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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1914)
NEWS NOTES OF mWMm WEEK fiwume of World's Important Events Told m Brief. Two feet of snow la reported in Maclcod, Alberta. The plight of AmerlctiB in Turkey In said to be serious. Canada's first consignment of troop to Rid the allies had arrived at South ampton. A cargo of dyes tuffs consigned to America and seized by the Germans has been released. British war offlco report large lotto of ofllcors, 230 are killed, 680 wounded and 322 missing. It is reported that the king of Bel gium liss marched cut of Antwerp at the head of a portion of his troops. Leader of tho opposition party in Japanese legislature are opposed to limiting Japanese activity in the war. Borgerhaut, a suburb of Antwerp. has been Bet on Are by the German bombardment, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam. a uerman aeroplane uying over Paris and suburbs Saturday morning dropped two bombs, one of which wounded three persons. Among the few neutrals remaining in Antwerp, where not alono shells from the guns of the Germans, but bombs from their aircraft, are falling, are II. W. Diedrlch, tho American con sul, and the members of his staff. A dispatch td the Havas Agency from Cettlnje says: "It is reported here that the Roumanla Prince Ghika. who hum arrived ml Scutari, will trv In profit by the present critical moment to have himself proclaimed Prince of Albania." "The communal council of Ostond has passed unanimously a declaration that the town is ready for every sacri flee in order to resist the Gorman ad vance to the last moment," says tho London Daily Telegraph's Ostond cor respondent. The French authorities havo seised food supplies valued at between $1, 000,000 and $2,000,000 which had been deposited on the docks at Havre by a German firm. The action was taken to prevent the supplies from being taken abroad. A t'etrograu dispatch states that a member of tho Russian duma, who has just returned from Galicia, declares that the Russians captured tho heights between four and five miles from Przcrnysl and that the Austrians have several times vainly attempted to re tako them. A dispatch received In Romo from Russian headquarters says that the in timation has been given to tho Aus trians holding tho town of Przemsyl, Galicia, that thoy will bo permitted to surrendor with military honors, but that if thoy refuse the Russians will givo them no quarter. A dispatch from Petrograd says tho Russians havo driven tho Germans from Wloclawek, Russian Poland, 35 miles southeast of Thorn, East Prus sia, and havo fortified themselves within a few miles of tho fortross of Thorn. Tho Gorman left wing in I'oianu is saiu to have been partly en veloped. A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Romo says: "It Is rejwrted tha,t at a meeting or 'il liberal and demo cratic members of tho chamber - of deputies, a resolution was adopted de claring that armed neutrality corres ponds with the exigencies of the mo ment. The resolution also expressed confidence in the government." German nowspapors publish articles expressing satisfaction that tho British and Japanose attacks on Tsing Tau, the fortified position in tho German leased territory of Kiau Chau, have been ropulsed. Thoy declare that the splendid defense of the Tsing Tau gar rison is an indication that the promise of tho governor of tho colony to dofond the territory to tho bitter ond is being carried out, A Petrograd dispatch to tho Tele graph, dated Saturday night, sayB that nothing is ascertainable thero of tho reported battle at Cracow. News has been rocolved at Petrograd, says the dispatch, that Archduke Frederick has been replaced as commanderin-chldf of the Austrian forces by tho heir pre sumptive to the Austrian throne, Prince Charles Francis. Telegraphing from Ostond, a corres pondent says: "The steamer Ard mount, loaded with grain, which left Dover for Zebruge, Holland, struck a mine, Her crew of 85 ware saved." The steamer, h vessel of 3510 tons, commanded by Captain Ronald, sailed from Galveston September 9, The Ardmomit was owned by the Anliinotint Htvamshlp company, Glasgow, Occupation of Island by Japanese Concerns U. S. Washington, D. C Declining - in the absence of allkthe facts to express any opinion as to whether the Japanese landing on tho island of Jaluit, ono of the Marshall group in the Paclfl ocean, Im In violation or the announce mcnt by the Japanoso foreign oriice at the beginning of tho war, that Japan' operations would be confined to the Far East, Secretary Dryan was plainly expecting the oarly arrival of some official statemont of tho ultimate pur pose or this act. Already tho Japanese military oner atlons against tho German concession In Shan Tung are being studied, prob ably animated by the appeal from tho Chinese governmont against violation of Chinese integrity. The landing on the Marshall islands, however, has not yet been made the subject of reprcscn tations to the Slate department, possi bly for tho reason that there is no one in a position corresponding to that of China. In Samoa, it is pointed out by offl clala, the United States has a lively interest in any change in the sover- elgnty of the group, as the German owned islands aro in close proximity to the American Island of Tutila. On the whole, official opinion is that while the United States is interested as would be any maritime power, since the group lies on the trade route around Capo Horn and through the Straits of Magellan to tho Orient, the Issue really is of much greater con cum to Great Britain. Because of the reluctance of tho Urtinh-Austral Ian colonics to have the .Tapancso approach their continent, the British govern ment itself is understood to have an explicit understanding with her ally. Japan, that the British alone are free to exploit the Important German insu lar possessions In Micronesia and in New Guinea. Democrat Caucus Proposes Heaviest lax on Liquors Washington, D. C. The caucus of senate Democrats on the war revenue bill failed to complete its labors Wed nesday. Decision had been reached, however, that imposes the bulk of the $100,000,000 emergency revenue meas ure on beer and whiskey, which will yield nearly $50,000,000 annually un dor increased taxation. The caucus also eliminated proposed taxes on gasoline and automobile sales and cut in two the proposed vi per thousand tax on bank capital and sur plus. Consideration of various stamp taxes and emergency levies on per fumery, cosmetics and proprietary medicines as proposed by the Demo crats of the senate finance committee, was not reached. First action of the caucus was to vote an increase in the proposed extra tax on beer from CO cents to 75 cents a barrel, to make the total tax $1.75 a barrel, with a drawback of 5 per cent for purchase of revenue stamps in ad vance. Tho amendment, urged by Senator Williams, of Mississippi, was carried by a large majority after Senator Stone had made a vigorous speech against It. A special revenuo tax on rectifiers of distilled spirits of 5 cents a gallon also was adopted. Together the proposed taxes on liquors would yield an annual revenuo of moro than $50,000,000. Democrats of tho flnanco committee had agreed to tho house tax of $1.50 a barrel on beer; which would yield, at 50 cents over the normal tax, an added revenuo of $32,500,000 annually. Tho furthor addition of 25 cents a barrel by tho senate Democrats would yield an other, $10,000,000. With tho 5 per cent discount for prompt payment fig ured, the least to be derived from beer would be approximately $40,000,000. English Help Japanese in Ising 7au Bombardment Pekin A communication received here from a German source in Tsing Tau, the fortified position in tho Kiau Chau territory, setB forth that in a Gorman sortie last Friday night tho Germans lost one man killed and three wounded, while 25 Germans are miss ing. A British battleship, according to this Bame information, has partici pated in the bombardment of Tsing Tau. A German torpedo boat, re cently engaged with the Japanese, has returned to the harbor undamaged. The German gunboat Jaguar was slightly damaged. Blame Put on French. London The Amsterdam correspon dent of Router's Telegram company says that dispatches from Berlin deny indignantly the reported destruction by German troops of the property of M. roincare, president or France, at Rlbecourt. They declare this proper ty was the center of h heavy battle near Verdun, ami that It was bombard d by French artillery. The charges of the Countess d Bays that the Ger man Crown Prince looted her chateau also are ridiculed, It is declared that the Crown Prince never was In this mansion, NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. Portland - The specialists of the fruit and vegetable utilization labora lory of tho department of agriculture havo completed arrangements for i commercial test of the rccently-discov cred molhod of concentratnig apple cider by freezing and centrifugal methods. As a result, a cider mill in the Hood River valley will this fall undertake to manufacture and test on the retail market 1000 gallons of con ccntrated cider, which will represent uuuu gallons or ordinary apple cider, with only the water removed. The new method it is believed makes possible the concentrating of cjder in such a way that it will keep better than raw cider and also bo so reduced In bulk tnat it can be shipped profit ably long distances from the apple growing regions. The old attempts to concentrato cider by boiling have been iaiiurcs uecause neat destroys the deli cate flavor of cider. Under the new method nothing is taken from the cider but the water, and the resultant prod uct Is a thick liquid which contains all the applo juice products and whlchvean be restored to excellent sweet cider b'y the simple addition of four parts of water. The shippers and consumers, therefore, avoid paying freight on the water in ordinary cider. In addition, the product, when properly barreled, because of its higher amount of susrar. keeps better than raw cider, which quickly turns to vinegar. Wheat Bid: Biuestcm, $1.02 per bushel; forty-fold, 98c; club, 95c; red Russian, 88c; red Fife', 90c. Oata Bid: No. 1 white feed, $25 per ton. Barley Bid: No. 1 feed, $19 per ton; brewing, $21.50. Miilfeed Bid: Bran, $23.50 per ton; shorts, $24. Miilfeed Spot prices: Bran, $25.50028 per ton; shorts, $27.60 28; rolled barley, $2G27. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $10 0)17; grain hay, $11012; alfalfa, $12 (g)18.50. Potatoes Oregon, $1.86 per sack: Yakima, $1.85; sweets, 2Jc per pound. kfT&s Freeh Oregon ranch, case count, 31032c per dozen; candled, 33 035c; storage, 27029c. Poultry Hens, 141015c per pound: springs, 14i015c; turkeys, young, 18 020c; dressed, 2225c; ducks, 10 14c; gceeo, 10011c. Butter Creamery prints, extras, 35c per pound; cubes, 3031c Veal Fancy, 1313jc per pound. Pork Block, 101011c per pound. Cattle Prime steers, $6.7500.90; choice, $6.5000.75; medium, $6.25 0.50; choice cows, $600.15; medium, $5.2505.75; heifers, $5.506.50; cal vee, $608; bulls, $34.75; stags, $4.5000. Hogs Light, $707.00; heavy, $0 (0)0.00. bheep Wethers, $45.50; ewes, $3.5004.50; lambs, $500.10. Seattle The apple trade by far led all tho rruit staples, on Western ave nue in point of demand, and prices for good stock were such that growers re covered much of tho earlier losses and the situation .brightened considerably. On the present level of 90c to $1 for tho average good fruit, growers, it is stated, will net 40050c per box. Onions aro firm. Good locals not dapted to keeping requirements aro selling at 75c per cwt. Walla Wallas are about cleaned up at 85090c No Oregons aro being offered. Celery is brisk at 40c per dozen. There are no good Concord grapes on the market. Prices run from 19122Jc and frequently less. Grapejuice and jellies are about all buyers can nee in present offerings. Good green corn is scarce. Prac tically all the offerings are tough and close to unpalatable. Prices are $1.50 1.76 per sack. Eggs Select ranch, 37038c dozen. PoQltry Live hens, 10015c per pound; old roosters, 10c; 1914 broil ers; 13 14c; ducklings, 10 12c; geese, 10c; uuinea iowl, $u per dozen. Apples Now cooking, 76c0$l per box; uravcnstoins, si oo i.za: jona- lans, $1.25; Winter Bananas, $1.50; Kings, 75c$l. Cantaloupes Ponies, 75c per crate; standards, $101.25; jumbos, $1.25. Vegetables Artichokes, 75085c per dozen; beans, green, GGJcper pound; boll peppers. Wenatchee, 9-Ib. boxes, 0000c: beets, now, $1.25 per sack; cabbage, local, lc per pound; red, ljc; corn, green, $1.6001.75 per sack; car rots, local, $1; cauliflower, local, 75c per dozen; celery, local, 40c; cucum bers, field, 35040c; eggplant, 76e $1; lettuce, local, 40c per box; onions, green, 20 0 30c per dozen; walla Walla, 85 0 90o per cwt. j Australian brown onions, $101.25; local, ljc per pound; parsley, 25c per dozen; pota toes, White River, 21 per ton; Yakl mas, $26; aweets, $1.9002 per cwt.; radishes, local, 16c per dozen bunches; rutabagas, Alaska, $2 per sack; spin ach, local, 7fc per crate; sprouts, lOe m pound; squash, local, ti.iMtu r ewj,; towatoes, local, HO04Oo per crate; turnips, new, white, $1,26 per suck, Oregon School Students Win Panama Fait Trip Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallls Ten young farmers' Housekeep ers and artisans who won first place in one of tho ten industrial club projects at the recent State Fair in Salem, will have a trip for one week to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco with all expenses paid. These competitors who have succeeded beyond all others in their particular kind of work were scored Jxith on ex hibits at the State Fair and reports and records of their work, which were forwarded to Professor ' F. L. Griffin, of the Agricultural college. The fol lowing, list of winners in the various projects with places of residence have been given out for publication: Jessie Kent, canning and preserv ing, Pcrrydale, Polk county; May E. McDonald, sewing, Dallas, Polk $500,000 Bonds Voted by Roseburg for Coast Road Roseburg By a vote of more than three to one, the voters of Roseburg have authorized Issuance of bonds in the sum of $500,000 with which to as sist in the construction of a railroad between Roseburg and Coos Bay. Concurrent with voting the bonds, the voters elected a railroad commission composed of 10 prominent business men of tho city to handle the improve ment. The bonds are in reality a bonus and the $500,000 will be paid to any com pany or any individual who will guar anteed under sufficient bonds to con Jack Grant, of Dallas, Is State's Finest Baby Salem With -an almost perfect score. Jack urant, son or Air. and Mrs. D. J. Grant, of Dallas, was awarded a gold medal for being the finest baby entered in the eugenics contest at the state fair. Doris Lee Gordon, daugh ter of I. J. Gordon, of Portland, won the girl baby first prize, scoring a fraction of a point less than the Grant child. There was no perfect child as last year, when Jane Kanzler, of Portland, was so credited, but tho judging this year was far more accurate and the scoring closer. More than 175 babies were entered as against 80 last year, indicating the interest that is being taken in this feature of the state fair, wntcn was tnauguarted three years ago. School Land Point Won. Eugene Judge Harris, of the Cir cuit court, overruled the demurrer of the defendants to the amended com plaint in the case of the State of Ore gon against F. A. Hyde, in which the state seeks to recover school lands a! leged to have been fraudulently ob tained. The case affects thousands of acres or school lands in Oregon and may coma to trial in tho circuit court in Eugene within the next few months. Judge Harris recognized the de murrer to the original complaint, hold ing tnat tno state in waiting lor more than 10 years after the filing upon the lands had procrastinated unduly. The state in its amended complaint blamed the Federal government for the delay. Grand Jury Action Asked. Salem Governor West announced that tho evidence obtained by Miss Fern Hobbs, his private secretary, in her investigation of the charges against M. J. Gersoni, district attor ney of Tillamook county, had been turned over to the grand jury. The charges against Gersoni are incompe tency, failure to attend to his duties and gambling. Governor West said he had asked for the official's rcsighataion, but that he had declined to givo it. Gersoni was appointed by Governor West when tho county attorney bill passed at the last session of the legisalture became operative. Astoria Building Started. Astoriia The comer stone of Astor ia's new Young Men's Christian asso ciation building was laid this week with appropriate ceremonies, and in the presence of a large crowd of spec tators. The stone was laid by Mrs. D. K. Warren, who donated the site for tho structure. Addresses were made by a number of men who have been ac tively identified with the association's work in this city and vicinity. Ontario Has Tax Fight. Ontario Proprietors of the two newspapers and the two leading mer cantile companies of Ortario were sum moned before the board of equalization at Vale to sltow cause why their tax assessments should not be rafsed. This action was taken at the instance of the Vale Entwprlw?, awl Is nemrtwl m an Incident of tho county seat fight county; Francel Hawley, cooking and baking, McCoy, Polk county; Kenneth Burseii, pig feeding, Monmouth, Polk county; Charley C. Claus, corn, Brownslow, Jackson county; Audrey Mfeyer, potatoes, Lake Creek, Jackson county; Perry Pickett, vegetable gar dening;'1 Salem, Marion county; Paul Jaeger, manual arts, Sherwood, Wash ington county; Vernon Rains, poultry raising, Myrtle Creek, Douglas county; and Oscar Snyder, dairy herd record keeping, Creswell, Lane county. Both project and booth exhibits were judged by members of the Agricultural Col lege Extension force. The expense of these trips will be borne by numerous' business firms in Portland and other parts of the state who were interested in the work by O. M. Plummer. Details of the trip have not yet been arranged. struct the railroad and operate the same for a term of years. The voters also voted to repeal the occupation tax and rejected issuance of bonds for park purposes. Tho councilmen elected were: Wil liam Hargreaves, ward one; D. R. Shambrook, ward two; A. J. Geddes, ward three; W. S. Hamilton, ward four. The election was one of the most spirited events held here in years and notwithstanding that only taxpayers were allowed to vote on the bond is sues, more than 900 votes were polled. Western Union Prospers. Salem That the year ending June 30 was a prosperous one for the West ern Union Telegraph company is indi cated by its report filed with the State Railroad commission. Its dividend was increased from 3 to 3J per cent. The company, during the year, in creased its miles of wire 42,000, hav ing 1,585,213 miles of wire June 30. It was operating in Oregon at that time 11,548 miles of wire, an increase of about 1000 over the previous year. It has 408 employes in this state, an increase of 11. The total cost of all its property is given as $143,000,000. Its receipts for the year totaled $45, 500,000 and its expenses $38,000,000. The company is carrying a funded in debtedness of $32,602,000, and has a corporate surplus of $9,740,000. Hay Warehouses Filled. Baker Farmers of Baker county are storing large quantities of hay in the warehouses at Haines and a large amount of hauling is being done to the hay center of the county. Portland markets are reported to be over stocked, causing extreme dullness in prices, and farmers are counting on better conditions. The Baker county . hay crop is far above average and the 1 crop is said to be bo large that in event it is not taken ultimately by the Port land market it cannot all be fed to stock. The Baker warehouses are al ready filled. A few shipments are being made by those fanners who do not care to take any chance on advanc ing prices. Others are shipping hay on contracts made earlier in the year. Special Session Obviated. Salem Having been informed that tho $450,000 allotted by the Interior department' for irrigation work in this state would be available until June, next year, Governor West said that he would not call a special session of the legislature. Believing that the appro priation expired the first of next year, the governor some time ago announced that a special session was a possibility. His plan then was for legislative ac tion securing the money to the state. Under the present arrangement action may be taken at the regular session. Lumber Industry Revives Baker The Stoddard Lumber com pany mills at Whitney are preparing to resume work within the next week. The mills have been shut down owing to the falling off of orders after the start of the war In Europe. Large orders received from the trade in America, however, have caused a re vival of the business. Logging opera tions have started near Whitney, a large number of teams and men having been Bent out under Joe Neilson, the company foreman. Baker May Try Auto. Street Cars. Baker A movement is under way in Baker for the etablIshmentof an auto-truck streetcar service to serve West Baker and South Baker, connect ing these points with the business dis trict and giving 6-cetit fare in the city, -The proposal Is Indorsed by the Cent merelal club, and It probably will be carried out by a c&tar le of ImwIwhw wen, wke are also cowtlderlnx a pro mn to (ttftabJIsk a Hiotortruck freight IIwj to J::le Valley,