much Mtatsrleal It TwiceaWeek Wednesday Edition NEWSI " ALL THE ' OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE n IS NEWS TWICE.. A-WEEK NEWS RECORD (ECORD - TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 23. Cent a word single Insertion, 1 cents a word 2 Insertions. .Special rates by month and year. LOST. Suit of clothes, awl pair of low shoes. Lost between Joseph and head of lake July 4. Finder leave with Marx at Enterprise. Reward. 20tf Two pigs, sandy with black spots. Finder communicate with - C. E. Funk, Enterprise, 19btf . FOR 8ALE. 160 acres, on Prairie Creek, 150 acres good plow land, 100 under ditch, 3 miles east Enterprise. Peter Oleen, owner. Enterprise. - .' 18b4 Thos.-Siegmund left on sate at Ri ley & Riley's the Wonder Washer. Nice small place adjoining Enter prise; six-room house, barn, out buildings, young orchard, 1 timber, running water, etc. Inquire at this orrtee. iitD6 MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk Atty. State Land E'd. Joseph Farm loans at. 7 percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. ; 6Wf FOR RENT. Blacksmith shop and tools for rent Splendid location. ; Q. H. Vest, En terprise, Oregon. ',' 21btf WANTED. FlTstclass cook and dining room girl. W, A. Moss, Enterprise, Oregon. 22 uumber. Anyone . having, lumber of iny grade In anv amount for sale or who has timber he Intends to saw oon. and wishes to contract the lum bar. call on or arid-e.aa W. F. Rankin at Haney planer in Enterprise, Agent for W. R. Klvette. " - . ' Z6D4 Dr. W. L. Nichols, osteopath, suc cessor to Dr. Moore!1 has office hours all day Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday, in - Enterprise. . Office over the bank. 21atf i May Form an Alliance. , - . ST,, PETERSBURG. Fc-owing the announcement of the Russo-Japanese treaty, prominent Russian statesmen ere believed to be preparing to an nounce the conclusion of a formal al liance with Japan. The present treaty deals only with Manchuria. The pro posed alliance would . bind the two countries offensively and defensively for the welfare of every part of their Uominfons, according to report In semi-official circles. ; Chicken Bone Kills Man.. ,.. BURNS John Thomas, 30 years of age, employed on the Mann Lake ranch, 75 miles southeast of Burns, got a bone lodged In his throat while partaking of chicken soap and died from the effects. "" . Mortgages to be Ttaxsd. ; SALEM. The state tax commls- f 111 I A. J ' . . iuu wui luBiHi upon .a, complete as sessment of intangible personalty pro vided under the statute and county bressors are being directed' to par careful attention to mortage notes.. Governors Are Invited. ,. SEATTLE, Wash. Governor M. E. Hay has Invited the ' Governors of Oregon, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota to come to Washington as his guests during the army maneuvers at American Lake, August 15 to 26. Besides the regular troops that will be there, the state militia of the states mentioned will take part. : THE MARKETS - Portland. Wheat Track prices: Club, 82c; bluestem, 8Gc; red Russian, 79c. Barley Feed and brewing, $1920 , Oats No. 1 white, $26 per ton. Hay Timothy,' Willamette Valley $2C21 'per , ton; Eastern Oregon S2225; alfalfa, $1314. . Butter uxtra, Z9c; fancy, 29c ranch, 20c. . Eggs Ranch, candU. 27c. . Hops 1909 crop, lijitfc; olds, nominal. ' Wool Eastern Oregon, 14017c pel pound. Mohair 32 33c. Seattle. . Wheat-Blustem, 87c; club, 82c; red Russian. 80c. - Oats 826 per ton. ; Barley $21 per ton. .'- . Hay Timothy, $25 per ton; alfalfa, $1( per ton. ' '' Butter Washington Creamery, Jie; ranch,' 22c - Eggs Selected local, 3cy TAFT TO KEEP CLEAR OF STATE POLITICS President's Hands Full Enough With Congress and Pledges. BEVERLY, Mass. President Tart has stated with striking emphasis the position he is taking on Republican state platforms and candidates. The President does not, think he should be called upon to write the party decla rations in the different common wealths or to. name men for any of the' elective i offices. A President. It was Intimated, has a pretty big Job on his hands when he undertakes to fulfill all the pledges in the National platform and to tiring Congress around to the same way of thinking. - As to planks In state platforms in dorsing the administration, the Presl- dent. feels , that unless they can be written upon what h has said and done since taking office nothing he cou.d add In a personal way would help matters. ' v : 1 ' The Ohio conferences have served to bring out the President's attitude. He was Informed of the general tenor of the platform to be adopted at the Columbus convention the latter part of this month, but he did not go into details of planks. . Under no circumstances would the President express an opinion as to candidates. 'The figh this . fall in unio. it is genenarry acknowledged, will be a hard one. ' STATION TO BE ENLARGED Bremerton to Be Chief Coaling Sta , tion-ln Pacific Waters. . SEATTLE. The Puget Sound navy yard, at Bremerton, will become one of the chief coaling stations of the Pacific fleet if present plans of the navy department are carried out Un der directions ' of the navy depart ment the civil engineers' force of the yard have begun a preliminary survey ror a zoo,000-ton coaling plant to ha located at the west end of the navy yard Immediately east of the present yard coal bunkers. ' Such a plant, it is estimated, would cost close to $2,000,000. The present coaling pier of the yard has a capac ity of 25,000 tons under cover, with room for 25,000 tons more on adjacent ground. -.,.. ' CONGRESS IS LIKELY TO BE CURTAILED Representation of Some States May Be Reduced by Re apportionment. WASHINGTON, D. C The new census promises to precipitate a noli tlcal and sectional controversy of vital interest to the people. Based upon the population it represents, congress will . have to determine whether it shall be numerically en larged and made more unwieldy than It now Is, or whether the aggregate of persons entitled to a member of con gress shall be so curtailed. , Some states, if the latter plan is adopted, will lose representation In congress through a diminution of population during the last ten years, while others are certain of an In crease due to growth in the number of their inhabitants. - The present ra tio -of apportionment is one member for every 194,000 Inhabitants; the present house consists of 391 mem bers. 1 If congress were to adopt for the present house the ratio of apportion ment observed in 1900, the house of representatives would be Increased by 68 members. This would bring the total membership up to 460. It Is not expected, however, that this ratio will be maintained. It is expected that when the ar portlonment bill Is considered the number of the members of the house will be fixed at one for every 225,000. This would mean that the house1 would remain practically at its pres ent figure. Primaries Close. 8AN FRANCISCO. The entries for California's first election under the direct primary have closed, and the race for the nomination for Governor of the state ! on between Ave Re publicans, one Democrat, one Pr ;1tl bitlonlst and one Socialist. - ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1910. A. 0. H. HOLD CONVENTION PORTLAND, Ore. The national convention of the Ancient" Order of Hibernians, and the Woman's Auxil iary of the order, with representation from all parts of the United States and Canada, met in this city Tues day. The most important thing brought before the convention was the move ment for the unification of all Irish societies for the advancement of the Irish people and the ultimate freedom of Ireland. The plan contemplates a federation of all Irishmen repardless of their religious or political beliefs. It will follow somewhat the plan of the German-American alliance. 4' MARGARET ILLINGTON. The actress, who left the stage to darn socks, is reported to be prepar lug to reappear on the stage in a play to be produced by her husband, Ed- ward J. Bowes, a wealthy resident of Tacoma. , DICKINSON FINDS JAPAN IS FRIENDLY Relations of Countries Make Possible Settlement of Issues by Diplomacy. tuiuo. "Unhappily, forces for evil for unknown but sinister our poses constantly are endeavoring by false reports or other methods to create conditions of ill will or dls trust between two neighboring peo ples. "Their relations are too firmly ea tablished and their Interests are too distinct to admit of the possibility of any question arising between JaDan and the United States, which will not yield readily to the. ordinary nrocesa or diplomacy. The Increased "and more Intimate exchange of views be tween the two governments dispels ail apprehensions on that score' Count Komura Toasts Secretary. This utterance was made bv For elgn Minister Count Komura In toast ing J. M. Dickinson, the American secretary of war, at a banquet given Dy count Komura fn honor of the American cabinet officer. Mr. nioicin son and his party arrived at Yoko hama on board the steamer 8iberla and after an Informal recentinn at the American consulate, came on to Tokio for the function. ' New York 8uffers From Heat. JNEW YORK. The hot weather continues to take its toll of death in this city. Hospitals are crowded with sufferers from the heat or from ail ments due to the heat, and the rrmrt of the bureau of vital statistics tells or a record-breaking mortality among very young children. It exceeded th same period of last year by nearly uu. Yellow Fever Feared. BLUEFIELD3, NIc American Con- sul Thomas P. Moffatt has issued In ductions to the American naval commanders here to observe the strictest precautions that no nersonal communication be held with Blue- fields Bluff, on account of fears that yellow fever Is prevalent there. It is reported that yellow fever has reached the camps of the Madrls army. , Starting It. lira. Nagglt-1 don't feel like myself tonight Mr. Naeeit-Tbeo we ouirht I to have a very pleasant evening. , T"'"" "-H-r'MiViriiiisf iTfr'iiliiAiL iiW IDAHO DISTRICT IS SWEPT BY FLAMES Widespread Destruction Occurs in Coeur d'Alene Mining Country. WALLACE, Ida. F'ames are rac ing toward Kellogg Peak faster than a horse can run, alter having destroy ed the homes of a naif dozen settlers, ruined thousands of dollars' worth oi rich timber near Pine Creek, driven one man insane and -engaged more than 200 men in fight to save the buildings of several large lead-silver mines of the district. Starting from a surveyors' camp early Saturday mornine. the flnmoa gained rapid headway and have been burning fiercely, wiping out all the DUUdlngg of the Dalnatia Mining Com pany seven miles west of Kellogg r eaK, on Pine Creek. Directly in the path of the flun are the large buildings of the Nabob, Surprise, Highland Chief and Little Pittsburg mines, and reports from the district brought to Kellogg by settlers who have brought their famlllpR tn safety to escape the flames, say that these buildings will be destroyed If we fire fighters fail to check the flames. Three square miles of the, finest timber In the Coeur d'Alene mining district have been destroyed and the names continue unchecked. Every available man in Kelloeir and War. ner has been sent to the scene, and a call has ben sent to Wallace for reinforcements. Gralnmen In Combine. PORTLAND, Ore; As ' a tfiBt f their strength in opposing interests wnicn they consider inimical to the Farmers' Educational and f!n.flnoi-n five Union, wealthy wheat-growers or Umatilla County and the Walla Walla country are tolnir to hiftniir. ture flour for export on an extensive scale. According to the plans as out lined, only two mills will h'OBtph. Hshed at present, one at Adams, the center of the wheat-producing district or umatnia County, and the nthpr t Walla Walla. These mills will have a dally capacity of 250 barrels each, Dut will be so constructed as to per mit an increase of capacity at nom inal cost in the event the mnvo i. justifiable. They will be eaulnnnrt with the latest Improved machinery. CRIMES AND MISHAPS A trio of professional shoplifters were reached by the arm of the law at Oakland, Cal., when Mrs. Ella Har kins, Peter W. Hareens and H Hnr. kins were arrested. Stolen goods worth over $1000 were found stacked celling high In one of the rooms where the trio were arrested. Trade marks on many of the articles gave evidence that the line of ODeration stretched from Vancouver. R C. throughout Washington and Oreeon and the northwest down to Califor nia. Charles W. Rlgdon. 65 years old. well known for many years in Chi cago real estate circles and father of Jay A. Rlgdon, assistant cashier of the Hibernian Banking; association. seriously wounded Mrs. Emma Deu- tex, a young widow, and then shot and killed himself in the ompo f John C. Feber In a down-town office- building. The first regular passenirer trln nn. dertaken by a monorail train In this country ended In a disastrous ard. dent in which a score of oersona wnrn so seriously injured that they had to De taken to hospitals. The monorail ystem runs between Garlow -on-thn. Sound and City Island, and it was In tended, if successful, to extend it la ter Into New York City. The search for Dr. Hawlev Cr!nmn. American ' physician, accused of the murder in London last his wife, Belle Elmore. American con cert hall singer, i now literally world-wide. The police of everv country in which Crlppen and Ethel ciara Leneve, the young typist, may have fled, were put on the lockout for the pair. . . Captain Samuel n. Lyon, of th Twenty-fifth Infantry. U. 8. A., re- cently tried at Fort Meyer, Va., for irregularities growing out of the Brownsville, Tex., riots, was found not guilty and honorably acquitted by ue court. Now and then March seta an April bud on. NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS Gifford Pinchot and Speaker, Joseph G. Cannon engaged in an extempor aneous debate upon conservation be fore the Knife and Fork club at Kan sas City, and while each gave expres sion to the hishPHt w ru.vuni 4 i g a i u tor the other and both agreed that conservation of the nation's natural resources should be encouraged, they differed as to who was the father of conservation. Colonel James M. Guffev. nnHnnoi democratic committeeman from Penn sylvania and a multi-millionaire oil man who figured prominently a an object of attack by the Bryan adher ents at the democratic convention in Denver, has gone into the hands of a receiver. R. L. Metcalf, assistant-editor of Bryan's Commoner, has filed a neti. tlon with the secretary of state as a candidate for the democratic nomina tion for United States senator from Nebraska. It Is understood that at the request of Mr. Bryan, 'William B. Price withdrew from the race. WOODROW WIL80N. I Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton University, announced that ne would accept the democratic nom ination for governor of New Jersey if he were convinced that a majority or tne party desired h!m to run. Prelsdent Taffwiil extend the ten days' vacation now ended by taking a ten days cruise on the yacht Mav flower. Monday, accomnaninrf hw oil tne members of his immediate famllv. by his brother, Horace D. Taft. and a few friends, the president sailed up the north coast as far as Bar Harbor. stopping at several resorts and nolnta f of interest on the way. Mrs. Mary Baker O. Eddv. the founder of Christian Science, has en tered upon her ninetieth year, appar ently In fair health and vigor, con sidering her age. GENERAL NEWS NOETS Pursuant to the call of Dnv.ri.nr Campbell the legislature of Texa convened in special session Monday The specific purpose of the sesrion as named in the call Is to repeal the fire insurance rating board law and to enact such other legislation as will prevent a combination or trust of lira insurance companies. A special session of the Nlcaraeuan congress assembled Wednesday tn consider a large foreign loan and the reorganization of the monetary sys tem. The proceedings of the cona-reaa will be followed with Interest in view or the present revolutionary disturb ances in Nicaragua. After motoring over 400 miles, tour- Ing seven counties of Illinois and car rying out their schedule without a hitch, the band of Chicago suffrat. ettes returned home, declaring the "militant" Junto had done more to break down prejudice than any other campaign yet undertaken. Financiers of Europe as well at of America are awaiting the first move In an expected contest between the Standard Oil company and a, power ful syndlcata of American- and Eng lish capitalists, backed by $20,000,000. It is said the syndicate will be rep resented in America by Samuel Un termeyer. The English members have already put up $5,000,000 in cash with which to begin operations. Nearly 2000 of the Immigrants who arrived at United States ports during the fiscal year 'ended June 30 last were denied admission by the immi gration officials and were compelled to return to the countries from which they came. , Beef Trust on Probe. CHfCAOO. The spaclal Fedaraf grand jury began 'its investigation of the so-called beef trust on Monday. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON Chronicle of Important Events of Interest to Our Readers. Land Agents' Work Comes to End. PORTLAND. Judgo Wolverton has put an end to the activities of land agents In connection with locating prospective settlers on granted lands of the Oregon & California railroad and the Southern Pacific company. With more than 5000 persons In every state In the Union represented as interveners in the suit by which the government hopes to forfeit . 300,000 acres along the right-of-way of the Southern Pacific In Oregon, it Is stated that approximately $700,000 has been obtained from homeseekers. While not declaring the operations of the land locators and their at torneys to have been fraudulent, the court assumed Judicial knowledge of the statement of Assistant United States Attorney Evans that some of the claims have been filed upon from six to etn lmes, and ha "somebody would certainly be loser," no matter what may be the final decision hand ed down from the federal bench. Farmers Get Quotations. PENDLETON. Growers of grain In the Inland Empire do not propose to be dependent upon grain buyers for their market quotations this sea ton. Representative members of the Farmers' Union in Eastern Oregon, Southern Idaho and all that part of Eastern Oregon south of the Snake river have Just formed a district or ganization within the union and made arrangements to secure grain quota tions daily direct from the market centers. An agency Is to be maintained at Walla Walla and a subagency at The Dalles. Both are to be under super vision of the Oregon division. The significance of The Dalles agency lies . In the fact that this Is the flrst step toward establishment of farmers' mu tual warehouses at the head of "lower river" navigation. ' Road Grant to be Opened. THE DALLES. The Dalles mili tary road land atant. cnntninin ... almost unmeasured area eifpnrtin through the heart of Interior Oregon, Is to-be developed and thrown opon io seiuers, wno are eager to take pos session. These plans include PTton. Ions of the Boise-Idaho irrigation Project Into Malheur county, rnnlaim. Ing 160,000 acres, with an ultimate cost of nearly $8,000,000. The Willow Creek irrigation project will b im. llarly enlarged. There are to be ad ditional extensions to the Sumpter Valley railroad entering the John nav valley, while still other additional transportation schemes are Included. NEW TRIAIIS DEMANDED LAKEVIEW. Attorney Farrell haa filed notice of appeal to the aunren.a oourt for a new trial In the case of Ike Harrell, who pleaded eullrv to killing the Newell boys. The grounds on which the case Is appealed is that the court was not In session hn Harrell was sentenced by Judge No- iana. This raises a very nice point of law. The courts all over the country have been In the habit of adjourning the regular terms to blank date, and when the spring term of court here was ad journed prior to the regular fall term. The attorney for Harrell contends that in view of this there was no legal court session when the murderer was sentenced to the death penalty. Strange Disease Suddenly Fatal. LA GRANDE. Acute anterior nollo myelitis la runnlg. rampant In La Grande, and two adult victims have been claimed by the dreaded disease. which state and local physicians can not explain In detail. Strict Quaran tine has been established, thouah the disease is not believed to be eDl- demlc. The disease resembles typhoid fever, but seems to be fatal with adults only. 8everal children have bad It and apparently recovered dur ing the past two months. The vlcl- ousness has alarmed medical circles here. . The Whale'e Jawbone. A whale of average size has a law. bone thut Is fully twenty-five feet tn length.