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TwiceaWeek Wednesday Edition ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE N-R ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEWO TWICE. AWEEK NEWS RECORD TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 33, ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1310. CITY OFHCIAL PAPER .. . -a, -j. .iJ-4 JL T ,T 11 JL-6f X&7 ET Wants Cent a word single Insertion, 1 cents a word 2 insertions. Special rates by month and year. ; . MONEY TO LOAN Slate Funds loaned, 6 per cent. John P. Rusk. Atty. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans . 7 percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. B8btt FOR SALE. 'Good second-hand organ cheap, in quire at Enterprise Livery Barn, bm Wonder Washer at Rliey'fl. 27b4 Lots In Troy townelte for sale at $20 and up. O. R. & N. railroad la now making final location' survey on Grande Ronde river between Rondowa and . Snafce river. When road Is built Troy will be the larg est town and chief trading center of the entire North Country. See or write , H. E. Merryman,- owner, Enterprise, Oregon. 27btf now o rwui uuudu iuiu' w .u somhteast part of town. Yi'ill be sold for $2000, the actual cost of lots and house, if taken soon."- In fc- a . V 1 Q lita In quire at this office. zou. Good cow for sale. Inquire of Mrs. Fay. "'. - ' WANTED TO TRADE. Horses, sheep or town property to trade for farm land. See Enter prise Real Estate Co., Wagner & Corktns, Enterprise, Oregon. tf MISCELLANEOUS. Good wages, working Modem Broth erhood of America. Society stands among the most prominent In, the field. Write me for terms and plans. '3111 W. 6th Ave., Spokane, Wash. John, J. Goa,r ata' manager. Ic4 Nominating petitions for county and district candidates before the ' primary September 24, for sale at this office. Nicely bound. Complete sets only $1 at office op by mall. Nicaragua's Government Tottering. WASHINGTON,D.C The provision al government of Nicaragua is totter ing to its fall, the Madria army is demoralized, consternation reigns in Managua, and Dr. Madris, his gen-eral-in-chlef, Toldeo, and General Iriar are preparing to flee the country. Packers to be Indicted. -CHICAGO. It is expected that the , federal grand jury, which has been Investigating, the methods of the so called beef trust for more than a. month, will attack what the govern ment considers the. heart of the prob lem by returning Indictments 'againts individuals of the packing companies. .Will Honor Real Estate Dealer. ALBANY. An unusual honor is to be conferred upon C. W. Tebault, a real estate man of this city, by the citizens of Lacomb. As a mark of appreciation of the successful efforts of Mr. Tebault in securing settlers for that locality, a barbecue has been arranged to which a public Invitation is extended. Two yearling steers are to be roasted and other refreshments served. - Rains Helo Canada Croos.. -WINNIPEG, Man. The total wheat Vltil H will Via loruo- tlian a n a .vn..t. All lA uraolra atrn atnrArt BtafiL ments made by grain elevator men and elevator interests. The rains ' and increased the yield to such an ettent that nnw- ira nattmnten tnr the total yield run' as hi eh as 120.. 000,000 bushels. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Track prices: Club, 89c bluestem, 97c; red Russian, 87c. Barley Feed and brewing, $24. Oats No. 1 White, $30 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, $1819 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $2022; alfalfa, $13014. Butter Extra, 33c; fancy, 33c; ranch, 23c. , Eggs Ranch, candled, 30a Hops 1909 '.' crop, 1013c; olds, ' nominal. "" " ; Wool Eastern Oregon, 1417c per pound. Mohair 32S3c. Seattle. '. : " Wheat Bluestem," 96c; Club, 90c; red Russian, 87c. Oats $33 per ton. . Oats $31 per ton. Hay Timothy. $22 per ton; alfalfa, $14 per ton. 7 - Butter Washington Creamery. 33c; ranch, 22c. Eggs Selected local. 1 6c IDAHO FOREST FIRES DO GREAT DAMAGE Property Loss Will Be Close to Miliioa, and Many Lives Are Reported Lost. MISSOULA, Mont. Except for Wal lace, Idaho, the forest fire situation on both sides of the Idaho-Montana line Is more serious. Flames are sweeping over an in creasing area, destroying small settle ments and wiping out of existence millions of dollars' worth of property. The loss of life will be large. It grows hourly, and the number of In jured is constantly Increasing. In and around Wallace it is estimated here the death list is at least fifty. In addition to at least 25 otherwise hurt, it is said that ten persons have been made blind. The loss to the city is estimated al close to $1,000,000, aDout half of the city being saved. Forest Supervisor Geo. W. Welgel reports that the region between Wal lace and the St.. John River is swep'. practically clean, with enormous loss- Fires between Burke and Mu'.lai. threaten both towns and many worn en and children have been sent out At War Eagle tunnel six were foum dead and two were badly burned Five of the dead were in the tunnel, where they had sought refuge. Thej lay face down In water, covered witi wet rags and blankets. ' Some hat died from the fire and others from suffocation by smoke. The Injured were taken to Providence Hospital in Wallace. . . . ' Twelve , dead were recovered a. Big Creek. There were three injured at' the place. There are at Pine Creek three dead, five blinded - and five otherwise Injured. The bodies of the dead are being burned where found. It may be weeks before a complete estimate of the fa talities can be made. .. . Elsewhere in the fire tone the out look Is bad. In St. Joe 18 men are missing and it is feared that they have been burned to death. The for estry service has organized a relief train well equipped with pack animals oarrylng provisions and hospital sup plies and will endeavor to get through the fire. PROMINENT RAILROAD MEN ARE ARRESTED! CHICAGO. The first blow in the $5,000,000 Illinois Central graft scandal has fallen, and three officials of the 'road were landed in Jail It was a full confession from an of ficial of the Blue Island Car & Equip ment Company, declared to involve not only these, but numerous others of the road's former officials, that fin ally resulted in the arrests. . . The men arrested today - were: Frank B. Harriman, former general manager for the Illinois Central, re leased on bond of $40,000; John M. Taylor, former general storekeeper at Burnslde, released on bond of $40,000; Charles L. Ewlng, former general sup erintendent of the Illinois Central lines north of the Ohio river. : Nlcaraguan War Over. MANAGUA. The Nlcaraguan war is over This is conceded, following advices received here that General Louis Mena of the revolutionary army has taken Granada, the most import ant city on the Pacific coast of Nicar agua. President Madrl has resigned his office, and Jose Dolores Estrada, brother of the revolutionist leader, has taken his place. APPROPRIATIONS DIVIDED War Department Announces Oppor- j . tlonment of Fund. . f WASHINGTON. The war depart ment announced apportionment of ' $4,000,000, the appropriation made by congress for militia of various states Of this total fund allotted according to congressional representation -and militia strength of respective states, Oregon will receive $36,137, Washing ton will receive $33,632, and Idaho $21,032. V; Enlisted strength of militia of "vari ous states Is reported as follows: Ore gon, 1415; Washington, 1244; Idaho, 642. BRIEF MEWS OF THE WEEK The proposed international exhibi tion at Bilboa, Spain, in 1912, is now practically a certainty. The population of Canada on March 31 last was 7,489,781, according to the estimate of the census department.': A $5000 contribution for the relief of the flood sufferers in Japan was forwarded by the American Red Cross to Tokio. The shipbuilding concerns of Ham burg, Germany, have decided as a con sequence of the strike of 8000 me chanics, to lock out their employes, some 15,000 In number. It is expected that this will stop all warship build ing. The epidemic of cholera in southern Italy Is steadily showing an increase in the districts affected. Attorney-General O'Malley, of New York, in an. opinion sent to Governor Hughes, holds that exhibitions of the Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures are not a violation of the penal law of the state. ,. The commissioner of Police of New York wants farmer boys on the force. Accordingly, what is known as the mental test of policemen will be made less severe. When the next list of the cities In the United States of 25,000 or more Inhabitants is made up there will be at least 220 of them, or 60 more than were shown by the census of 1900. Of these 60 two thirds are in the west, two ninths in the east and one ninth in the south. NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS The defeat of Governor Shallenber- ger of Nebraska for the democratic nomination for governor by 100 votes Is admitted. Mayor Dahlman ol Omaha is the winner. , Hawley Harvey Crlppen and Ethel Leneve sailed for England on th White Star line steamer Mesantic, and are due at Liverpool at noon next Saturday. Politicians of all parties and all fac Hons will follow with Jreen Interest the western tour of Colonel Rooseveli. The ex-president left his borne Oyster Bay Tuesday and after a dayfr stop In Utlca, where he addressed a meeting of farmers, he proceeded di rect to Cheyenne, Wyo., where he is to speak at the Frontier day celebra tion. He Is scheduled to remain in Cheyenne from Saturday until Mon day, when he will depart for Denver. CONGRESSMAN " LONGWORTH. Son-in-law of Ex-President Roose felt, who announces that he will not vote for "Uncle Joe" Cannon for speaker. . . Although John D. Works, of Los Angeles, has received 2000 votes more than A.- G. Spalding, of San Diego, for United States senator, Spalding has the indorsement of the assembly and senatorial districts. The result is a problem which will probably be passed up for solution to the next leg islature. Representative W. E. Humphrey, of Washington, one of the closest sup porters of Speaker Cannon, in the bouse, states that he would not vote to re-elect the speaker. Mr. Humph My is being opposed for renomlhation by the insurgents of his district be cause of his relations with Cannon. The entire Castro . family, aprar en'ily, has been ousted from Venezu ela. A dispatch to the state depart ment from the' American legation at Caracas stated that 6 relatives of ex Presldent Castro bad been expe'U-d from Venezuela. - ; U Pat For Electric -iant. Tea! will Im the oii!y fuel ti ml In on jrreat (Jerimtn elec trif power geiirrat Ing station. ' ? mmt V Hlf - Li:V ITEMS GF 'INTEREST : THRBbTHGOT'GEOO! , Chronicle 'of irr,portar.t Cver.ls . cf Interest ta 0::? i Headers. Passenger Rates Will Ce rterlucsd. ; SALEM. Notice of the vo iint:uy reduction of passenger rates eoon !o be made on tho entire syssiera of t'.ie Oregon Railway & Navigation Com pany has been served on the railroad commission by W. W. Coitun, general counsel bf the railroad corporation. The reductions are not great, but are sufficient to be materially felt by those who are regular patrons of the main and branch lines of the O. R. & N. The new rates will be filed with the commission as soon as they "have been printed, according to statements ef the railroad's counsel and will go Into effect soon thereafter if approved by the commlsslson. To Eliminate Middleman. THE D'ALLES. The Farmers' Edu cational Union of this county has rented offices In this city. It is the purpose of the union to handle the wheat and other produce of the union and sell It direet to exporters and millers, cutting out the middlemen. FOREST RESERVE III DANGER Preparations Mads to Call California Troops to Fight Fire. PORTLAND. So serious has the situation become in the Crater Na tional forest in Southern Oregon thnt George H. Cecil, associate district for ester, called a conference of the chiefs of the various olllces to receive sus gestions as to further procedure in the work of fghting the flames which are devastating vast areas of valuable timber and threatening the destruc ticn of lives and other kinds of prop erty. i.A message was sent by Forester Ce cil M the. district forester at San Francisco, asking information as-to the number, locntion and disposition of troops in California at tho present time, how many may be available for service In Southern Oregon. The sit uation is extremely serious, perhaps the worst in Oregon history. In the Southern Oregon country there is lit tle likelihood of the timber fires be ing extinguished by rain before the middle of September. New Road Is Probable. FOREST GROVE. The . construe tion of a raIlroudfrom this city to the Patton Valley district is one of the probabilities of the near future. The projected road will connect at Forest Grove with the Oregon Electric Rail way and will have its terminal at the new toftnslte platted on the large tim ber holdings of August Lovcgren, p big tlmberman of Preston, 'Wash. STATE'S L0JS IS LAHGE Harriman Estate Not Liable for Oro- gon Tax. " . 'SALEM. According to an pplnlon of Attorney-General Crawford, Orrson will not be among receivers of rev enue from the inheritance tax now due In several states from the Harri man estate. The state's attorney holds the heirs of the estate residing out of Oregon are not subject to taxation under the Inheritance tax law. This decision practically deprives tho stnte of many thousands of dollars, as the Harriman estates In Oregon are of great value, and the assessments un der Inheritance tax laws have all been made. Willamette Survey Is On. OREGON CITY. Chief Engineer Thompson, of the United Slates En gineer department, accompanied by a party of 15 men, arrived here to com mence a survey of the- Willamette ri ver above and below tha falls, for the purpose of determining the best site for locks, for which an appropriation of 1000,000 has been made by the Lnlted States government and the state legislature. Pj-ntl-.er Killing Ehe'sp. ROSEBCRG. Farmers and stock raisers along the North Umpqua river In the Deer c:vrk section cf Uo'jijla i County, have' offurpd s regard of 510 ; to any person wbo will kill one or ; more of the pan'hers that are dullr ! reducing the shee p Cocks. i T. R. DENIES ULTIMATUM Declares He Has Net Asked for a Erek. With S'icrman. ' OYSTER BAY. Thee dore Rooso volt denied emphatically that he had Bent" an ultimatum 10 President Talt '"demanding that the president brent with Vice-Presidoin Sherman. H'.e report had it that Mr. Sherman I was chiefly responEihli: lor the action of the state committee in rol using to I select Colonel Roosevelt as temporary chairman of the! New York state re publican commit'. ee and in recom mending the vice-president Instead. The colouel added that he had not sent Mr. Gx'iscom or any one else to Beverly on any mission. He made it clear that he had no intention of do ing so and recognized no situation which could call for such a step. SHERMAN IS HELD TO EEBLAMELESS SULPHUR, Okla. The select com mittee appointed by the house of representatives to investigate Indian land matters and the so-called Mc Murray contracts and which also has been Investigating the Gore bribery charges, issued the following state ment: "The committee has heard and care fully considered all' of the testimony submitted and is unanimously of the opinion that there is and was no war rant for Rny person to use the names of Vice President Sherman and Sen ator Charles Curtis in connection with any improper relation with any In dian contract whatever" This is tho opinion of the commit tee after hearing tscores of witnesses, who appeared following the testimony of Senator T. P. Gore. Senator Gore declared that he had been approached by Jake L. Hamon and 'that Hamon, acting in the interest of J. F. McMur ray, bad offered him (Senator Gore) 125,000 or $.-,0,000 as a bribe. The Senator testified that Hamon mentioned Senator Curtis and Vice President Sherman as being "Inter ested" in the deal, Mr. Sherman being named as the man "higher up." CHANGE IS MADE ii MONEY ORDERS WASHINGTON. After September 1 the new style of recording money orders issued by the postofflce will go Into effect. Instead of recording the name of the sender and name of the payee, the number of the order and amount will be entered by the of ficials, and If the sender loses his re ceipt and the money order Is also lost, unless the number and date can be furnished from memory, there will be no way of tracing. Man Bitten by Horse May Lose Arm. ALBANY, Ore. There Is practical ly no chance to save the right arm of Jack Fisher, the groom, who was bit on the wrist by Tidal Wave, the famous pacer. The Jaws of the big stallion crushed both bones In Fish er's wrist, and severed the big artery in his arm, and his physicians be lieve It will bo necessary to amputate the arm. - U PORTLAND IS: CHOSEN WASHINGTON. The Esperanto Association of North America voted to hold Its next annual congress In Portland, Ore., July, 1911. Sherman to Take Stump. CHICAGO. Vice-President James S. Sherman Is to take the stump in Illinois for Representative William B. McKlnley, cf Champaign, regular can didate for ic-eloctlon In the Nineteen district. . Duke Josef In Accident, NEWPORT, R. I. Duke Franz Josef of Bavaria and Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, who art K-iests of Mrs. Ogden Goelet; Mra Robert Goe'et and Vincent Astor, son of John Jacob Astor, all figured in an Hu'o-nobi'ie accident here on Sat urday. . " ' Ccycte Bite; Then Rabies. AF.OTiX, Wash. An unknown sheep beid. r wis round along the Snake River, 20 miles from here, In a very precarious conditions with rablea re suiting from a bite of a mad coyote. GOVERNORS OPPOSE .PIHCJjlff POLICIES Salt Lake Conference Resolves to Participate in Conser vation Congress. SALT LAKE CITY. Resolving to take part in the proceedings of the St. Paul conservation congress and adopt ing a platform of principles directly opposed to the PInchot policies, the conference of Rocky Mountain and Pacific states governors went on rec ord as favoring state Administration of natural resources, and it was "quite evident from tho expressions of at tending governors and representa tives that, In their opinion, western mon are more capable of carrying on the work of conservation than tho theorists, of the East. . ' Participation Is Question. The principal object of the confer ence was to determine whether or rot GOVERNOR M. E. HAY. the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Const states Bhould participate In the tit. Paul conservation congress. The'' formarTequegf-of LJovrHor Marlon E. Hay, of Washington, 'that these states be represented on the programme at St. Paul was denied by officials of the conservation congress and this plain and positive manifesta tion of discourtesy and uufairness prompted Washington's chief execu tive to call the conference of gov ernors. A delegation of St. Tatil business men appeared' before the assembled governors and their representatives and promised the West fair treatment and that an extra day during which all governors or their representatives will be given a henring, would be added to the programme PANAMA PRESIDENT QUITSJIS OFFICE PANAMA. Acting" President Men doza resigned and has been succeeded by Senor Don Samuel Louis, minister of foreign affairs. Intense excitement prevails through out the republic of Panama as a ro suit of the complex political situation that has resulted. It is bolleved here that Mendoza's resignation was forced by the United States government, un der the stringent terms of its treaty with Panama. Wendllng Captor III. . ALBANY, Ore. John Taub, who discovered Joseph Wendllng, the al leged child-murderer, In San Fran- umi:u uuou wm ngi aim is claim ing the $11,000 reward for Wendllng's capture, Is lying ill. in St. Mary's hos pital in this city. Ho was forced to leave the train here while on the way from San Francisco to Portland. Roosevelt Off for Trip. OYSTER BAY. Theodore Roose velt started Tuesday on a Journey of 6493 miles, which will extend over nearly three weeks and In the course of which he will travel through 14 states. During the tour he will de liver fourteen set speeches and many extemporaneous addresses from the rear platform of bis car. Plenty of Chin, "She talks twice as much ns the oili er girls I kuow." "Yes; she bus a dou ble chin." Clcveln nd Leader. A fool's heart Is In bin tonptue. but a wise man's tongue la In bis beurt Quurles. 1 il M V :