Sherman County observer., January 06, 1911, Image 1

Or.Hixt.Soc^ City Hall.
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rWO AVIATORS FAIL
TO INSTANT DEATH
Are not alone oonfined to Rural Free Deave.y of mail
and the Telephone.
There ia another convenience which all
farmers should have — and many do have — a checking ac­
count with a good bank.
The possessor of such an acoount
avoids the risk of having his money on his per.-on or about
his home where it is in danger of tire and thieves.
His bills paid by check are not only a valid leceipt, but
also a convenience in his home transactions where very often
the necessary change for concluding settlem ent is not a t h a n d
Twin Accidents— Spectators
The (fiasco Warehouse p i n g C*.
gank, of |l|oro.
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Collars W p s . Blankets, etc,
A FULL-LINE J S O W J J N HAND
R epairing P rom ptly and N eatly Done.
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1 Everything first Class aid Up to date.
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Both in w orkm anship and price.
Office at Furniture Store.
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M ORO, OKEGON.
L I V E R Y , FEED A N O S A L E S T A B L E S .
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C, R. BZLSHEE, Proprietor and Manager.
T elep h o n e Ir o n T ha Dalles or any Sherm an county point» at our
pense. Service furnished to or from M oro to any p o in t.
ex­
“ Pleas* the public.”
OUR M O T T O
EVERYTHING NEW AND UP-TO-DATE,
SPE C IA L RATES TO ÇOM MEUCIAL TRAVELERS
a
C A LIFO R N IA
Is the place to visit, Orange grdves in full
bloom, tropical flowers, famous hotels, his­
toric Old Missions, attractive watering places,
delightful clim ate, m aking th at favored sec­
tion the Nations most popular retreat. You
can>eiJ it at its best via the
SHASTA ROUTE
and
“ T he R^ad of a Thousand W onders”
SOUTHERN
P A C IF IC
COM PANY
Up-to-date trains, first-class in every respect,
unequalled dining car service, quick tim e
and direct connections to all points south.
SPECIAL ROUND TRIP FARE OF
$ 5 5 .0 0
a .« ..,.. ■ i. ..
P o r t la n d to Los A n g e le s a n d R e tu r n
W ith the corresponding low ,fares from all
other sections of the Northwest. ^ Liberal
stop-overs in each direction and long limit.
Interesting and attractive literature on the
various resorts and attractions of California
can be had on application to any S. P. or O.
R. & N. Agent, or from
W M. MCMURRAY
Gcnernl Passenger A gen t, Portland, Oregon.
Louis O..BrasSsl*. Export In
HILL IN BIG CORPORATION
Indications Point to Coup fo r Control
of W estern Paclflo.
San Francisco.—The incorpongtf&a
of the United Properties Company «4
California, a corporation with 6200,-
000,000 at lta disposal* for railroad
building to end in California, goes far
to prove the fact, which has been a
suspicion in railroad circles for to
weeks, that James Hill haul acquired
control of the W estern Pacific RaJl-
road.
Starting with the consolidation of
the Key route, Oakland Traction and
Lewis W ater and Power properties,
and with an actual cash Investment
of $35,000,000 there are at the disposal
of this United Properties Company of
California resources of foreign capi­
tal amounting to $165,000,000.
lag an< Other Interesting
Events.
Loul" D. Brandels. who recently told
the raiiroudrt of the country that he
conld show them b<>w H>
>1.000.-
000 a day. has been a laborer for the
pubnc weal for sixteen years without
pay. Mr. Braudels' hobby Is humani­
ty. Whenever he can lend his aid to
the solution of a sociological or eco­
nomic problem affecting the common
people he does-gratia. His warfare
for the poor attrted In 1804, when he
«wf^toted proceedings against malad­
ministration of certain public charities
la Boston. H e ffon aft®T a 1°B8 fight
Next he secured the passage of a law
In Massachusetts which In It* final re­
sult has reduced the cost of life In­
surance. to workingmen by fully 80
per cent throughout the entire coun­
try. There was no fee for this work.
PeraenaUy Mr. Braudels la a medium
riaed. wiry man. with piercing gray
eyes and hair streaked with gray. He
was born Id old Kentucky, but most
of hla life has been spent In Boston
g e la a partner In an old established
and prosperous law firm of that city.
He wax married twenty years ago. and
he and Mr». Brandels live on the same
modest scale aa when they began
An English Apolegy.
Shortly after Richard Creker estab­
lished hla hem e la Ireland an English
period!« ai s t » t n d that he had made his
Brut step in the world knocking out hla
gynm antfc’’ instructor la a fiercely
fought three round battle Thia story
gruatty Insulted the ex boss. who has
grown no respectable that he shudders
at the thought o f A priaeflght He
wrote and demanded an apology,
whereupon the ■ngltsh editor apolo­
Hay Will A ttend Meeting.
gised profusely, stating that “Mr. Oro-
gev has so many other and higher
Olympia, W ash.—G overnor Hay J
announced the ap pointm ent of a legis­ claims to celebrity,” etc
It lx possible that the Englishman
lative com m ittee to accompany him
was Jndulgtng hla sense of humor V-
when he holds his oonferenee this
Ohieago TXthujm
week with th e Oregon authorities nt
A storia, to fram e up a settlem ent at
Bask te th e Paton Pee Mr. Brown.
Te ba Just ptalB Parmer BroWn is
the Columbia River boundary ques­
the ambition o f William C. Brown,
tions.
president o f the Naw Tort Central rail­
way system . Ia B recent sd dr ees ha
Recall for Gill le Filed.
admitted that tha lure ef tha land Was
S eattle.—T he petition for the recall calling and Intimated a purpose soon
to retire from'railroading and pursue
of Mayor H iram C. Olli, w h orls,
Of husbandry- Mr.
cused of m isconduct In office, was cer­ tha simple
Brown cornea honestly by hla love for
tified to the city council aa containing tha soil, for hi M b boyhood he followed
the requisite num ber of names, the the plow, god the smell of freshly
city
controller
having
carefully turned sod to perfume to hla noetrito.
H« owns a 400 acre farm in Pkgt coun­
checked every signature.
ty, I lk and. what to a novelty among
WILL TEST ANTI-TRUST LAW
Alleged O w nership of Patente en Ma­
chinery Used to Extort Money.
Toronto, Opt.—As tha first teat of
the new Canadian anti-trust, law
w hereby p aten ts used to establish re­
straint of trade may be voided, tha
suit against the United States Shoe
Machinery Company, charged with be­
ing an Illegal combination, to to bo
pressed In the oourts hare. The suit
was brought at the Instance of a num­
ber of manufacturera In Quebec, who
alleged that the machinery company
had combined to boost prices In re­
straint of trade. If the oourts find
the charges sustained, the patent
rights held by thé company may be
revoked and the protective duty ea
the articles it manufactures may bo
removed.
W oolgrow srs Meet In Portland.
P ortland. Ore.—The annual
tlon of tne National Wool Grower«’
Association
open«4
In
Portland
Wednesday.
It la considered the
largest convatlon ever held In the d ty
an^ possibly In the entire Pnatfto
Northwest. Estim ates place the at­
tendance at anywhere from > ,0 » to
10,000. Tuesday the annual qonvea-
tlon of the Oregon Wool Growers’
Association began.
Most els borate arrangements wore
made to entertain the vleltore during
their stay in the city and a large eom-
m lttee of representatives and native
olUsons attended to their
What Our Lawmakers Are Do*
Butines* Economy.
Are Horrified.
John B. Moissant and Arch Hoxsey
America's foremost aviators,
killed Saturday.
Moissant met hla death w hile at­
tempting to land In a field several
miles from New Orleans.
llo zsey , displaying his skill before
another crowd of thousands la
Angeles, lost control of hla Wright
biplane shortly after 1 p. m., and.
falling several hundred feet, was
dashed to death.
Startled as was that part of the
world which was watched the airmen
reach farther and farther into the
realm of endeavor of the birds, to re­
ceive the new s of Molssant’s fatal
drop In his SO-borse power Blériot
chine early In the day, the later aewa
which told of the death of Hoxsey
cast a broader shadow over It.
Moissant, who won the |10,000 prise
recently In New York for circling the
Statue of Liberty from Belmont Park,
defeating Grahame-Whlte, of England,
was killed when his monoplane tipped
'oil its nose” and dropped In one
swoop to earth. The pilot's neck
broken.
Hoxsey was o v er. BOO feet In th e
air, w here he had gone to b etter. If
possible, his w orld’s altitu d e record
m ade w ithin the week, of 11,474 feet.
T he re a r control of his biplane evi­
dently failed to answ er his touch and
th e m achine tu rn ed o ver several
tim es, crashing to th e earth .
His
death was Instantaneous,
E iv e C e n ts
NEWS FROM THE
ITEMS OF INTEREST
OtfOSED F
NATIONAL CAPITAL
SUFFR áücí i k-o THROUGHOUT OREGON
Hoxsey and Moissant Killed In
Don’t svop to think this over, hut start an account now with
l o u is
O o u f lt y , O r e g o n , F r i d a y , J a n u a r y 6 , 1 9 1 1 .
yuoto by American Frees Assoetattoo.
VILLUS O.
M O V I
Bunne owned by rich men not do
_ «dent on them for a living. Mr
Nrews'a farm peyp. K
Mr. Brown to a native of New, ïo rk
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ansi h x r t n
raU/eed cars ■r aa
a filv fa u k e o s a d ’
in 1 * * ' f t 1 »^ t) he
graph opertfer. »M»
and eveutSBlly general manager of the
Burlington end QuBtoÿ. Latto ho was
cboaen general manager of the Lake
Bbere end Michigan fUmtham. and In
February. IBOB, became nreebleot e f
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Prejudiced Views of a Hen­
pecked Husband.
Chronicle of Important Events
of Interest to Our
Readers.
One night while traveling in. th<
country I stopped at a farm house. 1
W ashington.— W hen Congress re- could see plainly th a t the farmer'» Coos County W ants New Game Law.
Bandon.—In an effort to place th e
M ines It* business afte r the holiday wife was not a person to bo lived with
gam
e laws of Oregon entirely w ithin
reeeee th e expectation Is th a t the real on am iable term s. A fter she had gon«
work ot th e aeealou will be taken up to bed the farm er and I sat together the auth o rity of the county officials,
end disposed of w ith all th e rapidity chatting. 1 asked him If he liked to and also to provldq funds fof the pay­
m ent of counties on dangerous wild
that circum stances will perm it. Even­ read.
W aal, stran g er,” he said, “ I reckon anim als, several deer hunters of Coos
ted eeealons of th e house are likely
Io be held« w ith s view to facilitating I do like to read ef 1 kin git th e hooka. County are now working tog eth er
F or a long tim e I had nothin* but along the line of securing an am end­
tkq hdhUitUtraUon’s legislative pro-
Shakespeare and the Bible. But last ment to the existing gam e law s of th e
w inter I got a historical book about
One of th e m ost im p o rtan t pieces of them kings and queens of England. I state. The proposed am endm ent, If
legislation th a t Is to be Immediately was Interested In one of ’em, a king passed, will en title each county to all
started will be th e ship subsidy bill,. called H enry VIII. T h at king waa the fees collected from the h u n te rs’
R lx to have the rig h t of way on the the only man I ever read or heered licenses and this money will be re­
eengte aide of the oapltol, and under about th a t got ahead of six wlmmln, tained by the respective counties as
ull his wives, and didn’t hev to kill a bounty fund. It will also m ake nec­
an ag reem en t made la st spring it Is m ore’u tw o of ’em neither.”
essary for h u nters living outside the
expected th a t a vote will be taken be­
“ He wus a m onster,” I protested.
lim its of any county to pay a license
fore th e end of January.
“ Waal, now, stranger, I haln’t so
There la going to be a hard fight sa rtln about that. I don’t know th at fee within the county before they
over the m easure, notw ithstanding he was quite excusable In the m atter have the rig h t to hunt w ithin Its
boundaries.
that P resid en t T aft Is with It and of his first wife, the Spanish wuman;
hut, yo sets « nian to git ahead of six
that a South A m erican mall subsidy
wlmmln has got to be m ighty sharp.
lx one of th e things he hag upon his If I rem em ber right, Henry hed m ar­ P la n t T ree Seed In C urry C ounty.
Gold B each.— F m ir pounds of seed
legislative program. St 111. the leaders ried his brother’s wldder, which is con­
In the sen ate are hopeful of passing it. trary to Scripture, and afte r livin’ with of th e big tre e h av e been receiv ed by
her tw enty years hla consclonce trou­ S u p e rv iso r From m s from H ot S p rin g s
May Attack Lorlrner.
bled him. It may be thet bo hadn’t for p lan tin g In C urry C ounty. T ho
“Resolved. T h at W illiam Lorlhaer o rter m arried her In tho first place, redw ood, w hich is closely re la te d to
n ot duly and legally elected as but It m akes a good deal of difference th is tre e , Is found In O regon only
w hether a w om an’s young and am ia­ along th e c o a st In s o u th w e s te rn
of th e U nited S tates from
ble or old and spiteful. No, I think,
C u rry C ounty, w ith Its n o rth e rn lim it
the state of Illinois.”
uuder the circum stances, H enry was
A resolution phrased as above will excusable for gltten a tender con­ tho C hetco R iver.
It is th e in te n tio n of the s u p e rv iso r
be presented to the sen ate w ithin a science a t th e right tim e.”
“You surely don’t approve of his be­ to sow th ia seed on a fa v o ra b le site
few days. If a rep o rt accom panied by
such a resolution la not subm itted by heading Anne Boleyn, Ills «econd In th e redw ood b e lt to see if It is n o t
p o ssib le to e x te n d th e ra n g e of th o
S enator Beveridge, who has the nat w ife?”
“ W aal, now, I hnln’t so sartln about big tre e so th a t It can be su ccessfu lly
oral rig h t to tak e the Initiative by
th a t neither. H enry’s conscience was
reason of his place on the com m ittee a very tender one and, as 1 said afore, grow n o v er a la rg e r a re a . T h e seed
on privileges and election, th e duty alw ays pricked him at a convenient Is su fficien t to sow a b o u t five a cres.
of formally challenging the title of time. W hen his first wife died he
Round Up A ssociation Buy» Hom e.
Lorlrner to his se a t will be assum ed w anted to show her every m ark of re-
P en d le to n .— W ith an e n th u s ia s tio
by S enator W illiam E. Borah of Idaho. spec’ am i ordered his court to put on
Borah, It was learned, has reached black. Anno Boleyn showed w hat kind shout of "L et 'er buck,” the stockhold­
of a woman she was when she order­ ers of the Round up A ssociation
a eonoluslon on the Lorlrner cage and
ed her w'lmmln to w ear y a llo r.. T hat
has determ ined upon his cobrae of m ade H enry mad. It whb a convenient have adopted the motion to purchase
nation.
tim e to bo mad. He w as g lttln ’ ready the Matlock grounds In the w est end
of the city for a perm anent park In
for bis next w ife.”
Suprem e Court Session Im portant.
“H is th ird w ife,” I rem arked, "June which to co n stru ct a stadium for tho
The suprem e court of the United Reymour, was, I believe, the only one annual wild w est show. The M atlock
S ta te s reconvened T uesday fer w hat of the six who died a n atu ra l death grounds Include the site w hereon th e
promises to be one of th e m ost Im port w’hlle m arried to him. T he next. Anne round-up was held last yoac. but com-
an t sessions In th e e n tire h isto ry of of Gloves, be divorced without be­ prfse In all 17 acres, which is approxi­
heading her.”
that body.
“The Cleves womnn was the only m ately th ree tim es as much as la a t
There are shout 30 Im portant cases sensible one o’ the lot, the only one present w ithin the fence. T he pur­
heard at the last term which are on th a t come any wnys near g lttln ’ even chase price for the trac t Is $5,000.
the dooket for reargum ent. Many of w ith the king. W hen ho snld ‘You gltl’
the oases will be heard a t the game she whs very much pleased to go.” t
"W hat do you think of tho case of STATE FAIR WANTS $110,000
time. T he 15 Involving the constitu­
K
atherlno H ow ard?”
tionality of th e corporation tax were
“ I^enuno see.
W hat <lld sho do? N e w Stock A ren s B u ild ing and M a in
heard as one case and doubtless will
Pavilion Are Needed at Grounds.
T h ere’s so many of ’em I forglt.”
be so presented at th e next hearing.
Salcin.—Approxim ately $110,000 will
As a mero child she had been led
T hese cassa w ere brought to deter- Into several Indiscretions, Including n be askod of the legislature by the
lns th e legality of the new tux, sort 'of m arriage w ith a low bred fel­ S tate Board of A griculture to be used
which Is bringing In revenue at the low who afterw ard turned pirate. As for betterm en ts at the Salem s ta te
rate of $16,000,000 a year. The law soon as she m arried tho king all those fair grounds, according to decision of
went Into effect June 30 of this year. who had led her a stra y ”—
“ I remomber now. They all turned the board.
Should the suprem e court a fte r rear-
This money will be expended for a
office seekers, an d the, queen had to
gnmsnt declare th e tax not co n stitu ­ give ’em situations orr they’d blow on new stock arena building aud a main
tional, the money already collected her. W aal, now, I don't see how H en­ pavilion to replace the present anti­
must be refunded
ry could ’a ’ done any different. Ho quated stru ctu re.
Of equal Importance with the cor­ w ouldn’t believe nothin’ agin her till
Special appropriations yYlll be asked
poration tax cases are the suits the hull thing wns out. K atherlue for the purchase of additional land
brought by the governm ent for the was one o’ them mlddle-o’-the-road for the enlargem ent of the present
wlmmln. She m ight ’a ’ lived ef she’d
dissolution of the S tandard Oil Com­
only given In. She wouldn’t own up pure w ater system which was Inaugu­
pany and the so-called tobacco trust. to her first m arriage.
T he king rated a com paratively short tim e ago.
couldn’t git a 'nullm ent of his m ar­
E special In terest Is taken by the
B athtub T ru st Plead for Mercy.
riage on any other ground, so he had board, as the fair will mark the sem i­
A ttorneys for th e individuals In­ to chop her head off. She done th a t;
d icted as m em bers of the so called H enry didn’t. Y’ see, strnnger, there’s centennial of the founding of the In­
“b ath tu b tr u s t” for alleged violation a peculiarity about wlmmln th a t It re­ stitution nnd it lu hoped to make it.
a t tha Sherm an act came to the De­ quires Jlst such a man as H enry to tho biggest sta te show ever held In
partment of Ju stice In th e Interest of handle. They nover give In. K ath­ Oregon.
their slleeta T hese, In the event of erine preferred to love her head, and
F ruit Crop Pays Grower«.
•xnvtetloB, are th reaten ed with Jail In dolu’ so she only showed n w om an’s
natur*.
Milton.—Nearly half a million dol­
“T here’s another point In H enry’s fa­
It Wax held at th e d ep artm en t th at vor. Ho had two gals to leave tho lars rep resents the business done this
they had been given no reason to be- crow n to and only one boy, an' he a year by tho Milton fruitgrow ers’
llave that the attorney-general would weakling. Henry had a nateral Insight union. The fruit sales made brought
oonsent to the acceptance of a plea of Into w lm m ln’s onfltness to run things, $410,000 to the m em bers of the union.
guilty and the Im position of fines aud, having a tender conscience. It One of the strik in g features of Mana­
rather than Im prisonm ent. They w ere grieved him to think o’ leuvln’ his peo­ ger Lam b's rep o rt was the Itemized
ple to suffer under ’em. And It turned
given to u n d erith n d , It was said, th a t out he wns right. His first d a rte r wns sta te m en t show ing th a t la the busi­
jail eentencee will be Insisted upon 'Bloody M ary.’ whose nam e speaks for ness done every dollar but $200 has
and were Informed th a t th eir clients her. Then comes E lizabeth, who cut been collected.
The best grade of apples grown in
will be expected la the U nited S tates off the heads of the men she loved.
“No, stran g e r; In sum m ln’ up the the valley netted the grow er >1.75 per
eourt In D etroit on Jan u ary 4 to give
>4,000 ball each. A ttorneys for the m arried life o’ H enry V III. I consider box; while prunes brought th e fruit-
Indicted men Indicated they would th at be w as a rem arkable m an and a men $50 per ton net, and straw b e rrie s
very conscientious one. He done all
not make It necessary for the govern­ he could to keep England from bein’ averaged $2.03 n et to the grower.
ment to start 60 removal suits to get pestered w ith w lm m ln rulers, nnd for
the 60 d efen d an ts to g eth er on th a t that alone he o rter be honored by his Lum ber Com pany P ractices Economy.
day.
Eugene.—Beginning with January 1,
grateful countrym en. Six of ’em! Jls t
thjuk of It, stran g e r—six of ’em I W hat the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company will
Paclflo Coast Hae Most Tim ber.
would you ainl I do w ith such a lot, reduce the wages of its sawmill em­
According to th e rep o rt of Chief restricted by law as we air? H enry
ployes two and ons-half cents an
F o rester G raves about 62 per cent of VHI. w as a g reat and good m an."
hour. This com es almost as a Second
l*he
farm
er’s
argum
ents
set
me
to
the to tal estim ated stand on th e na­
reduction In a very short time, be­
tional fo rests, exclusive of A laska, is thinking. Of late year» we have had
lives of Aaron B urr, settin g forth his cause only a few weeks ago the work­
la th e th ree Paclflo coast sta te s, 21
virtues, and of Benedict Arnold, show ­ ing day was cut from 10 hours to 8
par oent In Idaho end M ontana and 12 ing how bad trea tm e n t and Inexorable hours. The low est wage Is now >1.65
per oent In A rlsona, Colorado and fate compelled him to betray hla coun­ a day, while two months ago the low­
New Mexico. T his leaves only 6 per try. I confeaa the farm er’s logic Im­
est was >2.
se n t elsew here. In the o rder of th eir pressed me as favorably ss m an y Uvea
importance th e five sta te s containing 1 have rend of the w orld’s prom inent
Case Ceunty Btill Wet.
the bulk ef n ational fro rest tim ber sinners.
Marshfield.—A temporary restrain-
The farmer having no more of King
are Oregon, C alifornia. W ashington, Henry’s queena to discuss except the fag Injunction has been granted by
Idaho and Montana.
last, who survived her husband, and, Judge Coke In the circuit court and
I? Tbo total out of timber last year ns the farmer expressed It. "didn’t Coos County will not be declared dry
tone 414411.000 feet, an Increase over count,” he showed me to my room,
until he renders a decision on the mat­
the previous year ef 10,773,0000 feet. overheard a curtain lecture he received ter. It Is claimed >y the “wets ’ that
Of the former $79,010,000 feet was cut from his w ife which somewhat dimin­ there was not a proper number of sig­
aader eale and 104,790,000 feet under ished my respect for her opinion of natures affixed to the petition by
women In general and the unbiased
fitoe nee. The amount of timber sold
character of hla excuses for the great which the wet-dry question wax planed
ta U a Itoanl year 1910 was 574.6M.OOO British royal Bluebeard.
on tha b allot
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