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ELEVENTH YEAR, NO. 106.
ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1910.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
Valley
THE
RECOR
77 ants
Cent a word single Insertion, 1'
cento a word 2 Insertions. Special
rates by month and year. . . '
Dressmaking and plain sewing. Sat
isfaction guaranteed. Miss- Llda
Flowers. v' 103bm
FOR SALE.
Thos. Siegmund left on. sale at Bi-
leyi & Riley's the Wonder Washer.
Fullblood White Langshang eggs for
setting. $1.00 per 15, Mrs. J. D.
Struble, Enterprise. lOlbm
Weil bred 2-year-old Jersey bull. In
dependent phone. ' F. A. Clarke, En
terprise. lOCbl
MONEY TO LOAN
State Funds -loaned, 6 per cent. John
P. Rusk. Attjr. State Land B'd. Joseph
Farm-loans at 7 percent. Call or
write First Bank of Joseph. 68bt!
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
Housekeeper .wanted to keep house
for man with two children. Call on
or write Ted Johnson, Enterprise,
Oregon. 97bln
STRAYED.
Two black work horses, 1 branded
7A on right stifle,, the other with
whjte spot on left side. Information
leading to recovery will be thankfully
received. J. L. Flee, Enterprise, Or
egon. lOObnv
NOTICE OFj EIGHTH
GRADE EXAMINATIONS.
The Eighth Grade Examinations
will be held la the several school
districts. May 12 and 13. 1910. '
J. C. OONLEY,,
Supt. of Schools.
8TALLION BOOKS.
Indispensable records for owners
of stallions, containing description
of mares, dates of service, time of
payments, and all necessary data,
printed on good paper and strongly
bound In boards with cloth back,
for sale at this office or sent post
age prepaid on recedpt of price, $1.
Doors and windows and all kinds
of builders hardware at Keltner's.
. The Mark of th Hand.
When the huud touches anything It
leaves -upon the object touched a rep
resentation of that part' which came In
contact with the object. This Impres
sion Is not visible to the eye. It Is
made by the acid of moisture exuded
from the skin. If you place the palm
of your hand flat on a sheet of blank
- paper you may not see the faintest
truce of the huud, and many people
will be angry at the suggestion- that
there is auy exudation their bands are
perfectly dry; they do not suffer from
perspiration. Nevertheless If a metal
plate covered with a certain chemical
preparation be passed over the paper
the representation of the hand becomes
visible In great detail.
The Mult' Intelligence
"Dat ol' mule knows dat plowln' time
has couie," suld Brother Dickey. "W'eu
1 gone ter de baru ter feed him dls
tnuwnln' he hud done kicked de do'
V loose, Jumped two wire fences au'
. swiuimed de mlllpou' ter de big woods.
Wen you stops ter c-outilder de few ad
vantages de mule hex bud de Intelli
gence er mere iuuo cuu't hoi' 'half a
candle ter hiiu!" Atlanta Constitution.
THE MARKETS
Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club,
87c; bluestem, 88c; red Russian, 83c
', Barley Feed and brewing, 124.
Oats No. 1 white, $27 per ton.
. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$1820 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$2225; alfalfa, $17; elover, $16.
Butter Extra, 29c; fancy, 29c;
ranch, 20c
Eggs Ranch, candled, 2324o.
Hops 1909 crop, 1316c; olds,
aumlnaL
. Wool Eastern Oregon, 14 17c per
pound.
Mohair 32 33c.
8eattie.
Wheat Bluestem, 8687c; club,
8284c; red Russian, 81 82c."
Oats $27 per ton.
Barley $23 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $2223 per ton; al
falfa, $16 per ton.
Butter Washington Creamery, 30c;
ranch, 21c
Eggs Selected local, 25 26c
Potatoes Market demoralised.
NEWS FROM THE
NAL
DOINGS OF CONGRESS AND ITEMS
OF INTEREST.'
BALLINGER ON THE STAND
Secretary of Interior Vigorously De
fends Himself. Declares Glavls
la a Liar.'
WASHINGTON. Indignantly deny
ing that he had been guilty of any
wrongdoing, Richard A. Balliflgor
made a bitter attack upon his critics
when a witness before the Balllnger
Pinchot investigating committee, and
characterized many of the statements
of his principal accuser, L. R. Glavis,
as "willful and deliberate lies." .
Led on by his attorney, the Cabinet
officer answered one by one the ln-
dictments.of those who wou'd s de
stroy him. He referred with apparent
pride to Theodore Roosevelt's oft-ex
pressed high estimate of him, particu
larly the ex-President's" statement
when he was commissioner of the
land office, that he had "secured a
$25,000 man for $5000."
Coal Land Action Defended.
. He defended bis conduct In connec
tion with the Cunningham coal cases
and said emphatically that he would
take the same action now as he did
when at the head of the land office,
'f he had the same record before him
Passing from the subject of Alaskan
oal lands, Balllnger gave a Justifi
atlon of his attitude toward. the re
;lamation service. His most import--ant
denial was of the charge made by
Director Newell and Chief Engineer
Davis, that he misrepresented to the
President that the reclamation ser
vice had recommended the restoration
of the waterpower sites withdrawn by
Secretary Garfield.
By a vote on which Mr. Madison,
the insurgent Republican on the com
mittee, was the only member to de
part from others of his party, the
committee . again rejected Attorney
Brandeis' request that Attorney-General
Wlckersham should be required
to produce papers which the "prose
cutlon" contends would show that he
antedated his summary to the Presi
dent of the Glavis charges against
Balllnger.
Cummins Amendment Defeated.
By the decisive vote of 5 to 29,
the Administration Republicans de
feated the Cummins substitute for the
Crawford-Elkins traffic agreement
provision of the railroad bill. The
vote is generally accepted as a test
of the strength of the ' contending
sides and It is believed it presages
the passage of the bill by a sate ma
jority. .
. Immediately after the result was
announced Senator Cummins gave no
ife of another amendment Intended
o accomplish the same purpose. He
had claimed for his amendment that
It would specifically require the ap
proval by the Interstate Commerce
Commission of all rates under the
traffic agreements. In advance of
their taking effect, but he says hit
substitute covered all phases of the
question.
Tift Land Bill to Pass. '
The committee on public lands of
the Home, by a majority vote of two,
has reported out ther bill authorizing
the President of the United States to
make withdrawals of public lands In
certain cases. The bill as agreed up
on authorizes the President to make
withdrawals for examination and clas
sification to determine the character
and value of lands withdrawn.
Treasury at Mercy of Thieves.
' The astonishing statement was
made by Charles D. Norton, assistant
secretary of the treasury, before the
house committee on expenditures In
the treasury department recently that
there was at present no law on the
statute books by which a subordinate
n any of the various subtreasurles of
the United States could be punished
(or making away with public funds.
McCredle's BUI Is Favored.
Representative McCredle had ' a
hearing before the judiciary commit
tee to present arguments in support
of his bill . authorizing the States of
Oregon and Washington to adjust dif
ferences over the boundary line
where It follows the Columbia River,
tfi4 tiUr Us h. taxing the committee
NATO
CAPITAL
assured him the bill would be favor
ably reported.
Friar Land Inquiry. Ordered.
The House passed unanimously the
resolution offered by v Siayden, ol
Texas, calling on the Secretary t
War for. Information concerning the
sale or leasing of .land in the Philip
pine Islands
Uncle Sam's warning that there la a
counterfeit one dollar bill In circula
tion comes home to the pocket of the
average man.
No cure enn keep in condition Idle
people who overeat, stay ud late at
siKbt and live In unventllaled apart
ments, r
MRS. RUTH BRYAN LEAVITT
Mrs. Ruth Leayitt Bryan, daughter
of William Jennings Bryan, who was
married Tuesday to Reginald Owen,
of the Britich Royal engineers..' Mr.
Leavitt, whom she divorced, an
nounces that he will attempt to gain
possession of the Leavitt children.
RESERVATION IS OPENED
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, May 2.
The Couer d'Alene Indian Reservation
was formally opened to settlement to
day. , Hundreds of men are here wag
ing to file and begin ' life on tbe.i
uridines. Over 400,000 acres of land
la in the area to be opened.
Will Nagel Save or Kill Seals.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Conserva
tion of the Alaskan seal herds is a
matter to which Secretary Nagel, ol
the Department of Commerce and La
bor, is giving close attention.
Congress has given the Secretary
discretionary authority and it will
rest with him whether a certain num
ber of the animals are to be slaugh
tered yearly or whether sealing shall
be stopped altogether for a time.
The lease of the North American
Commercial Company, which for 20
years has enjoyed the exclusive priv
ilege of taking the seals, expired
May 1.
Cures Ills by 11 Days' Fast.
BOISE, Idaho, May 2. Going with
out nourishment for 11 days and as
many nights, Mrs. E. W. Roberts, o(
this city, has established a successful
fasting record which has probably
never been equaled In the Northwest,
By so doing, she cured herself ot
nervous prostration and Insomnia
Eleven da's of fasting Is the extreme
limit gone by Mrs. Roberts, but she
declares she has often fasted from
three to eight days without the slight
est Inconvenience.
Ballot May Be Large. -8ALEM,
Ore., May 2. Unless all
signs fall the voters of Oregon will
have their hands full at the general
election on November 8. Besides be
ing called upon to select full stale,
district and country tickets, the elec
tors of the state will be aed to pass
open from 25 to 30 measures submit
ted In the initiative and referndum.
Noted Rear-Admiral Dies.
WASHINGTON, May 1. Roar-Admiral
Philip HIchborn, U. S. N., re
tired, died at his borne here tonight
at the age of 71 years. The Admiral
had been 111 for two months, suffering
from arterial sclerosis.
Mothers' Day Proclaimed.
OLTMPIA Governor Hay has is
sued a proclamation designating Sun
day, May 8, 1910, as Mothers' day,
and recommends and requests that it
be observed as such throughout the
stai.
v. 'JLiEfty
BRIBE TO
EXPOSE RASGALiTY
LEGISLATOR TELLS OF RECEIV-
ING LORIMER MONEY.
DOUBLE PROBE PROMISED
Confession Will Be Repeated in Chi-
.'cago. Springfield Grand Jury
i
V to Take Hand.
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CHICAGO, May 2. Chns. A. While.
Democratic Repiesentative in the Illi
nois Legislature, has confessed thai
ho accepted $2001) for voting for, Wil
liam Lorimer for the United States
Senate and declares he took the bribe
In' order that he might expose the ras
cality of the Illinois lawmakers.
jWhite says he was given $1000 In
greenbacks by Lee Browne, the Dem
ocratic leader, whom he met at the
Griggs house In Chicago. At that
time, White claims, Browne remarked
that he could give White about as
much more at a .later date, and sub
sequently, when the session closed,
Y.'hlte received $900, his share of tliu
"Jackpot."
State's Attorney Way man took Rep
resentative Chas. A. White, of O'Fal
lon, before the special grand Jury to
repeat his confession of alleging that
he received a bribe of $1000 for voting
for William Lorimer for United Siates
Senator and later $900 as his share in
a "Jackpot" or general legislative cor
ruption fund.
! The public prosecutor Intimates also
that in the near future the down-state
legislators mentioned by White In hl3
charges will appear before the special
inquisitorial body.
' The legislative bribery Bcandal will
fca?eTFfe'right of way and when the.
special grand Jury gets through with
Its' work White's astounding story will
have been Investigated to the bottom
The Inquiry will not be confined to
Cook County alone, for In Sangamon
County the regular grand Jury con-'
venes at Springfield and State's At
torney Edmund Burke declares that it
will make an exhaustive inquiry Into
the corrupt deals allegetl by White' to
have been transacted at the capital.
Lee O'Neill Browne, of Ottawa,
Democratic leader at Springfield, and
Senator Lorimer, both emphatically
deny the use of bribe.
SEEK BIG FUND FOR FAIR
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2. In a pri
vate car, strung acrosB the rear of
which was a banner proclaiming It to
be the private coach of the repre
sentative "boosters" for the Panama
Pacific International Exposition, to be
held here in 1915, Governor Gillett
and eleven other prominent citizens of
California, left for Washington, where
they go in an effort to have the gov
ernment contribute $5,000,000 toward
the fund necessary to conduct the big
world's fair.
Ex-President of Haytl Dies.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 1. Nord
Alexis, ex-president of Haytl, died here
today. His death followed a brief ill
ness. ' HIS health, however, had been
completely broken down by the expe
riences of the last year and a half,
after he was deposed and sent into
exile. He was a refugee here since
the revolution of 1908, and possessed
considerable property In Kingston.
Cattle Man Routed. '
. LEWISTON. Ida., May 3. The in
vaslon of settlers has routed the cat
tlemen from their last stand In Nez
Perce and Idaho counties, and. proper
ty, horses and equipment to the value
of $250,000, -will be put under the
hammer near Grangeville on June 20.
. The property offered for sale con
sists of 2800 acres of the most pro
ductive agricultural land on Nez Perce
and Camas Prairies, homes to the
number of several hundred and farm
equipment sufficient to handle the big
ranch. The cattle have been moved
Into the Big Hole country of Montana,
where the firm of Bales and Jones
has acquired 10,000 acres of fine pas
ture land, and will make another
stand against the settlers.
Ha Had.
"GoodrifKH. Joliu." said a Washing
too (Kiiii.i woman to her button nd
"your mi it loo!:s an if Jou bud bucu
sleeping la IU" .
"Well," replied John, "why not?
Isn't thut the suit 1 wear to cburchr
TAKES
Kansas City Journal.
Monday witnessed the start from
Denver of a score of contesting auto
mobiles bound tor tie City of Mex
ico on the Flag-to-Flag dwance
and reliability contest under the rulaa
of the American Automobile Associa
tion. The chief object of the tour is
to open new territory for the auto
mobile in the southwest and in Mex
ico. Very Annoying.
"It Is' annoying to watch for a train
that's late."
"Yes, and it Is even more annoying
to wait for a train that was dlscon
tinned the week before." Washington
Herald.
WILLIAM LORIMER
Lf t V
IV v Tiff
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William Lorimer, recently elected
u
nlted States Senator from Illinois.
whose election Is alleged to have been
brought about by bribery, a legislator
having confessed that he accepted
money for his vote.. Senator Lorimer
mphatlcally denies the use of a
irlbe.
HAPPENINGS OF INTER2ST
CONDENSED FOR READERS
Harry K. Thaw, who killed Stanford
White, must remain in the Mattewan
insane asylum, according to .a decis
ion In the Appellate division of the
Supreme Court In Brooklyn.
With a loss of 600, the Turks cap
tured from the Albanians an import
ant position at Orhanleh at the north
end of Kalchanlk pass, but the rebels
still hold the pass. Both sides lost
heavily.
Former President Roosevelt spent
the week In visiting the northern ca
ltal cities of Copenhagen, Chrlstlanla
and Stockholm, in each of which elab-i
orate . preparations were made for
his reception and entertainment
The Interstate Commerce Commls
sion has suspended consideration ot
the Spokane and other inter-mountain
and coast terminal rate cases until
the middle of May, as two members
of the commission are obliged to be
away from Washington.
The Senate has adopted the Hay
burn resolution creating a committee
of five Senators to Investigate the
administration of the third degree by
Federal officers to extort statements
or confessions In criminal proceed
ings. '
Harry P. Flannery, president of the
San Francisco Police Commission,
who was Indicted by the Marin
County grand Jury for grand larceny
In connection with a recent raid on
a fake poolroom in Sausaltlto, re
signed his office.
The irrigation by private enter
prise of 8611 acres of public lands
in the Blackfoot land district of Idaho
has been approved by the Interior De
partment The area to be thus re
claimed will be selected by the state
as desert land. In accordance with
the provisions of the Carey act
Louts Paullinn, the aviator, received
a check for $50000 from the London
Dally Mail as a prize for his success
ful airship flight from London to
Manchester. . The Mall announced
that' another $50,000 prize would be
posted for an aeroplane feat to be de
cided upon later. "
Commander Robert E. Peary was
entertained at luncheon Tuesday by
the Royal Societies Club In London,
and on the following day received the
gold medal of the Royal Geographical
Society, before whom he lectured at
the Albert Hall. ' .
Freight tariffs showing considerable
Increase over the present rates from
Western territory to the Atlantic sea
board will be filed with the Inter
state Commerce Commission, to be
come effect!ve June 1. This Is the
first step taken by the railroads In
dlcatlng a purpose generally to
raise the freight rates througouh the
country to meet Increased operating
xpensts, '
OF
STATED! BRIEF
TELEGRAPHIC CHRONICLE OP
STATE HAPPENINGS.
LAND BRIEF IS COMPLETED
Attorney-General Is Ready to Bring
Oregon & California Land Grant
Sulta.
PORTLAND B. D. Townsend, spe
cial attorney of the Department ot
Justice, in charge of the Government's
suits against the Oregon & California
Railroad Company to compel forfeit
ure of Its grant in Oregon, has com
pleted the Government's brief and
says that It will be forwarded to
Judge Wolverton soon.
In & resolution Introduced In the
Senate directing Attorney-General to
proceed immediately with the suits, at
tention Is called to reports that specu
lators are obtaining money from per
sons Ignorant of the situation. These
speculators are reported promising
preference rights to clients filing ap
plications to purchase lands from the
railroad company Involved, In case ot
Judgments favorable to the United
States, thus perpetrating frauds upon
such persons. It is important to Ore
gon that there be an early termina
tion of the suits because of the great
acreage Involved, as well as for the
protection of persona- now being Im
posed upon by speculators, and as the
suits have not been prosecuted with
diligence, and' some not instituted at
all, the present mandatory resolution
Is necessary'.' 'The resolution was re
ferred to the Judiciary committee.
Would "Improve Coqullle River.
MARSHFIELD The people of Co
qullle Valley are planning to organize
the Port of Coqullle for the purpose
of Improving the bar and the river.
There has been formed by business
men of the district, a port club, the
members of which will discuss the
plans and start a campaign to present
to the voters of the proposed district
the advantages of adopting the port
law. The club will circulate petitions
asking that a Bpeclal election be held
to vote on the adoption of the law.
The proposed port district takes In
28 or 30 townships In the natural
watershed of the ' Coqullle river and
comprises practically all of Coos
County not included In the district ot
the Port ot Coos Bay.
Movement to Spilt Umatilla County.
PENDLETON A movement was
launched Monday which will have for
its purpose the division of Umatilla
County. The plan is being fostered
by about 80 of the leading citizens
of the Freewater-Mliton section. The
proposed county will cut off the
northeastern corner of Umatilla Coun
ty, Including the towns of Milton,
Freewater, Weston, Athena, Vanslckle,
Stanton, Kllllan Junction, Hillsdale,
Grandvlew and Waterman, and the
area will comprise approximately 650
square miles of the richest land In
the county, the taxable property In
which amounts to $13,000,000. The
population of the area Is about 8000.
Railroad Balks at Taxes.
EUGENE That the Southern Pa
clflo Company may attack the validity
of the Port of Sluslaw Is Indicated by
the company's refusal to pay taxes on
the portion of Its Congressional grant
lands lying within the lines of that
port. The company has paid one-halt
of Its taxes on all tbls land except
those levied for the port The amount
Is said to be but about $3000, but It
seems evident the railroad company
will not pay until a test has been
made.
President Taft spent Monday In
Pittsburg attending the Founder's day
exercises at the Carnegie Institute In
the forenoon and speaking at the an
nual banquet of the American Repub
lican Club in the evening. The fol
lowing day he went to Cincinnati to
attend the May music festival In that
elty and to speak at the unveiling of
a bust of Theodore Thomas. From
Cincinnati the President Journeyed to
St Louis, where be addressed a meet
ing of the National Farmers' Con
gres called to discuss needed state
ind National legislation ot Import
ince to those engaged In the agri
cultural industry.
NEWS
OREGON