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PAGE TWO THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. EIGHT PAQE
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Importan
Events Told in Brief.
Turkish reinforcements are daily ar
riving from Syria and Kurdestan.
Balkan peace delegates are already
talkintr.over the new boundaries of
Turkey.
Bulgarian forces around Adrianople
maintain strict censorship of press dia
patches.
. A theater especially for children
and their attendants has been opened
in New York City.
A Denver man committed suicide on
leaminer that his mother-in-law was
coming to visit him.
The Bavarian government has aban
doned the idea of establishing a re
gency over King Ludwig.
Twentv-two of the crew of 27, o
the steamer Florence, perished when
the ship was wrecKea on tne xsew
found! and coast.
Professor James Israel, noted Ber
lin surgeon, denies having performed
any operation on the young son of the
Russian emperor.
The senate committee investigating
conditions in Mexico finds the Madero
Government a failure and that a state
of anarchy exists.
Governor Osborn, of Michigan, has
given away his horses and two auto
mobiles, and hereafter will take his
recreation by walking.
An Italian anarchist chosen by lot
to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel
of Italy, tried to commit suicide rath
er than carry out his task.
A colony of American negroes 20
"miles west of Durango, Mexico, was
looted by rebels and several of the in
habitants wounded and otherwise mis
treated.
Fire in the city hall of Los Angeles
burned nearly six and one-half million
dollars' worth of currency, bonds and
other securities, besides many valua
ble records.
Roland 0. Graves, a French aviator,
flew from Tunis, Africa, to Rome,
Italy, with but two stops.
Prince Taro Katsura, new premier
of Japan, promises to save that coun
try $25,000,000 during the coming
year.
A 45-mile blizzard swept the prair
ies of North Dakota,
President Taf t denies any intention
of plavne politics in his civil service
movement.
It is reported that Turks have mas
sacred all the vhristians at Mityiene.
A Greek vessel reports that part of
the Turkish fleet was forced to run
ashore by the Greeks, and the Turkish
admiral was killed.
The proposed inter-state bridge be
tween Vancouver, Wash., and Port
land, Or., is given renewed impetus
by big meeting in beattle.
Turkeys are a drug on the market in
San Francisco at 18 to 20 cents per
Dound. thoUeh chickens and other
poultry are higher than ever.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Track prices: Club, 79c;
bluestem, 82(tf83c; 40-fold, 8081c;
red Russian, 77c; valley, 80c.
Barley Feed, $33 per ton; brew
ing, nominal; rolled, $26,50027.50.
Corn Whole, $36; cracked, $37 per
ton.
Millstuff s Bran, $23 ton ; shorts,
$25; middlings, $30.
Hay Timothy, choice, $17(?118 per
ton; mixed, Eastern Oregon, timothy,
$12(515; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa,
$11.50; clover, $10; straw, $6ffi7.
Oats No. 1 white, $25(525.50 ton.
Fresh Fruits Apples, 50ca$1.50
box; pears, 75c(?t$1.50; grapes, $1.60
box; Malagas, $8 barrel; cranberries,
$10.5012 barrel; casabas, $2.50
Aoien.
' Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur
banks, 60tfJ65c per hundred; sweet po
tatoes, 2Jc pound.
'Onions Oregon, 90c(fi;$l sack.
Vegetables Artichokes, $1(1.25
dozen; ' beans, 12c; cabbage, lc
pound; cauliflower, $2.25 crate; cel
ery, $3 per crate; cucumbers, 5060c
dozen; eggplants, 10c pound; head
lettuce, ,$1.50(5;2 per crate; peas, 12Jc
pound; "peppers, 10c; radishes, 15
20c doen; sprouts, 7c; tomatoes,
$1.35(1.75 box; garlic, 5(5;6c pound;
pumpkins, 11c; turnips, 75c per sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 75c; parsnips,
75c.
Eggs Fresh ranch locals, candled,
30ff;32Jc dozen.
Butter Oregon creamery, cubes,
37$c pound; prints, 38J(5;39c.
Poultry Hens, 12(jl3c per pound;
broilers, 12(5jl3c; turkeys, live, 20c;
dressed, bhoice, 23c; ducks, 1214c;
geese, I2(5jl3c.
Pork :Fancy, 9J10c per pound.
Veal Fancy, 13i14c. per pound.
Cattle Choice steers, $7(5:7.30;
good, $C6.75; medium, $Gfr6.25;
choice cows, $6(5,6.50; good $5.50
$5.75; medium, $4.50(5:5.25; choice
calves, $7.508.75; good heavy
calves, 67; bulls, $35; stags,
$5(56.
. Hogs Light, $7.257.35; heavy,
$6f? 6. 50.
Sheep Yearling wethers, $4.25(5)
5.35; ewes, $3.254.35; lambs, $5
6.75.
REBELS GET CASAS GRANDES
Defeat 800 Federals and Capture
General Blanco.
El Faso Casas Gran Jos, the most
important town in the ranching and
lumbering district southwest of Ju
area, has been taken by rebels per
sonally commanded by General Pascual
Orozeo, Jr., it is reported from robe
official sources. Also it is said that
the federal column of 800 men march
ing aeainst the rebels at Ascencion
was defeated, with its commander,
General Jose Blanco, among the pris
oners taken.
Confirming this report, S. D. Am
brose, an American hotel man of Co
lumbus, N. M., has arrived here. H
was in Ascencion at the time of its
capture and talked with General Sal
azaar. whose forces took the town.
While there a messenger arrived d
rectly from General Orozeo with a let
ter from the rebel leader saying that
he had taken Casa3 Grandes and de
feated Blanco.
Blanco's force was entrapped, the
official report says, in a canyon north
of Casas Grandes. Aside from cap
turing many rifles and much ammunj
tion the rebels seized two cannon
Details of the battles are lacking, but
Casas Grandes was taken easily
Orozeo wrote, as the federals left only
200 men to protect the town.
By taking Casas Grandes, the scene
of a hard struggle in the Madero revo
lution, in which the rebels were re
pulsed, the-Orozeo revolutionists con
trol the Mexico Northwestern railroad,
which runs between Juarez, on the
border, and Chihuahua City, the state
capital, and territory covered by the
American railway, which includes the
Pearson syndicate.
TEST NEW WIRELESS FOR
DISTANCE OF 3000 MILES
Washington. D. C The final test
of the new wireless station of the
Navv department at Arlington, which
is still in the hands of the contractors,
will be made next month when an
effort will be made to exchange mes
sages between the station and the
scout cruiser Salem, at a distance of
3000 miles.
Orders have been issued by the
Navy department for the Salem to fill
up her crew so as to be in readiness
for the test on January 15. She will
put out into the Atlantic and in mak
ing the tests will describe a circle, the
radius of which will be 3000 miles,
the distance called for in the govern
ment's contract. The Salem, with
as powerful wireless apparatus as any
in the navy, will be able to respond to
any message flashed from the giant
towers on the Potomac.
MEN'S "EMOLUMENTS" MIXED
Court Deems Servants and Feed
for Horses Proper.
Washington, D. C "Emoluments,"
or allowances lor army omcers, in
clude forage for riding and carriage
horses and the hire of household serv
ants, according to a decision by the
Supreme court of the United States,
The decision was announced in the
suit of Mrs. Sarah . K. McLean, the
widow of Nathaniel H. McLean, of
Cincinnati, who resigned from the
army in 1864, to be reinstated in 1875
In 1905 congress passed an act giv-
ne him the pay and all the "emolu
ments" of a major during the years he
was out of the army.
Mrs. McLean sued the government
because the controller of the currency
would not allow, under the head of
'emoluments," forage for two horses
used by Major McLean for riding and
driving, and for two household serv
ants, hired during these years. The
Court of Claims decided against the
claim, but the Supreme court held
that they should have been allowed,
Red Hair Frightens Seal.
Los Angeles Women with red hair
will have to be barred from the Venice
Aquarium, or the latter will have to
dispense with "Old Hundred," a re
cently captured seal. "Old Hundred,"
s extremely docile in ordinary cir
cumstances, but the moment a woman
appears whose hair has even a touch
of sunburn he seemingly becomes
panic-stricken. Dr. P. S. Barnhart,
nstructor of biology at the University
f Southern California, who was at
tracted by reports of the seal's behav
ior, is unable to explain the matter.
Fort Wright To Pass.
Spokane Fort George Wright, near
Spokane, practically will be aban
doned, according to unofficial informa
tion received here Wednesday. The
two battalions of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry now garrisoning the fort will
leave for Hawaii in the near future.
A half company is expected from Van
couver barracks to act as prisoners'
guard and to police the grounds, but
no other troops are expected to re
place the Twenty-fifth.
Railway Officials Blamed.
Zanesville, Ohio Coroner Walters
held officials of the Pennsylvania rail
road responsible for the wreck at
Dresden on December 3, when a train
on the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus
division collided with a Cincinnati &
Muskingum Valley division train and
11 persons were killed.
Sail for Treasure Island. .
Panama A party of treasure hunt
ers, headed by Miss Barry Tillies and
Genevieve Davis, left here Wednes
day for Cocos island. The island lies
in the Pacific about 550 miles south
west of Panama and for years has
been the lure of treasure seekers.
fOREGON STATE ITMi01MEREsf
General News of the Industrial and Educational Development
and Progress of Rural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc.
MUTUAL AID FARMERS' AIM
Meeting at Oregon City Results in
Plan to Regulate Market.
Oregon City In the parlora of the
Oregon City commercial clubc ongre
gated Saturday more farmers than
ordinarily get together. The Farm
ers' Society of Equity, an interstate
organization of agriculturists, has had
an organizer in this district for some
time, and the meeting was a result of
his labors.
Nearly four-score bona fide farmers
came together to see if it is not possi
ble by means of this society to estab
lish a closer connection between the
producer and the consumer. Crops
are to bo regulated so as to avoid
waste energy and a glutted market
farmers being notified from headquar
ters just what price to demand for
their products.
Locals are to be organized through
out the county, which will be con
trolled by the county local. The state
committee will report to the National
headquarters.
PORTLAND FOURTH ON LIST
Wheat Export Exceeded Only By
New York .and Two Others.
Washington. D. C. Portland's
wheat exports thus far reported by the
department of commerce and labor
have been lighter this year than last,
but are still considerably above the to
tal export of Puget Sound. The
monthly statement of the department
shows that during the last 11 months
Portland exported 5,238,139 bushels of
wheat, as against 6,244,833 bushels i
the same first 11 months of last year,
Puget Sound's total exports this
year have been 4,322,707 bushels, an
increase from 2,870.087 bushels over
same months or roruana is
now fourth on the list of wheat ex
porting customs districts, New York
being far in the lead, with 4,500,000
bushels and Galveston and New Or
leans following with more than 6,000,
000 each.
GAME LAW CHANGE URGED
Umatilla County Association In
dorses Proposal of Commission.
Pendleton At one of the largest
meetings ever held here the . Umatilla
county Fish and Game association
heartily indorsed, by resolutions, the
proposed change by the State Game
commission of the grouse and deer
aw, which provides that the season
for hunting both will be from Septem
ber 1 to November 1.
Besides warmly indorsing the excel
ent work generally done by the State
Fish and Game commission since its
organization, the matter of removing
protection from female deer was also
fully discussed, the majority present
being opposed to the change.
Another proposal receiving favora
ble consideration was cutting the deer
imit from five to three, while a good
ly number stood for even greater reduction.
Fisher Is Noncommital.
Washington, D. C. Representative
Hawley and National Committeman
Williams called on Secretary Fisher
and entered a protest against the re
cent cancellation of 17 Siletz entries
that came within the provisions of the
Hawley act, pointing out that the en
tries held for cancellation were among
those before the department when it
drew the Hawley bill and, inasmuch
as that bill had been drawn in the de
partment to facilitate the patenting of
these identical entries, it was unjust
now to read into the law requirements
as to cultivation and residence that
were not in the law when it was writ
ten by the department and passed by
congress.
Representative Hawley said after
the conference that he had hoped Sec
retary Fisher would reverse the re
cent adverse action in the 17 cases, but
the secretary made no promises.
Poultry Association Organized.
Eugene The Oregon branch of the
American Poultry association was or
ganized here by the adoption of a con
stitution and by-laws and by the nomi
nation of a set of officers. As there
was but a single nominee for each
office, the following are the probable
fficers: E.J. McCIanahan, Eugene,
president; H. Ringhouse, Clackamas,
vice president; B. F. Keeney, Eu
gene, second vice president; Ed
Shearer, Estacada, secretary; B. Lee
Paget, Portland, treasurer. A ban
quet closed the meeting.
Health Resort Planned.
Bandon A modern sanitarium is to
be erected at Bandon by H. C. Dipple.
The sanitarium will contain one of the
argest covered swimming pools on the
Pacific Coast.
Every summer a large number visit
Bandon-by-the-Sea to recuperate. The
climate is mild, never hot, the air
bracing and the scenery beautiful.
The erection of a sanitarium with a
swimming tank open to the public will
no doubt do much to increase the pop
ularity of Bandon as a seaside resort.
Boy Scouts to Organize.
Albany Albany will soon have an
organization of Boy Scouts. "More
than 20 boys of this city met and
formed a troop and permanent organ-
zation will be effected in January.
Professor Hans Flo, of Albany col
lege, will be in charge of the organiz
ation here.
TEACH VEGETABLE GROWING
Short Course at O. A. C. Has Work
In Home Gardening.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis Four courses in vegetable grow
ing are to be given in the shprt course
at the Oregon Agricultural college
which opens its four weeks' session
January 6.
For the past few years Oregon, un
surpassed for opportunities for the
production of vegetables, has seen a
large increase in vegetable growing.
Hundreds of carloads of vegetables
that might easily be raised within the
state, however, are now being shipped
in.
"The state should be an exporter of
vegetables, rather than an importer,
says Prof. C. I. Lewis, discussing tho
situation. "At the present time, with
the exception of onions and potatoes,
a large per cent or tne vegetables we
consume are imported. In order to
meet the demands for information on
vegetable gardening four courses are
beng offered this year."
Twelve lectures, given Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of each week,
will be devoted to the problems con
nected with commercial vegetable
growing, dealing with such important
products as celery, tomatoes, aspara
gus, rhubarb, onions, cauliflower and
cabbage.
Special consideration will be given
the matter of soils for these crops,
fertilizers, cultivation, irrigation,
blanching and storing.
"No matter how good a product we
can grow, unless it is marketed intel
ligently and unless it is properly
graded, we will often be unable to
realize the profit that we should be
able to make," says Prof. Lewis.
"One of the greatest problems before
the Oregon vegetable grower at the
present time is the proper marketing
of vegetables. The various markets
of the state will be considered in a
course given on the same days as the
commercial vegetable course. Special
attention will be . given to grading,
packing and marketing the most im
portant vegetables raised in Oregon in
such a way as to realize the best returns."
OREGON IN TIMBER COLUMN
May Soon Occupy Third Place as
Lumber Producing State.
Salem Declaring that Oregon stands
pre-eminent among the states in forest
wealth; that of the total amount of
timber in the United States, this state
has one-fifth, and that it now stands
fourth among the states in its lumber
cut, the preface of the report of the
State Board of Forestry further de
clares that this state probably will ad
vance to the third place next year.
'It is extremely difficult to convey
any idea of the magnitude of Oregon's
forest resources by quoting figures in
terms of board feet or acres of timber
land," states the report. "This point
can, however, be brought out empha
tically by comparison with the forest
resources in the other timbered re
gions of the United States. Statistics
prove that Oregon has almost twice as
much timber as is found in all New
England, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, a territory
commonly known as the great northern
forest region. "The central forest re
gion, extending Irom southern Michi
gan to Southern Tennessee, and from
the west slope of the Appalachian
mountains westward to the prairies,
has long been famous as a source of
our hardwood, yet it contains only
half the amount of standing timber as
does Oregon."
Oregon Has Woman Mayor.
Warren ton, Or. By 16 votes lead
Miss Clara C. Munson, daughter of a
survivor ot tne Whitman massace,
graduate of St. Helen's Hall, Portland,
and one of the best known Rebecca
lodge women of Oregon, was elected
mayor of Warrenton over J. W. Det
rich and thereby became the first wo
man mayor in Oregon. Also it estab
lishes a precedent for equal suffrage
states, as it is but little more than a
month that the women have had the
ballot in Oregon.
Miss Munson, who is about 30 years
old, heaaed tne citizens ticket, nomi
nated at mass meeting. MrvDetrich,
her opponent, headed the Independent
ticket.
Hood River Work Rushed.
Hood River With the Hood River
gradually rising for the past week, a
crew of men changing the course of
the channel of the mouth of the river,
under the supervision of the state
game and fish commission has been
battling to make the funds available
for the work go as far as possible
before the waters pour over the
coffer dam that has been constructed.
Not only is the commission interested
in the work, but local sportsmen, who
desire to see a return of the game
steelhead salmon to the pools.
Decide Against Jute Bag.
Pendleton The days of the jute bag
in Umatilla county and Eastern Ore
gon are practically numbered, accord
ing to prominent local " growers of
grain. Believing the price of the jute
bag is kept up by the trust, members
of the Farmers' Educational and Co
operative union have decided either to
purchase cotton bags of Southern man
ufacture or erect elevators and handle
their grain in bulk.
The all absorbing question nt
This time of the year is i
What am I going to give
My friends for Christmas?
Wo have provided an unusually largo assortment of
Holiday him
which aro now on display all marked in plain figures.
Remember that our "CASH STORK PRICKS" which "credit
stores" can't match, apply to llolidiiy gjoiU as well us to all our
regular lines.
Dolls, Game and Picture Bocks for tho chUdron
Dressing Cases, manicure Sets, military Sets,
Cuff and Collar Boxes
and an endless variety of novelties suitable for gifts for older
people. You'll contributo just as much to tho good cheer that
prevails during tho Holiday SeiiMon if you give your friund
1'U A OTIC A L l'R KS K NTH. Articles of everyday uso that they
need.
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Dress Goods, Clothing,
Shoes, Blankets,
Comforts, Underwear.
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