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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1909)
tLiUU-- JiU. l"U-5". J' "tffi VJWL XU TO REACH CONGRESS Mlnger-PInchot Row Likely to Be Settled There. POLE IS FOUND. MAY FIGHT IT OUT IN HOUSE Forestry and Reclamation to Da Bona of Contention Mora Liberal Coal Laws for Alaska, Washington, Sept 2. Congress Is expected by nil sides of the Balllnger Pinchot controversy to investigate the various phases of that row during tho session next winter, unless President Taft should intervene and sottlo tho difficulty to the satisfaction of all con cerned before that time. This new turn of affairs is not looked forward to with relish by the friends of the Taft administration, who real Ire that the issue probably will be forced upon them in congress by tho far western members, who have fought tho Roose velt policies and who now believe they have an opportunity to get more liberal terms from the administration. At a matter of fact it is generally understood here that the policy of the administration will bo to ask congress to strengthen the laws of conservation along the lines of the Roosevelt poll cica. In that event Secretary Balling cr at least will be placed in the position of having to fight the friends who think they are helping him by taking up the cudgels against the forest and recla mation services. That the Interior department and the forestry and reclamation services will be bones of serious contention in con gress thlsjvintcr was strongly Indicat ed today. I he bouse committee on agriculture controls practically all the appropriations under which the forest ry bureau operates, and hitherto it has made it its business to inquire specifi cally into the workings of that bureau. Likewise, the. bouse committee on territories, two years ago requested the Interior department to furnish congress with data relating to Alaska railroads and coal lands, but, after continuing the Investigation for a short period, the department gave it up. As a strong effort is to be made in congress next winter to increase the amount of coal land which may be held under one management. It la believed almost un avoidable that congress or one of Its committees must Investigate the con servation row. CROWD OUT WHITES. Hundreds of Japanese Find Employ ment In California. Marysville, Cal., Sept. 2. Special Agent Pierce, of the bureau of labor and statistics, is In this valley gather ing labor statistics relative to Japan eie Invasion. He spent a couple of days at Chico and found conditions fairly good, there being comparatively few Japanese in that section. In this section, however, there are hundreds of Japanese engaged In all pursuits, and the Japanese population of this county is large. The Japanese are employed exten sively In the orchards and fields and have In many instances purchased or leased vineyards and orchards. There are several Japanese employment agencies here doing a thriving busi ness. It Is estimated that there are over a thousand Japanese in this sec tion and more are coming daily. Every Japanese here is employed steadily, while there are a few white men who are not working, principally because they have an aversion for work. Labor is scarce and the Japan ese are filling places that it is impossi ble to get white men to take. Ftihguard'lmportant Port. London, Sept 2. The inauguration of the new Fishguard route which brings New York within five days of London Is heralded as a great triumph on the part of the Cunard and railway companies. Fishguard now takes rank with Liverpool, Southampton and other great ocean ports and from a little town of 2,600 population it Is expected It will grow to a considerable city. As soon as sufficient passenger traffic jus tifies the step a special train will be run to Dover to avoid the delay of transference at London. Lusltanla Is Abandoned. Liverpool, Sept. 2. A survey of the Cunard liner Luaitanla, which caught fire at her dock here August 14, and was sunk to put out the flames, shows the damage to be so extensive that the company probably will not repair the vessel. It Is estimated that it will cost more than $500,000 to refit the steamer. Frederick Cook, American Explorer, Reaches Most Northern f?olnt. Paris, Sept. 3. "After a prolonged fight with famlno and frost, wo at Inst hnvo succeeded in ronching the North Pole." Thus declares Dr. Frederick A. Cook in a signed statement this morning In tho Paris edition of the New York Herald. The statement, which is dated "Hans Egede, Lerwick, Wednes day," continues: "A new highway with an interesting strip of animated naturo has been ex plored and big gamo haunts located, which will delight sportsmen and ex tend tho Esqutmo horlxon. "Land has been discovered on which rest tho earth's northernmost rocks. A triangle of 30,000 square miles has been cut. out of tho terrestrial un known. Tho expedition was tho outcotno of a summer cruise In tho Arctic seas on the schooner Bradley, which arrived at the limits of navigation In Smith sound lato In August, 1907. Hero conditions were found favorable for launching a venture to Uie pole. J. R, Bradley liberally supplied from his vessel suit able provisions for local use. My own equipment for emergencies served well for every purpose in tho Arctics "At sunrise of 1903 February 19 tho main expedition embarked on Us voyage to the pole. It consisted of 11 men and 103 dogt, drawing 11 heavily laden sledges. The expedition left tho Greenland shore and pushed westward over the troubled Ico, of Smith sound. "Tho gloom of tho long night was relieved only by a few hours of day light. The chill of tho winter was felt at its worst. As we crossed the heights of Ellsmero sound to the Pa cific slope, the tomperaturo sank to minus 83 centigrade. Several dogs were frozen and the men suffered se verely, but we soon found the game trails, along which tho way was easy. "There was an unknown line 460 miles away which was our goal. Wo made encouraging progress. A big lead, which separated tho land from the Ice of the central pack was crossed with little delay. "We advanced steadily over the monotony of moving sea ice and now found ourselves beyond the range of all life neither footprints of bears nor the blowholes of seals were detected. Even tho microscopic creatures of the deep were no longer undor us. "Thus, day after day, our weary legs spread over great distances. Incidents and positions were recorded, but ad venture was promptly forgotten In the next day's efforts. The night of April 7 was made moro notable by the swing ing of the sun at midnight over the northern ice. Sunburns and frostbites now were recorded on tho same day, but the double day's glitter infused quite an incentive into ono'a life of shivers. "We were now about 200 miles from the pole and sledgo loads were reduced. One dog after another went Into tho stomachs of the hungry survivors, until the teams were considerably diminish ed in number, but there seemed to re main a sofficlent balance for man and brute to push along into the heart of the mystery to which we had set our selves. "On April 21 we had reached 89 de grees 69 minutes 46 seconds. The pole was In sight We covered the remain ing 14 seconds and made a few final observations. I told Etuklsbook and Ahwelah, the accompanying Eskimos, that we had reached the 'great nail.' Everywhere we turned was south. With a single step we could pasa from one sldo of the earth to tho other; from midday to midnight At last the flag floated to the breezes at the pole. It was April 21, 1908. The temperature was minus 38 centigrade; barometer 29.83; latitude, 90; as for longitude, it was nothing, as It was but a word. "Although crazy with joy, our spirits Dcgan to undergo a feeling of wear! nea. Next day, alter taking all our observations, a sentiment of intense solitude penetrated us while we looked at the horizon. Was It possible that this desolate region, without a patch of earth, had aroused the ambition of so many men for so many centuries? There wss no ground, only an Immen sity of dazzling white snow, no living being, no point to break the monotony. Un April 23 we started on our re turn." OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST WOOL SEASON GOOD. Yield It Large and Prices High and Growers Satisfied. Portland Tho Oregon wool season of 1909, which has now been brought to a close, has been ono of tho moat successful in tho history of tho state. Tho yield was large and tho prlcohlgh, and tho growers are entirely satisfied with tho result It has also been a profitable year, so far as It has gone, for the dealers. The wool clip of Oregon this year netted tho farmers of the atato about $4,000,000. They have also received very good prices for their mutton, sheop and lambs, and are altogether In as prosperous a condition na the farm ers in other parts of tho stato who heav devoted their energies to raising gTaln. It hns been an ideal year for tho Ore gon sheep men with tho weather right at every season to prodveo tho best re sults. As a consequence, tho output was larger than it has been In recent years and tho quality was better. At tho samo time thoro was a sharper do mand from buyers and prices were higher. The quality of tho wool was excel lent; It was of better staplo than latt year, though of heavier shrinkage, ow ing to tho dry spring. The average weight of tho fleeces was placed at 9)4 pounds, tho heaviest average ever known in tho state. The wool sheared fully one pound to tho fleece more than it did last year. The highest price paid during the season In Eastern Oregon was 23 cents, which was realized on a part of one clip at Shaniko. The larger part of the best grades sold between 20 and 22 cents. Some scouring wools went at 13 cents, and other coarse grades mov ed at prices up to 17 cents. For the clip, as a whole, the average price was abpout 19 4 cents. CLEARING UP LAND TITLES. Special Agents Making Visit to Kla math County. Klamath Falls II. P. Jones, a spe cial agent of tho general land office, and Peter Ogden Applegato, state land agent havo arrived from Salem to In spect some lands about the lakes the titles of which are In question between the state and the United Statei. The greater part of tho lands in this section have long since been classified either as government or as belonging to the state under the swamp land grant of March 12, I860, but there are some odds and ends still undetermined. The classification of theso becomes very important, since the Klamath basin Is now coming into Its own and tho rich alluvial lands about the lakes will soon be in great demand. Messrs. Applegate and Jones went up tbs Klamath lako by launch to be gin their examination of the low lands at the bead of the lako and will prob ably spend several days In their Inves tigations. CROPS IN QRANT HEAVYt Wheat and Fruit Will Bring Farmers Good Prices. Prairie City For tho first tlmo In tho history of tho John Day valley the products of tho soil will be thrown up on tho mnrkot With tho coming of tho railroad this fall tho fruit and grain raisers will bo able to ond tholr sup plies tu Uaker City and all railroad points. According to reports received hero thero is a short fruit crop In many sec tions of Eastern Oregon. Grant coun ty never had a better yield of all kinds of fruits and grains than this year. Heretofore apples havo been fed tu tho hogs and fruit could bo had for the picking. This summer contractors are buying the fruit in tho orchards. It will be boxed and shipped to rnllrood points. The flour mills of tho John Day val ley aro paying $1 a bushel for wheat Although the yield Is much In advance of previous years, thoro will not bo enough wheat tu supply local demands. Tho pcoplo of Grant county have Im mense tracts of land that havo novor been cultivated, and now that tho land is contingent to the railroad tho wheat yield should be very materially In creased. Wheat of Grant county compares fa vorably with whent raised In tho lower counties. In fact, the Blue mountain wheat la of superior quality, especially where it has been irrigated. Umatilla-Morrow Fair. Pendleton The annual Umatilla and Morrow counties' fair which will oc cur here this month is causing consld earble Interest and activity. Prepara tions are being made for agricultural exhibits which will ccllpso anything ever seen in this section of the state. Special features are being arranged for the entertainment of the crowds. tho latest being a "broncho bustinn" contest for which a local firm has put up a handsome saddle as a prize. It Is expected that the beat riders In this section will be here. WATER SWEEPS RAWHIDE. Cloudburst In Novatlft Hills Is Oauie of Dliaitsr. Itawhlrie, Nov., Sept. (.Squatter town, n settlement Jiwt south of Haw hide, wns swept by n 10-foot wall of water following n cloudburst In tho hills to tho north last night and 130 buildings wore partially or completely destroyed. It Is reirartoil that two women and four children are missing, but up to a Into hour It was Impossible to secure a verification of this report, as every thing latin darkness and confusion, Tho cloudburst occurred on tho sum mit of low hills to tho north of tho camp at 0:40 last ovenlng. In a few momenta a three-tool wan oi water was pouring down the slope, covering three miles from thp summit to Main street, With a speed of n railroad train. The Hood ruined into win street. which llos In n hollow and forms a general drainage channel, and every business house on tho cast sldo wns flooded from a dopth of from one to four foot Soveral structures were torn from their foundations and llonted some distance down the street while the crest of the flood was covered with furniture, animals and all sorts of de brls. Gathering force as It poured down tho channel, the flood swept Into Squat tertown, half a mile further down. The water formed a wall JO feet high as It crashed Into the structures, overturn ing thorn and demolishing them. The work of devastation went on In the night Before the wave had passed, 600 proplo were homeless and their property was piled In a tangled henp In the basin at the foot of National hill. SEVEN LITTLE ONES OURN. WILL WELCOME COOK Notion Pfoparlno Homo Conilnn. (or Arctic Explorer, ADDS LARGE AHL'A TO DOMAIN President Taft May Un Requested to Honor Man Who Hoisted Flstf Over Polar Continent. Swedish Strikers Starve. Stockholm, Sept 2. The Afton bladet ueerta that many strikers are actually starring' and that others are subsisting oh bread and water and fish eavght In the archipelago or tramping tfee country robbing the potato fields. Scientific Value Is High. Winnipeg, Man.. Sent 3. The Brit ish association for the advancement of science at its national meeting showed great interest in the report that Dr. Cook had reached the North Pole. Col onel Sir Duncan Johnstone, declared the expedition would bo of tho highest scientific value if scientific observations were made by qualified men. C, H. Chlsbolm, professor of geography at Edinburgh university, said msgnetlc obsorvatlons'that could be made at the pole would likely be among the most valuable results of the day. Complains of Late Trains. Salem A. F. Will, of Aurora, has complained to tho railroad commission of poor train service maintained by the Hou thorn Pacific at Aurora. The train due to arrive at 9:26 o'clock In tho morning Is from two to four hours late regularly, says Mr. Will, and that city had about as well not havo any train as far as it is an accommodation to pav sengers and shippers. Government to Build Dredge, Pendleton The government has com menced advertising for bids for a $10,- 000 bridge across the Umatilla river at Cayuse station. The appropriation for the structuro was made last winter. The bridge will have a carry rg capa city of 20 tons. The building of the bridge will form an important link in the construction of the proposed rood to Wenaha springs. Conserve Watte Water. Arlington The John Day Power company, composed of Oregon and Washington Irrigation enthusiasts, Is preparing to devolop the Immense wa ter power of John Day river, about 14 miles west of Arlington. The energy of this water, which has been idling away its strength for ages, will bo converted into electricity and distrib uted over three or four counties. The company hopes to be ready by next spring to furnish Arlington and neigh boring towns with electricity for lights and power. - PORTLAND MARKETS. Pittsburg Miners Win. Pittsburg, Sept 3. The dispute be tween the miners and operators of the Pittsburg district, affecting 18,000 men, was settled tonight at a confer ence between the operators, the nation al executive board of the United Mine workers of America and President Thomas L. Lewis. Governor Benson Invited. Salem There has been received at the governor's office a copy of the offl elal call for the fourth annual .session of the Dry Farming congress at Bil lings, Mont, October 26", 27 and 28. A feature of the congress will be gov ernors' day, when the governor of a number of the Western states will be presont Apple Fair for Hood River, Hood River The apple growers ot Hood river valley held a rousing moot ing at the Coommercia! club rooms last week for the purpose of forming a per manent organization, and to lay plans for an annual apple fair. C. D. Thompson was elected chairman and W. II. Walton secretary, , Coos Plans Own Dredge. Marsbfield Now that positive an nouncement has been made that the government dredge Oregon Is to be .re moved from this harbor, the port com mission will probably at once begin construction of a larger and better dredge to be used permanently for Im provements on Coos bay. Wheat Blucatem, 95c, club, 87c; red Russian, 8GJ,'c; valley, 90e; Fife, 87c; Turkey red, 87c; fortyfold,80K Barley Feed, I2C.60 per ton; brew ing. 127. BO. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $12(316 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $!7(j 18; mixed, $16.60il0.60; alfalfa, $13.50; clover, $11013; cheat $13 14.60. Butter City creamery, extras, 34c per pound; fancy outside creamery, 29 Q33c; store, 21022c. Butter fat prices aversgo 1 He per pound undor regular butter prices. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 30c per dozen. Poultry Hens, ICHc per pound; springs, 17c; rooaters, 9010c; ducks, young, 14c; geeso, young, 10c; tur keys, 20; squabs, $1.76(72 per dozen. Pork Fancy, llffillJic per pound. Veal Extra, DKffClOc per pound. Fruita Apples, $1Q(2 26 per box; peers, $1.2602; peaches, 6Oc0$l,lO per era to: cantaloupes. $1.6002: plums, 35090c per tox; watermelons, lOUic per pound: grapes, 5Oc0$1.76 per crato; casabas, $1.5002 per dozen. Potatoes J I per sack; sweet pota toes, 3c per pound. Onions $1,2I per ssck. Vegetables Beans. 405c per pound: cabbage, 10tltfc; cauliflower, 76c $1.26 per dozen; celery, 6Oc0$l; corn, 16020c; cucumbers, 10026c; onions, izfttri'ioe; pess, vc per pound; pep pers, 60lOc; radishes, 16c per dozen; spinach, 6c per pound; rquash, 5c; to matoes, 6O0i76c per box. Hops 1909 contracts, nominal; 1908 crop, 14046c; 1907 crop, lie; 190G crop, 8c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 16023c per pound; valley, 23025c; mohair, choice, 24026c. Cattle Steers, top, 4.6004.60; fair to good, $404.25; common, $3,7604; cows, top, $3.4003,66; fair to good, $3&3.26; common to medium, $2.50(3 z.7o; calves, top, $506,50; heavy, $3.5034; bulla and stags, $2,703.25: common, $2(32.60. Sheep Top wethers, $4: fair to good, $3.6033.75; owes, Jfc less on an grades; yearlings, best, $4; fair to good, $3.60(33.76; spring lambs, $6.25 06.60. Hogs Best, $8,75; fair to good, $8 08.50; stockers, $67; China fats, $7.6008. Rett of 7CO Children In Home March Through Fire to Safety. New York, Sept I. That seven little children, Inmates of St. Mnllch's homo for children, at Iloekaway park, 1., were suffocated In a fire which destroyed a portion of the home last night was discovered by firemen today while digging In the ruins. There were 760 children in the Institution, which Is conducted by tho Sisters of St Joseph, of Brooklyn. Nearly all the dead were under five years old. fhe portion of the dormi tory In which they slept was directly over the laundry, where the fire was discovered about 8 o'clock last night Three hundred and fifty small children were In their cots on the third and fourth floors of that wing, and somo of the older children were attending prayers In the chapel. As the alarm sounded the older children marched from the chapel to tho board walk along tho beach and the attendants began carrying the little children from the floors above. Fire men assisted In searching the building and found a few children lingering In the halls too frightened to leave the building, but the rescue work had been conducted wi h such dispatch and cowl order that it wss believed until today that all tho children were out of the building. The Hebrew home, nearby, with a large number of Inmates, was saved, all its occupants escaping. Refuse to Take Moro Pay, Chicago, Sept I. Tho women ticket agents on the elevated loop of this city today refused to accept a raise In wages. Their action Is ssld to be without precedent The comnnnv oitereu an nuvsneo or o cent a day. Clarence A. Knight, president of tho company, recently said ho would dis pense with all women tlckot so lrs as soon as their wsges were raised to $2 a day. At tho presont women aro uni ting $1.95 a day and If they accept an advanco of 5 cents a day It would bring thorn to the danger lino. Fuel Oil for Argentina. Buenos Ayren, Sept. 1. Experi ments for proving tho valuo of Argen tina potroloum as locomotlvo fuel have been successful and It will bo used also for torpedo boats and destroyers. Contracts havo been concluded with tho Germans Krupp, for field guns and mountain howitzers. New tork, Sept 4. Preparation already are on foot tu make the honin coming of Dr. Frederick A, Cook an event of national, and possibly Inter national importance. If pinna outlined today by members of the Arctic club are'earrltd out, tho welcome Dr. Cook will receive In New York will be an ovation lnhlch city, state and nation will take part, while prominent rxplnr ers Cook's former rivals from, alt parts of the globe, will gather to pay personal tribute tu hla achievements, Members of the Arctic club hopm President Tatl may be present "Such an honor would bo no more than fit ting," ono declared, "In view of the fncl that the explorer has placed the Stars and Strips on tho apex of the world ami added terhaw 60,000 square mil's to the nation's territory." Among the explorers who are ex pectrd to take a prominent part are tho Duke d'Abruul, Dr. Nansen, Cap tain Ronald Amundsen. General A. W. Grrelsy, Hear Admiral George Mel ville, Anthony Flala and Captain Jo. eph E, Hornier, Captain Bradley 8. Osborne, secre tary of the Arctlo club, says the ex plorer Is not exacted here for several weeks, "He Is dun In Copenhagen In three dsys," said Captain Osborne, "and If he came atralght homo would arrive In New York about the middle of Septem ber, but his friends believe that he may make several stop on the way. For one thing tho geographer and sci entist of Copenhsgen will tender him a welcome, lie may go to Christiana to meet Captain Amundsen discoverer of the Northwest psasage; It is likely thai he will visit delirium where he ha been decorated for his servlres to. silence and it la scarcely conceivable . that the British geographical societies t would allow him to pass them on hi way home without an Invitation to-Ixndon." WORRY HARRIMAN LINES. Run Wellman Quits Dalloon. Tromsoe, Norway, Sept. 1 Wal ter Wellman, who recently mailn n unsuccessful attempt to reach thn North Polo In a dirigible balloon, ar rived here today from Spitzborgen. Ho has left thrco men to guard tho airship at tho Spitsbergen camp through tho winter. Redwood Forests Savod. Ssn Francisco, Sept l.Tho firo which has threatened tho giant red wood forest In tho Yosemlto national park has boen gotten under control by tho troops who havo beon n,iiin,. n... (lames vigorously. Thn iinn t t... uuujKe connoi now bo ascertained. Australian Exports of Wool. Melbourne Sept 1. Tha Dalghotty Review ssys that tho exportation of wool this yoar will bo nearly 20,000. 000 pounds, In addition to 600,000 con sumed in the country. The crop will be the greatest In .(.tn, .-.J i. quality is of notablo fineness. Santa Fo Will Put Fait Train on to Cosit, Chirsgo, Sept 4. The management of the Santa F railroad has about de cided to put Into operation. n new fait mall and express train to run between Kansas City and Loa Angeles, with a view to capturing the bulk of th Southern California, mail. This adds another speed war to that recently declared by th 11)11 roads In the mail, express and passenger traffic to the Pacific roost affecting a differ ent terltory between tho East and Cal ifornia. Th entire Southern California mall la Involved In the move, and this I said to bring about $1,260,000 annual revenue to tho railroad. The Santa Fo and Hock Island. In connection. with the Southern Pacific, now have this business about equally divided. The bulk of this mall comes from the St Lou I gateway by the Missouri Pacific The rewelghlng perlpd for all the territory west of the Missouri river and west of St. Paul begin next Feb ruary and on this account every road in (hit territory Is urging the disposi tion of tha molls for tho ymrly period following tUoJQ days' weighing by the government Formerly tho Santa Fo carried tho bulk of the Southern Cali fornia mall, but several years ago the Missouri Pacific put on a fast train which captured the mall out of .St Louis and tho Itock Island nut on It Golden State Limited, which left Kan sas City Just after tho arrival of the hastern mails. At that time the San ta Fo was not In r position to change Its schedule to wait for the malls. Cooke Estate SIO.OOO.OOO. Honolulu, Sept. 4. Tho will of the lata Chnrles M. Cookn disposes of but llttlo proporty, tho bulk of his holding being the corporation of O. M. Cooke, limited, Everything Is bequeathed to tho family. The will asks that tho property bo not appraised, that no bond bo required and that the admin istration do not publish an Inventory of tho estate. This lattor provision has been declared llloc-al bv Attorney General Hemenway, owing to tho In heritance tax law. Some cstlnintes ' valuo tho Estate ut $10,000,000. Hammond Is Buying Mine. Mexico City, Sept 4. A deposit of $200,000 has been mado In n bank hore by John Hays Hammond to bind on op tion on tho Santa Gertrude mine In the Pachuca district of Hidalcra. Tho pro- f poiod purchase price is $9,000,000, Mexican money,