Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919, July 09, 1914, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextNEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEI K Rcsumo of World's Important Events Told in Brief. A Portland bank Arm will erect n $1,000,000 building. Thrco political parties in Idaho have adopted Prohibition planks A Seattle firm receives 3Q00 bags of corn from' Japan at "a low "price. " Workmen's Compensation. Jwv..ljc came effective "in Iowa July lsfc.""" The. senate will not .adjourn until Wilson's trust program is'finishcd. ; Before I,, resign, . half of- Me Mexico City dies"1 declares General Huerta The cause of bubonic plague which is prevalent in New Orleans, is traced to fleas. The chief justice, of the Supremo. court of Idaho has resigned to' cam paign for U.- S.. senatOTship. " " "Better pay for teachers" is the slogan of the National Education asso ciation, in session in St. Paul. Captain Bojaroglo, a, Russian:, army aviator, was killed whim his mono- piano collapsed and felj. f.rpm.fl. great Mount Lassen, in California, for the fourteenth time is spbutmg smoke and ashes, the latter being found 13 miles distant. ; It is. declared "by ajriember of the mediation congress thfVwar between Mexico and the UnUSa States has been averted. ' yyomen suura to in-spite of President "Wilson-'si refusal tpJeridaid? 'J. James T. k Dubois,, x-niihtster to Colomjbia.; jlenies that the--pending trcafy-rwith that country conta ains any "apology.;' - j One thousand arid thjrtTysix- "Ore gon dry" petitions', bearing '35,032 names, have been filed with the- ;secre tary of state. Masked robbers hold up eight auto mobiles near Marshfield, Ore., and secure several hundred dollars in money and jewelry. An autograph letter of Sjr JBTaAter Scott's dated April 23813,r was found by a Seaitlft- Jftftaln a book purchased ,&Va"second-harid store. An Albany, Ore., calf ato a cloth sign and died. The owner seeks $35 damages from the firm who put the advertisement on bis barn. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat--Track prices: New club, 7778c per bushel; new forty-fold, 79c; -new bluestem, 82c; old club, 86c, nominal. Millfeed Bran, $23 per ton; shorts, $26; middlings, $30. Barley Feed, $2021 per ton; brewing, $21.5022; rolled, $23.50. riay Choice timothy, ?1G17 per ton; mixed timothy, $1215; valley gram hay, $1012; alfalfa, $1011 Oats No. 1 white milling, $22 22.25 per ton. Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36. Vegetables Cucumbers, 75c$l per dozen; eggplant, 15c per pound; peppers, 20c; radishes, 1517c'per dozen; head lettuce, $1.75 per crate; artichokes, 85c per dozen; celery, $1.50; tomatoes, 75c$l. 50 per crate; 2$3c;- cabbage, l$c; asparagus, $1 1.50 per dozen; peas, 45c per pound; beans, 67c; corn, 3035c per dozen. Onions Red, $3.25; yellow, $3.25 per sack; WeJla Walla, $2.502.7&. Green Fruits Apples, old, $1.50 2 box; new,. $11.25 per box; cher ries, 38c pound; apricots, $1.50 box; cantaloupes, $1.252 crate; peaches, 50c$l box; plumB, $1 1.25; watermelons, l$2c pound; loganberries, $11.15; black caps, $1 1.25; casabas, $2.25 dozen; pota toes, Oregon, new, l2c pound; tur nips, new $1.25; carrots, $1.50; beets, $1.50. .Eggs a resh uregon ranch, case count,. 22J 23c; candled, 25 26c, Poultry Hens, 15c; broilers, 18 20c; fryers, 2022c; turkeys, live, 2022c; dressed, choice, 2526c; ducks, 10c; geese, 89c. Butter Creamery prints, extra. 271c pound; cubes, 2223c. Pork Fancy, 1010Jc per pound. Veal Fancy, 12J13c pound. Cattle Prime steers, $7,2507.60; choice, $77.25; medium, $6.757; choice cows, $6.256.50; medium, $0 0.2G; heifers, $C.250.75; calves, $68.50; bulls, $35; stags, $5(f0.25. Hogs Light, $7.258.0G; heavy, $0.2G7.25. Sheep Wethres, $4.2004.75; ewes, $3.25(314,25; yearling lambs, $4.60J,7B; spring Inrnb, $fi.G0tfO, Wool Vn)luy, 2OV023ic Eastern Oretion, J0(g.2Oc; molwlr, 1014 clip, Tram Robbers Captured; Full Confession Is Made Pendleton, Or. Albert Mcadors and Clarence Stoncr, two of the three train robbers who held up O.-W. II. & N. train No. 5 near Mcacham tho morning of July 2, wcro arrested Mon day night by Deputy ShurilT Batcholor, of La Grande. The leader of tho gang, who was shot and killed by Doputy Sheriff Mc Duffy at tho timo of the holdup is Charles Manning, a professional gam bier and not Hugh Whitney, tho notor ious outlaw. All thrco of tho robbers wero from Cokeville, Wyo. Manning has a wifo and four children in Cokc- "vftl'eV "He was a closo personal friend of both Hugh and .Charles WhitTnoy; .while Stoncr is a cousin of iho Whit- ."hoy boys. When arrested tho two train robbers wero walking along tho railroad .track in the direction of La Grando and less .than 20 miles from tho sceno of the holdup. Neither man was nrmed nnd they offered no resistcnco when placea under arrest. They had $385 in cash and the $700 diamond ring taken from H. B. Royce, the Walla Walla brewer, who was a passenger on the train, and a smaller diamond, but the diamonds were thrown away when they wero ar rested to prevent their boing used to connect them with tho holdup. Ia conjunction with other officers, Batchelor had been watching the rail- Vbad track in the vicinity of La Grando ever since the holdup. When ho saw these two men coming down the track he stopped them and not being satis fied with thertf explanations as to their presence there, tooK tnem into- L.& Grande. Both men confessed to the jobbery. Royalty Funeral Marked By Irreverent Scenes Vienna Now that he bodies of tho murdered Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wifcr the Duchess of Hohen- berg, repose beneath the castle chapel at Artstetten, a bitter controversy ia "rarinsr over the manner in which tho funeral was conducted. Moderate opinion inclines to the belief that the court officials made the ceremonial too painfully correct,. whte 'tinsr-f rtends of the-duchess are indignant at the emphasis laid on her inferior birth. According to reports in the leading Vienna papers, the reception of the bodies at Poechlarn, was attended by J scandalous proceeuings. a violent thunder storm upset all prearranged ceremony and the coffins were hurried ly carried to the waiting-room of the. station, where they were placed on the stone-paved floor and remained there two hours or more. Meanwhile the volunteer firemen who were supposed to be assisting the local gendarmes in controlling the ar rangements,- were drinking beer and eating sausages, while the more im portant officials strolled smoking ci gars in close proximity to the coffin containing the. body of the late heir to the throne. The torrential rain drove everybody into the waiting-room and, says one account, "all the ordinary rules of be havior seemed to have been forgotten and the scene might be described as resembling the turmoil and noise of a country fair." Exploded Bomb Intended for Rockefeller, Is Belief New York In the ruins of the tene ment wrecked Sunday by the explosion oi a bomb, which it is believed -was intended for use against John D Rockefeller or his son, tho authorities found evidence that Arthur Caron, who was killed "with three others, had used his apartment as a center for the distribution of inflammatory litera ture, arid that it was filled with death dealing explosivies. A 'small printing L press, revolutionary pamphlets and circulars, an electric dynamo, two electric batteries, cartidges and bits of steel were among the articles un covered, which tend, in the opinoin of the police, to show an anarchist plot. That the demonstration, halted by the bungling of some one who was prepar ing an inferneal machine for its mis sion, was planned against the Rocke feller family in Tarrytown, is the theory on which tho authorities are working. Flag Wearers Criticised. Mexico City For tho first time sinco the Spanish-American war no public celebration of the Fourth of July was held In this city. Tho Amer ican residents spent the day quietly. Several of them appeared In the streets wearing American flogs in tholr coat lapels. They wero not molested, but tholr action wm ad venutly criticised by h majority of tho American colony, who deenM It w wIko hm likely to precipitate t rouble, Work Is Being Pushed on New Willamette Railway Maploton Tho Willamette Pacific railway crosses tho Umpqua a short distance above Gardiner, tho north end of tho approach boing just west of Smith river. This bridge will Imvo a draw span. Tho spun and tho steel arches at each end will bo only about 300 feet long. Tho trestle, approaches and fills will meaBuro 1250 feet. Two miles north of tho Umpqua tho road will swing to tho west, leaving Smith rivor nnd following up Jack Franz crook, Tho work of Engineer F. D. Browne stops at tho mouth of that creek nnd that of Engineer M. II. Bedolfo begins. From tho crcqk tho road passes through a tunnel desig nated ns tunnol No. 6, over to n small draw and down thnt a half milo or so to Lako Takenitch. This tunnol is 1654 feet long, or will bo when done Work is just under way. As tho road strikes Lake Takenitch .it crosses an arm of it nnd then passes through a cut and then alternately over treaties and fills up to Lako Tsiltcpos. But in this stretch there is one tunnel; No.. 5, which is 750 feet long. Work Outlook for State Fair Is Exceedingly Good Salem Announcement was madd l Manufacturers' association will bo on this week by Frnnk Meredith, secre-J tary, thnt the coming Stato Fair would havo tho largest livestock and poultry exhibits in its history. He said that all the owners exhibiting last year would be represented and that tho 13 large stock barns would be filled ear lier .than usual. Many stockmen of Eastern states, anticipating the benefit to bo derived from having exhibits nt tho Panama Pacific exposition, will exhibit at tho Oregon and other stato fairs, remain ing on the Coast until tho closo of tho exposition at San Diego. Air. Meredith said that all tho space in the machinery building had been engaged, and that firms desirous of ex hibiting which havo not engaged room will have to provide their own quar- J tors. Tho pavilion, now in the course of construction, will bo 243 by 120 feet, having nn auditorium annex 55 by 100 feet. The agricultural- racd- LucU-wU-VySfdT6ptayed on tho lower floor, whilo the displays of the Oregon Plans for McKinzie River Highway Are Approved Eugene Plans for tho completion of tho McKinzie River Highway con-j struction thiB summer wero approved at a conference of government, road and forestry officials from two counties j on the summit of the Cascades at an altitude of G000 feet. The huge lava beds wcro splashed with snow. Tho work in view includes tho im provement of the road across the lava beds, the removal of tho sand road on m. f !. mn.,n:n bIJV CiUIr DIUU VM. WIW iUUUllbUlU (WIU HIV . ... . grades built on tho West sido uui lllK the last year, to be done at a cost of $16,000. Those present (,at tho conference were A. T. Schuyler, senior highway engineer, of Washington, D. C. ; C. R Seitz, supervisor of the Cascade Na tional Forest and forest improvement engineer in tho Northwest; Supervisor Merritt, of the Deschutes National re Berve; Georgo Hawley, of the Lano county court: Frank "Elkins, Crook county sheriff; R. L. Jordan, Crook county treasurer; G.- M. Brewster, watermaster, and J. B. Bell, of Prino ville. Tho Crook county party came to Eu gene over tho McKinzie from Prine ville in 12 hours. Tho distance is 150 miles across tho Cascades, and the time was on roads made muddy by rain which fell as they crossed tho moun tains. Tho highway already has been com pleted, so far as tho reduction of the grades to 7 per cent is concerned, and has been thrown open by tho forestry officials to all classes of motor traffic. The new highway places Bend within two days' motor trip from Portland and shortens the trip Into California. Bobcat Paw tor License. Eugene James Frame, a six-foot- four mountaineer from London, . 30 miles southeast of Eugene, brought to Eugene a bobcat pelt and a bride. Ho exchanged tho bobcat for a marriage license and exchanged tho marrlago license for a wife. Ho returned with a wifo to surprise his friends in Lon don. Tho bounty on bobcats l only $2 and the cost of tho marriuge IIccdho Is $3, bo Frame had to throw In $1 "to' boot" to effect tho exchange In tho county clerk'H office, but ho will get Unit dollar buck by filing m claim with tho secretary of state for tho special statu bounty, on thin also Is under way. There is a Clear Lako northwest of ThIUcooh, and there are at least n half dozen lakes of that name In Oregon. Thero in also much confusion In tho names of creoka and rivers. Thero are Willow crooks almost without end, McKay creeks in several counties, nnd even tho names of rivers tiro dupli cated. For instance there is n Cull I pool a river In Douglas county and an other In Linn county. Taking tho string of lakes between tho Sluslaw and Coos bay and corisld ering tho number of tourlHtu they will draw when tho Willamette-Pacific l completed the conflict In names will causo much confusion. Thp railway officials are more deeply interested in this question than any body eluo. John M. Scott, tho genu nil passengor agent of tho Southern Pa cific UncH In Oregon, wont likely will have to look to tho advertising of tho new lino when done, tho Willamette Pacific, nnd he has expressed hlmHcIf as wishing to have some legal action taken in tho matter. tho" second floor".- Mr: Meredith said tho auditorium.would hnvq a seating capacity oi iuvv, The old pavilion will nut bo razed, an was reported, but will be. devoted to tho children's industrial exhibits, which was one of tho features of tho fair last year. Tho eugenics depart ment will bo in this building, as will the display of the Oregon Library com mission. According to the management the poultry exhibit this year will bo 20 per cent larger than that of 1013. A Tacoma chicken fancier has written that ho will enter 200 birds. A boys' camp will bo maintained at ? - - - nrm . tho grounds this year, tho fair board to havo as its guests two boys from each county. Tho boys will ty,(Ttho winners in local and district industrial .fairs. The Vancouver Interstate Fair boiuymsian(unc'al-tn"al It will send one of tho stato prize winners in in dustrial contests to tho Fair. Oregon Stato j Jackson County to Build Highway by Contract Medford Members of tho County court have tired of criticimna that the county is wasting monoy by construct ing the Central Point section of tho Pacific Highway by day labor, and after a conference with Stato Hifh way Engineer Bowlby, announced that the section of the highway between Talent and Ashland will be let by con tract. Bids will bo called for tho second I ......t. t T..I.. VT i. r i" uuiy. imo curium typo oi lift . ... , , .hard - surfaced pavement will bo in upon. Tho contractor making tho lowest bid on nny standard typo will be awarded the contract. According to members of tho County court, the Central Point road, now completed within half a milo of Med ford, has cost less than it would have cost if let by contract, and will stand long after tho street payemcnts of Medford, which cost two and three times as much a square yard, have worn out. Tho first section of the road out of Central Point is in use. Tho road will bo completed by July 15, and the last section will have to "set" 30 daya before the highway is entirely thrown open to traffic. Work in the Siskiyous is progressing rapidly and everything will bo ready lor the surfacing of tho scenic high way in tho spring of 1915, whilo tho hard-Burfaced road from Central Point through Medford, Phoenix, Talent to Ashland will be opened before tho win ter rains set in. $20,000 School Assured. Amity Tho board of education will let a contract next week for tho erec tion of a $15,000 high school building, which is to bo completed in time for use this fall. Tho bond issue of $20, 000 at 51 per cent has been purchased by the Lumbermen's Trust company, of Portland. Tho construction of the building will bo of wood stucco and contain four classrooms, two labora tories and assembly room. It will ac commodate 200 students. Fish Violations Allcucd. Astoria Tho state fisheries depart ment officials yho havo boon checking up tho licenses Issued in tho Columbia river district havo found a number of persons holding licenses who, undor tho provisions of tho slate luws, aro not eligible to' flflh for salmon. The packers employing these men havo been allowed Ihreo days to get rid of them or rompIalnlH against tho alleged vloliitoru of Ujo law will bo filed In llio courtx, BIG GRAIN CROP WORTH MILLIONS Yield in Pacific Northwest Is Estimated 65,000,000. Harvcatinp Returns From liarlu Sections Point to Kxccllcnt Qualllu of Grain. , The season Is now far enough ad vanced to make it almost certain that the coronl crops of tho Pacific North west will bo safely gathered. Tho progress iiIho is sufficient to enable grain men to estimate with a degree of cloHonetm tho yields of the loading grains. That tho wheat crop of tho three states will break all previous records Is conceded by nearly every grain au thority in the Northwest. Tho goner-, al estimate now Is 05,000,000 hush.' els for Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The crop In Uioho states last year was almost 56,000,000 biiHhels. Earlier in tho season grain dealers believed the Northwest would produce 70,000,000 bushels of wheat, but It Is thought they overestimated tho crop, as in frequently done In seasons of great promise. Close watch has been kept on the growth and maturing of tho plant In the loading wheat sections, and tho exporters aro satisfied that their esti mates are nearly correct, nnd they arc preparing to do business on theso fig ures. Harvesting returns are beginning to come in from the early sections, and not only bear out tho estimates of tho yield, but for the most part point to an exceedingly good quality of grain. Tho barley crop of the Northwest is also excellent nnd will, it is believed, fully equal the largo outturn of last year. 1 ne-onts crop is excellent, but in Urn train trade tho yield is not es- Xiinnted up to last year's total, as tho acreago is some of the important oatn districts has been reduced. Opening prices have not been estab lished definitely in any of tho cereal lines. The wheat market has been unsettled by tho downward course of values at Chicago and Liverpool. Tho Eastern and foreign markets were affected adversely by tho promise of a 900,000,000 bushels wheat crop in tlio United States, and in tho Northwest, this weakness was reflected in tho lower bids put out by dealers for lato delivery. Moro than half a million J fnr. bushels, however, havo been bought early shipment and prices averag ing about 80 cents nt tidewater havo been paid. As soon ns tho world's markots are adjusted to tho new crop situation, an active buying movement can bo ex pected in Northwest territory. Fig uring roughly on tho present and prob ablo prices, tho wheat crop of tho thrco states should bo worth more than. $12,000,000 to tho farmers. Tho bar Icy and oats crops should bring tho totnl value of Pacific Northwest cereals nbo HP $51, 000. 000. HUERTA' AOAIN "ELECTED" PRESIDENT OF MEXICO Mexico City Elections for presi dent, vice president, deputies nnd sen ators were held Sunday in that portion of the republic controlled by the Huer at government. Indifference was man ifested everywhere. General Huerta appeared to ho tho favorito candidate for tho presidency nnd General Blanquet for tho vice presidency. President Hucrtn, it i reported, recoived a virtually unani mous vote of confidence Tho returns indlcnto tho re-election of all present members of (ho chamber and somite. Tie lightest -vote In mnny years was cast, both in the capital and nonr-by towns. Thirteen Are Drowned in Wrecked Alaska Launch Skngwny, Alaska Thirteen persons wero drowned July 4 in Lynn canal by tho capsizing of tho gasollnu launch Suporb, which, whilo bound from Skagway for Juneau, with 20 persons aboard, was struck by n heavy souther ly gale. Iho Superb Bet out from Skagway Friday night, carrying passengers to attend tho Fourth of July celebration at Juneau. At Seduction Point, 15 miles south of Haines, tho storm struck tho launch full In tho face. Tho Httlo craft managed to turn about and run for Skngway. When tho Su porb was three miles from Skatrwav a hugo sea overturned tho launch. Tho men clung to tho overturned boat. Archduke Lett $100,000. Vienna It Is said that Emperor Francis Joseph has granted an annual allowance to tho lato Archduke's chll dren of $80,000. It Is estimated tho Archduke's fortune was under $400, 000, Ituufllcluot for tho up-koop of Ms castles, which therefore must ho sold,