Northwest will be carried via the
Burlington to the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific lines.
The arrangement will give the
North Pacific Coast through connec
tions as tar east as Pittsburg and as
far south as the Gulf ot Mexico.
The deal gives the Gould lines
from St Louis, southern Colorado
and New Mexico favorable traffic ar
rangements with the Burlington and
other Hill lines to Portland, as well
as Seattle, and will mean much to
Portland and the Puget Sound coun
try, Is the opinion ot the railroad
men.
WILL ALDRICH RETIRE?
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 19.
It is reported here on good authority
that Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch ot
Rhode Island will retire at the eud
of his present term, Marc"i 4. ' Fall
ing health is believed to have been
responsible for a physician's, order
that the Rhode Island Senator aban
don active service. It Is said fur
ther that Aldrlch will retire Imme
diately from his committees in order
that he may give all time possible to
the monetary commission of which he
is the head.
Charles Wezler Admits Identity.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. The
man said to be Charles J. Wezler,
who Is wanted at Tacoma, Wash., on
a charge ot having murdered Mrs.
Henry Schulz, the mother of Wezler's
divorced wife, admitted that his name
was Charles Wezler, but said he was
not the man for whom the' police
were searching.
"I am Charles Wezler, all right,"
he told the police, "but I had noth
ing to do with the murder of Mrs.
Schulz at Gig Harbor."
When arrested at Ocean Beach for
carrying concealed weapons, Wezler
gave the name of Wagner. He was
later Identified as Wezler by detec
tives who saw him In the prisoners'
dock In the police court
TAFT FORGIVES HI8SING.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 18.
Declaring he regretted the "hissing"
Incident at the suffragette convention
not because of personal feeling, but
because it was being used in an un
fair way to embarrass the leaders ot
the suffrage movement, President
Taft sent a letter ot reply to the
apology sent him by the suffragists.
Railroad to Farm.
SEATTLE, April 19. To overcome
the high cost of meats and farm prod
ucts of every kind, including garden
truck, eggs and milk and cream, the
-Northern Pacific Railway Company
has purchased and improved 270 acres
of rich bottom land near Kent, In this
county, and has established a dairy
with a herd of 300 thoroughbred milch
cows and 1S00 White Leghorn hens.
Tbe company has also planted 400
acres of corn and garden truck at
Paradise, Mont. Products of these
Institutions are to be consumed en
tirely by the dining car department ot
the railroad.
Hughee' Recommendation Adopted.
ALBANY, N. Y., April 17. Giving
heed to the recommendation of Gov
ernor Hughes, the Senate has gone
on recdrd In favor of a thorough In
quiry into all allegations of Legisla
tive corruption. It Is now up to the
assembly to say whether the Senate
example shall bs followed.
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