M O R S E IS B IT T E R . The Estacada Progress BST ACADA OREGON BRIEF NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK In t e r e s t in g E v e n t s f r o m O u t s id e the S t a t e P r e s e n t e d in a M a n n e r to C a t c h th e E y e o f th e B u s y R e a d e r — M a t t e r s o f N a tio n a l, H is t o r ic a l a n d C o m m e r c ia J Im p o r t a n c e , Postal deficit for 1909 719. is $17,441,- Over 50,00 people attended Presi­ dent T a ft’s New Year’s receptino. Senator Cummins of Iowa, opens campaign tor further triff revision If mediation in switchmen’s strike fails, 20,000 more men wil stop work. Daughtes of the American Revolu­ tion have taken up conservation work Postmaster-General Hitchcock urges postal reforms to avoid a deficit in 190. Betting is even in London that the Liberals will win in the coming elec­ tion. Indian commissioner reports that tu­ berculosis is on the increase among In­ dians. Twelve men were lost by the sinking of a sugar-laden schooner in an A t lantic gale. Colonist travel to the Pacific North­ west for 90 broke all records,and is ex­ pected ti still greater for 1910. A woman armed with a shorgun stopped the laying of an oil pipe line on her ranch gin California. Trains collided in a snowstorm near Billings, Mont., killing two. A miss ing baggageman is thought to have burnedin the wreckage. Zelaya asserts that he is still prosi dent of Nicaragua. T aft's special message on trust law changes will go to congress next week. A southern chemist expert asserts that the aurora borealis is caused by gas. The New York supreme court says patriotism has given way to an ago of graft. • Army engineers have recommended extensive improvements for the Colum bia river. The Turkish cabinet has been driven out of office and a military premier may be appointed. It is considered that the reclamation service is safe from abolishment, though many changes may be made. A Nebraska man got an appointment as a deputy sheriff and then proceeded to bring home his erring son from Los Angeles. A draftsman on a British schoolship is under arrest for stealing complete plans of the British navy's wireless system and codes. James Gordon, once accused of con spiring with Booth to kill Lincoln, ha* been named United States senator from Tennessee by Governor Noel. C o n v icte d B an k er C laim s H e H a s B e e n M a d e a V ictim . New York, Jan. 4.— With a supreme effort to be cheerful, but with emotion occasionally getting the better of him Charles W.‘ Morse left New York today to begin a 15 year sentence in the fed eral prison at Atlanta, Ga., for viola tion of the uatioual banking laws. Before leaviiig the Tombs, where he had beeu confined for the greater part of the last year, Morse received his wife and two sous and then the news paper men. He was too affected to say anything, but handed out a care fully prepared statement. Morse left at 10:45 o'clock in «us tody of Deputy United States marshals. The party occupied a stateroom. Morse's statement is bitter and dra matic. “ I am going to Atlanta to begin penal servitude under the most brutal sentence ever pronounced against a citizen in a civilized country,” is *»»« opinion of the sentence. “ I have hoped,” the statement con tinues, “ with that hope which comes from a consciousness of my innocence, that I will not have to close out for ever the light and liberty of this world under such an inhuman sentonce. 1 have felt that the fact that I had paid a fine of $7,000,000 and served a year in prison would satisfy the cry for a victim and I have steadily believed that the courts would bo compelled to give me a new trial. “ When I learned that the private detectives o f the prosecution were the keepers of the jury, that the jury drank like men upon a jaunt or a holiday rather than citizens engaged in a se rious service, and that as a result, two of them were rendered unfit, I natur ally hoped I would be allowed another trial by another jury, free from these hostile influences. “ It seems, howovor, that the courts intend to establish the practices which make rum drinking a part of a jury service and private detectives as the custodians of a jury a permanent insti­ tution. By this sentenco and judgment T may be brought to ruin; but the dam ago done to me is not half as import ant as the injury to the administra tion of justice. I am now up in years and must, with the passing of time, !>ass also; but the record of my con viction and the way it was brought about will remain a lasting and dan gerous example of a government gone mad in search of a victim.” O IL F O U N D I N A T H A B A S C A . S ecret B orin gs S how In e x h a u stib le S upply, C m m ittee I s T old . Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 4.— Evidence of the value of the Athabasca oil fields lias been given before the Dominion senate committee by Alfred von Ham merstein. He stated that for the last oight years ho had been exploring the field between 320 and 350 miles north of Edmonton, and that some of the wells had revealed tho presence of oil and gas in large quantities. The wells varied in depth from 250 to 1,200 feet. lie showed samples of naphtha oil and of oil collected in the sand. He declared that in the wells which he was boring there were inex haustible supplies of this material. Near the surface it was found in a hardened state, while 60 feet lower down it was found in a semi-liquid condition. His work had been carried on secret­ ly. He declared that there was no foundation for the statement in the prospectus of the California & Alberta Oil company that it had discovered oil on a 10,000 acre property 30 miles north of Edmonton. A IR CU TTERS A R E R E A D Y . lleney hns filed a libel suit against A v ia to rs A r r iv e in N ew Y o r k W. 8. Crocker for $250,000. Fifty out of 88 American colleges will continue to approve o f football. F rom P a ris — L e a v e f o r L o s A n geles. New York, Jan. 4.— Edwin Cleary, who arrived here from Paris a few Physicians say there is no hope for lays ago with seven aeroplanes, which Cardinal Satolli, though he may Huger he expects to try outT during aviation several days. week at Los Angeles, and Paulhan, Loss by the tidal wave and blizzard who will arrive tomorrow, will leave for Los Angeles Monday next. Four on the New England coast will reach of the machines are of the latest model $5,000,000, besides many lives. aeroplanes, two Blériot's and two Far When Zelaya arrives in Mexico, Pres man's. dent Diaz will attend a re-ieption in his There is also an Antoinette, one Far- honor, which is taken as a direct insult man and one Blériot, which Mr. Cleary to the United States. expects to use during tho aviation 8ix women are en route on foot from show week. He expects to break his Seattle to join tho T. W. W. o f Spokane own record for speed, height and dur­ and fight for the right of free speech ation. His record already is more thar 1,900 feet for height and with his 50 on the public streets. horse power motor in a now Bloriot h Strike leaders for the switchmen expects to be ablo to travel in the air have called off negotiations with the at the rate of 50 miles per hour. railroads, and will appeal to Washing Paulhan is under contract at a big salary. ton for advice and aid. Miss Louise Taft, niece of the presi M in in g P la n t Is B urned. dent, will bo married to G. II. Snowden Spokane, Wash., Jan. 4.—The sort­ of Seattle. After a trip to Europe they ing plant and ore bins of the Mace will resido in Seattle. mines at Mace, Idaho, in the Coeur A schooner arrived at Hoquinm, 1 'Aleñes, burned today, together with Wash., 97 days out from Hvpong, China, the sorting machinery, heating plant, with her captain hopelessly ill and only blacksmith shop and 200 feet o f ex­ a few pounds of provisions left. pensive cribbing, entailing a loss esti­ A crippled Italian girl in Chicago mated tonight at between $75,000 and $100,000. The fire is believed to have robbed her father’s bank of $.’10,000, with which she hoped to induce her broken out in the heating plant. All tho property destroyed is owned by cousin, also a cripple, to marry her. the Federal Mining & Smelting com­ France is in a panic at the inroads of pany. The sorting plant handled ore American commerce. from the Standard and other Mace President Taft is being urged to make mines. active war on the trusts. Zelaya boards Mexican gunboat under •ye3 of American marines. J. D. Warren, who pursued and helped to capture Josse James, is dead. Blizzards sweep the east from Win nipeg to Illinois, and Chicago faces a coal famine. The famous Garden of the Gods was given to the city of Colorado Springs for a Christmas present. 100 D ays W e s to n ’ s L im it. New York, Jan. 4.— Edward Payson Weston, veteran pedestrian, announced today that ho will make one more transcontinental walk, and get from an to ocean in 100 days. Weston will start from Los Angeles at 4 o ’clock] he afternoon o f February 1, and will u* dm* in New York May 28. His hike from New York to San Francisco early last summer took him 105 days, but n that journey he encountered a long series of storms and unusually' hot NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON , by suffi­ P ole N e x t G oal. found after a search of nearly a cen tury. Peary’s polar expedition, and%( ’aptain Bartlett, who commanded Peary’s ship, the Roosevelt, today said that they Six coaches full of Christmas travel would like to be members of the expe­ ers were stalled on a car ferry in the dition to seek tho South Pole. Cap­ Detroit river, and had to wait till the tain Bartlett said: “ I have heard of ice was cut away. ,ich a trip being planned. I may be Railroad officials and switchmen selected to command the ship which will carry the expedition southward. I hold conference in St. Paul. hink the Roosevelt will be selected, if he. expedition goes through.” Value of the Harriman estate is ques tioned by gossips in the east. ’orvallis,.shipped ont of the state to he Idaho game preserves 1000 pairs of hina pheasants, to be used for propa gation purposes. Under the state game laws these birds cannot be shipped be­ yond the borders o f Oregon except un der permit from tho game warden. S u t h e r lin B a n k B u ild in g Oakland — Work was commenced this week on construction of the bank building at Sutherlin. The ground H e a v y S teel Is in D em and. floor will be used for the banking bus­ Bryan is suffering from pneumonia New York, Tan. 4.—Specifications on iness and the upstairs will be fitted up and is too ill to make a speech. •ontracts for finished steel products for the use of the Sutherlin Land com­ Storm in Spain wrecked five vessels were heavy in the last week of the pany. at the mouth of the Douro river. Schley demands that Peary also sub­ mit his records to the Danish univer­ sity. The Northern Pacific has bought 14 blocks for terminal grounds in North Portland. year, notably for structural material, steel sheets and wire products. Orders for small buildings in various parts of the country have been placed, calling for 25,000 tons of fabricated steel, making the December total 125,000 tons. Contracts for 1909 aggregated almost 1,500,000 tons. T TEE Y E A R 1 9 0 9 111 Thousand Pairs of Birds Shipped. Corvallis— During the season just The bones of Cortez, the ancient con Worcester, Mass., Jan. 4.— Donald B. queror of Mexico, are said to have been McMillan, member of Commander past the Simpson pheasant farm, of South I I KB FO O T* T h e y e a r 1909 Is d e stin e d to fig u re 11 — D eath o f P rof. S im on N ew com b as an Im p o rta n t o n e In h is to r y W hat astron om er. 12— N a va l m an eu vers b egin o ff M ae a tw e lv e m o n th It has been, an d how sa ch u s e tts c o a s t . . . . S tea m er J oh n D grea^ Its m a n ifo ld w o n d e rs o f h a p p e n ­ C o w le sin k s In L a ke S u p e rio r w ill R A IL S T O C E N T R A L OREGON W A T E R 2 . 0 0 0 A C R E S I N C R O O K in g an d a c c o m p lis h m e n t; F ly in g a fo u rte e n o f crew . c e r t a in t y ; th e N o rth P o le d is c o v e r e d ; I t —N ew S hah p rocla im ed In P ersia P r e p a r a t io n s G o F o r w a r d f o r C o n ­ H o m e s t e a d e r s N e a r B e n d C o o p e r a t e T u r k e y r e fo r m e d ; P e rs ia r e fo r m e d ; . . . . S n e l l w ill ca s e d ecid ed In C lin ton s t r u c t io n o f H u g e B r id g e s . to H e c la im V a lle y L a n d . E n g la n d 's Ideas o f th e e th ics o f taxa . 1 »— E lla G ln g les ca s e In C h lca g i Madras - Preliminary preparations Bend— L. D. Wieat has secured a tio n u p s e t; In d ia r e s t iv e ; C h in a su b ­ je c te d to a m ass o f new im p r e s s io n s ; end s In her a cq u itta l. . . .T u n n e l undei are going ahead for the immense steel water right from Fall river 25 miles H u d son b etw een N ew Y ork an d Jer* • bridge which ie to span Willow creek south of Bend, and will irrigate 2,000 B e lg iu m p a ss in g u n d e r a new and. It sey C ity opened. A company be to Is to be h op ed , m o re b en eficen t ru le ; at Madras. This bridge is on the Dee- acres next year. 26— T ip ton , Ind., b an k rob b ed o f $60,- chutes Railway company’s line and will known as the Fall River Irrigation e v e n ts now In p r o g re ss In N ica ra g u a 000 by a ssista n t cashier. be the highest as well as the longest company will be organized in the near that m ay lead to a fu r th e r e x te n s io n 26-28— R io ts an d ca rn a g e In Bare«* o f civ iliz a t io n and p e a ce ; th e d ista n ce bridge projected for Central Oregon. future. Iona, Spain. The land to be irrigated ¡8 located a cro s s the A tla n tic fu r th e r s h o rte n e d ; Another immense steel structure will 30— S e v e re e a rth q u a k es In M ex ico. be the Oregon Trunk bridge across the between the mouth of Fall river th e d ista n ce a cro s s o u r ow n c o u n try 31— O saka, J apan, has g reat A r e ..,* Columbia at Celilo. This will be the on the South and Spring river on the a b o u t to be d e cre a s e d ; w ire le s s te le g 22— M an an d w om a n , k id n a p ers o f C o n fe re n c e rep ort on ta riff p a ssed b } second bridge the Hi11 people have North, on the west side of the De­ ra p h y e n te rin g Into th e rea lm o f co m H ouse. W h ltia b oy, a rre s te d in C le v e l a n d .... being almost m o n u t ilit y : e ffo rts n ow b e in g m ad e E x -P r e s id e n t R o o se v e lt sa ils f o r A f ­ built across the Columbia within 100 schutes, the surface ALG I’ ST. level, and having a gentle slope to­ fo r th e b e tte r p ro te ctio n o f life In rica. miles of Portland. 26— P rin c e G e o r g e o f S e rv la r e ­ 5— P a y n e ta riff bill passed b y Senat» A large number of new men were wards the north and east. m in e s an d o n the g r e a t w a ters. If and sig n e d by P re s id e n t. . . .C o n g re s i The cultivation and irrigation of the th e c a v e m an liv e d to-day he co u ld n o u n ce s rig h t to s u cce s sio n . added to the construction crews on 27— C reek In d ia n s a m b u s h o lllce rs a d jo u r n e d . . . . C h ica g o street ca r m e t both roads during the past week. Car­ same quality of soil in the vicinity has h a rd ly repeat h is now fa m o u s d e cla ra v o te d to strike. loads of laborers pour into the Harri­ proved that it will produce immense tion . " R o m a n c e Is d e a d .” B y scie n ce , n e a r H ic k o r y G rou n d . O kla. 10— A la b a m a S en a te p a sses Incorni crops of timothy hay and vegetables. man camps over the Columbia South­ tax a c t ___ D eath o f C ol A. A. P o p e c o n tr a r y to m an y fe a rs, w o n d e r an d APRIL. A remarkable feature of this project ern railroad to Grass Valley and Shan- and o f R ich a rd G olden. m y s te r y h a ve been In creased . 1— F e d e ra l p rison in Ft. L eaven­ iko. While the Harriman people are is that there will be no waste land be­ 12— C ou rt h old s H a rry K. T h a w in ­ T h e y e a r 1909 Is a ss o cia te d w ith w o rth , Kan., burns. tween the canal and the river, aa there sane. thus mustering forces by way of their e v e n ts o f su p re m e In terest an d Im p o r­ 3— G reat fire In F ort W o rth , T exa s. 13— D eath o f R ev . H irum W . Thom a* line through Sherman county, the Hill are no high ridges and no rock what­ ta n ce at h om e and a b ro a d . A g la n c e . . . . D e a t h o f A d m ira l C ervera. o f C h ica go. contractors are daily receiving re­ ever. 6 -7 — C o u n try sw e p t b y d e stru ctiv e 19-21— F a ta l a u to m o b ile a ccid e n ts In The lands included under the system at tills su m m a ry w ill re ca ll them to cruits at 1 he Dalles and Dufur. As storm . In dianapolis. many as 100 laborers are reported to are owned by an energetic class of m in d , an d p re se rv e d f o r fu tu r e r e fe r ­ 8— D eath o f H elena M o d je sk a , great 27-28— D e s tru ctiv e Hoods in M exico. have been lodged at Dufur, the termi­ homesteaders, and the company will e n ce It w ill be fo u n d a v a lu a b le a id P o lish a ctress. 31— P e n n sy lv a n ia train held up near nus of the Great Southern spur from be organized and the capital stock to a ll: 9— D eath o f E th an A. H itc h co c k , fo r L e w is to w n , Pa. The Dalles, at one time, while to owned entirely by them. Among these m er S e cre ta ry o f the I n t e r i o r .. . . P ayn e JANUARY. Grass Valley, on the Harriman road, are M. J. Main, John Usher, A . D. ta riff bill p u ssed by H o u s e . . . . D eath o f 8EPTKMHKR. 2— C h in a d e p o se s re fo rm G ran d F. M arion C ra w fo rd , A m e r ic a n n o v e l­ Lewis, John Peters, Joe Holfman, Bob even larger numbers were gathered. I— N ew s receiv ed that Dr. F. A C o u n c ilo r Y u an Shi Kal. ist. June is set as the time for the com­ Bowser and Harold Palmer. C ook, A m e rica n , d is c o v e re d north pole 3— E a rth q u a k e ro ck s S trom b olt Is! 10— C lp ria n o C a stro fo r c ib ly exp elled The main canal will be eight teet pletion of the Harriman road into the A p ril 21. 1908. a n d an d p a rts o f S ic ily and S ou th ern fro m F o rt de F ra n ce, M a rtin iq u e . Deschutes vaeelly. Twohy Bros., gen­ wide on the bottom and six miles long. I t a l y . . . .A m e rica n w a rsh ip fleet 6— L a b o r d a y . . . . P e a r y r e p o rt» dig« a r ­ Death o f A lg e rn o n C h a rles S w inburn e, eral contractors for that road, are au­ co v e r y o f north pole. riv e s a t S uez and se n d s b oats to re lie f E n glish poet. 8— D eath o f Gen. H. C. C orbin . thority for the date. It is the gen. ral o f M essina. Union Waters 3 5 .0 0 0 Acres. 22— Death o f G ov. L llle y o f C o n n e c ti­ 9— D eath o f E. H. H arrim an . belief the Deschutes road will be the 4— S u p rem e C o u rt v o id s $29,000,000 La Grande— Many things have been c u t . . . .T h e o d o r e R o o s e v e lt lands ut II— H a lle y ’s co m e t s ig h ted from H e l- first completed to Redmond. M om b asa , E ast A f r i c a . . . .D e a th or accomplished in Union county in - 1909, fine a g a in st S ta n d a rd O il Co. d e lb u rg . . . . P resid en t T u ft nam es tariff 5— 7— S e v e re c o ld wave e n v e lo p s fo rm e r S e n a to r D a vid T u r p ie o f Indi but standing out preeminently is suc­ co m m is s io n . co u n try . S t a t e W in s B a ttle f o r T a x e s . ana. cessful launching of an irrigation pro­ 15— P re sid e n t T a ft b egin s his W e s t ­ 7— N ig h t rid ers c o n v ic t e d o f m u rd er 23— G ov. W ills o n o f K e n tu ck y par S alem - The state has won th» first ject along lines where the water users ern trip . . . . S e cre ta ry B allin g er clea red in U n ion C ity . Term . d on s alleged G oeb el c o n s p i r a t o r s . ... battle for the collectioon of seviral are to govern the project through a 8 ~ -R ev. J. H. C a rm ich a e l kills G id ­ D ea th o f e x -S e n . S te w a rt o f N evada. o f A la sk a n fra u d b y P resid en t T a ft. thousand dollars of accrued taxes dur­ board of directors. 21— E x p lo re r C ook a rriv e s at N ew e o n B ro w n in C h u rch a t B attle R un, 24— C o n sta n tin o p le taken by c o n s t Y i­ ork. ing 1906, 1907 and 1908, under the One hundred thousand dollars was M ich. tu tion a l a rm y. 22— D ea th o f R o b e rt H oe, p rin tin g gross earnings act of 1906 from the subscribed to buy a dam site and 10— T w e n ty -fo u r m en killed In m ine 25— S u lta n ’s p a la ce In C o n sta n tin o p ress m a n u fa ctu rer. WellB-Parga Express company. Suit rights of way. A corporation suffic­ e x p lo s io n In Z eig ler, 111. p ie su rren d ers. 25— IIu d s o n -F u lto n ce le b ra tio n b e ­ 11— R ev. J. H. C a rm ich a e l, p re a ch e r - 27— A bd u l H a m id d e p o se d and his was instituted several months ago in iently larged was formed and it is now the circuit court for this county. The building canals and is about ready to m u rd e re r o f B attle R un. M ich., kills b ro th e r in sta lled as new S u ltan o f T u r ­ gin s in N ew Y ork. 29— D ea th o f Col. W . R. M orrison. attorney general demurred to the an­ call for bids for the construction of a h im se lf in C u rth a ge, 111. key, M eh m id V. 30— P e a ry rea ch es N ew York. 12— E x p lo sio n in m in e n ea r B luefield. 30— D a u g h te r b orn to Q ueen W ilh e l- swer the of the corporatino, and the de­ dam at Meadow Brook, eighteen miles m ln a of H o l l a n d .. . .S e v e r e storm murrers were sustained by Circuit away, sufficient in size to irrigite 35,- W . Va., tak es 100 lives. OCTOBER. 14— D eath o f V ic e A d m ira l R o je s s t w - e e p s lake S tates. Judge Burnett. 000 acres of Grande Ronde valley land. 5— F a ta l collision on Illin ois C en tra v e n sk y in St. P etersbu rg. The court held that to answer to the Because of this project land has ad­ R ailroa d near F a rm er C ity, 111. 15— T . Jen kin s H a in s a cq u itte d of »1 A Y . complaint made by the corporation to vanced in value. 6— Death o f D u d ley B uck, org a n ist c o m p lic ity In m u rd er o f W m . E. A nnis. the etfect that the gross earnings tax I — S trik e o f lake seam en b egins. and co m p o se r. -------G reat strik e o f h a tters in E astern was unconstutitional becauee it was 3— S e co n d p e a ce co n g re s s b egin s In 11— K e y W est d ev a sta ted by h u r r i­ S h r o c k B uys F a r m . S ta te s begins. cane. enacted the initiative, wbs not 19— E lih u R o o t e le cte d S e n a to r fro C m h ica go. Forest Grove-Deputy Food and Dairy 5— S te a m e r A d ella S h o re s g o e s dow n 13— S te a m e r G e o r g e S ton e w reck ed cient, for the Supreme court of the Commissioner M. S. Shrock, who has N e w Y ork. in L a ke Erie. 20— S ix ty liv e s lost b y b u rn in g In o f L a k e S u p e rio r. state of Oregon has h- id the initiative been inspecting the dairvs of Washing­ 6— J am es B o yle c o n v ic te d o f W hltia 16— P re sid e n ts T a ft and D iaz m eet amendment valid. The point has been ton county for several weeks past and w a te rw o r k s crib In L a k e M ich iga n , o ff k id nap ing. on in tern a tion a l b o r d e r . . . . W . I. B u ­ arried by the Pacific States Telephone making tests of dairy herds for the C h ica go. Mrs. H elen A nna B o y le co n v icte ch d an an , e x -m ls is te r to P anam a, dies in 22— S e n te n ce o f H erm an Billek. C h i­ 8— & Telegraph company to the United County Cow Testing as-ociation, has o f W h ltia k id nap ing. L o n d o n . . . . N e b ra sk a bank g u a ra n tee States Supreme court for final deter­ made arrangements to purchase half of c a g o p oison er, co m m u te d to life im ­ 9— Death o f M rs. A u g u sta J. E vans law fo u n d invalid. mination in the case similar to the one the W . R. Douglas farm near Galea p r is o n m e n t .. . .C o n g re s s v o te s to build W ilson. 19— D eath o f P ro f. C aesa re L o m b r o - j tw o la rg e b attlesh ip s. now being prosecuted bv Attorney Gen­ Creek. Mr. Shrock will set out part M eh m id V. m ade S ultan o f T u so, r ­ Italian crim in o lo g is t. 23— S ix th ou sa n d d ie In ea rth q u a k es 10— eral Crawford against the Wells-Fargo of hiB purchase to fruit trees, and will In C en tra l Persia. k ey b y s w o rd cerem on y. 21— D ea th o f U. S. S en a tor M. N. company. _________ . II— C apt. P e te r H ain s co n v icte d J o o f h n son o f N o rth D akota. 23— L in e r R e p u b lic su n k n ea r M a r- also keep a number of cows. He be­ A n n is m u rd e r— T w e n ty p e rso n s d r o w n ­ 23— N ica ru g u a n tro o p s d efea ted by w ith lieves Washington county to he un­ i th a 's V in e y a rd , a fte r co llisio n Big Steel Bridge tor Wallowa. insurgents. excelled as a dairy country. He is a Italia n ste a m e r F lo rid a ; s ix lives lost. ed In O h io R iv e r n ea r P ittsb u rg . 24— D ea th o f J u s tice R u fu s W . P e c k - Enterprise— The contract for build­ practical and scientific farmer. 26— D eath o f C oqu elin , F re n ch actor. 14— T o rn a d o e s in K a n sa s, M issouri and O klahom a. ham o f U n ited S ta tes S u p rem e C ourt. 27— F o rm e r S ta te T re a s u re r F rank ing the 175 foot span steel bridge 17— T r a c y & Co., b rokers, fall in N ew 26— P rin c e Ito a ssa ssin a ted at H a r ­ P. G lazier, o f M ich ig a n , c o n v icte d o f across the Grand Ronde river at Troy B i g S c h o o l P o p u la t io n In c r e a s e . Y ork. b in . . . . S te a m e r H estia lost in B ay o f m is a p p ly in g S ta te fun ds. has been let by the county court to La Grande— One thousand four hun­ 18— D eath o f G e o rg e M eredith, E n F ­ u n d y ; t h ir t y -fo u r p erson s d row ned. 28— U n ited S ta te s w ith d ra w s from the Columbia Bridge company of Port­ dred sixty eight school children, vary­ g o v e rn m e n t o f C u b a ; G o m e z is in a u g u ­ glish n ovelist. . . . . D e a t h o f Gen. O. O. H ow a rd . land for $7,984. 19— D eath o f H en ry H. R ogers, 29— G o v e rn m en t t io o p s d efea t rebels ing in ages from 4 to 20 years, popu­ rated P resident. The bridge will be the largest in the at S a la m is, G reece. late the La Grande school district ac­ 29— E a rth q u a k e and tid a l w a v e d S e ta ­ n d a rd O il m agnate. county and will rest on concrete-lilled cording to figures tiled with the county v a s ta te sou th ern cu ast or S p a i n . . . . 24— F ive ch ild re n burn ed to deatn steel piers About 50 tons of material school superintendent from this dis­ F ie rce blizzard s w e e p s U nited S tates. d u rin g s ch o o l e x e r cise s in C entral City, N O Y E M II G R . Ky. and toolB, including 36 tons of steel, trict. This is an even gain of 97 over 2— S ta te and m u n icip a l election s. 26— E a rth q u a k e sh o ck felt In Illin ois eight tons of cement and four tons of last year’s school population. 8— E ig h t m en b u rn ed to d ea th In F K D K U A I I Y. There an d a d jo in in g S ta te s — W iliia m L o rim er B ro o k ly n (N . Y .) Are. tools, will have to be hauled by wagon yet remains one district in the county 4— G o v H a skell o f O k la h om a In d ict­ e le cte d S e n a to r fro m Illin ois. 11— N e g r o and w h ite m an lyn ch ed In from thiB city to Troy, a distance of to be reported before Superintendent ed fo r land frauds. 29— T o rn a d o e s in O k la h o m a .. . .M a C d ­ airo, 111. 47 miles. The bridge is to be ready Bragg can compile the county school 5— D isa stro u s flood s In G erm any. den, P o u c h o t an d B o y le c o n v icte d o f 13— H o rrib le m in e d isa ster in C h erry, for traffic by August 1. 1910. 6— B attlesh ip D e la w a re la u n ch ed at population. la b o r g r a ftin g in C h ica go. I l l . ... M m e . S tein h eil a cq u itte d o f d o u ­ N e w p o rt N ews. 30— Z e p h y r, T e x a s, d e stro y e d b y t o ble r ­ m u rd e r in Paris. Rushing Work on Tillamook Line. 10— A n ti-J a p a n e se legisla tion d e fe a t ­ nado. 16— D ea th o f C has. N. C ritten ton , S t a m p S a le s D o u b le in 1 9 0 9 ed in C a lifo rn ia A ssem b ly. Tillamook— Thirty-eight miles of p hila n th rop ist. Springfield— The report of the post­ 12— C e n te n a ry o f A brah u m L in co ln 's the Pacific Railway & Navigation com­ master of Springfield on stamp sales 18— Death o f R ich a rd W a tson G ild - pany’s line will be in actual and regu­ shows an increase of 49 8 per cent in b irth ge n e ra lly ce le b ra te d o ve r U nited 1— A la s k a -Y u k o n - P a d Ac ex p o sitio n r . . . . W a r sh ip s ord ered to N ica ra gu a . S tates. 20— T w e n ty -o n e m en sav ed a ftve lar operation by the end of this month 1909 over the sales in 1908. op e n e d in S eattle. The 13— T ra in held up and rob b ed near from C h erry m in e. .. .S w e e p in g d e c ls - 2— 3— R io ts m ark ed s tr e e t-c a r strike This announcement has been made sales in 19C9 were $3,535.91, com­ D e n v e r .. . .P r o to c o l w ith V en ezu ela iori a g a in st S ta n d a rd Oil C om p a n y o f In P h ila d elp h ia . officially i>y President E. E. Lytle. pared to $2,360.24 in 1908, signed. N ew Jersey. £— D eath o f Col. A. K. M cC lure. This is considerably more than one- 14— -Three hu ndred d ie in bu rn in g 9— S h ip ca n a l a t S au lt Ste. M arie, 29— " W e t s ” win in A la b a m a election s. third of the mileage of the road, which Thirty Musicians in Jos°ph Orchestra th ea ter in A ca p u lco , M exico. . . . . Z e la y a ’ s a rm y in N ica ra gu a d e ­ C an ada, d a m a g e d by b o a t .. E lsie S i- is to he 90 miles long. Seventeen 17— D eath o f A p a ch e ch ie f. G e r o n i- gel m u rd ered b y C h in ese co n v e rt in fea ted b y insurgents. Joseph Joseph has one of the best miles will be operated at this end from m o ------Dr. Jas. B. A n gell resign s p r e s i­ 30— B ritish H ou se o f L ord s r e je cts N ew York. There d e n cy o f M ich ig a n U n iversity. Hillsboro to a station, not yet nan ed, orchestras in Eastern Oregon. the b u d g e t b i ll ----- S w itch m en o f n o r th ­ 10— D eath o f Dr. E d w a rd E verett 21— U n ited S ta tes fleet a rriv e s o ff just beyond Buxton, the other 11 miles are 30 musicians in the organization a w estern roa d s g o ou t on strike. Hale. being at the Tillamook end of the number of them having played in pro­ H a m p to n R o a d s a fte r g lo b e -g ir d lin g 11— L in e r S la v o n ia g o e s a sh o re In fessional organizations at other places. t r i p . . . .B lo o d y ra ce rio ts In S outh DECEM BER. road. A zores. O m aha, N e b ____D eath o f C a rroll D. 12— E a rth q u a k e d e v a s ta te s se ctio n o f 1— D ip lo m a tic rela tion s w ith N ic a r ­ W rig h t. a gua b roken off. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. SI,OOO for 1910 Boost Fund. S o u th e rn F ra n ce. 22— G reat naval p a gea n t a t H a m p ton 13— C o rp o ra l sh o o ts th ree officers at 6— R e g u la r session o f C on g ress o p e n ­ Eugene— There remains nearly $1,- Wheat — Track prices: Bluestem, R ouds. ed. Ft. D es M oines, Iow a. 000 in Eugene's 1909 publicity fund. $1.20; club, $1.10; red Russian, $1.08 14— D ea th o f P resid en t P enn a o f 8— $750,000 Are in K ala m a zoo. M ARCH. It will be applied to the 1910 fund, @ 1 .0 9 ; valley, $1.08. 13— T e n em en t Are In C in cin n a ti end s B r a z il. . . .O n e hu ndred and forty-n ln < ‘ Barley— Feed and brewing, $30® 81. 1— D ea th o f E. J. (L u c k y ) B ald w in , p erish In b u rn in g sh ip n ea r A om on . seven lives. which has reached the sum of $13,000. 16— Z e la y a resign s p re s id e n cy of Japan. Corn— Whole, $ 35; cracked, $36 t(Ai. lo ie d tu rim an . The board of governors has not yet se 19— A u to m o b ile raejea a t C row N n ica ra gu a . 3 — F ire in N ew Y o rk ten em en t hou se 1 8 - Oats— No. 1 white. $32.50® 33 ton. lected a successor to John H. Hartog, 17— D eath o f K in g L eop old o f B el­ P oin t, Ind. Hay— Timothy: Willamette Valley, k ills ten p ersons. gium. the publicity manager who recently re­ $18(020 per ton ; Ea-tern Oregon, $18 19— N ine p e rs o n s killed in collision 4 — W m . H. T a ft and J a m e s S. S h y - signed. The board haB elect* d the fol­ (f the d on or rem a in in g a secret, but 23— M ine e x p lo s io n at W e h ru m , Pa., know n to be an a lu m n u s o f Yale, w h ich fancy outside creamery, 34® 89c per kills seven teen men. 8— T o r n a d o a t B rin k ley, Ark. Rumors o f New Railroad. is to be giv e n to the person w h o Arst pound; store, 22>*(*»240. Butter fat D eath o f S arah O rn e Jew ett, 9— -N aval battle b etw een N ica ra gu a n 24— d is c o v e rs a cu re fo r tu b ercu losis, y h e Paisley— What does it mean? An­ prices average 1 c per pound under and S a lv a d o re a n vessels. A m e rica n a u th oress. tru stees h a ve in v ited m an y w ell-k n ow n nouncement ia made that the Nevada- regular butter prices. 15— C o n g r e ss c o n v e n e s In e x t r a o r d i­ 27— B om b e x p lo s io n In C h ica g o I n ­ California Oregon railroad company Poultry— Hens, 14> {® 15 e ; springs, n a ry s e s a io n . . . . D eath o f M rs E lea n or ju re s seven p e rs o n s and d o e s $150,000 p h y sicia n s to b e co m e m em b ers o f a b oard w h ose duty it w ill be to p ass oh d a m a ge. has signed a contract with the Nugent- 1 4)£ ® 1 5 c; ducks, 20c; geese, 12c; tur­ W u cC a rtn ey Lane. the m erits o f cu re s su b m itted . T h e in ­ 16— D eath o f G e o r g e T. A ngell. Richardson Construction company for keys, live, nominal: dressed, 2 4 ® 25c. terest on the m on ey w ill be used in In­ 17— P a y n e tarifT bill in tro d u ce d In JU LY . the grading of the extension from Al- Eggs— Fresh Oregon extras, 42 ' ac v e s tig a tin g such cu res und to pay the 1— E a rth q u a k e at M essina. S ic ily . . . . turas to Lakeview and that work will per dozen: Eastern, 2 8 ® 30c per dozen. C on gress. e xp e n se s o f q u a rterly m eetin g s o f the 18— -W illie W h ltia kid n a p ed fro S m u g a r trust officia ls in d icte d in N ew begin some time in January. It is Pork— Fancy, 10(ul0>yc per pound. A d v iso r y B oard. T o p rev en t the c o n ­ S h a ron . Pa. Y ork stated further that the new line will be Veal— Extras, lift; 11 > 4 C per pound. s id era tion o f b og u s rem edies, one c o n ­ 19— P a rk e rsb u rg . W Va.. flood ed by 3— T ra m p m u rd ers fo u r p e rso n s near a broad guage. dition is that a n y rem ed y to be c o n ­ F’riah Fruits— Apples, $l(*i;3 box; e x p lo s io n o f w a ter tow er. R u d olp h , S. D. sid ered m ust have been in use Ave pears, $1(01.50 box; cranberries, $9 22— W illie W iiitla restored to fa th e r 4— P a tr io tic ce le b ra tio n s tak e tw elve y o » rs and back ed up by testim on ia ls T e l e p h o m s In C e n t r a l O r e g o n . per barrel. In C lev elan d . $10,000 ra n som being fe w e r lives than In 1908. that it has resulted in cu res. T h e ob­ Potatoes — Carload buying prices: p a i d . . . G ov. C urry o f N ew M e x ico re ­ Madras— The Deschutes & Harney 7 - 10— F lo o d s in M issou ri valley. je ct o f the p rize is to e n c o u ra g e the Telephone company is the new name Oregon, 65® 85 per sack; sweet pota­ s ig n s 8— S en a te pa ssed tariff bill. se e k in g o f a cure. of a concern that will build a line from Roseland to Silver Lake, extend the A Texas man has made $15,000,000 Paulina line from Hardin to Burne, ■peculating in cotton for two years. build a toll liqe from Redmond to Mad­ weather. He is rare that he 6M cross ras via Culver and install an exchange The greatest labor struggle in his he United States in 100 days. at Madras. tory is said to be impending between the railroads and their employes. Fia uiEK T H E LOOKS M CI EEC DES> OF MOST IMPORTANT C la t s k a n ie f o r G o o d R o a d s Clatskanie At a meeting of the cit­ izens of Clatskanie and vicinity a tax six and one half mills was voted. The good roads people carried the day by a large vote. toes, 2c per pound. Vegetables- Artichokes 75c per doz­ m illio n fo r C a n cer R esearch . en ; cabbage, $ l.6 0 (u l.7 5 per hundred; B y the will o f the late G e o rg e C r o c k ­ celery, $ 3.50® 4 per crate; horserad­ er. C olu m b ia is to re ce iv e $1.000,000. to ish, $1.50 p erb o r, pumpkins, 1 ^ @ be used in co n d u ctin g o rig in a l resea rch 1 >*c; sprouts, 6(