The owl. (Beaverton, Or.) 1912-191?, June 21, 1913, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextNWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief. The senate has ordered an inquiry into Wilson's tariff lobby charges. Many witnesses testified as to Roosevelt's sobriety during his hunt ing trip in Africa. The house is puzzled over the prob lem of equalizing the duty on cattle, wheat, oats, and their products. The Union Pacific board of directors has offered two new plans for the un merging of the Western railroads. A postoffice investigating committee attacks ex-I'ostmaster General Hitch cock's administration as one of false economy. Residents of Copperfield, Ore., worked all night to subdue a fire which did $30,000 damage to the business part of the town. Judge Gary, chairman of the Steel corporation, says he believes the cor poration has set a good example for the business world. Heavy rains have caused floods about Duluth and Superior, which have done much damage to railroads and other property. The city park board of Portland let the contract for meat for the animals at the park at a rate about two cents a pound higher than ever before paid. Rector's hotel and restaurant, one of the largest and most famed in New York, has failed owing about $590, 000, with assets of about one-tenth of that sum. High cost of living has forced sev eral prominent clubs of San Francisco to raise the price of initiation and membership from one to four times the original. Two girls aged IS and 20 are walk ing from Detriot, Mich,, to San Fran cisco, "for the fun it of it." One man has bet $.r00 they will be married before they get back. Stricken with heart failure and thinking he was about to die, a Mon tana man confessed to the murder of General Meagher, of Montana, in 1807, and two murders in Oregon in 1 S74 and lHK.'l, but upon recovering he denied all three crimes. Three persons wero badly injured by lightning near Walla Walla, Wash. Indications are that the high price of wheat will raise the export prices of flour. Latest census reports show that the Indian population of tho United States is increasing. The jury reform bill advocated by Wilson has been passed by the New Jersey legislature. Associate Editor Mable, of the Out look, says Japan wants no war with the United States. President Wilson denounces the "in siduous and industrious" lobby which is opposing the tariff bill in Washing ton. The Supreme court has decided that a patent does not give (he patentee the right to fix tho retail price of an article. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Track prices: Club, '.) le per bushel; hluestem, $ldil.02; forty fold, !(f)(K .M!c ; red Russian, 92c; val ley, 94c. Oats No. 1 white, $112 per ton; stained and off grade, loss. Corn Whole, $28.50; cracked, $29.50 per ton. Millstutfs Iiran, $21.50(1(25 per ton; shorts, $2t!.50(ii 27 ; middlings, $31. Harley Feed, $2(1.50 per ton; brew ing, nominal; rolled, $2S.50w29. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, choice, $1S(((19; alfalfa, $13w 14. Onions Oregon, $1.25 per sack. Vegetables - - Artichokes, 75c per dozen; asparagus, Oregon, 75e(n $1.25 per dozen; beans, 10w 12c per pound; cabbage, 2$m3c pound; cauliflower, $2 per crate; head lettuce, $2.50 per crate; peas, 7c per und; peppers, 85w40e; radishes, 10o(12e dozen; rhubarb, 1(k2c pound; spinach, 75c per box; garlic, 7w Sc per pound. Potatoes Burbanks, 40oi 50c per hundred; new, 2n; 2c pound. Green Fruit Apples, nominal; strawberries, Oregon, $3.50(((4; Flor in, $1.75 per crate; cherries, $1.50 per box; bulk, 12Je per pound; goose berries, 5c. Poultry Hens, 15c; broilers, 25c; tuikeys, live, 19i.(20c; dressed, choice, 25c; ducks, old, lt?ji ISc; young. 24ui25c; geese, young, 14tltc. Fgirs Oregon ranch, case count, lSJci 19c per dozen ; candle!, 20i21e. Putter- City creamery cubes, 2Sc per pound; prints. 29i29Jc. Pork Fancy, 11m lljc per pound. Veal Fancy, 13i,( 14c per pound. Hops 1912 crop, 1 2 ji( 14c pound; 1913 contracts, 12jl3e. Wool F.astern Oregon. 10(,il6c per pound: valley, 14wltc. ; mohair, 1913 clip. 30oi33e per pound. Cattle Choice steers, $S.50i.i9; good, $7.75(i 8.25 ; medium. $7.25i( 7.75; choice cows, $7w7.75; good, $6.50(.i7: med ium, $t;,i ii.fiO ; choice calves, $(9; good heavy calves, $6.50(.i7.50; bulls. $t.25fM'..50. Hogs Light, $S.25iS.50; $6.50a7.40. Sheep Wethers, 3.85(;5. $5ui6; SOUTH FAVORS PROTECTION Increase of Manufacturing Inter-1 ests Changing Sentiment. j Washington, D. C - Not a little j consternation prevails in the Demo- cratic carnp at Washington because of the fact that Southern manufacturers and producers, dissatisfied with the terms of the Underwood bill, are ap pealing to Republican senators for re lief. This is something that has been done before, but never in the past has tho appeal from the South been as strong as now, due to the fact that the South is becoming more and more a manufacturing section. Aside from the two senators from Louisiana, none of the Southern Dem ocrats in the senate expect to break with their party when it comes to vot ing on the tariff bill, yet it is true that many Southern senators are pro tectionists at heart, though they do not so style themselves. They speak of advocating "tariff for revenue," but their preference is always for a tariff on the products of their particu lar states, and they are not much con cerned about getting revenue from the products of other states or sections. While no one expects the South to replace any of its sitting Democratic senators with Republicans, there is a general fear among senators from that section, and especially among those whose terms expire in two years, that they may be replaced by other Demo crats who will be less inclined to vote against local interests. IDAHO BRIDGES THREATENED False Piers Carried Away at Lewis ton and Trains Halted. Lewiston, Idaho All the false piers of the Northern Pacific Clearwater bridge at Spalding have been swept away by the high water and its bridge at Kamiah is also out of line. The Holbrook Island bridge at Lewiston over a branch of the Clearwater is also expected to go out at any minute. Hundreds of cords of drift are piled against the Spalding bridge and dyna mite is being used to loosen the jam. No trains are passing over the bridge and Superintendent Burt, with two piledrivers and a work train is on the scene directing the work. Both the Snake and Clearwater are rising rapidly and untold damage may follow if present weather conditions continue. KINDLY LETTERS SELL BEST Martha Washington's Brings $300; Mrs. Lincoln's Complaint $50. New York The bitter letters which Mrs. Lincoln, widow of Abraham Lin coln, wrote more than 40 years ago, when in despair of getting congress to pass an appropriation for her assist ance, were sold at auction Thursday. Most of the letters went to dealers for less than $50. A letter in which Mrs. Lincoln offered to sell a black lace dress which cost over $2500, brought $1)0. The most acrimonius letter of all, one in which Mrs. Lincoln wrote that General Grant and his wife treat ed her with "uttor heartlessness," brought $50, the best price of the lot. A letter of Martha Washington, a simple, kindly letter to an old friend, with love and kisses and remem brances, Bold for $300. Mrs. Wilson After Slums. Washington, D. C Washington's slums will be cleaned out, if the in fluence and active work of the White House family count for anything. Mrs. Wilson made several quiet triiis of inspection through the cap ital's unsightly alleys this week, and joined other prominent women, includ ing the wives of several senators and representatives, in attending a meet ing of the women's department of the National Civic Federation. There a letter was read from the President approving the movement for wiping out disreputable alleys and providing sanitary homes at lower rentals for the poor. H. M. Flagler's Will Filed. St. Augustine, Fla. Henry M. Flag ler's will was filed Thursday and under it J. R. Parrot t is to retain the head of the Florida Fast Coast railroad so King as he may desire. The estate is estimated to be worth between $00, 000,000 and $70,000,000, and most of it goes to the widow. The son, Harry, will receive 5000 shares of Standard Oil company of New Jersey stock. J. U. Parrot t, W. H. lioardsloy and William Keenan, a brother of Mrs. Flagler, are named trustees under the will. Suffrage Bill Is Vetoed. Madison, Wis. Governor McGovern on Thursday vetoed the bill ordering a referendum in 1914 on the question of extending the ballot to women in Wis consin. The governor objects to the bill on the ground that, suffrage hav ing been defeated by a majority of 92.000 in Wisconsin last November, another referedum on the subject so soon would be unwise and would re sult only in a more emphatic rejec tion. Commoner Editor Is Choice. Washington, D. C Richard L. Metcalf, editor of the Commoner, at Lincoln, Neb., has been recommended bv Secretary Bryan to be a member of the Philippine commission. It is be lieved that the appointment soon will be made. JBomb in Public Library. j Sheffield, England An ingeniously heavy, constructed bomb, bearing the inscrip tion, "Votes for women, " was found ewe, . in the public library here Thursday, j The bomb was plunged into water. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST General News of the Industrial and Educational Development and Progress of Rural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc LONG CREEK ROAD USABLE Expense of Construction of 30 Miles Estimated at $50,000. Prairie City The preliminary sur vey made by William Narkus and E. C. Jones, under direction of the citi zens of this place, for a new road ex tending through the mountains in a northwesterly direction to Long Creek, a distance of 30-odd miles, was completed Saturday. lhe viewers pronounce the project of building this road entirely feasible at a reasonable cost. The object in building this new road is to open up to Prairie City trade the entire Northwest section of Grant county, a trade that has hitherto gone out by way of Austin by means of a much longer haul. Work on the road will begin at once and be rapidly pushed to completion. The expense of construction, about $50,000, will be borne in large part by the county. It is reported that the Sumpter Valley Railway people will aid the enterprise in every possible way. CUTW ORMS BECOME EPIDEMIC Condon Merchant Looks for Little Effect From Austrian Beef. Portland The late spring has caus ed an epidemic of cutworms in the wheat fields of Eastern Oregon, ac cording to Lester Wade, a young mer chant of Condon, who was in Portland for several days on a business trip. The same reason is responsible for a shortness of range grass and the feed ing of cattle, he says, is progressing slowly. In spite of these drawbacks however, Mr. Wade is optimistic that the summer will be successful from an agricultural standpoint. Mr. Wade, who conducts a retail store in Condon, is also an extensive feeder of cattle at his ranch. He looks for little material effect from the importation of Australian and Mexican cattle for beef, declaring the native animals far superior for the fancy trade at least. ORENCO SCHOOL IDEA NOVEL Children Have Elaborate Flower Gardens on Vacant Blocks. Orenco Most cities and towns are satisfied when they have prepared school gardens for their children, but not so with Orenco. In addition to having school gardens of early and late vegetables at their homes the children have started an elaborate flower garden on a vacant block. Plans for this garden were prepared free of charge by Charles P. Mac Dougall, a landscape architect of Portland. Winding walks are laid off between the beds of flowers with bor ders of tall growing flowers around the outer edges. Although the entire school has only about 100 pupils of all grades, about 75 are engaged in th's flower garden work. Along the front of the block in let ters 10 feet in height, and extending 250 feet parallel with the Oregon Electric line are laid out in flowers "Orenco School Gardens." Cherry Fair Dates Set. Salem A movement was inaugurat ed at a big mass meeting under the auspices of the Board of Trade and 111 ihee Club, to have the most elaborate cherry fair this year ever held in Sa lem. The fair will be July 4 and 5, and a Fourth of July celebration will be held in connection with it. The management of the Chautauqua, which starts June 3, also will co-operate with the fair management. Fred S. Bynon was named presi dent; Joseph Baumgartner, secretary, and Harley White, treasurer, of the fair organization. Rate Fight Is Planned. Astoria Dr. Alfred Kinney, presi dent of the committee of direction of the Port of Astoria, has announced the appointment of the executive board of 21 members, which will have direct charge of the energetic campaign for equitable rail freight between this port and interior points. The com mittee will also direct the efforts for the immediate dredging ' of a 40-foot channel to the sea, and the erection of modern port-owned docks, for the con struction of which $800,000 in bonds are to be issued. Pure Seed and Disease Laws. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis The new laws on pure seed and on contagious diseases in Oregon are the subjects of important articles in the new issue of the Oregon Country man, just off the Oregon Agricultural College press. Dr. James Withycombe designates the new livestock sanitary law as one of the best efforts for con structive legislation enacted in this state for some years. Prof. H. D. Scudder urges every farmer to read the provisions of the new seed law. Price of Wool Descends. Pendleton Smythe Bros, have dis posed of their Arlington wool clip to J. P. Dufour, receiving 15J cents for coarse wool and 128 cents for fine wool. The total clip was 260,000 pounds. This is one of the largest in dividual clips in Eastern Oregon. For a similar clip last year Smythe Bros, received IS cents for coarse and 13J for tine wool. Tariff agitation is said to be the cause of general depression in the wool market FARMERS' FREE SOCIAL GIVEN Brownsville Warehouse Company Is Host to Public. Brownsville The second annual "Farmers' Social" was successfully given here last Saturday night under the auspices of the Brownsville Ware house company, of which Charles Sterling is manager, and while ar ranged for agriculturists, many citi zens of this place were present in ad dition to 400 farmers and their fami lies. The program was given in the large hay warehouse of the company, which was transformed into an opera house, and consisted of music, songs, ad dresses and finally the rendition of a drama by high school students. Mr. Lyons, of the warehouse company, described the methods pursued by the company in the past few years in building up a large market for the products of this section. During the past year the company had paid out over $50,000 in cash to the farmers alone. The unique method of entertaining the farmers was inaugurated last year by the company, at the close of a suc cessful shipping season, and proved no less a success than the one given last week. WILL GROW BETTER PRUNES Association Thinks Results Might Easily Be Improved. Salem That the prune growers of the Northwest are determined to ob tain better results in future is illus trated by the proceedings of a meeting of the Northwest Packers' association held recently in Portland, H. S. Gile, secretary, making public the proceed ings here. The principal subject for discussion was the possibility of over coming the mistakes of 1911, and, if possible, arriving at a basis by which the prune could be standardized. It is one of the great industries of the Northwest, and yields to Oregon growers alone about $1,000,000 an nually. The 1911 crop, for some un known reason, did not keep well, and as a result has greatly injured the business. Representatives of various agricultural colleges attended the meetings in Portland and gave their views, which the growers say will be of great benefit to them. There will be concerted action in an effort to place the crop on a higher scale and obtain the best results. Fine Fair Garden Planted. Salem That the floral decorations and landscape work will be the most elaborate at the state fair this year ever attempted in Oregon is the de claration of Hugh Bryan, Btate land scape artist. Three Portland firms will each exhibit 300 new varieties of dahlias, many of which have never been seen in this part of the state. Mr. Bryan has planned a bed to con tain 1000 begonias, 600 of the tuber ous variety and 400 Vernons. Mass planting of begonias on such a scale as is contemplated, except in interna tional exhibits, has never been at tempted in this country, and the bed will be one of the greatest attractions at the fair. The usual planting of asters, cannas, roses, geraniums, glad iolas, etc., on the principal court of the grounds, is being done. Wool In Demand at Echo. Echo The second wool sale of the season in Eastern Oregon was held at Echo Saturday. Regardless of the fact that the duty on raw wool seems doomed to go, the bidding was as high as that of last year, in fact, a higher price was paid for the same grade of wool than was received for the 1912 clip. The sales totaled 318,000 pounds, at prices ranging from 12 cents to 14J cents a pound, as follows: Antone Vey, 100,000 pounds to Crimmins & Pierce, at 14 cents; Wil liam Pedro, 48,000 pounds to Hallo well, Jones & McDonald, at 14 J cents; John Kilkenny, 100,000 pounds to Du four, at 11J cents; B. Doherty, 70,000 pounds to Green, at 12 cents. Joseph Cunha, who has 80,000 pounds, and William Slusher, who has 112,000 pounds, were offered 14 cents and 12 J cents, respectively, but refused the offers. Bandon Wharfage Improved. Bandon Many changes are being made along the waterfront here this summer. The warehouses are increas ing their facilities for the handling of freight. The passenger traffic in and out of port and up-river is taxing the capacity of the steamers. The Co- quille River Transportation company has just added a new, modern steamer with a capacity of 120 passengers. The old wharves of the A. F. Easter brook company are being torn down. that their entire waterfront may be equipped with new docks. Buena Vista Crops Good. Buena Vista Polk County's show ing for crops of grain, clover and fruit are excellent and in all districts farm ers are optimistic concerning the sea son's prospects. In the hills of the county where the red soil is used for prunes and other fruits a heavy yield is expected. The yield of wool in the county this year was light and farmers do not approve of the present actions of the President concerning the re ductions on wool. j FAVORS FEDERAL RAILROAD Wilson Makes Known His Attitude on Alaskan Question. Washington, D. C President Wil son told Senators Chamberlain and Jones Wednesday that he felt kindly toward the proposal for government construction of railroads in Alaska. The two senators sought the Presi dent's views on securing Alaskan leg islation during the present session. Wilson expressed his hope that a bill might be passed, but made it clear that, in view of the urgency for tariff reform, he would be unable as yet to recommend action, intimating that if the Alaskan question could be dis posed of without interfering with those subjects, he would lend his sup port to a bill within the near future. Senator Jones said, on leaving the executive offices, that he was confi dent a bill would be reported to the territories committee and probably acted on before the tariff was taken up. Governor Ainmons, of Colorado, and Senators Thomas and Shafroth called on the President to urge that the gov ernment pursue a more liberal policy toward opening agricultural lands in the West. They told the President that tho withdrawal of lands from public entry had discouraged settlers, and that every effort of the govern ment should be toward development of these regions. GRASSHOPPER PEST APPEARS Ninety Square Miles of Insects Devastate New Mexico. Amarillo, Tex. Traveling north eastward a column of grasshoppers five miles wide and 18 miles long is reported in Northeastern New Mexico. Reports that the millions of grasshop pers seem to spread as they travel and also the appearance of small bodies of grasshoppers in sections of West Texas have caused fear of a general grasshopper pest in the Southwest, es pecially in Texas, Western Oklahoma and New Mexico. The New Mexico column is reported between Elida and Texline. It is reported they are entirely de nuding the land of grass, as well as destroying all kinds of foliage. Stock, especially sheep, have been left in starving condition by lack of pastur age after the grasshoppers passed. Government, state and railroad ex perts have combined to fight the grass hoppers. Health Board Has Puzzle. Sacramento The State board of health is confronted by one of its most difficult problems in recent years in naving piaceu ueiore n lor ueciuion the question of when do human bones cease to become a part of the human body. This question must be decided' before the board can give its permis sion to Chinese at Auburn for a ship ment of the bones of dead Oriental's by freight and parcel post to San Francisco for exportation to China. Arrangements are being made by Chinese throughout the different sec tions of California to send to China a large consignment of skeletons of Chinese who have died in this state. The law prohibits shipment of human bodies unless hermetically sealed in a metal casket. In order to grant the request of the Placer County Chinese the board of health must rule that a skeleton in the form of dried bones is not a human body, or a part of a hmuan body. The object of the law is to safe guard health. Settlers Forced to Pay. Washington, D. C. More than 10, 000 farmers on reclamation projects of the West will be affected by the Supreme court's decision that they must pay to the govenment the cost of maintaining and operating the various reclamation projects, pending their completion. The decision was in the suit by D. P. Baker and other farmers on the Sunnyside unit of the Yakima, Wash., project to have the reclamation serv ice enjoined from cutting off the wa ter supply to enforce collection of such charges. Election Change Mooted. Washington, D. C. The new plan for national election and the assem bling of congress was proposed by Senator Works in two bills. He would change election day from No vember to August and provide for an nual sessions of congress from the first Monday of October to the first Monday in June. Congressmen would assume office in October, immediately after the election, and the President and Vice President would take office in November. The plan is not looked upon with favor to any extent. Teacher-Murderer Convicted. Salt Lake City Caleb A. Inlow, former school principal and juvenile probation officer at Bingham, Utah, was found guilty in the Utah District court here of second degree murder. Inlow and his wife were charged with having killed Thomas E. White, a taxicab chauffeur, last October, to pre vent the latter telling of alleged ore thefts committed by Inlow. It is ex pected Mrs. Inlow will be released without trial. Bulgaria Fully Expects War. Vienna Bulgaria regards war as inevitable, according to dispatches from Sofia. Servia's demand for a revision of the alliance treaty is re garded as an ultimatum, and it is ex pected that the Bulgarian cabinet will flatly refuse the demand and insist up on compliance with the treaty. Eighty thousand troops are massed near Sofia, and other troops are being hurried forward in Macedonia. 37 DIE WHEN BIG PIER FAUS Queen's Birthday Celebrants at Long Beach Victims. Fifty Others Badly Injured Part of Auditorium Crashes Down and Adds to Horror. Long Beach, Cal. Too frail to up hold the burden of nearly 10,000 hu man beings assembled for the festivi ties of the British Empire day celebra tion, the land end of the big double decked pier in front of the city audi torium collapsed Saturday, Hundreds of persons on the top deck were dropped down on the heads of other hundreds crowded on the deck below. The lower deck then gave way and all were dropped down a chute of shat tered woodwork to the tidewashed sands 25 feet below. Thirty-three persons mostly women were killed by the shivered timbers or crushed to death by the falling bod ies. Fifty more were seriously in jured, while hysteria and paralyzing fright disabled scores. A section of the auditorium also went down in the crash and the debris from it was added to the wreckage that fell on top of the dead and in jured. The victims were mostly subjects and former subjects of Great Britain resident in Southern California. The dead were taken to the National Guard armory, while the injured were hur ried to various hospitals in this city and Los Angeles. All the doctors in the city, rein forced by surgeons and nurses from Los Angeles, were called to care for the injured. The Empire day parade, Jthe princi pal feature of the celebration in honor of the late Queen Victoria's birth an niversary, had just ended and the par ticipants, with thousands of visitors, were crowding up the steps of the pier and surging toward the auditorium when the pier floor sagged. An instant later the supports gave way and the sound of breaking tim bers mingled with the shrieks and cries of the victims as all went down into a mass of broken wood and writh ing human forms on the sand. J, Long Beach, Cal. Later. Prospec tive damage suits Jaggregating proba bly $1,000,000 or more, and a grand jury investigation are engaging the attention of the city officials as a probable outcome of the disaster Sat urday in which 37 persons lost their lives in a collapse of the municipal pier, just after the close of the British Empire Day pageant. The weakness of the pier, which was built eight years ago and never repaired in that particular portion, is believed to have been due to decay caused by the action of salt air on wood and its iron fasteners and sup ports. However, it was declared that a much stronger structure might have been wrecked under the same circum stances, as the participants of the big parade marched on the pier in step. Military men pointed out that the rythmic vibration created by the measured tread of thousands of feet caused a tremendous strain on the supports, which already had been heavily burdened by the crowd which thronged in front of the doors await ing admittance, and they recalled that military columns comprising large numbers of men always break step when crossing even iron bridges, in order to avoid causing collapse or seri ous damage. Chinese General Killed. Shanghai General Hsu Pao San was killed by a bomb while opening a box which was supposed to contain porcelain. He had set for a piece of porcelain, and tyhen the box arrived he attempted to pry off the cover. A terrific exposion resulted, and he was hurled with great force to the opposite end of the room. A servant also was instantly killed. The general, who was known as "Tiger Hsu," was a strong supporter of President Yuan Shi Kai, and the objected of bitter hatred to the Southern extremists. Allies Approach Peace. London The allies informed Osman Pazim Pasha at a joint meeting of the Balkan and Ottoman peace delegates that they had no intention of asking for further modification of the peace terms already put forward. This an nouncement is regarded as an import ant step in the direction of peace, as the Turks announced that if any modi fications were suggested it would leave the door open for further de mands on the allies. Morgan Gift to Be Tax-Free. Albany, N. Y. The valuable collec tion of works of art, pictures, books and antiques of the late J. Pierpont Morgan will be exempt from the state inheritance tax, provided the collec tion is turned over "to a municipal corporation of the state for educa tional purposes by the heirs within two years." The Omrod bill, which so provides, was signed by Governor Sul zer Saturday. Mines Tie Up Shipping. Smyrna Shipping is completely paralyzed in these water on account of recent accidents due to mines. The companies have warned incoming steamers to remain awav and outward- bound vessels are afraid to leave port.