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Hlit.rfeil 8M TwiceaWeek . Wednesday Edition GOI ALL, THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE NH ALL THE NEWS' WHILE 11 IS NEWO TWICE-A-WEEK NEWS RECORD TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 21. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1910 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER THE NEWSRE (0 Cent a word single Insertion, 1VS cents a word 2 Insertions. Special rates by month and year. LOST. Suit of clothea. 'and pair of low shoes. Lost between Joseph' and head' of lake July 4. Finder " leave with. Wane at Enterprise. Reward.' 20t! Two pigs, sandy with black epots. Finder communicate with C. E. Funk, Enterprise. ' 19btf FOR SALE. 160 acres, on Prairie Creek, 150 acre good plow land, 100 under ditch, 3 miles east Enterprise. Peter Olsen, owner, Enterprise. 18b4 I Thos. Slegmund left on sale at Ri ley & Riley's the Wonder Washer. Nice small place adjoining Enter prise; six-room house, . barn, 1 out buildings, young orchard, timber, running water, etc. Inquire at thia office. I will sell ch ap for c?sh my 160 acre farm oh Pralrl Creek. All good plow land except 10 acres; 100 acre9 under ditch. 3 miles east of Enterprise. Peter "Olsen," Enter prise. " . , H6b4 AijOut 20 acres tlmot'jy saJ 60 acres grain hay near Paradise stre. Good place to feed sheep. Write H. A. Burns, Paradise, Oregon. 2lr4 MONEY TO LOAN State Funds loaned, 8 per cent. John P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans at 7 percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. B8bt! . FOR RENT. , Blacksmith shop and tools for rent. Splendid location. G. H. Vest, En terprise, Oregon. ' 21btf . WANTED. ! Lumber. Anyone having lumber of any grade In any amount for sale, or who has timber be 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 CANDIDATES ATTENTION I " Nominating petitions " fof county and district candidates , before the primary September 24, for sale at thia office. Nicely bound. Complete sets only $1 at office or by mall. Pellagra Cure Found? DURHAM, N. C By a system of Injections Into the blood, Mrs.' R. M. Baxsley, of Hlllsboro, Is reported cured of the most aggravated case of pellagra that had come under the ob servation of medical men in this state Gold Find Arouses Town. MARSHFIELD, Ore. It Is reported here that there has been much gold found In the mountain about 30 miles southeast of Myrtle Point. There Is a rush of people from Myrtle' Point to the supposed rich district For many years mining has been carried on In that part of the state, but never has paid well, Customs Men on Watch. . ' NEW YORK. Customs officials at New Tork have been warned to watch for diamonds valued at $400,000 smug gled last week from LuderltzvBay, in the German province of Southwest Africa. Woman Waiting Murder Trial. . : SPOKANE, Wash. Mrs. Vera Pros ser'a trial upon the charge of shoot ing her divorced husband, Rese T. Piosser, wilj be held at Libby, Mont August 15. 1 , :'t' ' THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Track prices: Club, 12c; bluestem, 86c; red Russian, 79c. Barley Feed and brewing, $I920. Oats No. 1 white, $26 per ton. , ' Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley. $20021 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $2228; alfalfa, $13H. Butter Extra, 29c; fancy, ZSc; ranch, 20c. : ' ' ' ' ' ' V ' EggsH-Ranch, candled, 27c. - Hops 1909 crop, 10012c; olds, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1417e per pound. - Mohair 32033c. . Seattle. Wheat Blustem, 87c; club, 12c; ; red Russian, 80c. Oats $26 per ton. - , Barley $21 per ton. t ' : Hay Timothy, $26 per ton; alfalfa, $16 per ton. Butter Washington Creamery, lie;' lanch. 22c ' .. Eggs Selected local, 33c ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON Chronicle of Important Events of Interest to Our ' Readers. , Road Building His Study. SALEM. Mayor Rodgers has ' de parted for Belgium, where he "will at tend the meeting of the International Association of Road Congresses as the only representative from Oregon, He leaves New York in the steamer Car mania and will land at Antwerp. The association meeting opens July 31 and will continue until August 3. During his absence the mayor will make a special study of road-making and mu nicipal conditions. The king of Bel gium is president of the roads associa tion and Mayor Rodgers will go armed with ietters to him. Bear's Blood Bespatters. ALBANY. With an immense ,MacK bear running so close to him that t threw blood all over him from a wound he had Inflicted, a young man named Moore, residing near Yaqulna. under went an exciting experience. A pecu liar feature of the Incident Is that the bear, though badly wounded, got away from the hunters and has not been killed. . Will Die on Gallows. .. " KLAMATH FALLS. Ike , Harrroll was sentenced to be hanged at Salem on December 9 for the murder of Wal ter Newell. . Harroll was a sheep herder In the employ of Walter atfd Frank Newell, two brothers, who were taking a band of sheep to the Lake county shearing pens at Plush. In an altercation Harroll shot and killed the two brothers. Girl 1a Cremated Alive. HEPPNER. Miss Emma Zlnck dropped a-lighted match and: the flames quickly spread to her clothes, enveloping her In a sheet of flames. . She rushed screaming into the yard, where all of her clothing burned off her before being extinguished by the neighbors. Miss Zinck died a few hours later.'. . VOTERS TO DECIDE ON THIRTY-TWO MEASURES SALEM. Time for filing initiative petitions has closed and the people of Oregon will be called upon tc vote on a grand total of 32 measures at the coming general'electlon. With practi cally each county having some local legislation coming before it and a great number of precincts voting on the question of "wet" or "dry" there will be practically 35 measures to vote on in the majority of precincts, among which are the following: Woman's taxpaying suffrage amend ment granting to all taxpayers the right of suffrage. A bill for the establishment of an Eastern Oregon branch State Insane asylum. '.' . ' A bill to 1 elect delegates to a con stitutional ' convention the second Monday in October, 1911. A constitutional amendment to pro vide a separate district for the elec tion of each state senator and each state representative. A constitutional amendment to cause taxes to be collected for public pur poses only and providing the power of taxation shall never be' surrendered, suspended or contracted away. An amendment providing for state railroad building. An amendment providing a uniform rule of taxation. An act to Increase the salary of the Judge of the eighth judicial district. An act to create the county of Ne smith. A bill to provide for the mainten ance of the normal school at Mon mouth, A bill to create the county of Otis. A bill to create the county of Wil liams, v.. An amendment providing for people of each county to regulate taxation and exemptions. An amendment giving cities and towns control over sale of liquor. A bill for liability of employers. A bill to create the county of Or chard. ' .' "" A bill to create the county of Clark. I . A bill for the support and malnten- ance of the normal school at Weston. I A petition to establish and maintain a normal school at Ashland. An amendment to section 35, article. 1, of the constitution to prohibit the sale of liquor. -. . An Initiative bill to prohibit the Sale of liquor. . A petition to create an "Employes' Indemnity Commission." 1 A petition to prohibit fishing on Rogue river. ; A bill to create the county of Des chutes, i C. D. NORTON. ' ; The Nw 6ortary to President Taft. " i v IjgOCLtNEOlf NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS Baroness de la Roche, driving a Volsln biplane, at Rhelms, France, lost ber nerve at a belgb of 50 meters, shut off the power and fell with her machine to the ground. Her legs and arms were broken and she -suffered severe contusions. Joseph Smith, president of the Mor mon Church of Utah, was a passenger on the liner Vaderland. which sailed for Dover and Antwerp. A great scandal,' Involving ex-Pre-mler George Cleraenceau, baa broken out In . connection with the trial of Henri Rochelle, the well-known French promoter, whose financial In stitutions, the Franco-Spanish bank and the Credit Mlnler, were closed In March, 1908, when Rochelle was ar rested on charges of extensive swind ling. The testimony shows that Im mense sums of money were made br speculators , Immediately before the failure. ' . ' Secretary of the Interior Balllnger has. started on a trip of Inspection westward, which may cover a period of several months. He Is accompanied by E. C. Finney, assistant to the sec retary and a stenographer. Governor Stubbs received a tele gram from Theodore Roosevelt, fix ing the day of his one Kansas speech at August if. He will speak at the John Brown celebration at Ossawa tomle, Kan. Coach Drops Over Cliff. TOSEMITE, Cal. A 4-horse stage coach, carrying 11 passengers, for El Portal, the gateway of the Tosemlte National Park, went over a cliff Into tbe Merced River, a fall of 100 feet, Sunday.. One man and three women were carried down with the stage and Injured severely. The other passeng ers and driver jumped In time. Two horses were killed. - Socialist Ticket Will Be Named. KLAMATH FALLS For tbe first time In the history of the county Socialist ticket will be In the polit ical field here during the coming campaign. The Franchise In Brazil. All citizens of the republic of Brazil have tbe franchise except soldiers and beggar. ' DIAZ AND TAFT EXCHANGE-NOTES President of Mexico Suggests ' Change in Nicaraguan Policy. WASHINGTON. The attitude of the Mexican government toward the Madriz cause In Nlcarugua was made plainer, when correspondence which recently passed between President Diaz and President Tait uu the sub Ject became public. President Diaz wrote President Taft, as the result of the circulation of a telegram Madriz sent to Central Amer ican governments protesting against the attitude of the United Slates In Nicaragua. "If these facts are exact In all de tails," said President Diaz, after refer ring to Madriz' protest, "1 permit my self In the most friendly spirit, to rec ommend most earnestly to your ex cellency that you reconsider those In structions of which Nicaragua com plains to the end of permitting the government of Madriz within a pru dently brief period, to accomplish that complete pacification which is of fered." Information Erroneous, Says Taft. Mr. Taft, In reply, said: "I esteem your excellency's friendly Interest In the relation of the United States with Nicaragua. As your ex cellency will have surmised, the tele gram which Dr. Madriz ordered sent to you, as well as telegrams sent to other governments In which the con tinuation of the struggle In Nicaragua lu attributed to the policy of the United States, . has evidently been transmitted under erroneous Informa tion with respect to the actual facts and the principles of international law applicable to the case." Germany Recognizes Madriz. r WASHINGTON. Germany has for mally put tKe stamp of her approval on the Madriz government In Nica ragua. . This information reached Washing ton through eonfldentlal channels out side the State -Department. Germany's action was taken In April, hefore the recent series of Estrada victories. No iiinr European government, so far i.'aliable Information shows, da tniuy'ed a similar attitude. . GENERAL NEWS NOTES Walter Brookins, In a Wright bi plane, broke the world's altitude rec ord at Atlantic City, N. J., when he attained a height of 6175 feet. Chipper as a boy with a smile and a real handshake for all well-wishers John D. Rockefeller celebrated his 71st birthday at Forest Hill, his splen did summer home In Cleveland, Ohio. Women teachers showed their knowledge of politics by forcing the triumphant election of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of the public school of Cblcngo, as president of the National Educational associa tion. Walter Wellman and E. Van Inman will attempt this Fall to cross the At lantic ocean In the dirigible balloon America, which if as built for the Well man Polar expedition and has been twice tested In voyage over the Arc tic ocean north of Spltzbcrgen. On petition of the the International Paper company. Judge Colt, In the United States circuit court, at Boston, appointed John Norrls, of New York, an officer of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, and Charles F. Weed, an attorney of this city, re ceivers of the Boston Herald company. Including a bond Issue of $1,700,000, the Indebtedness Is about $2,200,000. Results of great important and lasting benefit tu the United States, as wew as to the Latln-Amerlcun re- publics, are expected from the fourth ' Pan-American conference, which met ! ,D Buenos Ayres. ' s The notable conventions of the week Include the Elks at Detroit, the International convention of the Bap tist Young People's Union, at Sara toga, the annual saegerfest of the Northwestern Norwegian-Danish Sing ers' association at 8!oux Falls, the convention of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association at St. Haul, and the summer meeting of the America - Chemical society in San Francisco. Be wuo lores goodness harbors an gels. Emerson. POLITICAL NEWS Political News. A'.bprt J. Beverldge, United States senator from Indiana and one of the most prominent and consistent of the "progressive" republicans, after a visit to Sagamore Hill, came away with a promise from Theodore Roose velt to deliver a campaign speech in his favor in his fight for re-election o the senate. Following the receipt of a letter from Colonel Roosevelt, Governor Hughes announced that the former president had fixed Tuesday as the day for their meeting at Sagamore HUl. Lee O'Neill Browne, democratic leg islative leader, under Indictment at ChlcBgo and Springfield, announces himself a candidate for renomlnatlon as a member of the legislature. A. G. SPALDING. A. G. Spalding, head of the sporting goods house of Chicago; has been formally requested by the business men of San Diego, Cal., to accept the nomination to succeed Frank P. Flint In the United States senate. ; Colonel Roosevelt declares Con gressman Polndexter did not discuss the Washington senatorial contest with him.. "My relations with all the candidates to succeed Senator Piles have been, so far as I can recall, most cordial. I will not take any side In tbe contest,' he said. "We have a fight before us. I have decided what I am going to do.. Those who may want to come with me, come. Those who want to stay at home, stay." With these words William J. Bryan closed one of the most drama tic speeches of his career at tbe dem ocratic county convention at Llnaoln, Neb. . He spoke In support of a posi tive declaration for county option, and at the conclusion of his address the plank was adopted by an overwhelm ing majority. . ENGINEER SAVES HIS TRAIN W HOLDUP Clever Ruse Prevents Looting of Baggage and Passenger Coaches. ST. LOUIS. Cleverness on the part of the engineer prevented three men from robbing the Missouri, Kansas ft Texas Southwestern flye'r No. 3, near Larimer, St. Louis County, 15 miles from St. Louis, early Sunday morning. Three men were arrested as suspects, but were released after Investigation. Engineer Qulnn, through a ruse, pre vented the baggage car and passenger coaches from being looted. The rob bers at the point of revolvers com pelled the engineer and fireman to descend from the cab and ko with I them to the baggage car to assist in ' uncoupling it. When tinkering about the coupling tiie engineer and fireman managed to slip away In the darkness. The two started on a run for tbe cab. The robbers soon became aware that the crew was dashing for the cab and opened Are. Springing into the cab, the engineer threw the throttle wide open and washed away with the train. New Jap Alliance Due. BERLIN. A new political align ment, with Japan breaking away from Eng'and as soon as the present treaty between these two has expired, is predicted by Prof. Albrecht Wlrth, one oj the most prominent Pan-Amer ican politicians and writers. Pawnshops In Chile. Pawnshops lu Chile are under regu lation of the general government, en forced by local authorities. .... . x. PROGRAMME CAUSES EMBARRASSMENT Administration Men Charge Pinchotites With 'Packing' Congress at St. Paul. BT. PAUL, Minn. Charges that the national conservation program, for the sesslson here In September, has been "packed", with antl-admlnlBtration speakers, baa created a furore In SL Paul. Governor A. O. Eberhardt, dis cussing tbe situation, said: "I think the men at the bead of tbe movement for the congress here are fair-minded enough to change the pro gram If it is not properly balanced." ' Tbe "admlnistratlonlsts" wani Sena tor Nelson, and possibly President Taft, placed on the list of speakers, but It Is not probable that the presi dent would consent, because his at titude might be misconstrued. The squabble that has arisen here gives rise to the fear that the con gress may be moved to Denver or Kan sas City, both of which have made strong bids for It. WASHINGTON, D. C, NOTES Declaring that some companies en gaged in the planting of the eucalyp tus tree la this country have endeav ored to place the government behind exaggerated statements as to the pos sible results. Forester Graves bas is sued a warning to tbe publlo against extravagant predictions. , Pootmaster-Qeneral Hitchcock has expressed the opinion that no postal savings bank could be established be fore January 1, 1911. Controller of the Treasury Trace well has rendered a decision holding In effect that In the future be will not allow expenses of office deputies In serving John Doe warrants. Tbe Issue oame before htm on an appeal by Marshal P. M. Long, of tbe northern district of Alabama, from a ruling by the auditor of the state and other de partments In disallowing traveling ex penses Incurred in endeavoring to serve such warants In Internal rev enue cases where the effort to arrest was unsuccessful. The proposal to transport freight by airship from Arlsona to New Mexico will have the effect of bringing tbe United States and Mexico Into an. early agreement relative to the first aerial treaty. Tbe Mexican govern ment bas approved In a general way tbe original draft of the treaty which Ambassador de la Barra suggested to Secretary Knox. LYNCH BLIND-PIG DETECTIVE Anti-Saloon League Raid Renulta In Mob Violence. NEWARK, Ohio. The trouble which culminated In tbe lynching of Detec tive Etherlngton was the outgrowth of an attempt by tbe Anti-Saloon league to show tbe presence of a "blind tiger" In Licking county, wblch Is "dry" under the Rose local option law. Detectives, of which Etberlng ton was one, were sent to Newark to make a series of raids. In a raid on the "Last Chance" restaurant, con ducted by William Howard, former chief of police of Newark, there was a clash and Etberlngton shot Howard. Tbe wounded man died shortly after reaching tbe hospital. .Upon the death of Howard the jail was surrounded by a mob and Detec tive Etherington was taken out aud lynched. Spokane 8uffers Loss. SPOKANE. Fire, supposed to have been caused by the careless dropping of a mafqh or a cigarette stub into a shaving bin at tbe rear of the main factory of the Sprlngston Lumber Co . early Sunday night, swept a two block area, entailing a property loss or $K7. (00, covered by Insurance amounting to $50,760. , ' Ashton Is Boomed. TACOMA, Wash. In the Interest of the candidacy of James M. Ashton, of Tacoma, who Is seeking to become IT. i. Senator, a plan Is being formulated fu have all the timber Interests of Washington center their strength on Ashton and get busy In his behalf. Tacoma Gets Convention. SEATTLE, Wash. Tbe annual con vention of the Western Federation of Improvement clubs, embracing Wash ington, California, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, will be held In Tacoma August 23 an 14. , ... ,