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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1910)
rae Hlsterteal See TwiceaWeek Wednesday Edition TO o NEW ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R H ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEWS TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD ELEVENTH YEAR, NO. 112, ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1910. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER SREC01D V" Cent word single Insertion, 1 cento a word -2 insertions: Special rates by month and year;' ' FOR SALE. One of the desirable- quarters of North Wallowa txmty, located close to the Bartletit atore and Postoff Ice. Apply to owner, C. Miwdock; Troy, Oregon. 109b4 Four well-broke young, fresh milch hjows. N. E. Hammock, SwamP Creek Thos. Siegmund left on sate at Ri ley ft Riley's the Wonder Waaher. MONEY TO LOAN ' Slate Funds loaned, .6 per cent. John P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7V4 percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. . 58btt WANTED. Experienced1 dressmaker .wanlta sew ing to do at her home. Inquire. & thlo office. 112 tf Lumber. Anyone having . lutnbef of any 'grade In any amount for-sale, or who has tlniber ha 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. - 26b Notice, to Union No. 56. . Members of Farmers Union No. 56 are hereby notified that a epeclal meeting 4 called for Saturday, May 28, 1910, at 2:30 p. m., at the court house. Business of Importance. Ev ery member & expected to b pres ent. J." A. French,' Pres. C. A. McAMeter, .Sec. Temporary withdrawals from the public domain for power sites were made by Secretary Ballinger of ap proximately 440 acres along the John Day River, In Oregon; 6647 acres along, the Wind River, In Wyoming; 8620 acres along the Price River, In Utah, and 606 acres along the Blue River, in Colorado. Large tracts of land in Montana and New Mexico were designated fof Settlement under the enlarged homestead ot -.- A delegation of San Franciscans are : in Washington. D. C, charging that Ballinger and Lawler acted in the in terests of the Spring Valley Water Company against the Interests of the people of San Francisco in giving no tice that permits in connection " with the Hetch Hetchy water supply would be revoked. Ballinger served notice on the city of San Francisco to show cause why permits should not be re voked for part of the water needed " for Sao Francisco's supply. The hear lng was dated for May II,-but com plaints to Taft caused postponement , to May 2S. A postage stamp with a philatelic value, of $500 has been received by Postmaster-General Hitchcock from the International Postal union head quarters at Berne, Switzerland. The stamp bears the profile of the late King Edward VII. , While - no definite statement . has been 'made by the directorate of the Panama-Pacific International Expos! tlon.i It Is known that the Southern Pacific Railroad Company will takel Its place in the front rank or - the stockholders by subscribing: $250,000 toward the 15,000,000 fund; To prevent devastation of Mount Rainier National Park, a telegram was sent to Secretary of the Interior Bal linger urging that Immediate steps be taken to put an end to the destruction of live and green timber In, that reser vation. " THE - MARKETS j Portland. Wheat Track prices: Club, '83 4c; bluestem,- 88c; red Russian, 82c. BarleyFeed and brewing, 22c. Oats No. 1 white, 827 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willawette Valley, 82021' per ton; Easter Oregon, 822 0 25; alfalfa, 817; clover, 8 18. Butter Extra, 29c; fancy, 2c; ranch, 20c Eggs Ranch, candled, 230240. ' Hops-'-llOI crop,' 13015c;' olds, BomlnaL ' Wool Eastern Oregon, 14017a per pound. ' ,"' Mohair 32 33 c Seattle. - Wheat Blnstem.- $5; club, 83c; red Russian, 81c Oit 127-per toa.- Barley 428 per ton. Hy Timothy, 2S per ton; alfalfa, f 11 per tea. Butter Washington Creaaaery, 20c; ranch, 21c Eggs Selected local, 25c Potatoes Maxket demoralised. JEALOUSY THOUGHT CAUSE OF CRIME Mystery of Death of Oregon Man Deepens Suspect May Prove Alibi. JACKSONVILLE, . Ore., May 23. That .love for a woman may have bten the cause of the death of Jesto Thrasher, the Jacksonville boy, who was found dead In his bunk at Ayers Spur on May 3, is the clew on which the authorities are now working. ' Mabel Putnam, believed by the au thorities to be "the woman In the Case."' disappeared with her father and mother from the lumber camp 'three days after the tweedy became known. Edward Davidson, known to have been a rival of the dead youth for the love of Mabel Putnam, was taken into custody by the authorities, pend ing an investigation into the circum stances of Thrasher's death. Thrash er's' skull was crusted by a Heavy oak club. , ' ' Davidson' had been Instrumental In securing the arrest , of a gang of Greek section hands on a charge of murdering - Thrasher, but there was do evidence' on which td hold the Greeks, and they were' released. k reward of $750 has been offered for the arrest and convlotion of the slayer of young Thrasher. The coun-, ty : authorities have icffered $250, the mill company for which Thrasher worked $250, and the parents of the dead boy 9250. - ; Algerian' Wheat Grown. s WALLA "WALLA President H..H. McLean, Of the Farmers' Union, is ex perimenting with a part of a bushel of Pellissler wheat, widely grown in Al geria, and having a kernel much larg er 'and harder than that of bluestem, whlch-he believes, gives promise, of revolutionizing grain growing ' in' this valley: If McLean's experiment shows , the wheat will thrive here. It will probably supplant other varieties of 'Spring wheat . , . .,-4). DEMOCRATS BOOM . FOLK - ST. LOUlS, May 21. Local Demo crats have definitely fixed June 2 as the date for a banquet at which e Presidential boom for former Gov ernor Joseph W. Folk will bt formally launched, , . SUGAR MAY DROP. Spreckles Family Feud May. tower ; Cost on Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, May. 22. A war in prices In the refined sugar market on this Coast Impends. The forth coming .fight has the unusual sensa tional features of personal bitterness, in that it Involves another angle of the feud long standing between Claus A. and Rudolph Spreckles on the one side and their two brothers, John T. and Adolph B., Spreckles' on the-other. Their threatened fight - Is to be brought abdut by shipments of sugar from the refinery at Yohkers, N. Y., via the Straits' of "Magellan, to this port One shipment of 126,000 bags, or 1,260,000 pounds, -left Yonkers by the steamship Lyra today. . Seattle Robbers Are Caught - PORTLAND, Ore., May 23. Three men who held up a street car In Seat tle early In the morning of May 12 and secured from the passengers 8 1500 In money and over 81000 worth of jewelry,, have been arrested here by Detectives Cbteman and Snow and Tlchenor and Howell. 6r'yan Goes to Europe.' ' NEW. YORK. May 21.-WllIlam' J. Bryan sailed today on the steamer Celtlo as a delegate at large from the United States' to the International Missionary Conference In Scotland. Judge George Gray, of Delaware, was a fellow passenger. , , Hibernians Make Plans. PORTLAND, Ore., May 24. Inter est In the National Hibernian Conven tion to be held in Portland,' July 18 to 24, Is pronoonced by members of tbe executive committee to be greater thaa was ever displayed so far In ay other meeting. v Japan and Russia' Agree. BT: PETERS Bt 30, May 24. Nego tiations Befcrgea Raggja and Jagan with reference to an agreement on the question of the Far East, In spite of denials on both sides, have now as sumed definite form. . , Tornado Juggles Houses. ' CAIRO, 111, May 23. A tornado that struck Cairo demolished four homes, damaged a dozen more, and destroyed several barns, besides tear ing many large trees up by the roots. No fatalities are reported. I The Fire Engine. Why Is a fire, engine In operation an anomaly Because it plays while It works. i GEORGE TURNER. Ex-Sanator From Washington td Repreaont Amarlca at The Hague. COYOTES GO MAD . Animals Found to Be Suffering From n Rabies. ' LEWISTON, Ida., May 23. J. S. Nicolson, " bacteriologist, and ' 8. W. Chamberlain, veterinarian, of the University of' Idaho, have reported that the brain of a coyote' killed In the . Salmon River country contained the characteristic bodies found In the brain of animals suffering from rabies. The examination by the scientists was made after horses, cattle, hogs and sheep extending over 100 miles of the Central Idaho country had died from a . malady resembling hydropho bia1, and in the Whitebird sections a large number of dogs were killed to protect the settlers. ; ' r . Salt Lake Jarred by Quake. SALT LAKE, Utah, May 23.The Sunday morning slumber of this city and vicinity was disturbed by a vio lent rocking of the earth, which last ed aparently about' two seconds, al though the seismograph at the State University recorded a disturbance, of 30 seconds. The . earthquake , was quite sharp and caused considerable damage to crockery, chimneys and old adobe bouses. - ' - . . Snow Sweeps New Mexico. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., May 24. Northwestern New Mexico Is in the grip of a heavy ; snow storm. The storm, evidently a continuation of the one which swept Southwestern Colo rado, ' Is centered at Folsoin. It is expected that great loss of livestock will result s PINCHOT RETURNS HOME LIVERPOOL, May 23i-GIfford Pin chot the ex-chief forester of the United States, was a passenger on board the steamer Arabic, which ailed for New. York Sunday. - Klamath Falls to Entertain Socialists. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., May 4. augene a. Debs, ex-preBldentlal can- dldate on the Socialist ticket; Gaylor Wilsnirc, Robert Hunter, Lena Moro ! Lewis, Charles Kline and Freeman Knowlea am imnn; thn nrnmlnent I at the district encamnmpnt nf fh Rn. cialist party the latter ptft of June. Chicago Freight Merger Planned. CHICAGO, May 24. Railway Inter- est of Chicago are considering tbe ' advisability of organislpg a $100,000,- 000 corporation for the purpose of con solidating under one ownershfp and under one management all of tbe belt railroads, all of the switching rail roads, and all of the so-called ter- , . , . mlnal ralllnjabout Chjcago. NEWS FROM OUR . NATIONAL CAPITAL What Our Lawmakers Are Do ing and Other Hems of Importance. WASHINGTON. The taking of tes timony in the Ballinger-Plnchot Inves tigation has ended and, tne committee Friday and Saturday will hear oral arguments by counsel. Two days will be devoted to speech making. The so-called "prosecution" will open and for five hours Friday the committee will listen to the ad dresses of Louis D. Brandeis, counsel for L. R. Glavls, and George W. Pep per, counsel for Gifford Pinchot. The "defense" will sum its case on Saturday, May 28. John J. Vertrees, counsel for Secretary Ballinger,' will have five hours in which to, answer the attorneys for the other side. - Both sides will be given until Mon- ay, June 13, In which to file briefs frith the committee to assist It In Iasslng on the great mass of evidence hlch has been presented. ! Taft 8tandt fay Bal'.lnaer. President Taft has Intimated to Callers that he Intends to stand by Secretary Ballinger, for he is, con vinced of Mr. Balllnger's Innocence either of wrongdoing or of Improper motives. The President says he does not consider that Balllnger's 'accusers have made out any case against him. On top of this announcement from the White Hous'e comes the reitera tion of Secretary Balllnger's purpose to hold on to his position, notwith standing a renewal of the reports that he Is soon' to resign. , Exposition Fight Warm, j The battle of the cities tor the big Show in the matter of celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal Is on ,',n earnest wltn San . Francisco and New Orleans in the lead. New; Orleans bases her claim for Government recognition on the fact that she Is the natural canal port and besides the Pacific Coast has Just been recognized in the exposition line, while It has been a' long time since the south has had a slice of this par ticular kind of pie. San Francisco on th other hand eomes with something like $5,000,000 subscribed for the exposition, and the claim' that it's further from Frisco to Seattle than from New Orleans to St : Louis so the sectional claim Is without merit Country Wild on Battleships. That the United States has gone wild on the matter of armament and especially In the construction of bat tleships was asserted by Hale, Clay and Galllnger in the Senate during the consideration of the naval appro priation bill. The bill carried $133, 000,000 and Hale predicted that with In five years the annual naval ap propriation would not be less than $176,000,000. The opinion was expressed that the promised reduction of expenditures would not take place In the present sestion of Congress, and Hale and Galllnger, tfoth members of the com' mlttee on appropriations, agreed that the . expenditures would exceed the revenues the next fiscal year. Borah Talks en Conservation. ' The West's view of conservation of natural resources was explained to the Senate for the first time by Sen ator Borah, of Idaho, in a recent speech In which he dwelt particularly upon the right and power of the Presi dent to make withdrawals of public lands ID the absence of constitutional or congressional authority. In his sneech. the Idaho Senator n.u,..nui v, ,. u.0ph nn authority to make wholesale with arawals such as have been made re- centiy tt the behest of Pinchot and ttIg jnd f, theorists. Mlnni" Natwa Hama. S tJ.k. - Jt tirBli1a.ftn n n 0,6 S"rwr I " that N.w York Orchard. wumyany, inc., una uwu ivriuru un. in the National capital, for the pur pose, first of buying and operating apple orchards In Western New York, and, second, to advertise extensively so as to compete in the markets with the Pacific Northwest apples. Tbe Interior Department Is prepar lng for tbe establishment of tbe bu reau of mines, In accordance with tbe recent enactment of congress creat- . " ft 4 co-ojdjnaia 4!vLl9 in Ut department No decision has yet been made by the President as to who will bead the bureau. The session of the Senate Saturday was devoted entirely to memorial ser vices in honor of the late Represent ative Francis W. Cusnman, of Wash ington, and Representative David A. De Armoad, of Missouri. Senators Piles, Beveridge, Clapp, Carter, Bur kett, Chamberlain, Burton, Hughes and Jones eulogized Mr. Cusbman. Improving Americana. ''Nothing Is fixed but the certainty of change." said Uoetue, and we know that the future American will repre sent a change. He may be taller or shorter or thinner or fatter than tbe American of toduy, but there Is noth ing in tbe existing Btnte of society and we use society in its broad sense to indicate that he will not be better In many ways. Confidence In this Is based largely on the evident determi nation of the American of today to leave our institutions and our Ideals better than be found them. Every American, native or foreign born. wants his children to have a better ed ucation than it wna possible for him to secure. He wants to have bis Chil dren live in a community of higher standards and Ideals than he has; be wants betterment in local,' state and national conditions, and the result of the want will be improvement and a demand by his children for still great er Improvement St Paul Pioneer- Press. FOSTER V. BROWN Naw Attorney Gar eral For Porto Rioo. WSSk BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK Michael J. McManus, of Washing ten, D. C, secretary to United States Senator Aldrich, committed suicide In New York. Internal! revenue receipts continue to show a big Increase over last year. For April the receipts were $21,397,- 137, which is $2,209,057 more than In April, 1909. Charles Clary, aged 66, formerly prominent In state banking circles and at one time National Bank Examiner for the districts of Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Washington, died at his home. In Seattle after a brief illness, President Taft, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, King George of England President Diaz of Mexico and William J. Bryan were made life members ot the World's Sunday School Assocla' tlon In ' the convention at Washing' ton, D. C. $15,000 has been spent by the Bal linger-Plnchot committee investigat ing the Interior Department and the Forest Service. The cost of printing the record of the case does not come out of the $25,000 appropriated to de fray the expenses of conducting the Inquiry. Completion of tbe O. R. ft N. cutoff, which will shorten the, distance be tween Wallace, Idaho, and Spokane about 50 miles, Is to be celebrated on June 10, by the business men of Spo kane, when the new line will be in operation. Zlon City, founded by John Alexan der Dowie, is again the center of bitter factional fight with Overseer W. O. Voliva attempting, It Is sold, to obtain dismissal of the receivership and gain control of more than 6500 acres of city and farm land In a deal aggregating $1,000,000. A new Invention has Just been com' pletcd by George Westinghouse. It I an air-spring, and by It Mr. Westing house says the expense of running all vehicles now rubber-tired will be de creased at least 60 per cent, since the rubber tire may now be dispensed with. It Is said the new Invention will I uuiumici ivuuis tue U lue ui auio mm one-halt . . ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON Chronicle of Important Events of Interest to Our Readers. Call for Republican Assembly Issued. PORTLAND Asserting authority directly from the primary law foi holding recommending assemblies, as given to the party organization, un der direction of which he Is acting. Judge M. CVQ'eorgl, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, has issued the formal call for a state assembly July 21 and a recommenda.' tlon that county mass primaries be held July 9 for the selection of dele gates and that county assemblies be ' held July 16. As set forth In the call at the time of holding the state assembly, recom mendations also will be made for Con gressional and judicial district nomi nees. The fourth Judicial district ot the state, comprised of Multnomah County, is excepted from that? date by omission. This Is owing to the fact that It Is the only district In the state' co-extensive with the county bound aries and the recommendations will be made at the county assembly. Army Engineers Urge Open RtveV OREGON CITY At the time of the river and harbor bill was under con sideration in the House of Represent atives, no report had been received from the Army Engineers recommend ing the purchase of the canal and locks at Oregon City, 'or favoring the construction of a new canal and locks ' on the opposite side of the Willam ette River. But while the bill was be fore the ' Senate committee, Majot Mclndoe was summoned to Washing ton by the Chief of Engineers, report ed In person on this project, and on the basis ot his report, a letter was addressed to the committee: on com merce, recommending an appropria tion, to be used In connection with a like appropriation by the state, for opening the Willamette to continuous and free navigation. TO OPPOSE PROHIBITION PORTLAND Business men of Ore gon have formed the Greater Oregon Home Rule Association here. Tbe Greater Oregon Home Rule Associa tion is an organization of business men who have banded together to fight the idea of state wide prohibi tion. In the list of those who have signed tbe roll of membership are a large number of business men, profes sional men and residents of Portland, together with men ot all sections ol the state. Already a protest has been circulate ed throughout the state, In a prelim inary way, against the proposed sub- mission ot the prohibition amendment, to the voters of the state at the com v lng election In November. Road to Enter Medford. . SALEM In supplemental articles of Incorporation filed In the-office of tbe Secretary of State, the Oregon Trunk Railway Company declares Its Inten tion to build up the valley of the Des chutes River and Its tributaries, and in a general southerly dlreotion to a point at or near Klamath Falls, In the State of Oregon; and also from a point on tbe main line of the railway In Klamath County, Oregon, to a point In the city of Medford, Oregon, Jack son County, Oregon, a distance of about 70 miles, with such branches and extensions as the corporation may hereafter decide upon. Murder 8uspect Is Held. MARSHFIELD William Allen, be lieved to be guilty of a murder at Exeter, Mo., 14 years ago, Is being held by City Marshal Carter,' awaiting the arrival of the Sheriff from Exeter, who will come here for tbe prisoner. Allen has been working In logging camps' and Is about 40 years old. He sometimes gave his name as C. Cam eron. County Division Opposed. ATHENA The Commercial Associ ation of Athena Is uniting with the commercial associations of Pendleton and Weston In an effort to stop the proposed division of Umatilla County, and if they are unable to get a com promise and prevent tbe division, they propose to establish a county on lines that are satisfactory to all the parties ooncerned. nearly, as possible.