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DOINGS or THEWEEK Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. General Resume o f Important Event» Presented In Condensed Form fo r Our Busy Readers. I,oa Angeles women hold the balance o f power in the politics o f that city. Persia begs the powers to interfere and prevent the aggressions o f Russia. Alarm and distress increase in Seat tle as the water supply rapidly disap pears. James J. Hill extolls the wonders o f the Pacific Northwest at the Chicago Land show. Millions will change hands in Los Angeles at the coming election if the Socialists are defeated. Chinese otficials confirm the reports that a massacre o f foreign mission aries has occurred at Sian Fu. It is reported that Princess Lai, mother o f the child emperor o f China, has eloped with a Chinese actor. President T a ft was forced to cancel several engagements on account o f a severe cold, but is now improving. A Portland Chinaman arrested in a gambling raid proved that the “ lot tery ticket” found in his possession was a dairy he had kept for many years. Texas state troops are rushed to the Mexican border with orders to seize all contraband arms and ammunition. SEVEN MEN DROWNED BY CAPSIZING OF SMALL BOAT Woodland, Wash.— Seven men o f a log-driving crew o f 13 went to their deaths Friday afternoon in the rain swollen waters o f the North Fork of the Lewis river, near the mouth of Speilei creek, 22 miles above this city, when their'skiff was borne by the turbulent current into an eddy and capsized. Tumbled, into the chill mountain stream, even the few expert swim m en among them had little chance. Their heavy caulked boots and thick clothing pulled them down and most of them sank after a few struggles. O f the six who escaped, two were swept by the whirlpool against the sides o f their overturned boat. They managed to cling there until the bob bing craft was cast against the bank Two others, keeping themselves above the current, were carried a quarter of a mile down stream before they could crawl on the saving gravel. Two others, unable to swim, by the merest chance arose near the bank and managed to clutch the branches of overhanging trees, by which they pul led themselves to land. Those who escaped were Gilbert Murk, Justus Murk, Frank Reid and Riley McCarty, foreman o f the crew, all o f Woodland, and two others who had been working only a few days and whose names were not contained in the meager long-distance telephone re port o f the disaster. The three Murk boys were brothers. When Gilbert and Justus reached shore, after a fierce struggle in the freezing waters, it was to find that Arnold had gone down almost at the moment when he might have dragged himself to safety. PUM PIN G U N ITS PROPOSED. A “ lazy father” in Sacramento has Extension o f Okanogan Irrigation been sentenced to work two years on Project is Contemplated. the county roads at $1.60 per day, the Washington, D. C.— The reclama money being paid to his family. tion service is making an investiga Threats by the railroads to establish tion o f the feasibility o f extending the competitive steamer lines is said to have resulted in preventing the estab Okanogan project in Washington by Both will lishment o f independent water lines the addition o f two units. via the Panama canal. be irrigated by pumping. One unit includes 1,100 acres in the The shoe industry o f the country is cited as the ideal after which Federal present project limits, known as the regulation o f trusts should be based. Robinson flat, and requires a lift of Choice Oregon hops sell at 46 cents 180 feet. The other will take in lands in the Colville Indian reservation. To in the Portland market. perfect this it will be necessary to Roosevelt advocates government fix construct a power plant on Salmon ing o f prices " in extreme cases." River and transmit power to the vari Bids will soon be asked for two ous points from which water will be giant battleships, each carrying six pumped into canals from the Okano 14-inch guns. gan river. The feasibility o f the scheme de Se /en men were drowned by the up pends upon the cost and in some meas setting o f a skiff on the North fork o f ure upon the ability o f the service to Lewis River, Wash., while six others dispose o f the surplus power which had narrow escapes. can be developed from its plant. Up Eight millions o f people in Russia and down the Okanogan River are nu are facing starvation as a result o f merous fine benches which might be irrigated from pumps operated by this crop failures. power. The Trans-Mississippi congress has agreed on the urgent need o f im GRANGE SHOW S GROW TH. proved waterways. Promoters o f a lumber combine in Washington and Oregon Branches volving $125,000,000 o f coast property Organizing Busily. are drafting plans o f incoropation. Columbus, O.— Wide and prosperous Henry L. Higginson, a Boston bank growth o f the National Grange was er, believes that the common laws are show in the report o f Secretary Free sufficient to control monopolies, and that the Sherman law should be re man. There were organized, among others, 51 new granges in Washington pealed. and 46 in Oregon in the past year. PO R TLA N D M AR K E TS] C. B. Kegley, master o f Washing Wheat — Export basis: Bluestem, ton State Grange, demanded that the 83c; club, 80c; red Russian, 78c; val charges preferred against him by S. J. Hill, o f Washington, be heard at once. ley, 80c; forty-fold, 81c. Corn— Whole, $37; cracked, $38 He objected to the referring of the charges to a committee which quashed ton. The matter o f reopening the Millstuffs— Bran, $23 per ton; mid them. dlings, $31; shorts, $24; rolled bar charges was referred to the commit tee on grievances. ley, $35(x 36. The insurgents declared that the e f Oats— No. 1 white, $311x32 ton. Hay— No. 1 Eastern Oregon tim fort to quash the charges was inspired othy, $18(0)19; No. 1 valley, $15(0)17 by fear that complications would arise alfalfa, $13(014; clover, $11(0)12; because Kegley is master o f the Washington Grange, although a resi grain, $11(0)12. Barley— Feed, $32.50(0)33 per ton; dent o f Idaho, and because National Master Batchelder placed Idaho under brewing, nominal. Fresh Fruits— Pears, $1.25(0)1.60 the Washington Grange’s jurisdiction. The regulars say K egley ’s desire to per box; grapes, 50cd($l; cranber press the reading o f the charges is ries, $11.50(»)12 per barrel. Apples—Jonathans, $1.50(x>2.25 per inspired by the belief that irregular box; Spitzenbergs, $1(0)2.50; Bald organiaztion methods may be exposed. win, 76c(«$1.60; Red Cheek Pippin, $1.25(01.75; Northern Spy, $1.25(0) Bodies Burned in Wreck, 1.75; Winter Banana, $2(0)3; Bell Butte, Mont.— An empty passenger flower, $1(0)1.25. train returning to Livingston struck Potatoes — Buying prices: Bur a Northern Pacific work train at Spys banks, $90c(o 1.20 per hundred. Onions— Buying prices, $1.15 sack. Rock, three miles west o f Pipestone, Vegetables— Artichokes, 76c dozen; killing six men who were riding in the beans, 6(nl0c; cabbage, l ( i i l ) c per caboose o f the work train. It is be pound; cauliflower, 50c(x$l per dozen; lieved that the work train backed up California, $4 per crate; garlic, 10(0 through the canyon beyond the flag 12c per pound; lettuce, 76c(<(80cper limit. The passenger was traveling dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1.25 per down grade at good speed when the box; pumpkins, l(n )l}c per pound; work train was struck. The cars took sprouts, 8(o 9c; squash, l$ (ol$ c per fire immediately and before the wreck pound; tomatoes, 60c(o$l per box; ing crew could be summoned were carrots, $1 per sack; turnips, $1; burned and four bodies were cremated. beets, $1; parsnips, $1. Butter — Oregon creamery butter, solid pack, 37c; prints, extra; but ter fat. lc less than solid pack price. Poultry— Hens, 10(o)12c; springs, 10(o 12c; ducks, young, 16fn- 17c; geese, UJro 12c; turkeys/ live, 18(o: 20c; dressed, choice, 22$(o24c. Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, 60c per dozen. Pork— Fancy, H4(o 9c per pound. Veal— Fancy, 12$(o 13c per pound. Hops— 1911 crop, 44(o45c; olds, nominal. Wool -Eastern Oregon, 9(xl6c per pound; valley, 15;<(T7c; mohair, choice, 35(X37c. Cattle— Choice steers, $5.460( 5.85; good, $5.300(4.45; fair, $5.16(<i)S.30; choice cows, $4.50*i 4.85; fair, $4(x 4.25; common, $2.500(3.50; extra choice spayed heifers, $4.50(<( 4.60; choice bulls, $4.25(x4.50; good, $4(x 4.25; common, $2(x2.60; choice cal ves, $7.25(x7.50; good, $7(x7.25; common, $4o;5; choice stags, $4.6000 4.75; good. $4.250(4.50. Hogs Choice light hogs, $6.75(x' 6.85; good to choice hogs, $5.6001. 6.75; fair, $6.250(6.50; common, 6(x. 6.25. Sheep — Choice yearling wethers, coarse wool, $4ix5; choice yearling wethers, east o f mountains, $3.40(x 3.60; choice twos and threes, $3.2(Xx 3.35; choice lambs, $4.6(0x4.76; good, $40( 4.25; valley lambs, $3.750 1 4; culls, $30(3.50. New Revolution Brewing. Austin, Tex.—J. R. Hughes, senior captain o f the Texas Rangers in charge o f the Rio Grande border pa trol, reported to Governor Colquitt he had evidence that a Mexican revolu tion will be launched within the next two weeks and that some o f the plans were being perfected in Texas. Gov ernor Colquitt has ordered a more stringent investigation to determine upon what steps he shall take. Cap tain Hughes believes the plan is to overthrow Madero. State rangers are patrolling the border. Admiral Suicide at 82. Washington. D. C .- Rear-Admiral John Yeatman Taylor, U. S. N., re tired, shot himself in his residence here Saturday, dying within a half hour. He was 82 years old. Des pondency over failing health is be lieved to have prompted the suicide. Admiral Taylor was one o f the most distinguished naval surgeons o f the country. Before the C ivil war he saw service as an Indian fighter in what was then the Territory o f Washington. Dozan Lashes la Penalty. Vancouver. B. C.— F ive years’ im prisonment and 12 lashes was the sen tence imposed on Clarence Thompson, who robbed an elderly man during a walk home after they had made ac quaintance on the street. CHARLES NAGEL, CABINET OFFICIAL WHO W OULD SUPPLEMENT, NOT kEPEAL, SHERMAN LAW. C^Cotnpi < 3 . "That 1 may publish with the voice of Thanksgiving." — Psalm xxvi, 7. Lord, let me thanK Thee for the rains. A n d for the sunshine and the dew. For grass that carpets hills and plains, • For flowers that mahe glad the view. For snow that hides the naKed trees. For all that in completeness blendsi They have brought comfort, all of these - These, and my company of friends. These are the things that mahe me richt My heart where faith still holds its place. My hands that have no miser-itch To grasp the prize before the race. My soul that waits its d a y serene. A hope that falters not, nor ends When life seems sordid, crude and mean These, and my company of friends. T Chinese Empire on Verge oi Reign or Terror. Robber Bands Organize and Plunder — Both Sides in War Power less to'Check. Washington, D. C.— Affairs in China apparently have reached such a point that neither the rebels nor the imper ialists are able to check acts of law lessness. Advices to the State depart ment report that brigandage is on the increase in various parts o f empire. Business is reported in a critical con dition and finances in very bad shape. Rear-Admiral Murdock, commandunt o f the American naval forces in China, reports that Nanking is cut off from communication with the outside world by railroad and telegraph and that the natives are leaving in disorder. All the missionaries except three are re ported to have le ft Nanking for Wu Hu. There are no disorders in Che Foo, but many robberies have been committed in the vicniity. Later advices from Nanking, where the decisive battle o f the revolution is thought to be impending, are to the effect that all is in readiness on both sides. The naval officers report that it will be extremely difficult to protect foreign property inside the walls, he- cause it is so widely scattered. The revolutionary forces are still concen trating. They now hold all the territory in the vicinity o f Nanking. The princi pal advance of the revolutionaries on Nanking is from the direction o f Chin Kiang. The advance guard is made up o f trained troops who are well equipped. The imperial warships which were captured by the revolutionists, or sur rendered voluntarily after the fighting at Hankow, are reported to be lying at Chin Kiang. Minister Calhoun has grave doubts as to the stability o f the new cabinet formed by Yuan Shi Kai. The arrival o f Yuan Shi Kai in Pekin has done much to steady the situation, but the government is in need o f financial help. Big Wind Wafts Skipper. New York— “ Out o f a comparative ly smooth sea, without warning, came a big wind which lifted Captain Smilt- neck up bodily and carried him the whole length o f the bridge. He barely escaped being carried into th eses." This is the tale told by officers o f the steamer Estonia, just in from Copen hagen. The hurricane struck the ship November 4, and reached such a ve locity that the iron stanchions holding the weather cloth on the bridge were bent. Gigantic waves borke over the entire vessel. Glitter Deceives Pirates. San Francisco— The piratical Chin ese who ran through dangerous surf in small fishing boats to loot the steamer Asia, wrecked on Finger Point, in Oriental waters, learned to their sorrow that all that shines white s not silver, according to a story brought here by W. W. Pipkin, an officer o f the Chinese customs service, arriving on an Oriental liner. Intent on making away with a quantity of cheap tin alloy, the pirates overlooked the valuable furs and silks and other costly goods o f the Asia’s cargo. Dangerous Rapids Won. Grand Canyon, Ariz. — Tired and wet, but happy, Emory C. and Ells worth Kolb arrived at their home Sat urday after a 900-mile contest with the rapids o f the Green and Colorado rivers, on their journey from Green River, Wyo., to the Gulf o f Califor nia. The little boat in which they made the trip was in good condition. The Sockdolager section, supposed to be worst o f the entire trip, was passed in safety. Air Scouts Use Lights. Washington, D. C. Night scouting in aeroplanes equipped with search lights has been tried for the first time at the army aviation school at College Park, Md. Successful surveys were made and, returning, the machines landed without the aid o f watch fires. TEXAS DRIVES O U T REBELS. Mexican Plotters Against Madero Ordered Across Line. Austin, Tex. " A l l revolutionists in the vicinity of Laredo must leave within 48 hours,” reads a specific or der from Governor Colquitt, o f Texas, to Adjutant General Hutchinson, who is at Laredo trying to cope with the situation there. Federal authorities seized a quan tity o f ammunition and arms said to be a part o f a store provided by per sons who hoped to lead a revolt against the Madero government in Mexico. The officers were led to the cache by Juan Meriga soon after his arrest on a Federal indictment re turned at the same time as the one against General Bernardino Reyes. M eriga was formerly a Mexican cavalry captain. His arrest is the fifth in connection with the alleged revolutionary plot. General Reyes was arrested in San Antonio and three others said to be implicated were tak en into custody at Laredo. Meriga is said to have made a con fession regarding the alleged revolu tionary plot said to have been led by General Reyes. The officers say Me riga told them he had been engaged in storing horses, arms and ammunition, a considerable amount o f which has already been sent into Mexico. It was said by United States Mar shal Brewster that other important de velopments were expected within a few days. PRINCE PINES FOR HOME. Heir to Baroda Throne Says Amen can Girls Are “ T oo Cold." Cambridge. M ass— Jaisint Gaek- war, prince of Baroda, and heir ap parent to the throne o f that country and now a senior at Harvard, longs for the time that he can shake the dusl o f Ameirca from his heels and returr to the lands of his nativity. that I have no intention o f taking an American bride home with me. I have found your girls too cold. They are over-fond o f show and awfully affected. ” A s some worn pilgrim tells his beads I count today my scanty store That is sufficient for my needs; But deep within my being's core There is a truer thanKfulness For this rare goodness that life sends. I would not asK for more to bless Than this, my company o f friends. Though I might heap up gold and gear And, prideful have a ruler's sway. Without my friends, I Know my year Would not have held a happy day. Though I am grateful for what gain My simple toiling comprehends, I Know my life would be in vain Without my company of friends. Lord, bless them all, for I am glad Because today I cedi them mine ’ would not give them up to add Unto my store of com and wine. I thanK Thee for this year of peace. But am one who now commends To Thee for blessings without cease His goodly company of friends. Copyright, by W. O. Chapman §n A Thankful Spirit TIME LIMIT CALLED xeiv jJpL A parvd m A ou) D. Nesbit (Thanksgiving Day, 1711.) Tney got the tur key from the woods. The p u m p k i n from the held; They sang with praise of heavy crops, And blessed the splendid yield. Women Cannot Be Jurors. Berkeley, Cal. — Women are not eligible for jury service in the local courts nor in any other in California, according to a ruling by Judge Robert Edgar, o f the local justice court. Judge Edgar cited a decision o f the __ They baked the California Supreme court to the effect luscious pump that a woman should not be permitted kin pie to serve on a grand jury, and declared With rich and flaky crust, that the California civil code, which And vowed, In honest thankfulness, specifically defines a jury as a “ body “ Rewarded Is our trust!” o f m en," would have to be amended by the legislature before it would be (Thanksgiving Day, 1911.) possible for women to perform duty. We patronize the Decree Called Farcical. Turkey Trust; Tbe P u m p k i n Washington, D. C. — “ Congress Trust tor Pie; should force the government to appeal from the decree in the American To Of Sugar Trust and Butter Trust bacco company case," said Sarmfel And F l o u r i n g Untermyer, of New York, before the Trust we buy; senatorial committee o f Interstate Commerce. “ The court should be Cranberries— that s another Trust— forced to say whether the dissolution The Egg Trust plan agreed upon is what it means by gets us, too; an order o f disintegration." He said the tobacco trust has simply "changed its clothes,” and described the method The Railroad Trust brings many things o f dissolving it as the most “ colossal From other Trusts to view. judicial farce ever enacted.” We ring the Trust made dinner bell— The viands are discussed— 3.000 to Run Big Farm. We bow In Chair Trust seats, and Sacramento, Cal.— Morris Brook, o f vow: this city, has secured an option on a "Rewarded Is each Trust!” tract o f 22,000 acres o f foothill land in Glenn and Colusa counties for a col ony o f Russians that will include 3,- W h ere W ere the Dashes? 000 persons. The land will be farmed "This turkey has dots all over It," as a whole if the deal is completed, complained the purchaser to the In and there will be no individual hold genuous Farmer from whom he had ings. The colonists w ill farm it on made the purchase a community plan, all living in a town "Blame I t !” exclaimed the Ingenu that will be established by the man ous Farmer, with an nlr of childlike agement. simplicity. ” 1 told Marthy las’ summer that ahe hadn't oughter let them tur 29,818 Flock to Coast. keys roost on them telegraph wires.” Salt Lake City Reports just com piled at the local offices o f the Harri- The Open Season. man lines show that 29,818 homeseek- 8lr Boob— By'r lady, there best ers were carried to the Pacific Coast some good In tttys heavy boiler plate over the Harriman roads from Sep after all' tember 15 to October 15 this year. 8lr ( ’racker)aque—Thou speakest O f this number, 15,320 passed through truly; particularly when one's Journey the Ogden gateway, 9,929 were car must be made In the rail huntynge ried via El Paso, 8689 via Los Angeles season! -Puck and 3,701 via Portland. “ It Is turkey today, And the feathers tomorrow.” There’s only a step From rejoicing to sorrow. Tomorrow we want What today we rejected; And tomorrow we miss What today we expected. Due Notice Herewith That Ven erable Examples of Humor Must Be Laid on the Shelf. For tbe benefit of a number of peo ple who are burdening the malls with hilarious things about the Thanksgiv ing and Christmas seasons, we beg to mention the following themes, which are now barred by the statute of lim itations: It Is only a step From rejoicing to sorrow; But only a day To a gladder tomorrow. The smiles and the tears Are uncertain and fickle. But there’s turkey to eat And the feathers to tickle. “ Thankful that 1 am not the tur key.” "Got nothing In my stocking until 1 put It on.” It’s as well to be glad With the Joys of the present. And not look ahead To tomorrow’s unpleasant. For smiling Is free. But our troubles we borrow With “ It’8 turkey today And the feathers tomorrow.” "Poems about the soldier boy so far away, who weeps over hla hardtack and sees visions of the folks at home." (Like as not he has foraged a bet ter dinner than he ever got at home and has won all the money In hla mess at poker.) AN OLD FRIEND "Anything and everything about calling tbe doctor on tbe day arter Christmas." (This joke has appeared regularly since 1774 and should have been superannuated fifty years ago.) "Boardinghouse turkey. Consists or neck and giblets." (The average i boardinghouse turkey also hat wings.) "Turkey appearing In basn for three weeks." (Turkeys 'are not ele phants.) "Kissing old maid by mistake un der mistletoe." (Nothing of the kkad ever occurred.) "Any combination of colored man, farmer’s dog and hencoop.” (This Idea has been worked over until It la old enough to appear In London Punch.) "AB allusion to tbe sultan, to the This picture does not mean partition of Turkey, and to the com bination of Greece and Turkey." (L et thing—It la merely customary. the poor man alone In nis troubles.) The Resenghlance. "Yes. we call that old gobbler Abdul Hamid." said tbe farmer. "IndeedT' we commented. -And why. pray?” "Because he 1* the old Turk In the lot that we will not be able to get any money out of.” Truly, we might hare foreseen this, bad we noticed tbe copy of the runny weekly In hla pocket A Little Problem. If a marketman buy* a turkay for 12 cents a pound and sella It for 19. and hla hand weighs 4 pound, and the turkey weigh* 12. what la the maa’s profit? Thanksgiving Spirit The thanksgiving spirit Is broader than some of us realize. Love la Its central motive— not only tbe love which reaches up heavenward la praise, but that which radiates help fulness at a fire scatter* heat. You cannot thank God without loving yonr neighbor, and you cannot love him without doing him good. Thanking God In words Is not enough. The sweetest hymn of praise ever sung would be a poor offering If our thanksgiving ended there The love which forgives Injuries and for gets wrongs, which helps those In need and brightens the facet of the tad. this la essential to the true „plrU of Thanksgiving.