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Newspaper Page TextWednesday Edition E NEW RECORD ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLdWA COUNTY IN. THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEWS TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD ELEVENTH YEAR. NO. 108. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY , OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1910. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER TwiceaWeek Cent a word single Insertion, 1 centa a word 2 insertions. Special rates by month and year. Dressmaking and plain sewing. Sat Uf action guaranteed. Miss , Llda Flowers. ' 103bm i FOR SALE. Double term harness, cheap at Rod- r Rrrva fRnooiM Hand Store.) 6al Thos. Siegmund lefit on sale at Bi ley & Riley' the Wonder Washer. Fullblood White Langshang eggs for setting. $1.00 per IB. Mrs. J.'D. Str-'.ble, Enterprise. lOlbm household goods cheap, A. ley. Call at Merryman's. ALL BRITAIN f'O'JRflS EDWARD'S DEATH FuneraT Will Be Attended by Royalty From All Parts of Europe. L. Hart-107r3cl MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John p. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7 percent Call or write First Bank of Joseph. 68bK WANTED. " Dumber. Anyone having lumber of any grade In any amount for sale, or who has timber he Intends to saw toon, and wishes to contract the lum ber, call on or address W. F. nanam tt -i i. mntArni-toA Aeent for W. R.- Klvette. . 26b4 . " 8TRAYED. A WV UIOUA WUia vr -f 7A on right stifle,, the other with . white spot on left side. Information leading to recovery will he thankfully received. J. L. Fine, Enterprise, Or egon. Millionaire Thief Dead. SAN FRANCISCO, May 9. John. A. Benson, the Contra Costa County mil lionaire who two years ago was ac cused of conspiracy to defraud the government in the acquiring of tim ber lands, dropped dead on the way to his ranch in Contra Costa county. lOObnv One buckskin mare, one bay mare, both branded! CS on left aifle, weigh ing each about. 1050. Reward for in formation, leading to their recovery. Calvin Smith, Chlco. ' . NOTICE OF! EIGHTH GRADE EXAMINATIONS. The Eighth, Grade Examinations will be held to the several school districts, May 12 and 13, 1910. J. C. OONLEY,, Supt. of Schools. Speaking of Opportunity, Just eay V ; - Sealer Catch Enormous. ST. JOHNS. N. F., May 10. Re ports from the steamer engaged In the seal fishing Industry show th catch la the most valuable of. any for 80 years. Th 19 steamer that re turnedthe Iceland having been lost brought 333,343 seals, valued at f 627,833, compared with 269,302 seals last year, valued at 8457,930, We do ttrat-olaM job work. The New York assembly has passed the so-called Audubon bill forbidding the sale ' or possession In that state of the plummage of birds protected by the state laws, whether the blrd3 were killed In this state or not The main purpose of the measure is to prevent ihe sale of aigrettes, the plumes of (he white heron and American egret f t The first stride toward the reestab llshment of silver In its o'.d time place among the precious metals is being made by a number of mining men of Nevada and Colorado.. The plan is to secure the cooperation of all the friends of silver and endeavor to in- 'duce manufacturers and dealers to place on the market articles of super ior grade and heavier weight and, at the same time, at a lower price than at present furnished. . LONDON, May 9. All England Is In mourning- over the death of King Ed ward VII, municipalities, churches and societies of all sorts have met to pass eulogies on the late monarch and of fer good wishes to his successor. Tn courts and business houses have been closed; sports and entertainments ot every type have been . dropped; so ciety has cancelled its engagements. The whole kingdom. Indeed, Is a nation In mourning. Ireland has for gotten her political grievances against 1 her sister isle. The Irish paper speak kindly, appreciatively, of King Edward VII. f - -. . . Dying 'it Sudden. King Edward died almost before his subjects bad begun to realize tnai ne was seriously 111. He was taken sick week ago. After three days a seri ous complication began to develop. The fourth day his phy3lclans issued S bulletin that stirred the whole nation to Its depths. On the sixth day the King was dead. The shock to Great Britain and to the world had been tremendous, not in a national way, for the death ot the King has been discounted in the markets for many years, but to the Empire' sentimentality. King Ed ward was sincerely loved throughout the length and breadth of England's possessions. The King died from pneumonia at 11:45 the night of May 6, at Bucking bam Palace, . and at the same mo ment the crown and scepter of the Emplr of Great Britain passed auto matically to his son and heir. Prince George of Wales, now George V. Nearly all members of the King's immediate family were- at his beds'de when the King died. Just before the end came, the royal patient rallies and spoke weakly to those about him. "I know it is all over," he said, "but I think I've done my duty." ' Royalty Coming to Funeral. More royal personages are expected to come to England for the funeral than followed Victoria's hearse.- The German Emperor is certain to attend, both because he is head of a neighbor ing state and a near relative. The Kings of Belgium, Spain and Portugal, and possibly . King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, also, will be pres. ent All the crowned heads of the world, as well as the Pone and the Presidents of the United States, France and other republics, have tele graphed condolences to the Dowager Queen and King George V. Her Majestry, Queen Elizabeth, of Roumania, will visit Washington, D. C, next August to attend the inter national congress of the Esperantists and efforts' are now being made by local Esperantists, backed up by the Harrlman railroads, to get the Queen to visit Oregon, KING GEORGE V PACKER ARMOUR SAVED THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Track price: Club, 860 87c; bluettem, 88c; red Russian, 85o Barley Feed and brewing. 823. Oat No. 1 white, f 27 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamtt Valley, 820021 per ton; . Eastern Oregon, 822025; alfalfa, $17; clover, $18. Butter Extra, 29c; fancy, ' 29o ranch, 20c Eggs Ranch, candled, 23024a. Hop 1909 erop, 13016c; olds, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, 14017c per pound. Mohair 32 33c. . Seattle. Wheat Bluettem, 8(0 87c; club 82084c; red Russian, 81082o. Oat 827 per ton. Barley 823 per ton Hay Timothy. 822023 per ton; al falfa, $18 per ton Butter Washington Cramery,'30c; ranch, 21c Eggs Selected local, 25 02c . Potato Market demoralised. Governor Refuses Request for Requi cition. TRENTON. N. J., May 9. Governor Fort bas refused the request of Prose cutor, Garven, of Hudson County for requisition on the Governor of Illinoi for the extradition of J. Ogden Ar mour, a director of the National Pack ing Company, who is under indlc ment in Hudson County, with other officers and directors ot the packing companies on a charge of conspiracy to unlawfully enhance ' the cost meat through the creation ot an arti ficial scarcity of the same. Governor Fort points out first of all that !n order for extradition paper to be asked for it was necessary that the ptrion whose extradition wa desired be a fugitive from Justice, and, fur ther, that it was essential that the ac cused person was In the State of New Jersey at the time the, alleged crime wa committed. " 1 ; .-:. .-mi is i BALLINGER SAYS HE i WiLL SWING THE AX Subordinates Must Give Loyal f Support if Secretary Stays in Department. George Frederick, who will be King of England, under the title of George V, Is the second son of the late King Edward, his elder brother, Albert Vic tor, Duke of Clarence, having died In 1892. He was1 married In 1893 to Princess Mary of Teck, and I th father of six children. 1 WASHINGTON. D. C After hir ing been dramatically Interrupted b Spectal Agent H. T. Jones, the Inf. mate friend of L. R. Glavis, who Ind rectly questioned a statement made ti the witness, Secretary Ballinger a the afternoon session served notlo that if be continues as the head o the Interior Department there was go ing to be some more "snake killing, and that It will be kept up until th last snake was dead. . "If I am to continue to conduct the affairs of the department," said the Secretary, "it will be with the loyal support of every man in the department" The witness declared emphatically that when he appeared before the House committee on public lands on March 3, 1908, to advocate the. Cale bill for the development of Alaskan qoal lands, which bill he himself had rafted, he did not have the Cunning am claims in mind. . In connection with a question as to Glavis' course in one phase of his work, Ballinger digressed to denounce his former field agent 'It was not the proper course tor him to go over the heads of his su periors to further an attempt to ruin me," he declared. "He should have gone to Schwartz, whom, he says, he trusted, instead of Joining a conspir acy to ruin me before the country. That show the distlngenuousness of the man." Attorney Brandeis will not conclude his cross-examination of Ballinger for a week. Jury Unable to Agree. TACOMA. Wash., May 9. The Jury in the case of Mrs. Martina Kvals haug, on trial for complicity In the murder of her husband, disagreed and was discharged. The vote stood elgut for acqultal, three for murder in the first degree and one blank. Another Gold Find tt Made at Madrat MADRAS Another prospect of gold was found near Madras this week, the find having Just been made public. This time the prospect is four miles southeast of this city and about six miles from the location where a large nugget was picked up. KING EDWARD VII . Carta go In Ruin, SAN JOSE. Costa Rica, May 9. It Is estimated that 1000 persons were killed and 1000 more injured when the town of Cartago was destroyed by an earthquake shock May 5. The only buildings left standing were two wood en houses. Four hundred and eighty five bodies have been taken from the debri. WASHINGTON, C., ITEMS WASHINGTON, D. C Forty-five Senators, all from the conservative or "regular"- wing of the membership are said to have Joined in the move ment to formulate a new Administra tion legislative program. As utterly Impossible for the con servatives to reach, the regulars have classed Beverldge, Bristow, Clapp Cummins, Dolliver and La Follette. " The men on whom the regular Re publican are still working, and who will receive the attention of President Taft Include Bourne, Dixon, Gamble. and Nelson. All of these men have voted with the Insurgent from time to time. They have refused, however, to be called insurgents, and have been found in the ranks of the regulars 'at least half of the time. Insurgent Senators say they will not be swerved from their course on the railroad bill, no matter what tac tics are pursued by the conservative Republicans. This announcement was made at the conclusion of an insur gent conference by Senator Cummins of Iowa. The House rejected the Washburn amendment to tne railroad bill, pro Tiding that section. 12, prohibiting acquisition of competing lines, "shall not affect any leases of railroad prop erty made prior to January 1, 1910, for a period of 20 years." The Adam son amendment to the same section, exempting any railroads entirely with in one state, was defeated, 121 to 144. Tbe House then struck out the entire section iz oi tne railroad bill, pro hibltlng the acquisition of the stock of competing lines. The vote was 131 to 128. The prospects for a postal savings bank bill ot some sort are Improving. For four days th Hoso committee on postofflces and post roads had the bill under Informal discussion, and it is aid that from the great variety and volume of view expressed, there is beginning to appear a possible ground for agreement Juat what this bas-.s may be it Is not yet easy to predict The' sundry civil appropriation bill, the second largest of all the appr prlatlon bills, and carrying a total ot 1111,849,211. was reported to tbe House by Representative Tawney, of Minnesota, chairman of the commit tee on appropriations. Tbe total rep resent a cut of fl8.650.000 from the estimate submitted to the committee. i j. V S , IB irf.v: .J-f-T' VJ V, A"' -r,tV' ' . ST NEW WATER CODE HAS ADVANTAGES Order Is Tabulated in Form and Alphabetically Arranged. Edward VII, late King of England, wa born November 9, 1841, and wa 69 years old. He was married March 10, 1863, to Princes Alexandria, old est daughter of the King of Denmark, and succeeded hi mother, the late Queen Victoria, January 22, 1901. Six children were born to King-Edward, four of whom survive. SALEM The first orders in the de termination of water rights under the new water code have been handed down by the board of control. They involve the determination of all water rights on Willow Creek, In Morrow and Gilliam Counties, on Cochran Creek In Grant County, 'and Paulina Creek, in Crook County. One copy of the order of determination for each stream has been forwarded to the County Clerk of each county in which the stream or any part thereof is located. The order is tabular in form and ar ranged alphabetically under the name of the water user. His right Is defined by setting forth the date ot priority, the amount of water in cubic feet per second to which be is entitled, tbe number of acres 'Irrigated or horse power developed, the use to which the Water is to be applied, and the season for such use, the name of the ditch, and a description of the land ' to which the water for irrigation la made appurtenant ' There are 286 parties to the Wil low Creek determination, and the right to irrigate 6407 acres is specific ally defined. These lands are scat tered over 24 townships and have been accurately measured and mapped as a basis for the order. Scrlber Trial at Hand. PORTLAND, Ore., May 9. J. W. Scrlber, ex-cashier for the Farmers' & - Traders' National Bank of La Grande, was placed on trial in tbe United States Court this morning in answer to charges of embezzlement and forgery. Tbe bank was wreckod in 1908, and It is asserted that the failurewas due to an attempt to aid a, bank at Sumpter and wild real es tate speculation. The Sumpter bank wa operated by a nephew of Scrlber, Roy Miller. HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST CONDENSED FOR READERS SAN DIEGO COMPROMISES 8an Francisco to Have World's Fair, Other 'Gets Exposition. SAN DIEGO, Cal. May 7. The ques tion of ratifying the compromise ar rangement at Washington by exposi tion representatives of San Diego and San Francisco was submitted tonight to a mass meeting ot subscribers td the San Diego Exposition stock. Brief speeches were made explain Ing the terms of the arrangement un der which San Francisco and San rtlego are to co-operate with each other, San Francisco to bave a world's fair and San Diego an industrial ex position. Resolutions were adopted ratifying the compromise and urging the people of this city to support the proposed Irsue of $1,000,000 in bonds for expo sition purposes. Irate Husband Shoot Affinity, SEATTLE, WaBh., May 8. Luke E MHey, an architectural engineer, leap ed from a street-car this afternoon, and rushing to the curb fired a bullet from an automatic revolver through the head of E, A. Morrison, a tile fitter, who was walking In company with Mlley' wife and 6-year-old son. Mlley and hi wit separated two year ago. Morrison wa taken to a hospital. HI condition 1 critical There' Ne Place Likt, Etc Wife What sort of a play would yon like td ee? V-' Husband Something lively, that keep yon awake aud ha plenty of music In It Cm: You'd better etny at home and take care of tbe baby "-Life. Train Hit Buggy Woman I Killed DALLAS, Ore., May 9. One young woman dead, another seriously In jured, and two young men badly i bruised, on of them erased with grief because of t'a death of hi tweet heart, it the result of a runaway col' llslon between a loaded carriage and the Dallas passenger train near Dried well station shortly after 7 o'clock Sunday night Terrifying Blast Kill Fifteen. OTTAWA, Ont, M.ay 8. In an ex- Filial Love. "Dear father." wrote a youngster of nii i. th. ni.n nt 4k- n.n.r.i twelve, "we Riv all well and happy ::;::.: ;.r:'"" 1 The baby b en Hull, Quebec, wa totally wrecked Fifteen persons were killed and fifty other injured. baby bn grown ever to much and a great deal enure tense than be used to bave. Hoping tbe same of you, I retualu, your affectionate ton, Jamea." . , With the final report, of enumera. tors; it is "generally understood that the census of Seattle will not exceed 220,000. (tfiTBiSai Senator Chamberlain has accepted an invitation to speaK at June, fa., on the Oregon laws, also before the Brooklyn Democratic club on May 16 on the same subject By the end of this year the chief cities of the Ottoman empire will, It is hoped, be Joined by a telephone system extending from Constantinople to Jerusalem and Mecca. For the killing ot his mother-in-law, Mrs. Frederlcka Schulz, at Tacoma recently, Charles J. Wezler was sen tenced to ten to fifteen years' servi tude in the state penitentiary. A general Investigation Into the cause ot tne in neaitn oi senators soon will be In order. No less than eight of the members of tbe United States Senate are on the flick list. Former Governor Henry T. Gage of California, newly appointed minister to Portugal, sailed for his post on the steamer George Washington. Rear-Admlral Bowman H. McCalla (retired) died suddenly at hi home in San Francisco. The Chicago Association, ot Com merce and the Illinois Manufacturers' Association have taken steps to begin a fight to prevent the proposed In crease In class freight rates on rail roads between Chicago and the East Seventy-five theater owners, repre senting 200 theaters in the United States and Canada have formed an agreement to organize tbe National Theater-Owners' Association, repre senting property Interests valued at $50,000,000. President Taft went to New York to attend the opening of the great Actors Fund Fair in that city Monday afternoon. In commemoration of the occasion tbr President was given a handsome gold medal. William II. Crane, the dean ot American actors, made the presentation speech. Thomas F. Byrnes, ex-superlntend-ent of police of the city of New York, but more famous for his work In the detective bureau, died at his home in New York city from chronic indiges tion, after an Illness of more than two years.. . Building operations throughout the country for April show an Increase of 8 per cent over the same month a year ego. Official reports from 47 cities show Increases In 3 and de creases In 15. Pacific Coast cities, with the exception of Seattle, have epjoyed a wonderful boom and are attlj forglug nbcad .... Joyes Completes Probe." MARSHFIELD The investigation conducted by Lieutenant Joyes, of the United States Revenue Service, re garding the . work of the lifesavlng service at the time of. the Czarina, wreck has been completed and Lieu tenant Joyes will leave for' the East. Captain Bolce, of the lifesaving service, was ' charged with being in competent. Many witnesses 'were ex-" amined, but the result of the fnvestk, gatlon will not be known , until the Lifesaving Bureau at Washington makes a report on the evidence. Accusation Proved False. ' ROSEBURG Douglas County war surprised when expert accountants, who for the past four weeks have ' been exporting the county books, com pleted their final report. In sub stance the report shows the county to be Indebted to Sheriff Fenton In the sum of $838, Treasurer Sawyer, $181, and ex-Sheriff McClallen, $94. Coun ty Clerk Lenox was reported short $19, which sum represents several minor error. Nam Mean Merit. ALBANY For the first time In th history of the Willamette Valley, val ley apples will be tent out to the mar ket ot the world this year under a uniform label which will proclaim,, them a Willamette Valley fruit. It I confidently expected that th big meeting of prominent fruitgrowers here will accomplish this result and thus achieve a big step toward mak ing this valley one of tbe best-known fruit sections of the world. Horsefly Project Urged. BONANZA Landowner! are work ing hard to get the Government to take up the Horsefly project, a part of the Klamath project, and complete it. At a recent mass meeting of land owners of this valley local reclama tion officials said that should tbe farmers algn for at least 18,000 acres of their lands, the question would re ceive the attention of the proper of ficials, and tbe probabilities were that the project would be completed. Petition for Monmouth Normal. SALEM The first Initiative peti tion to submit measure to the people at the Fall elections ha been pre sented for filing at the Secretary of State's office. It provide for the es tablishment of a state normal at Mon mouth in Polk County and haa ap pended 12,000 names which will be carefully checked by the Secretary' office before being filed. Poor Clv. "And. yon see. there are plenty ot closets," nld the flat owner, showing a lady through the apartment. "Do you call those clonets?" replied the lady. "Why, gracious me, they're not big enough to even keep our fam ily skeleton lu!" Youkers Statesman.