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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1910)
Oregon Historical Socle, y Tivice'Q'Week Wednesday Edition ALL THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF WALLOWA COUNTY IN THE NH ALL THE NEWS WHILE 11 IS NEWS TWICE. A WEEK NEWS RECORD TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 39. ENTERPRISE, WALLOWA COUNTY, OREGON, . WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1910 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER THE : NEWSRECOI?!D "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. Attj. State Land B'd. Joseph Farm loans &. 7Vi percent. Call or write First Bank of Joseph. 68btt FOR 8ALE. One mlllk cow, Jersey and Holafcein. Good milker. Enquire of J. L Brown ing at E. M. & M. store. 37b3 ' Two lots In AWer View addition to the city of Eoterprl'ie. Beautiful lo cation. A genuine bargain. Wm. H. McFetrldee. 37bm Good second-hand organ' cheap. in quire at Enterprise Livery Barn, bm Lots In Troy townslte for sale at $20 and up. O. R. & N. railroad la now making final location' survey on Grande Ronde river between Rondowa and Snake river. When road ( 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 New 8 room house and a nous iu souhteast part of town. Will be sold for $2000, the actual cost of lots and house, if taken soon. In- FOR RENT. WANTED TO TRADE. Horses, sheep or town property to trade for farm land. See Enter prise Real Estate Co., Wagner & Corkliis, Enterprise, Oregon. tf . Ml S C E L LA NE O U B. Instructlon in music. Private tutor ing In modern and classical lan guages. Jean, M. Williamson, A. B;. Methodist parsonage. 39 r 2 Good wages, -working Modern Broth erhood of America. Society stands among the most prominent in, the field. : Write me for terms and plans. 3111 W. 5th Ave., Spokane, Wash. John J. Goa.r state manager. ' lc4 Wanted Cosmopolitan Magazine re- 1 11. ... m tive In Enterprise to look after sub scription renewal aimdto' extend cir culation, by special methods which have proved unusually successful. Salary and commission. Previous experience desirable but not essen tial. Whole time or spare time. Ad dress, with references, H. C. Camp tell, Cosmopolitan! Magazine, 1789 Broadway, New York City. 37t2 Nominating petitions for county and district candidates before the primary September 24, for sale at this office. Nicely bound. Com Die te lets only $1 at office on by mall. ; Controller of the Currency Murray, In a statement, asserts that every re cent national bank failure could have been averted if bank examiners had reported actual conditions. He an nounces that he will make a personal Investigation of every district. , 7 fees Yield 47 In Fruit. HOOD RIVER. Dr. W. R. Colley reports the largest yield of Graven t tefn apples in the valley. He packed 251 boxes from eight 14-year-old trees. It will be Interesting to know that the fruit sold for $1.50 per box, or at the rate of $47.06 per tree. At this rate an acre containing 60 Gravensteln trees would bring in a gross return ot between $2500 and $3000. R008EVELT ON x 8TATEMENT NO. 1 "It has been stated to me since my arrival here," said Colonel Roosevelt today, "that rn, spite of Senator La Follette's hav ing carried the primaries In fair and open contest, an ' effort will be made to beat him in' the Legislature. I do not for one moment believe this. because any such conduct would be from every point of view an outrage that would be a deliberate violation of good faith.. - "When, in Oregon, the Demo cratic candidate for Senator, Governor Chamberlain, carried the primaries and It wa pro posed that the Republican Leg islature should turn him down, I strongly and publicly took the posiikn that such an act would be one of bad faith by the -Legislature toward the peo ple, and I take the same posl n in regard to Senator La Fo'.ie'.te." ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON Chronicle of Important Events cf Interest to Our Headers. Boulevard To Sea Is Plan. ) MARSHFIELD. Construction of a boulevard and park from Marshfleld to the sea w'.jf be approved by tlfe city council if the co-operation of the prop erty owners concerned can be se cured. ... .The idea originated with Mayor Straw to secure a strip of land 350 feet wide from the west end ot the city straight through the timber to Tarheel Point, and to build down the center of the strip a fine roadway. The land is owned mostly by ,tbe Southern Pacific, the Southern Ore gon Company and the Coos Bay Wa ter Company, and these owners will be asked to donate the right of way: The road would extend through beau tiful timber. . - Chase Rustlers In Auto. EUGENE. Sheriff R. Odell of Mai heur County and Sheriff A. K. Rich ardson of Harney County made on Im portant capture of two alleged horse thieves at Goshen, six miles south o Eugene, after a chase of 450 miles by automobile and railroad trains all the way from Vale. The alleged thieve? are Ivan Ware and' a companion bj the name of Hamilton. They are ac cused of stealing 60 horses from Wll 11am Isaacs of Sucker Creek, Malheur County.. ' The men had 40 head of horses In a corral at Goshen when arrested. Pendleton Academy Sued. PENDLETON. An attachment suit has been filed by James Gwinn against the Pendleton academy. Some of the instructors of the lnstitut'.on who had not been paid all their salaries trans ferred their claims to Mr. Gwlnn, who has filed an attachment against Brown "Hall and the administration building. " SUBMARINE MINES PLANTED FORT STEVENS.T-Great activity In submarine work Is apparent at Fort Stevens. The entire river mouth has been carefully laid out and sys tems of laying submarine mines so ar ranged as to render it practically im possible for attacking vessels to ever safely pass by. These mines are so constructed that their explosion is completely controlled by electric, con nection with the shore batteries. In struments , on shore can carefully track an approaching vessel, await the moment It is over a group of mines, touch an electric button and instantaneously the approaching boat Is reduced to a' mass of wreckage, which is swallowed in a wild vortex of foaming,, swirling water. The sub marine mines are also .arranged . so that they can be made to explode by contact, a mere touch from the ene my's boat sufficing to eliminate itself. Charged With 8tartlng Fir. EUGENE. J. H. Gregg, who was arrested in the Cascade forest reserve east of Eugene by Ranger Farrington, charged w'th setting out fire In the reserve, was given an examination be fore United States Commissioner W, W. Calkins and was bound over in the sum of $2500 to appear for trial In the federal court at. Portland. While there was not any direct evidence against Gregg, the government brought out testimony that he was present when the fire was started. SAYS SQUATTERS SET FIRES MEDFORD. That the recent for est fires which prevailed throughout the Crater national forest were set out by dlscruntled squatters In the forest Is the belief of M. L. Erlckson, supervisor in charge. Mr. Erlckson states- that he has evidence which in criminates certain of the squatters and states that cbargss will probably be preferred in the near future. "It was a most discouraging task," states Mr. Erlckson,- "to fight forest fires, knowing that new ones were be ing set on ail sides of you. One night six were set in the neighborhood of the fire at Cat Hill to my certain knowledge. No effort will be spared by the local office to secure convic tions."' The troops which have been fight ing the local fires have returned to their barracks in Washington. GLENN CURTISS. Latest Photograph of Daring j Aaroplaniit ' and. Invntor. . 30 PERSONS LOST WHEN FERRY SINKS LUDINGTON, Mich. Thirty lives were lost when Pere Marquette ferry No. 18, bound from Ludington to Mil waukee, went to the bottom of Lake Michigan. . - . ' The disaster was one of the worst In the history of navigation on Lake i Michigan. The oar ferry Pere Mar-' quette No. 18, was the flagship of a fleet of six steel car ferries owned and operated by the Pere Marquette Railroad Company. The boat was valued at $400,000, and the cargo, which Included 29 load ed cars, at $100,000 to $150,000. The total loss will exceed $500,000, which .Is fully covered by insurance. The cause of the disaster is a mys tery. Among the survivors the conclu sion seems to be that the car ferry's after , water compartment filled through an oper or broken deadlight, which was followed at the last min ute by a bursting of bulkheads. , Roosevelt Denounces Lawlessness. COLUMBUS, O. Coming to the scene of the street car riots which kept Columbus In a state of disorder for weeks, ex-President Roosevelt, In a speech here, denounced in strongest terms acts ot lawlessness and men who committed them. "Hush" Fund Discovered. . NEW YORK. The charge that thousands of dollars had been depos ited to his credit by representatives of street interests was made before the investigation committee of the leg islature against ex-Senator Goodsell, of Orange County. HAMILTON BADLY INJURED Aviator Breaks World's Record, Then Drops and May Be Fatally Hurt. SACRAMENTO, Cal. Charles K. Hamilton, the aviator, was seriously, if not fatally, Injured when his Cur tiss biplane, "Hamlltonlan," In the presence of 20,000 state fair visitors, crashed to the ground In the center of the -race track enclosure within an Instant after lowering the world's rec ord for traveling around a circular mile. He completed the e'reuit in one minute flat during the three laps. Hookworm In New York MJk. NEW YORK. The hookworm has been found In considerable numbers In the milk and butter supply of New York, by Dr. C. C. Carroll,, a Pennsyl vania fracteriolcg'st, who is conduct ing a series of laboratory experiments here. . ''Spokane Case" Up. SPOKANE. For the - purpose of considering the final contention of car riers and shippers in what Is known is the "Spokane case,"' Interstate Commissioner Prouty visited Spokane Tuesday, September 13. It is stated :hat Commissioner Prouty will only ;alce additional testimony and statis tical data, reporting to the full cora t'.ssion in Washlng.on by October 1. rnla bearing will not affect directly .he case before the commission known is the "backhaul case," In which. Seat is and Tacom-a are also Interested. MINORITY REPORTS QN BALLING Csmocratic Members Join in I One and Madison, Insurgent, Presents Anolher, 'MINNEAPOLIS. Refusing to wait .will all the members of the investi gating committee could be called to gether, to make report upon the Baliinger-Pluchot-Glavis investigation, the four Democratic members and one Insurgent Republican prepared and' gavq out reports finding against the secretary of the interior. The insurgent member Is Represen tative Madison, of Kansas. He made a report of -is own. Suitor Nelson, of Minnesota, chair man! of the investigating committee, refund to bave-a part In the proceed ing. J Three Republican members, ob jecting to action In the absence ol thosft of their colleagues who could not pa present, absented themselves. 'Senator Nelson, after giving notice of a meeting la Chicago September 13, left -the room and the committee, wM.-jli I: ad' been without a quorum was ' v. Uhout a chairman. .Absentees Issue Statement. Tl,t Republican members who were In li, ;ity but d!d not attend the uioe 'i!, lsmied the following state ment tiuflnlng their posit'm: "Hi view of the refusal of a minority of tlje committee Wednesday to postpone-ac.ion until the members of the committee known to be coming could arrive at Minneapolis, and their evi dent, purpose to attempt to make the act! in of a minority the official action of lie committee, without consider ing tbeir refusal to discuss the evl deucs at the former meeting, and in view of the fact that at the former meeting they promulgated to the pub lic their decision of he case, which had 'no validity whatever as official uctlop, and yet amounted to a con clusive prejudgment of the case as far as' said' minoritywere concerned, we Insist upon an opportunity for the full membership of the committee to decide the case whicn was committed tn them by law, and we must there fore decline the invitation of the gen tlemen assembled to meet with them. TURN DOWN STATE' CONSERVATIONISTS ST. PAUL. Far Western delegates to the National Conservation Congress aver that they were not only barred from the programme and discussions, but also buncoed In the resolutions of the congress. They say that the com mittee on resolutions promised a clause treating of conservation within strict contltutlonal limitations and that the clause was included In Chair man 'Pardee's reading of the resolu tions, but that it was omitted from the published draft. State conservation champions of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, California, Colorado and other states are Indignant at what they term bunco game and say It is a sample of the whole programme of knock-down-and-drag-out. ' Throughout the congress Plnchot foes of state conservation were on guard to squelch every attempt of the Western champions of home conserva tion' to defend the needs of the people of their pent-up Western states. The congress was ruled by an Iron band, which made things go Just as Pinch'-' partisans wanted them. Govcn Hay, of Washington, said that he will probably call a Western conservation congress of governors and delegates at Portland next spring. L0RIMER GIVES UP CLU3 Senator Resigns From 8ociety That Canceled His Invitation. CHICAGO. United States Senator William Lorlmer resigned bis mem bership In the Hamilton Club of Chi ' cago, of which he has been a member for many years. Senator Lorlmer's resignation follows former President Roosevelt's refusal to attend the club banquet If Mr. Lorlmer was present. Convicts to be Whipped. AUSTIN, Tex. The last official act of the fourth special session of the Texas legislature was the signing by the lieutenant-governor and the speaker of the house of the lawmak ing radical chacoi In the conduct of the state penitentiary. hlpinTTn the cases of convicts In what is known as the third or incorrigible class, was restored. BRIEF NEWS ii" THE WEEK A notable pa. u. n.sh leaders will leave for America on September 17 on a tour which will take In most ot the large cities of the South and West. The chiof figure of the mission will be John T. Redmond, the leader of the Irish party. What is said will be the largest cheese, lu the world will be made in Appletcn, Wisconsin, for the National Dairy Show at Chicago, October 20. The weight of the cheese will be 4000 . pounds. It will be 15 feet in diameter and four feet high. Cigar smokers all over the country are facing a famine. Every cigar- maker at Tampa, Fla., the great man ufacturing center of the velvety Key West brands, Is on strike. The out put from that great tobacco depot has ceased entirely. The goverenment is preparing to build what will be the longest fence ever constructed In the world. It will extend from El Paso, Texas, to the Pacific Coast, and will divide the United States and Mexico, a distance of over 1000 miles! The secretary of the treasury has designated J. W. Roberts to Inspect sites offered for public buildings on the Pacific Coast. He goes first to California, thence to Oregon and Washington NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS It Is announced that the Czar of Russia has contributed $40,000 toward the erection of a new Russian ortho dox church at Passaic, N. J. The structure will cost $120,000. James J. Gallagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor, will be Indicted by the Sep tember grand Jury, which begins its sessions September 20. Attorney Lee O'Nell Browne, of Ot tawa, 111., legislative minority leader, charged- with bribery in connection with the election of William Lorlmer, of Chicago, to the United States sen ate, was acquitted by a Jury in Chi cago. Av'-"..S:-si"'1V. ..t F9 L tinker YtLHTtglR5fTTOr LLOYD W. BOWER8. Solicitor-General Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, life-long friend of President Roosevelt, Is dead. Death came sud denly, the result of a cardiac throm bus, which ended an Illness of a month, due to an attack ot bronchitis. . Blind, feeble from Illness, deserted by those whose friend she was when they were needy, Clara Morrla, 20 years ago the Idol of applauding aud iences, Is destitute In New York end may lose her home. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Track prices: Club, 85c; bluestem, 91c; red Russian, 82c. Barley Feed and brewing, $22. Oats No. 1 White, $28 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, $19020 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $20 22; alfalfa, $1516. Butter Cicamery, 36c; ranch, 24c. ranch, 24c. - Eggs Ranch, candled, 30c Hops 1909 crop, 10llc; 'olds, nominal. ' Wool Eastern Oregon, 14 17c per pound. Mohair 32 33c. 8eattl. , Wheat Bluestem, 94c; Club, 87c; red Russian, 85c. Oats $30 per ton. Barley $22 per ton. Hay Timothy, $24 per ton; alfalfa, $15 pec ton. Butter Washington Creamery, 36c; ranch, 2Cc. Eggs Selected local, 43. ALASKA GOLD VALUED AT $57500 STOLEN Lead Pigs Are Substituted for Ingots While in Transit to Seattle. SEATTLE. Gold bullion valued at $57,600, part of a shipment of $470,000 from the Washington-Alaska Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska, to the Dexter-Hor-ton National Bank of Seattle, on the steamship Humboldt, was stolen in transit and lead substituted In the strong box that had contained the bullion. The gold when it left Fairbanks on a Yukon River steamer for Daw son and White Horse was contained In three wooden boxes and was in the care of the Alaska-Pacific Express Company. When the boxes were opened by the Canadian customs offi cials at Dawson the gold bars were found to be as stated in the express company's papers. The boxes were opened again at the United States assay office In Seattle, and one contained pigs of lead, not of gold. The seals of the box were In tact when it reached the office, and It was evident that the robbery bad been committed by removing one . end of the box. The gold was in sured eagainst loss by the express company. It is supposed that the gold was stolen on the Yukon steamer between Dawson and White Horse, or on the steamer Humboldt between Skagway and Seattle. There would have been small opportunity for robbery in the essay office or in the short railroad . run from White Horse to Skagway. The gold weighed 250 pounds, and the disposal of such heavy plunder must have required time and preparation. The gold waa in the purser's cabin and it Is not customary on the gold ships to take elaborate precaution against robbery. . Detectives, working on the case have made no arrests, and say they have no clew on which to work. VALUABLE LANDS WILL BE RESTORED WASHINGTON. Under a plan of co-operation outlined by Secretaries Balllnger and Wilson, and now being carried out by the officials of the In terior Department and Department of Agriculture, material areas of agri culture, material areas of agricultur al land, as well as a considerable area of grazing land, Is to be elim inated from forest reserves and re stored to the public domain. Some of this land has already been restor ed; a much greater area Is expected to be restored during the coming winter, when reports on this Sum mer's field work are collected and maps submitted to the beads ot the two departments. Flirting No Cause For Divorce. SEATTLE. "The act of flirting In the abstract, without evidence ot con sequent damaging complications, Is not sufficient cause for divorce," said Judge Wilson R. Gay, from the bench in the suit of Dr.. Leon B. Col lier against his wife, Myrtle N. 'Col lier. ROOSEVELT RETURNS HOME OYSTER BAY, N. Y. After an ab-' tence of three weeks, Colonel Roose velt Is borne again, weary from his Western trip. Early In October Colonel Roose velt will launch out again on a shorter tour through the South, in which be will make a campaign ipeech for Senator Bevereldge in Indiana. He has also promised to speak for Senator Lodge in Massa chusetts. POLITICAL NEWS Caleb Powers is making a strenuous primary campaign fight for the Re publican nomination for congress in one of the Kentucky districts. Regulars under the leadership of ""Senator Thomas H. Carter generally controlled various county Republican conventions In Montana. President Tatt was indorsed In some counties, the Indorsement extending also to Colonel Roosevelt.